Jonas C. Shantz^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1813 - 1898  (84 years)

• Name	Jonas C. Shantz
  Born	26 Jul 1813	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1837	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Residence	1851	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Other Methodist
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farm Laborer
  Residence	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Retired	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Eby ID Number	00110-6657
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	Gravestone of Jonas C. Shantz
  Died	16 Mar 1898	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  	Cause: chronic bronchitis (6 weeks)
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I19122	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian R. Shantz,   b. 13 Feb 1779, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Nov 1856, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Cressman,   b. 30 Jan 1783, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 13 Aug 1866  (Age 83 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1800  [13]
  Family ID	F4879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Snyder,   b. 25 Jul 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1848  (Age 29 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1837	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 11]
  Children	1. Christian S. Shantz,   b. 4 Jul 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Mar 1903, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States  (Age 64 years)   2. Moses S. Shantz,   b. 14 Nov 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1921  (Age 81 years)   3. Levi S. Shantz,   b. 8 May 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1929  (Age 87 years)   4. Wendel S. Shantz,   b. 4 May 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   5. Catharine Shantz,   b. 6 Nov 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1942  (Age 97 years)   6. Elizabeth Shantz,   b. 25 Mar 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 May 1942, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)   7. Magdalena Shantz,   b. 18 Aug 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 May 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)   8. Noah S. Shantz,   b. 12 Dec 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1939, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F4281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Snyder,   b. 1806, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Christian S. Shantz,   b. 4 Jul 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Mar 1903, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States  (Age 64 years)   2. Moses S. Shantz,   b. 14 Nov 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1921  (Age 81 years)   3. Levi S. Shantz,   b. 8 May 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1929  (Age 87 years)   4. Wendel S. Shantz,   b. 4 May 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   5. Catharine Shantz,   b. 6 Nov 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1942  (Age 97 years)   6. Elizabeth Shantz,   b. 25 Mar 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 May 1942, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)   7. Noah S. Shantz,   b. 12 Dec 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1939, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F264680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Mary C. Janzen,   b. 18 Jun 1802, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 Mar 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	21 Jan 1851	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 12]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jonas C. Shantz, "was born July 26th, 1813. On March 28th, 1837, he was married to Hannah, daughter of John C. and Catharine (Shantz) Snyder. She was born July 25th, 1819, and died December 12, 1848. On January 21st, 1851 he was again married to Mary, daughter of Abraham and Nancy (Clemmer) Janzen (She was the widow of the late Abraham Honsberger). She was born June 18th, 1802, and died March 26th, 1888. Mr. Shantz shortly after his first marriage moved several miles north of Baden where he still resides" Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 390. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 816. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 477. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 284. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 44. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link. In memory of / Jonas C. Shantz / Born / July 26, 1813 / died / Mar. 16, 1898 / Aged 84 Yrs. 7 Mos. / 18 Days / Kind friends beware as you pass by, / As you are now, so once was I: / As I am now, so you must be, / Prepare therefore, to follow me. / [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 5 Page 14. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 19. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 99. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 30 Mar 1837:16. 28 Mar 1837 Rev. F.W. Bindemann m. Jonas Schantz to Johanna Schneider, both of Waterloo. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages By Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Minister of The Mennonist Society, Berlin report #194. Jonas Schantz, to Maria Hunsperger, both of Wilmot. 21 Jan. 1851. Rev. Eby. Wit. Magdalena Eby and Maria Benner. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 385.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Jul 1813 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1837 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Mar 1837 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Jan 1851 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farm Laborer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Retired - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: chronic bronchitis (6 weeks) - 16 Mar 1898 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth