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Christian S. Shantz[1]

Male 1838 - 1903  (64 years)


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  • Name Christian S. Shantz 
    Born 4 Jul 1838  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1860  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Other Methodist 
    Occupation 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6658 
    Died 25 Mar 1903  Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I19127  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Jonas C. Shantz,   b. 26 Jul 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Hannah Snyder,   b. 25 Jul 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1848  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1837  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7] 
    Family ID F4281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Mother Barbara,   b. 1822, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F235346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Jonas C. Shantz,   b. 26 Jul 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Mary Snyder,   b. 1806, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F264680  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna "Nancy" Steiner,   b. 11 Sep 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 20 Nov 1860  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Veronica Shantz,   b. Abt 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Fronicka Shantz,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Seth Shantz,   b. Abt 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Elizabeth Shantz,   b. 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Ernie Shantz,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Ozias Shantz,   b. 6 Apr 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. George Shantz,   b. Abt 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Barbara Shantz,   b. 13 Dec 1875, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Gertie (?) Shantz,   b. 1879, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Ira Shantz,   b. 12 Sep 1879, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F4896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Christian S. Shantz, "was born July 4th, 1838. In November, 1860, he was married to Nancy Steiner who was born September 11th, 1839, and died May 16th, 1886. They resided in Wilmot Township, north of Baden, where she died. He is still residing on his farm.."


      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 
    1. [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.

    2. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      Shantz / Mother / Nancy Steiner / 1839-1886 / Father / Christian Shantz / 1838-1903 / George / 1873-1880 /

    3. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 18.

    4. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Christian Shantz, 22, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, son of Jonas and Hannah, married 20 Nov 1860 Nancy Stiver, 21, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, daughter of Eutrich and Elizabeth

    5. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 99.

    6. [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.

    7. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Jul 1838 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Nov 1860 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Mar 1903 - Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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