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Catharine Shantz[1, 2]

Female 1844 - 1942  (97 years)


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  • Name Catharine Shantz 
    Born 6 Nov 1844  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Catharine Axt 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Other Methodist 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1940  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6662 
    Died 8 Oct 1942  [6] 
    Buried Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I19172  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 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  [12, 13, 14] 
    Family ID F4281  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 Andrew Axt,   b. 28 Jan 1850, Queck, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1873  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 15] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Axt,   b. 14 May 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1934  (Age 59 years)
     2. Jacob Axt,   b. 12 Jan 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Matilda Axt,   b. 22 Nov 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1963  (Age 81 years)
     4. Margaret Axt,   b. 14 Jun 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1972, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     5. Hannah Axt,   b. 5 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1889  (Age 2 years)
     6. Elam Axt,   b. 21 Dec 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1974, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4900  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Catharine Shantz, "was born November 6th, 1844. On December 25th, 1873, she was married to Andrew Axt. They reside near Philipsburg P. O., Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of six children".


      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.].

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      Axt. - Catharine, beloved wife of Andrew Axt, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Nov. 6, 1844; died Oct. 8, 1942; aged 97 y. 11 m. 2 d. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." She was married to Andrew Axt Dec. 25, 1873. This union was blessed with 6 children, 2 sons and 4 daughters. One daughter (Hannah) prede-ceased her Feb. 17, 1889, and another daughter (Lizzie, Mrs. Adam Doering) July 6, 1934. Her husband died July 7, 1923. She was the last surviving member of the Jonas Shantz family; her sister (Mrs. Rosenberger) having passed a-way only a few months ago, at the age of 96 years. She leaves 2 sons and 2 daughters: Ja-cob, of Petersburg; Elam, of Baden; Maggie (Mrs. Warren Bean) of New Dundee; and Lillie, at home. There also survive 19 grandchil-dren, 21 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. "She was a mother in Israel" and was wonderfully blessed with health all through her life until the last few years she began to fail. The last nine weeks of her life she spent mostly in bed, when life just seemed to ebb away. She was the oldest resident of Wilmot Township and in her passing one of the oldest landmarks has been removed. Funeral services were held Oct. 12 at the home and at the Shantz Mennonite Church, in charge of Bros. Orphen Wismer, Leslie Witmer, and Manassah Hallman. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

      Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXV, No . 32 - November 5, 1942 - pages 686-688

  • 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..., 391.

    2. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 37123-1884 Margretha Axt.

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 8.

    4. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 8.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 009895-74 Andrew Axt and Catherine Shantz.
      Andrew AXT, 24, farmer, Hessia Darmstadt Germany, Wilmot Twp, s/o John AXT & Catharine DIEBEL married Catharine SHANTZ, 29, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, d/o Jonas SHANTZ & Hannah SNYDER, witn: Michael & Eliza MENGER both of New Hamburg, 25 December 1873 in Wilmot Twp

    6. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      In / Loving memory / of / Andrew Axt / Died July 7, 1923 / Aged 73 Years / Catharine Shantz / his wife / Died Oct. 8, 1942 / Aged 97 years / Gone but not forgotten / Axt /

    7. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 1.

    8. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 5 Page 14.

    9. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 37.

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

    11. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Elizabeth Shantz Vol. XXXV, No . 14 - July 2, 1942 - page 303.

    12. [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.

    13. [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.

    14. [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.

    15. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 2, 1923 Obituary of Andrw Axt.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Nov 1844 - 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1873 - 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1940 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 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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