Elizabeth Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1861 - 1946  (84 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Shantz
  Born	23 Dec 1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
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  Name	Elizabeth Cressman
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6735
  Died	11 Jul 1946  [6, 10]
  Buried	Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 10]
  Person ID	I19466	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Y. Shantz,   b. 10 Jul 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Stauffer,   b. 5 Jan 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Aug 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	15 May 1838	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F1019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Moses M. Cressman,   b. 19 Mar 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1938, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	29 Nov 1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 14]
  Children	1. Ivan S. Cressman,   b. 3 Mar 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Nov 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   2. Addison "Addis" Cressman,   b. 25 Dec 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1977  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Shantz, "was born December 23rd, 1861. On November 29th, 1881, she was married to Moses M. Cressman who was born March 19, 1859. They reside near Haysville, Ontario." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________ Cressman.--Elizabeth, daughter of the late Jos. Y. Schantz, died July 11, 1946, in her eighty-fifth year. In her youth she accepted Christ and united with the Mennonite Church, to which she remained true to the end. In 1881 she was married to Moses M. Cressman, a deacon, who predeceased her eight years ago. Surviving are 2 sons (Ivan and Addis), one daughter (Mrs. Zenas Snyder), and one sister (Mrs. Louisa Cressman). she was an invalid for the last several years of her life. Funeral services were held at her late home and at the Biehn Mennonite Church, New Hamburg, Ont., in charge of M. H. Hallman and C. C. Cressman. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXIX, No . 30 - October 22, 1946--Page 655

  
  

• 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..., 403. [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..., 502. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 16. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 30. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011691-82. Moses CRESSMAN, 22, farmer, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, s/o Amos S. CRESSMAN & Anna MARTIN married Elizabeth SHANTZ, 19, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, d/o Joseph Y. SHANTZ & Elisabeth STOUFFER, witn Joseph Y. SHANTZ & Simon SHANTZ both of Wilmot Twp, 29 November 1881 at the bride's residence. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, October 22, 1946 - Obituary of Elizabeth Cressman. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 2. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 15. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 69. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, N., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, N. (1861). Elizabeth Shantz Cressman (1861-1946) - Find A... Retrieved 13 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45275452/elizabeth-cressman. [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..., 401. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 17 May 1838:22. 15 May 1838 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Joseph Schantz, son of Jakob Schantz, to Barbara (Elizabeth?) Staufer, daughter of Daniel Staufer, both of Waterloo Tp. (Poem follows) [S32] News - Herald of Truth, June 1, 1900 - Obituary of Joseph Y. Shantz. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 9, 1938 - Obituary of Moses M. Cressman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Dec 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Nov 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth