Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Edmund Shantz[1, 2, 3]

Male 1865 - 1947  (82 years)


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  • Name Edmund Shantz 
    Born 14 Jul 1865  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Button Maker 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Pattern Maker 
    Occupation 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Salesman 
    Residence 1921  26 Mansion St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6802 
    Died 17 Dec 1947  [11
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I19689  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Isaac Erb Shantz,   b. 23 May 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Eby,   b. 26 Aug 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1915  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1860  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
    Family ID F4950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Groff,   b. 26 Dec 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1953  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 20 Mar 1889  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Children 
     1. Alson Oras Shantz,   b. 17 Dec 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951  (Age 61 years)
     2. Edna Shantz,   b. 16 Nov 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936  (Age 44 years)
     3. Earl Shantz,   b. 1898, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Clayton Earl Shantz,   b. 31 May 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F1330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Edmund Shantz, "was born July 14th, 1865. He is married to Susannah Groff. They reside at Bridgeport where he is engaged in farming. To them are born two 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.].

  • 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..., 415.

    2. [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..., 558.

    3. [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..., 728.

    4. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-8 Page 4.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012128-89.
      012128-89 (Waterloo Co.) Edmund SHANTZ, 23, farmer, Wilmot Twp, Bridgeport, s/o Isaac & Magdalena married Susannah GROFF, 23, Waterloo Twp, Waterloo Twp, d/o Jacob & Lydia, witn: Jacob GROFF of Waterloo Twp & Elmina SHANTZ of Bridgeport, 20 March 1889 in Waterloo Twp.

    6. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 6.

    7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 34 Page 5.

    8. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 28 Page 9.

    9. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 7.

    10. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 3 Page 14.

    11. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    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..., 414.

    13. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 25 Jan 1860.
      "Shantz - Eby: On the 30th ult., by the Rev'd Joseph Hagey, Mr. Isaac E. Shantz, to Magdalena, eldest daughter of Elias Eby, Esq., Bridgeport."

    14. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 3 Page 17.

    15. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Isaac Shantz, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Samuel and Susanna, married 23 Dec 1860 Magdalena Eby, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Elias and Anna

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Jul 1865 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Mar 1889 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Button Maker - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Pattern Maker - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Salesman - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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