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

Marie "Mary" Nahrgang[1]

Female 1847 - 1921  (74 years)


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  • Name Marie "Mary" Nahrgang 
    Born 2 Nov 1847  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Name Marie "Mary" Shantz 
    Name Mary Nahrgang 
    Residence 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1868  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00085-5038 
    Died 26 Dec 1921 
    Buried Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4240  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Christopher Nahrgang,   b. 25 Dec 1801, Lehrbach, District Of Alsfeld, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1886, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Mary Schneider,   b. 1 Apr 1808, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 8 Apr 1833  [10, 11
    Family ID F997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Daniel Shantz,   b. 4 Jan 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1868  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9, 12
    Children 
     1. Norman Shantz,   b. 3 Nov 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1949  (Age 79 years)
     2. Uzziah Shantz,   b. 11 Jun 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1948, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. Anna Shantz,   b. 25 Nov 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     4. Joseph N. Shantz,   b. 30 Dec 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1942, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     5. Ella Shantz,   b. 3 Oct 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1958  (Age 74 years)
     6. Simeon N. Shantz,   b. 1 Mar 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1973, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     7. Clara Shantz,   b. 18 Dec 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary Nahrgang, "was born November 2nd, 1847. On March 10th, 1868, she was married to Daniel Shantz who was born January 4th, 1844. They reside near Haysville, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. To them is born a family of seven 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..., 402.

    2. [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..., 140.

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 2.

    4. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 62.

    5. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Wilmot Twp. 1911 Div. 8 Page 10.

    6. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 13.

    7. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Page 27.

    8. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 54.

    9. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Daniel Shantz, 24, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, married 10 Mar 1868 Maria Nahrgang, 20, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, daughter of Christopher and Maria

    10. [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..., 346.

    11. [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..., 139.

    12. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, November 12, 1936 - Obituary of Daniel Shantz.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Nov 1847 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1868 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Mar 1868 - , 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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