Abraham Nash

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• Eby ID Number: 00133-8150.3

Abraham — Mary Gross. Mary was born Abt 1780; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Moyer
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8150.5

Mary — Abraham Moyer. Abraham was born Abt 1808, , Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Schantz
• Occupation: school teacher
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8150.7
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
• Residence: 1935, 43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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MRS. MARY SCHANTZ

One of Kitchener's few nonagenarians, Mrs. Mary Schantz, 43 Schneider Avenue, passed away at 11 o'clock last night at her late residence where she had resided since 1890, the result of a slight stroke suffered a week ago. Mrs. Schantz in her 95th year was born in Haldimand County, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abram H. Moyer. In 1863 she was married at Port Elgin to the late Tobias Schantz, who predeceased her ten years ago. She was a public school teacher before her marriage. Deceased was a faithful member and regular attendant as long as health would permit of Alma Street United Brethren Church and also the Ladies Aid and Women's Missionary Society.

Four sons, Orpheus M. Schantz at Chicago, Ill., Austin T. Schantz, Denver, Col., Frank A. Schantz, city, Arthur B. Schantz of Big Prairie, Alta., and two daughters, Miss Sophie E. Schantz and Miss Florence A. C. Schantz, both of this city, survive with three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

The funeral will take place Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Ratz Bechtel Funeral Home, followed by interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. Elmer Becker will officiate. The remains will be resting at the funeral home until the funeral.

Kitchener Daily Record 29 Jan 1935 pg 11

Mary married Tobias K. Schantz 6 Aug 1863, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada. Tobias (son of Benjamin P. Shantz and Lydia Kolb) was born 10 Apr 1842, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Apr 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
• Name: Orpheus Moyer Schantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6960.2
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Author: 1928; Birds of Illinois
• Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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In the 1870s there was not much entertainment. In the winter revival services provided most of the excitement. These meetings would last six or seven weeks. Mr. Orpheus Shantz recalled a frame carriage shed which also stood near the Methodist Church in Hawkesville where myriads of bats congregated. Small boys delighted in beating the walls with sticks during the daytime, and then watching the bats fly out in swarms.

Hawkesville United Cemetery, Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society.

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Orpheus M Schantz was the first born of Tobias & Mary Schantz, he left Conestogo to live with Mary's brother in Iowa in 1881. He was a regular visiter to his family home on Schneider Avenue in Berlin/Kitchener. An artist & expert naturalist, he often recorded events on bracket fungi he collected on woodland walks. Orpheus etched a snowy scene with evergreen trees. He wrote on the margin, "January 1, 1922, First visit by Orpheus in winter since leaving home October 1881." He included the family names including his great niece Dorothy. This curio and several similar decorated fungi were stored in the attic of the Schantz/Russell home until the last decade when it was donated to the Waterloo Region Museum.

Harold Russell 2016 Facebook

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RED BANK, N.J., Sept. 3-- Orpheus M. Schantz, well-known naturalist, who was one of the group instrumental in establishing the Old Smoky Mountain National Park, died here yesterday at the home of his son, Worth F. Schantz. His age was 87.

New York Times 3 Sep 1951

Orpheus married Cornelia Caroline "Carrie" Flagler 30 Jan 1889. Cornelia (daughter of Samuel A. Flagler and Melvina D.) was born 9 Aug 1864, Carbondale Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States; died 26 Oct 1922, Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States; was buried , Mount Auburn Memorial Park, Stickney, Cook, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Etta Shantz
• Name: Lydia Mary Etta "Etta" White
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8150.12
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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WHITE - On the 5th of May, 1900 at the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Shantz, Etta, wife of Ward White, in her 34th year. They had lived at Leamington, Ont., since their marriage in September, 1897, and up to within a short time of her decease when the husband left for Didsbury, Alberta, Canada, to prepare a home for them while the deceased came to spend the summer with her parents and friends before following her husband to the Northwest. Within a week after her arrival a child was born and a few days afterward the young mother suddenly began to sink and soon passed away. Owing to the great distance it was impossible for the husband to attend the funeral of his beloved companion which took place from her father's residence to the Alma St. U. B. church, Berlin, Ont. The remains were laid to rest in Mount Hope cemetery. She leaves her husband, an infant child, parents, brothers and sisters and many warm friends to mourn her early death, yet they mourn not as those who have no hope, for she had made the wise choice years ago and she was prepared when the summons came. God comfort the bereaved hearts in this hour of affliction.

HERALD OF TRUTH, Vol. XXXVII, No. 11, June 1, 1900, pages 174, 175

Lydia married Ward Malott White 1 Sep 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ward was born 1870, Leamington, Mersea Twp., Essex Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1948, Chilliwack, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Chilliwack, , British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6960.8
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Seamstress
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saleswoman, Knop Store
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00133-8150.14
• Residence: 1935, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

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• Public Service: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; on the board of the Berlin/Kitchener Orphanage
• Name: Frank Shantz
• Residence: 43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6960.10
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1891, , Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk in Store
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Salesman, Store
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
• Residence: 1962, 43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Frank Schantz worked in the dry goods business, becoming a shareholder in the firm of Lang Tracey. A bachelor, having a "built-in family," he was civic minded, serving on the Kitchener Public School Board, the orphanage board and the board of the YMCA.

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A man long active in Kitchener community life, Franklin Schantz, 88, of 43 Schneider Ave. died Monday at K-W Hospital. He was born Jan. 12, 1874, at Hawkesville, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Schantz, and lived eight years in Conestogo before moving to Kitchener. He retired in 1931 from the T. Eaton Company Ltd., and was employed by the Kitchener Public Utilities Commission for about 15 years. Mr. Schantz was a member of Alma Street United Brethren in Christ Church, where he sang with the church choir. He was a member of the Harwood Bible Class. He served from 1933-1940 on Kitchener Public School Board, and in 1940 retired as secretary of the K-W Orphanage Board after 24 years. He was an active member of the K-W Philatelic Association, a member of the Waterloo Historical Society and a charter member of the K-W Field Naturalist Society. Mr. Schantz also served with the Boys Work Committee of the YMCA and also did nature study work at Paradise Lake Camp. He was unmarried. Four brothers and three sisters predeceased him. A niece and two great-nephews survive.

Elmira Signet 3 Oct 1962

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6960.11
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; photographer assistant with Schneuker
• Residence: 1935, Big Prairie, , Alberta

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• Name: Florence Annie Catherine Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6960.12
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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• Name: Herbert Cecil Palmer Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6960.13
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk