Simon S. Shantz

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33645375
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6850
• Residence: 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer & Saw Mill
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Simon Shantz, "was born May 15th, 1818. On March 4th, 1845, he was married to Judith, daughter of Daniel and Susannah (Kenzie) Stauffer. She was born August 1st, 1825, and died January 26th, 1862. He died December 13th, 1893. They resided in Wilmot Township, near Baden. Their family consisted of nine 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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SHANTZ.-In Wilmot, Ont., on the 14th of December, 1893, Simon Shantz. He was born May 15th, 1818, and arrived at the ripe old age of 75 years, 6 months and 29 days. In 1845 he was married to Judith Stauffer, whom he survived nearly 32 years. He was the father of 4 sons and 5 daughters, of whom 3 daughters preceded him. His funeral, which was largely attended, took place on the 17th of December. Buried in Geiger's cemetery. Funeral services by Moses S. Bowman in German from 2 Cor. 4: 17,18 and 5: 1, and Daniel Wismer in English from Philippians 1: 21. His friends mourn not as those who have no hope^.2a


HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 2, January 15, 1894 - pp 29,30,31

Simon married Judith Stauffer 4 Mar 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Judith (daughter of Daniel Stauffer and Susannah Kinzie) was born 1 Aug 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Snider
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6851
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Susannah Shantz
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Susannah Shantz, "was born April 8th, 1846. She is unmarried and resides with her brother on the old homestead."


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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SNIDER. SUSANNAH, daughter of the late Simon SHANTZ, and widow of the late Solomon Snider, was born Apr. 6, 1846; died in Waterloo Co., Ont., at the home of Oliver D. Snider, Dec. 30, 1932; aged 86 y. 8 m. 22 d. She was married to Solomon Snider in October, 1897, who predeceased her 3 years ago, 1 daughter Angeline (Mrs. Jacob Musselman) also predeceased her. She leaves 4 children (Mrs. Alvin Shantz, Addison and Oliver of Elmira, and Irvin of Guernsey, Sask.), 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren by her foster family relation. The funeral took place from the home of Oliver D. Snider to Elmira Mennonite Church for services where she was a faithful member. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Services were conducted by Bishops Jonas Snider and Moses Brubacher. Texts, Job 14: 14 and Prov. 4: 18.


GOSPEL HERALD - Volume XXV, Number 44 - January 26, 1933 page 926,927

Susannah married Solomon S. Snider 26 Sep 1897. Solomon (son of David S. Snider and Leah Snyder) was born 11 Jan 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1929; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Schmitt
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6852
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Catherine Shantz
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Catharine Shantz, "was born September 28, 1847. She is married to Jacob Schmitt, a farmer. They reside north of Baden and have a family of one child."


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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Schmidtt. - Catherine Shantz, beloved wife of Jacob B. Schmitt, was born Sep. 28, 1847. She was married Oct. 30, 1886. This union was blessed with 3 children (2 predeceased). She died, after a short illness, at her home near Baden, Ont., Oct. 16, 1924; aged 77 y. 18 d. She leaves a deeply bereaved husband, 1 daughter, 3 step-daughters, 3 step-sons, 6 grandchildren, 29 step-grandchildren, 7 step-great-grandchildren, 1 sister, and 2 brothers. Funeral services were conducted Oct. 19 by Orphen Wismer (Jno. 14), Mannassah Hallman, and Jonas Snider. Text, Heb. 11: 16. Interment in the Shantz Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XVII, No. 36 - December 11, 1924 - pages 735, 736

Catharine married Jacob B. Schmitt 31 Oct 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jacob (son of Rev. Dr. George R. Schmitt and Salome "Sally" Becker) was born 28 Nov 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Dec 1925; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6853
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawyer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawyer

Notes:

Jonathan S. Shantz, "was born March 16th, 1849. On October 24th, 1876, he was married to Caroline Bingeman. They reside in Winterbourne, Ontario, where he is engaged in the sawing and lumber business"

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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"Shantz.-Death came as a welcome relief to Bro. Jonathan. Shantz of Carstairs, Alta., who passed away Dec. 14, 1914; aged 65 y. 8 m. 28 d. The deceased was born March 16, 1849, in Waterloo Co. Ont., where he grew to manhood and on Oct. 27, 1876, was married to Caroline Bingeman. To this union were born 9 children, 2 of them having died while quite young. The remaining ones are in the immediate vicinity and at home. In 1901 he moved with his family to a farm near Carstairs, Alberta, where he has since resided to the time of his death. He has been a member of the Mennonite Church for quite a number of years, and when health permitted was seldom missing at the regular services.

Funeral services conducted by N. R. Weber, J. K. Lehman, and N. B. Stauffer, on Dec. 16 at the West Zion Church, near Carstairs, Alta."

Gospel Herald - Volume VII, Number 40 - December 31, 1914, page 647:

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Jonathan Shantz's Dam.

In reference to the general topography of the village of Winterbourne in my last letter I omitted mention of the dam which confines the waters of Cox's Creek. It is the property of Mr. Jonathan Shantz, and contributes the power that operates his saw mill and chopping machine. It is undoubtedly one of the largest confined bodies of water in Waterloo county. The village derives advantages from it in more ways than one. While it adds considerably to the picturesqueness of the village it affords good fishing for the inhabitants thereof when the season is on. In the spring it is alive with chubs, suckers, red fins and bass. The latter abound in large number and many are often caught weighing from three to four pounds. Its generous owner permits free access to it by the public, and consequently the average villager whose beef or pork supply has become diminished or who feels the want of a change from that sort of diet can in a short time with hook and line procure choice specimens for the frying pan. The law prohibiting the catching of bass at this season of the year was the only obstacle that prevented your correspondent from making the attempt to land a few of the big fellows to form a savory feast for the table of the editor of the CHRONICLE.

In addition to this advantage afforded to the village Mr. Shantz is the most prominent in giving it some industrial life. He was born near St. Jacobs, March 16, 1849, and is a son of Simon Shantz, Sr. When he was about a year old his parents moved from his birth place to Wilmot where they lived about 45 years He purchased the saw mill here in 1895 from his brother Ezra, who had purchased it from one David Clemens, and has since added a cider and chopping mill. The saw will has a capacity of producing about 8,000 feet of lumber per day, the chopper 200 bags per day and the cider mill about 2,000 gallons per day. He also owns a farm of twenty acres near the village, from which he derives plenty of the necessaries of life for his family. He has been in some way connected in the operation of a saw-mill since he was fourteen years of age, and it is altogether likely that he will follow that vocation as long as he lives, or at least while the timber continues to hold out. Mr. Shantz was married about twenty-two years ago to Miss Caroline, daughter of Mr. John Bingeman, of near Washington, Nine children have been born to them, two of whom are dead. They are of the Mennonite faith and Reform in politics. The family lives in one of the venerable landmarks of the village. It is the old stone tavern which was built in 1836 by the late John Tyson, who was its landlord for two or three years and afterwards was kept by Henry Wenglin and others. It was a famous resort for the travelling public years ago. It is a substantial stone structure, but save its convenient location near the public highway, it does not show signs of having once been a public house. Mr. Shantz is a popular citizen and a man entitled to the respect and esteem of all who meet him or have business transactions with him.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 2 Jun 1898, p. 8

Jonathan married Caroline Bingeman 24 Oct 1876. Caroline (daughter of John Bingeman and Judith Schneider) was born 11 Apr 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1927, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: 566 Fisher Mills Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Speed Flour Mill
• Name: J. S. Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6854
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?

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Joseph S. Shantz

Mr. J. S. Shantz, aged 83, passed away at his home, Fisher's Mills, on Sunday, Oct. 1. Mr. Shantz was a widely known citizen and one deeply interested in religion and philanthropic activities. There survive two sons and one daughter, Edwin of Hespeler, Junia at home and Mrs. Sydney Shantz of Kitchener. The funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 3rd, from his home at Fisher's Mills. Rev. S. M. Kanagy of Blair and Bishop C. F. Derstine, Kitchener, officiated. The remains were interred in Wanner's cemetery. Casket bearers were Moses B. Shantz, Kitchener; Lyndere Shantz, New Hamburg; Moses Bowman, New Dundee; Gordon Snyder, Kitchener; Fred Snyder, Waterloo; Edward Snyder, Preston.

The Waterloo Chronicle 12 Oct 1933 pg 5

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Joseph Shantz, "was born February 13th, 1851. On February 13th, 1877, he was married to Nancy Shantz. Some time after their marriage they moved near Hespeler where she died March 13th, 1885. On March 9th, 1887, he was again married to Magdalena Snyder, widow of the late Alfred Simpson. They reside near Hespeler, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. To him and his first wife were born two sons,."

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.].

Joseph married Nancy Shantz 13 Feb 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of Joshua Y. Shantz and Magdalena Martin) was born 18 Sep 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Mar 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married Magdalena "Martha" Snyder 9 Mar 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Absalom Snyder, daughter of Absalom Snyder and Mary Bricker) was born 21 Feb 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jun 1931, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 6 Jun 1931, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6855
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Maria Shantz
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6856
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Elizabeth Shantz, "was born Januray 4th, 1855, and died of fever."


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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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6857
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Simon S. Shantz, "was born October 8th, 1856. He is married to Caroline, daughter of Peter and Catharine (Nahrgang) Christner. They reside on his father's farm near Haysville, Ontario. To them are born three 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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Shantz.-Simon Stauffer Shantz was born near Baden, Ont., Oct. 8, 1856. In 1887 he was married to Carolina Christener. Their family consisted of four sons, one having preceded him to the glory world. During a period of extended illness he saw the necessity of being right with God. On March 15, he accepted Christ as his Savior and was received into the Church by water baptism. During his short Christian experience he gave definite evidence of forgiven sins and peace with God. He passed to his eternal reward on March 23, 1926, aged 69 y. 5 m. 15 d. He is survived by his sorrowing companion and three sons. Funeral service at the Geiger Church, in charge of Brethren Manasseh Hallman and Curtis C. Cressman. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XIX, No. 40 - December 30, 1926 - pp 847, 848

Simon married Caroline Christner 6 Apr 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Caroline (daughter of Peter L. Christner and Catharine Nahrgang) was born CALC 19 Aug 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1931, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6858
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Ezra S. Shantz, "was born August 7th, 1858. On March 15th, 1888, he was married to Lydia Ann, daughter of Levi and Hester (Snyder) Stauffer. She was born December 14th, 1862. They resided near Haysville, Ontario, where he was engaged in farming until his death which took place May 10th, 1895, leaving a family of four 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.].

Ezra married Lydia Ann Stauffer 15 Mar 1888, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Levi Stauffer and Esther Snyder) was born 14 Dec 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Mar 1949, Kelowna, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6859
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-285086
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Ida Boshart
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80849
• Residence: 1911, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Ida married John Boshart 17 Aug 1916. John (son of Jonas Boshart and Magdalena Gerber) was born 29 Sep 1892, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Oct 1969, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00009-1070.2

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SHANTZ.- On the 20th of November. In Wilmot twp., Waterloo Ont., Ida, daughter of Jonathan and Caroline Shantz, aged 5 years, 6 months and 4 days. Buried at Blenheim; Funeral services by Joseph Nahrgang in German, and Noah Stauffer in English. Text, 1 Peter 1: 24.


Herald of Truth - Volume XX, Number 23 - December 1, 1883, page 365

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• Eby ID Number: 00009-1070.3
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00009-1070.4
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Epidemic: 1918; spanish influenza

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Shantz.-Judith Shantz, at her brother's home near Carstairs, Alta., Nov. 22, of influenza; aged 36 y. 4 m. 15 d. This was indeed very sad, being the second death in the same family in less than two weeks. The departed sister has been a faithful member of the Mennonite Church for a number of years, and left bright hopes of being ready for the glory world beyond. She is survived by her mother, 3 brothers, 2 sisters and many friends. The Lord comfort the sorrowing ones. At this time we are made to think of the words of the poet:

"Not now but in the coming years
We'll reap the meaning of our tears,
And then we'll understand."

Memorial services to be held later. Burial services by N. R. Weber at the West Zion Mennonite Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XI, Number 38 - December 19, 1918, pages 686 and 687

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• Eby ID Number: 00009-1070.5
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Shantz.-Clayton Shantz, at his home near Carstairs, Alta., died of influenza, Nov. 9, 1918; aged 34 y. 7 m. He accepted Christ in March, 1918, and united with the Church in July. He lived a consistent Christian life, and died in the triumph of living faith. He is survived by his wife, mother, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, and many friends. The Lord bless the bereaved ones. Burial services conducted by N. Weber. Memorial services will be held later. Remains laid to rest in the West Zion Mennonite Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XI, Number 38 - December 19, 1918, pages 686 and 687

Clayton married Mabel Bowman 18 Jul 1917, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mabel (daughter of Leander S. Bowman and Rebecca Snyder) was born 16 Feb 1885, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Sep 1964, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lizzie Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00009-1070.6
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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SHANTZ - Elizabeth May, daughter of Bro. Jonathan and sister Caroline Shantz, died at Winterbourne, Waterloo Co., Ont., on July 25th, 1897. She was born Nov. 16th 1885. Buried in the Blenheim Mennonite cemetery. Sermon by Joseph Nahrgang. She went to heaven to be with the angels whom she said she saw before she died.

Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIV, No. 17, September 1, 1897, Page 270, 271

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• Eby ID Number: 00009-1070.7
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Eldon Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00009-1070.8
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Shantz.-Eldon, son of Bro. and Sister Jonathan Shantz, died near Carstairs, Alta.; aged 30 y. 3 m. 26 d. Death was due to influenza, being sick about ten days. Eldon was converted in June, 1918, during a series of meetings held by Bro. C. Z. Yoder. Soon after he united with the Church and lived a consistent Christian until death. The remains were laid to rest in the West Zion Cemetery near Carstairs, Alta., burial services being conducted by Bro. N. R. Weber. Memorial services are to be held at a later date. May God bless the bereaved ones

Gospel Herald - Volume XII, Number 51 - March 18, 1920 - pp. 974, 975

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• Name: Verna Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00009-1070.9

Verna — Elmer Shantz. Elmer (son of Ezra S. Shantz and Lydia Hunsberger) was born 19 Aug 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53297

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• Name: Simon Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6744.3
• Birth: 4 Apr 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Edwin S. Shantz

HESPELER, Edwin S. Shantz, 74, died today at his home on Edward St., Preston. He was born in Wilmot Township and farmed near Hespeler, for 40 years, before he retired in 1941 and became associated with his brother, in the Speed Flour Mill. He is survived by his wife, the former Evelyn Howell. His first wife, Ida Martin, predeceased him in 1938. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. R. S. Evans, Puslinch Township; one brother, Junia Shantz, Fisher Mills; one sister, Mrs. Sydney Shantz, Kitchener and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 2 p.m., at the residence and at 2: 30 p.m., at Wanner Mennonite Church, with interment, in the Wanner Cemetery. The body now rests at his late residence.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 2 Feb 1952 pg 5

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Shantz, Edwin Simon, born April 4, 1878, in Wilmot Twp., Ont.; died Feb. 2, 1952; aged 73 y. 9 m. 28 d. At an early age he moved to the Hespeler district where he lived for the remainder of his life. In his teen age he was converted and became a member of the Wanner Church where he was an active member until the time of his death. In 1902 he was married to Ida Martin who predeceased him in 1939. He married Evelyn Howell in 1941. Surviving him are his wife, Evelyn, one daughter (Mrs. R. S. Evans, Hespeler, Ont.), 12 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, one brother (Junia Shantz), and one sister (Mrs. Sydney Shantz, Kitchener, Ont.). Funeral services were held Feb. 4 at the home and at the Wanner Church with Merle Shantz officiating, assisted by M. G. McFarlane, pastor of the United Church of Canada in Hespeler. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery

Gospel Herald - Volume XLV, Number 12 - March 18, 1952 --- page 286, 287

Edwin married Evelyn Howell 1941. Evelyn was born Abt 1880, Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Edwin married Ida Martin 15 Jan 1902, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of Aaron Martin and Judith Snyder) was born 8 Jul 1880, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1938, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 14 Sep 1938, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-15867

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-5923.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-5923.4

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-5923.5

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• Business: 566 Fisher Mills Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Speed Flour Mill
• Interesting: story, mill
• Name: A. J. Shantz
• Name: Junia Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5923.6
• Residence: 1952, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

SHANTZ, A. Junia

At Fairview Mennonite Home, 799 Concession Rd., Cambridge, on Monday evening, March 14, 1988, A. Junia Shantz, in his 97th year. Beloved husband of the late, Clara (Bechtel) Shantz (1984). The late Mr. Shantz, was predeceased by two brothers, Edwin and Hermice and is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Evelyn Shantz of St. George and a family friend, Helen Shantz of Waterloo. Mr. Shantz, was born in Waterloo township, the son of the late Joseph and Mattie (Snyder) Shantz and was an active life-long member of the Wanner Mennonite Church. He was a pioneer in the formula feed business and operated the Fisher Mill Feed Store, in the Cambridge (Hespeler) area, for many years. He was a past president of the South Waterloo Agricultural Society. The family will receive friends at the Nelson Funeral Home, 1766 Franklin Blvd., Cambridge, on Wednesday afternoon and evening, from 2: 30-4: 30 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Thursday afternoon, March 17, at 2: 30 p.m., in the Wanner Mennonite Church, with Rev. Paul Martin officiating. Interment Wanner cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Mar 1988 pg B13

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Flash from the Past: Busy feed mill was at Fisher Mills

Waterloo Region Record

For much of the 20th century the story of the Hespeler-area hamlet of Fisher Mills ran parallel to the story of its mill and the mill's longtime owner, A.J. Shantz.

Last week's "mystery" photo showing Hespeler Feed & Farm Supplies in the 1960s inspired dozens of calls and emails from readers with ties to the hamlet, named for Jacob Fisher, a Chilligo Creek mill operator in the early 1800s. Fisher Mills was also the birthplace in 1841 of Waterloo distiller Joseph Seagram. His parents owned a hotel there.

The old mill, just east of Beaverdale Road and two kilometres from the heart of Hespeler (now Cambridge), was a place of business until 1990. It's now a home, backing on Maple Grove Road.

In 1932, when he was 40, Ammon Junia (A.J.) Shantz became owner of the feed mill his father Joseph Shantz began there in 1890. Powered by water from a man-made pond, the Shantz mill was built on the foundation of an earlier flour mill that in 1888 was dismantled and moved to Birtle, Man. One of A.J. Shantz's first steps as owner was to add a diesel engine.

Shantz grew up working at the mill but also trained at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph in the 1920s. He lived with his parents on a farm that is partly visible on the far left in the photo.

Shantz is remembered as an honest, kind and astute man who kept pace with changing business realities. A Shur-Gain franchisee, producing livestock feeds was his key focus. But his mill also did seed cleaning, grain chopping and saw milling. It made apple cider, fruit juice, molasses and apple butter (the latter venture was directed by his mother, Mattie), plus its own brand of dog food, promoted by a litter of 16 Irish setters, Shantz acquired.

A description in the 1957 volume of the Waterloo Historical Society noted: "Mr. Shantz also deals in fertilizers, fencing, twine and many other lines of farm supplies. An electrical appliance shop stocking deep freezers, TV sets etc. has recently been added to his establishment."

For 22 years Shantz also owned the Speed Mill north of Hespeler. It was both a flour and feed mill.

Lois Anne Snyder of Waterloo recognized the Shantz Mill photo. She grew up in Fisher Mills and her grandfather and father, both named Alf Tuletzki, worked for Shantz, as did her sister Betty, who had a job in the mill office.

"We used to go down there sometimes with my dad in the mornings," Snyder recalled. One of the first things her father would do was go to the basement and start an engine that would get all sorts of belts and pulleys moving throughout the building.

Don Baker of Kitchener phoned to say his father, Art, bought farm supplies at the mill and worked there in the 1960s and 1970s. He is certain the car in the photo is his father's 1962 Mercury.

Bill Bartels of Kitchener has a special reason to recall A.J. Shantz. In 1924, his grandfather Jacob J. Bartels, arrived in Waterloo with his wife and four children, along with other Russian Mennonites who had fled persecution in their homeland. When they stepped from the train, a man shouted "family of six" and A.J. Shantz stepped up to say he could offer them temporary housing.

The Bartels family lived briefly at the Shantz farm. Jacob later acquired a Niagara-area fruit farm that he ran with Bartel's father, Jacob Jr., who raised his own family in Hespeler.

Bartels said he can recall going to Shantz's mill as a boy with his father in the 1940s with apples and tomatoes from the Niagara farm.

"I was pretty impressed with the idea that you could squeeze a tomato and get juice that you would put in a can."

When Shantz retired in 1970, he sold the mill to Howard Cressman, who had grown up in Shantz's home, where his mother was the housekeeper. Cressman incorporated as Chilligo Farm Supply, Ltd. and for a time had Bill Miller as a co-owner.

They made many innovations, but manufacturing was gradually discontinued. The mill became a retail site called The Feed Store.

Ron Hattle of Elora phoned to say his father, Charles, worked for Cressman in the 1970s and in retirement wrote about the mill.

From his journal: "The staff at the time was Howard Cressman, Stewart McDonald, Alf Tuletzki, Art Baker, Karol Warenholtz and Charlie Hattle. Shortly after when things got going with the pellets, they hired Guy Hawshaw. Alf's daughter was the bookkeeper."

Shantz was a very visible figure in Fisher Mills and at the nearby Wanner Mennonite Church. In the late 1930s he and his farmhand, Wilfred Becker, took two Percheron horses to Toronto and won a prize at the Royal Winter Fair.

One curious aspect of Shantz's life is that he and his wife, Clara, wed in 1918, lived apart for years, she in Kitchener and he at Fisher Mills. Their only child had passed away in 1921 while still a tot.

Miriam Cressman of Cambridge knew the couple well as the wife of Howard Cressman, who died in 2004. Clara and A.J. were fond of each other, she said, but as young people were pressured by their strong-willed mothers. Clara's mother insisted her daughter live with her in Kitchener. But A.J. found it hard to run the mill from so far away. As well, his own mother wanted him at Fisher Mills.

In later life the couple did live together again at Fisher Mills. Clara died in 1984, A.J. in 1988.

jfear@therecord.com

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Ammon married Clara Regina Edna Bechtel 21 Aug 1918, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Clara (daughter of Menno M. Bechtel and Sarah Ann Wahl) was born 24 May 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1984; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00022-1611.2
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00022-161103
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Lloyd Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00022-1611.4
• Residence: 1920, Chelan, Chelan, Washington, United States

Notes:

Lyndon Schantz

Funeral services for a former New Hamburg man, Lyndon Schantz, were held at Kennedy's Funeral Home, Essex, Feb 4. Mr. Schantz, who was 74 years of age, died Feb. 1. He had lived at RR 2, South Woodslee for the past 10 years and had retired from General Motors Corp.

He was a member of the Windsor Sportsman's Club, Brooker Baptist Church, and a former member of Nith Lodge number 96, New Hamburg.

He was predeceased by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Schantz and is survived by one brother, Melvin, of 222 West Houstonia, Royal Oak, Mich. Mr. Schantz was single.

New Hamburg Independent, February 12, 1969

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-16680

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• Name: Winnie Unis Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00117-7397.2
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6858.3
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6858.4

Notes:

SHANTZ - On the 23d of April, 1893, in Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., Lorne, son of Ezra and ____ Shantz, aged 7 months and 25 days. Buried at Geiger's meeting-house on the 25th. Appropriate remarks were made by Pre. Showers in English from Matt. 18: 3, and N. Stauffer in German from 1 Pet. 1: 24.

"So fades the lovely, blooming flower, frail, smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly, and pleasure only blooms to die."

Herald of Truth, Vol. XXX, No. 10, May 15, 1893 - Page 166, 167

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6858.5
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper, Grand Trunk Railroad Freight
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Burton — Olive Emma Roos. Olive (daughter of Julius H. Roos and Amelia Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schlote) was born 30 Jul 1895, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1955; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Evans
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57469
• Residence: 1952, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

— R. S. Evans. R. was born CA 1900; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-331513