Josiah K. Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1834 - 1913  (78 years)

• Name	Josiah K. Shantz
  Born	5 Dec 1834	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Retired	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Caretaker, Private House
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6956
  Died	3 Aug 1913	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Person ID	I20138	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin P. Shantz,   b. 21 Sep 1811, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1868, , Dallas County, Missouri  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Lydia Kolb,   b. 13 May 1814, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Nov 1862, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1833  [10]
  Family ID	F3865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna "Nancy" Kolb,   b. 10 Oct 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1926  (Age 84 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1860	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7, 8]
  Children	1. Elizabeth K. Shantz,   b. 28 Mar 1863, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jan 1943  (Age 79 years)   2. Benjamin Franklin Shantz,   b. 22 Aug 1864, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   3. Abraham Lincoln Shantz,   b. 15 Dec 1868, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Feb 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   4. Lorena Anna Shantz,   b. 22 Aug 1874, Lebanon, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elo Josiah "E. J." Shantz,   b. 22 Aug 1874, Lebanon, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 11 Mar 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Josiah K. Shantz, "was born December 5th 1834. He is married to Nancy Kolb. They reside at Peabody, Kansas, where he is engaged in farming." 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

  [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..., 438. [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..., 859. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Josia Schantz aged 25, res Saugeen Twp., born Waterloo Twp son of Benjamin Schantz and Lydia Kolb. married 9 Oct 1860 to Nancy Kolb aged 19 res Waterloo Twp., born Waterloo Twp., daughter of Abraham Kolb and Elizabeth Ziegler [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 22. Josuah SHANTZ Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 18 Mennonite b. 5-Dec [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 27 Pg. 16. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Josiah Shantz, 25, res. Saugeen, b. Waterloo, s/o Benjamin and Lydia (Kolb), married 9 Oct 1860 Nancy Kolb, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Abram and Elizabeth [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 18 Oct 1860. Oct. 9, 1860 Josiah Schantz of Saugeen, and Nancy Kolb of Waterloo, by Rev. Bindemann [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Dec 1834 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1860 - Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Oct 1860 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Retired - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Caretaker, Private House - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Aug 1913 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth