Orpheus Moyer "Orph" Schantz^[1]

1864 - 1951  (87 years)

• Name	Orpheus Moyer "Orph" Schantz
  Born	24 May 1864	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Brethren
  Author	1928
  	Birds of Illinois
  Name	Orpheus Moyer Schantz
  Residence	1935	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  Eby ID Number	00110-6960.2
  Died	2 Sep 1951	Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
  Person ID	I20165	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Tobias K. Schantz,   b. 10 Apr 1842, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Apr 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary Moyer,   b. 1 Jul 1840, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1863	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F4003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cornelia Caroline "Carrie" Flagler,   b. 9 Aug 1864, Carbondale Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States ,   d. 26 Oct 1922, Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 58 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1889  [1]
  Children	1. Ruth Schantz,   b. 30 Sep 1892, Morton Park, Illinois ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F5022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Orpheus M. Shantz from Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  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. ______________________________ 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 ___________________ 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 Schantz, Naturalist, Dies Orpheus Moyer Schantz, 87, well known naturalist and for many years president of the Illinois Audubon society, died Sunday afternoon at his home, 287 Spring st. Mr. Schantz was born in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He had been a resident of Red Bank the past ten years, prior to which he had made his home in Canada and Chicago. While living in Chicago, Mr. Schantz was a director of the Geographic society of that city. He served as its treasurer for many years and at one time was chairman of the excursion committee, conducting tours to the Great Smoky mountains. Mr. Schantz was elected patron of the society in 1941. He also was one of the members of the group Instrumental in establishing a national park in the Smoky mountains. Mr. Schantz was a member of the board of governors of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 17 years and was president of the Illinois Audubon society. He was the author of "Birds of Illinois," published by the state of Illinois, and a member of the City, Chicago Kiwanis, Wildflower Preservation and Garden clubs of Illinois. The naturalist was a contributor of natural history material to the National Geographic magazine and House and Garden, and conducted nature columns in the Riverside News. He has lectured to garden clubs throughout the country. In recent years he was instructor at the Freehold military academy. He was naturalist at Camp Echo Hill, Clinton. Mr. Schantz was a member of St. Michaels' and All Angels' Episcopal church, Berwyn, Ill. His wife, Mrs. Carrie Flagler Schantz, died in Chicago 27 years ago. Surviving are a son, Worth F. Schantz, with whom he lived; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Spelman, Chazy, N. Y.; eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; sister, Miss Sophie Schantz, Kitchener, Ontario, and three brothers, Frank and Arthur Schantz, Kitchener, Ontario, and Austin Schantz, Saskatchawan, Canada. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the Worden funeral home, with Rev. Robert H. Anderson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, officiating. Cremation took place at Rose Hill crematory. The Daily Register Red Bank, New Jersey Thu, Sep 6, 1951 Page 34

  
  

• 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..., 439. [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..., 654. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 7. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, p 36.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 May 1864 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Birth - - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1935 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Died - 2 Sep 1951 - Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States  = Link to Google Earth