Franklin Abraham "Frank" Schantz^[1]

1874 - 1962  (88 years)

• Name	Franklin Abraham "Frank" Schantz
  Born	12 Jan 1874	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Public Service	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	on the board of the Berlin/Kitchener Orphanage
  		Orphanage Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  Name	Frank Shantz
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Clerk
  Residence	1891	, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Clerk in Store
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Salesman, Store
  Residence	43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener image from Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Bretheran
  Residence	1962	43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00110-6960.10
  Died	1 Oct 1962	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I20173	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  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   [6]
  Family ID	F4003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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. ____________________ 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

  
  

• 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. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 16. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 9. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 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..., 654.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jan 1874 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Public Service - on the board of the Berlin/Kitchener Orphanage - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk in Store - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Salesman, Store - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1962 - 43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1 Oct 1962 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth