Judge Orfa Jean Shontz

1876 - 1954  (77 years)

• Name	Orfa Jean Shontz
  Prefix	Judge
  Born	1 Nov 1876	Avoca, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-246393
  Died	6 May 1954	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States   [1]
  Buried	Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I246393	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin B. Shantz,   b. 30 Sep 1838, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1908, Payette, Payette, Idaho, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Jane A. Collins,   b. 1839, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	19 Nov 1862	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F5002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "In Los Angeles, California, lives Orfa Jean Shontz, one of the best known women lawyers of the Pacific Coast. Orfa Jean is the daughter of Benjamin Shantz, oldest son of David Shantz, who, with his brother Bishop Henry Shantz, lived at Plattsville in Waterloo County, Ontario. Miss Shontz was, at one time, assistant judge of the Juvenile Court of the City of Los Angeles in charge of delinquent girls. During her term of office she tried over 3000 cases with no reversals of opinion or decision from higher courts. That record alone is an enviable one.Miss Shontz was born at Correctionville, Iowa, and her father was, for some years, jailer of the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2609] Wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orfa_Jean_Shontz. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Benjamin Shantz Born: Canada Res: Blenheim Township Age: 24 Father: David Mother: Sally Born: 1838 Spouse: Jane Collins Age: 22 born: Canada Res: Blenheim Township Born: 1840 Father: William Mother: Jane married 19 Nov 1862

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Nov 1876 - Avoca, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Died - 6 May 1954 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Buried - - Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth