Simeon N. Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1886 - 1973  (87 years)

• Name	Simeon N. Shantz
  Born	1 Mar 1886	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Laborer, Farm
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6727.7
  Died	5 May 1973	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [5]
  Person ID	I19429	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel Shantz,   b. 4 Jan 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Oct 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Marie "Mary" Nahrgang,   b. 2 Nov 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1921  (Age 74 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1868	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Celina Cressman,   b. 9 Feb 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Apr 1963  (Age 72 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1912	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Children	1. Irene Miriam Shantz,   b. 23 Jan 1914, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Sep 1997, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   2. Mary Cathrine Shantz,   b. 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Dec 2003, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F28975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz, Simeon N., son of Daniel and Mary (Nahrgang) Shantz, was born near Kitchener, Ont., Mar. 1, 1886; died at the Fairview Mennonite Home, Preston, Ont., May 5, 1973; aged 87 y. 2 m. 4 d. On Jan. 24, 1912, he was married to Celina Cressman, who preceded him in death in 1963. Surviving are 5 daughters (Irene Mrs. Orton Koch, Mary Mrs. Horace Cressman, Edna Mrs. Harold Shenk, Ferne Mrs. Merle Yoder, and Audrey Mrs. John Feicht), 21 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one sister (Mrs. Clara McKenzie). He was a member of the Geiger Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on May 8, in charge of Stanley D. Shantz and Moses H. Roth; interment in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume 66, Number 22 - May 29, 1973 page 462

  
  

• 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..., 402. [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..., 141. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, May 29, 1973 - Obituary of Simeon N. Shantz. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Wilmot Twp. 1911 Div. 8 Page 10. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 54. [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..., 140. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, November 12, 1936 - Obituary of Daniel Shantz. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Daniel Shantz, 24, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, married 10 Mar 1868 Maria Nahrgang, 20, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, daughter of Christopher and Maria [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 23, 1963 - Obituary of Celina Cressman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Mar 1886 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Farm - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Jan 1912 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 May 1973 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth