| Birth |
11 Oct 1781 |
, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania [3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00110-6690 |
| Died |
1 Jul 1867 |
Near Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario [4] |
| Person ID |
I5993 |
| Last Modified |
18 Jun 2004 |
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| Father |
Isaac Shantz, b. 14 Jan 1748, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Barbara Rife, b. 12 Sep 1753 |
| Group Sheet |
F1835 |
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| Family 1 |
Mary Yost, b. 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
1805 |
[5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Shantz, b. 23 Mar 1807 |
| | 2. Isaac Y. Shantz, b. 31 Jan 1809 |
| | 3. John Y. Shantz, b. 6 Feb 1811 |
| | 4. Veronica Shantz, b. 23 May 1813 |
| | 5. Joseph Y. Shantz, b. 10 Jul 1815 |
| | 6. Joshua Y. Shantz, b. 11 Sep 1817, Near Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 7. David Y. Shantz, b. 29 Aug 1819, Near Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 8. Jacob Y. Shantz, b. 2 May 1822, Near Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 9. Samuel Y. Shantz, b. 15 Jan 1825 |
| | 10. Amos Shantz, b. 31 May 1829 |
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| Group Sheet |
F1974 |
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| Notes |
Jacob Shantz, "the third son of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Shantz, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, October 11th, 1781. In 1805 he was married to Mary Yost who was born in the same county, March 12th, 1784, and died near Berlin, Ontario, October 22, 1869. In 1810 they left their native home and moved to Canada. They settled a little south-east of Berlin, on the farm now owned by their grandson, Jacob B. Shantz. This place old Mr. Shantz purchased from old George (Yarrick) Eby who had settled thereon in 1804. Here Mr. and Mrs. Shantz resided until their deaths. He died July 1st, 1867, leaving a family of ten children, viz:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 395 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 21 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 395 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 396 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 395 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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| Documents |  | Will - Jacob Shantz
A photocopy of part of a handwritten will for Jacob Shantz dated October 1, 1867. It refers to affidavits of Isaac Yost Shantz and Samuel Yost Shantz. |
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Region of Waterloo