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Joshua Y. Shantz[1,2,3,4]

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Birth  11 Sep 1817  Near Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario  [5
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00110-6737 
Person ID  I6175 
Last Modified  22 Aug 2004 
 
Father  Jacob Shantz, b. 11 Oct 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Mary Yost, b. 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Group Sheet  F1974 
 
Family 1  Magdalena Martin, b. 8 Dec 1822, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario 
Married  17 Mar 1840    [6,7
Children 
 1. Mary Shantz, b. 8 Aug 1841
 2. Catharine Shantz, b. 1 Oct 1842
 3. Henry Shantz, b. 12 Dec 1844
 4. Amos M. Shantz, b. 15 Jun 1847
 5. Menno M. Shantz, b. 4 Apr 1850
 6. Leah Shantz, b. 16 May 1852
 7. Nancy Shantz, b. 18 Sep 1854
 8. Lydia Shantz, b. 22 Jan 1858
 9. Lucinda Shantz, b. 8 Oct 1859
 10. Joshua M. Shantz, b. 2 May 1862
Group Sheet  F1706 
 
Notes  Joshua Y. Shantz, "was born near Berlin, September 11th, 1817. On March 17th, 1840, he was married to Magdalena, daughter of Henry and Catharine (Miller) Martin. She was born December 8th, 1822, and died February 6th, 1892. They resided in Wilmot Township where he followed farming many years. To them were born ten Children, viz:"
 
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, 403   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1]   Vol I 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 E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 757   [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, 21   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1]   Vol I 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 E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 235   [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, 403   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [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, 404   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [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, 20   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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