| Birth |
2 May 1822 |
Near Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario [9] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00110-6754 |
| Person ID |
I6223 |
| Last Modified |
03 May 2005 |
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| Father |
Jacob Shantz, b. 11 Oct 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Mary Yost, b. 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Group Sheet |
F1974 |
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| Family 1 |
Barbara Biehn, b. 7 Apr 1819 |
| Married |
2 May 1843 |
[10,11] |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F1063 |
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| Family 2 |
Sarah Shuh, b. 9 Jun 1823 |
| Married |
1 Oct 1871 |
[12,13] |
| Group Sheet |
F2018 |
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| Family 3 |
Anna (Nancy) Brubacher, b. 19 Sep 1832 |
| Married |
6 Dec 1853 |
[14,15] |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F2019 |
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| Notes |
Jacob Y. Shantz, "was born near Berlin, May 2nd, 1822. On May 2nd, 1843, he was married to Barbara Biehn who was born April 7th, 1819, and died May 16th, 1853. He was again married, December 6th, 1853, to Nancy Brubacher who was born September 19th, 1832, and died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, while there on a visit, October 1st, 1870. On October 1st, 1871, he was married the third time to Sarah Shuh who was born June 9th, 1823, and died April 29th, 1893. After Mr. Shantz's first marriage he took possession of his father's farm, still known as 'Jacob Shantz's place', where he resided for upwards of some forty years, then he moved to Berlin where he is now residing. His family consists of twelve children, five of whom are of first wife and the remaining seven of second wife. Their names are as follows:" |
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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, 406 [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), 265 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [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), 351 [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, 46 [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, 595 [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, 112 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [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), 354 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
8. [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, 359 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
9. [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, 406 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
10. [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, 406 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
11. [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), 265 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
12. [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, 406 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
13. [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, 359 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
14. [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) [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
15. [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, 406 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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| Documents |  | Ledger
A hardcover ledger containing button price lists for the Jacob Y. Shantz & Son Co. / Dominion Button Manufacturers, Berlin, Ont. |  | Ledgers
A group of ledgers and order books of the Jacob Y. Shantz & Son Co., later known as the Dominion Button Manufacturers. |  | Notebook - Colouring Ivory Buttons
A notebook titled "Coloring Ivory Buttons & Recepts" which is associated with the Jacob Y. Shantz & Sons Co. button factory, Berlin, Ontario. |  | Notebook - Dye Recipe Book
A small notebook with handwritten instructions for mixing dye ingredients. It is a "Coppy from the Dyer Cleason Oberholtzer Book, ... Berlin Ont." |  | 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. |
| | Photos |  | Canadian Block
A photograph of the northwest corner of King and College Streets, Berlin, Ontario. The Canadian Block was built and owned by Jacob Y. Shantz in 1865. |  | Children of Dilman B. Shantz
A studio photograph of Jacob Y. Shantz with two of his grandchildren, Mary and Arnott Shantz, children of Dilman B. Shantz. |  | Dominion Button Works
A sepia-oned photograph of the Dominion Button Works at the corner of King and College Streets, Berlin, Ontario. |  | Jacob Y. Shantz
A copy of a studio photograph of Jacob Y. Shantz, Berlin, Ontario. |  | Jacob Y. Shantz
A large framed studio photograph of Jacob Y. Shantz presented to the Waterloo Historical Society by Mary Shantz Detwiler. |  | Jacob Y. Shantz
A studio photograph of Jacob Y. Shantz and an unidentified man. |  | Jacob Y. Shantz Button Factory
A photograph of the Jacob Y. Shantz Button Factory on Water St. N., Kitchener, Ontario. |  | Jacob Y. Shantz Home
The home of Jacob Y. Shantz at 5 Maurice St., corner of Ottawa St. S., Kitchener, Ontario. |  | Jacob Yost and Sarah Shuh Shantz
A studio photograph of Jacob Yost and his second wife, Sarah Shuh Shantz, Berlin, Ontario. |
| | Reference Materials |  | Vicarious Pioneer
Vicarious Pioneer - The Life of Jacob Y. Shantz written by Samuel J. Steiner. |
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Region of Waterloo