| Title |
Deacon |
| Birth |
16 Apr 1836 |
[6] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00110-6896 |
| Person ID |
I6585 |
| Last Modified |
01 May 2005 |
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| Father |
Joseph Shantz, b. 24 Jun 1795, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Catharine Schneider, b. 12 Feb 1799, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
| Group Sheet |
F451 |
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| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Snider, b. 29 Nov 1836 |
| Married |
9 Nov 1858 |
[7,8] |
| Children |
| | 1. Maria Shantz, b. 20 Sep 1859 |
| | 2. Josiah S. Shantz, b. 26 Jan 1861 |
| | 3. Catharine Shantz, b. 19 May 1862 |
| | 4. Hannah Shantz, b. 15 Oct 1863 |
| | 5. Magdalena Shantz, b. 30 Jan 1865 |
| | 6. Lydia Ann Shantz, b. 27 Mar 1866 |
| | 7. Elias S. Shantz, b. 11 Sep 1867 |
| | 8. Israel Shantz, b. 6 Apr 1869 |
| | 9. Elizabeth Shantz, b. 8 Feb 1872 |
| | 10. Velina Shantz, b. 6 Mar 1875 |
| | 11. Menno Shantz, b. 1 Aug 1879 |
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| Group Sheet |
F16 |
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| Family 2 |
Leah Musselman, b. 3 May 1844 |
| Married |
2 Dec 1894 |
[9,10] |
| Group Sheet |
F2107 |
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| Notes |
Menno S. Shantz, "was born April 16th, 1836. On November 9th, 1858, he was married to Elizabeth Schneider who was born November 29th, 1836, and died January 28th, 1893. On December 2nd, 1894, he was again married to Leah Musselman, widow of the late Absalom Martin. She was born May 3rd, 1844. After his first marriage he resided on the farm now in possession of Paul M. Martin, his son-in-law, where he resided until 1893, then moved on the old 'John Sitler Farm' where he still lives retired. In November, 1874, he was ordained at the David Eby Meeting House as deacon of the Mennonite Church for the Eby, Martin and Conestogo fields of labor, a position which he still holds. To him and his first wife were born eleven 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, 429 [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, 38 [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, 48 [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, 126 [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, 268 [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, 429 [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, 429 [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, 268 [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, 429 [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, 126 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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