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Christian Shantz[1,2,3,4]

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Birth  11 Jul 1769  Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  [5
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00110-6908 
Died  7 Apr 1857    [6
Person ID  I6612 
Last Modified  04 May 2005 
 
Father  Jacob Shantz, b. Abt 1710, Switzerland 
Mother  Catherine Beary 
Group Sheet  F1833 
 
Family 1  Hannah Paul, b. 10 Sep 1772, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Married  1791    [7
Children 
 1. Catharine Shantz, b. 5 Sep 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania
 2. Elizabeth Shantz, b. 15 May 1794
 3. Magdalena Shantz, b. 15 Dec 1795
 4. Jacob Shantz, b. 15 Aug 1797
 5. David Shantz, b. 10 Jul 1802
 6. Henry Shantz, b. 3 Nov 1804, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania
 7. Susannah Shantz, b. 24 Jan 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania
 8. Hannah Shantz, b. 13 Jun 1809
 9. Benjamin Shantz, b. 21 Sep 1811
 10. Rebecca Shantz, b. 3 Mar 1815
Group Sheet  F2114 
 
Notes  Christian Shantz, "son of old Jacob Shantz and his second wife, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Pottstown, July 11th, 1769. In 1791 he was married to Hannah Paul who was born in the same county September 10th, 1772, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 10, 1845. In 1810 they with their family and others moved to Canada and settled at Freeport, Ontario, on the farm known as the 'Rev. Abraham C. Weber Farm'. He died April 7th, 1857. His family consisted of ten children, eight of whom were born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Their family is as follows:"
 
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, 430   [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, 34   [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, 279   [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, 430   [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, 430   [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, 430   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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