| Title |
Bishop |
| Birth |
3 Nov 1804 |
, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania [7,8] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00110-6942 |
| Died |
4 Oct 1877 |
South Of Roseville, Waterloo Co., Ontario [9,10] |
| Person ID |
I6700 |
| Last Modified |
06 Sep 2004 |
| |
| Father |
Christian Shantz, b. 11 Jul 1769, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Hannah Paul, b. 10 Sep 1772, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Group Sheet |
F2114 |
| |
| Family 1 |
Lydia Martin, b. 2 Aug 1810, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
23 Sep 1828 |
[11,12] |
| Children |
| | 1. Peter Shantz, b. 7 Aug 1829 |
| | 2. Mary Shantz, b. 15 Apr 1832 |
| | 3. Rebecca Shantz, b. 24 Jan 1835 |
| | 4. Hannah Shantz, b. 10 Jun 1837 |
| | 5. Nancy Shantz, b. 11 Oct 1839 |
| | 6. Elizabeth Shantz, b. 15 Mar 1842 |
| | 7. David Shantz, b. 29 May 1845 |
| | 8. Lydia Shantz, b. 31 Aug 1848 |
| | 9. Henry Shantz, b. 7 Oct 1851 |
| | 10. Christian Shantz, b. 7 Feb 1856 |
|
| Group Sheet |
F2135 |
| |
| Notes |
Henry Shantz, "the second youngest son of Christian and Hannah (Paul) Shantz, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, November 3rd, 1804. In 1810 he came to Canada with his parents and spent his boyhood days on his father's farm on the west side of the Grand River at the Toll Bridge (Freeport). On September 23rd, 1828, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Peter and Anna (Zimmerman) Martin. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 2nd, 1810, and came to Canada when nine years old (1819). In 1829 they moved to North Dumfries Township, about two miles south of Roseville, where they resided until his death which took place October 4th, 1877. He was a minister of the Mennonite Church for a number of years and later on he was ordained bishop which position he filled with honor unto his end. He had a family of 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, 435 [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), 97 [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, 38 [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), 491 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [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), 498 [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, 195 [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, 435 [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, 44 [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, 436 [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, 44 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
11. [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, 435 [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, 43 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
|
|
Region of Waterloo