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Benjamin Shantz[1,2,3,4,5]

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Birth  21 Sep 1811    [6
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00110-6955 
Died  9 Nov 1868  , Dallas County, Missouri  [7
Person ID  I6754 
Last Modified  21 Aug 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 Kolb, b. 13 May 1814 
Children 
 1. Josiah K. Shantz, b. 5 Dec 1834
 2. Catharine Shantz, b. 17 May 1836
 3. Hannah Shantz, b. 1 Apr 1838
 4. Christian Shantz, b. 20 Jan 1840
 5. Tobias K. Shantz, b. 10 Apr 1842
 6. Abraham K. Shantz, b. 20 Sep 1844
 7. Benjamin K. Shantz, b. 5 Dec 1846
 8. Menno K. Shantz, b. 31 Jan 1849
 9. Lydia K. Shantz, b. 17 Aug 1851
 10. Sarah K. Shantz, b. 1 Apr 1854
 11. Enoch K. Shantz, b. 7 Oct 1856
Group Sheet  F2146 
 
Family 2  Margaret Swinton, b. 5 Jul 1840 
Children 
 1. Jacob S. Shantz, b. 23 Dec 1863
 2. Israel S. Shantz, b. 8 Jul 1865
 3. Isaac S. Shantz, b. 17 Feb 1867
 4. Rebecca S. Shantz, b. 9 Oct 1868
Group Sheet  F2147 
 
Notes  Benjamin Shantz, "was born September 21st, 1811. He was married to Lydia Kolb who was born May 13th, 1814. After his marriage he moved on his father's farm at Freeport, Ontario. In 1853 they moved to Saugeen, Bruce County, Ontario, where she died November 9th, 1862. After the decease of his first wife he was married to Margaret Swinton who was born July 5th, 1840. In 1864 or 1865 Mr. Shantz moved to Montgomery County, Missouri, thence to Dallas County, same state, where he died November 9th, 1868, leaving a family of the following 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, 438   [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), 321   [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), 320   [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), 862   [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, 654   [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, 438   [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, 438   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Documents
Deed
A deed dated February 1, 1851between Benjamin Shantz and Tobias Kolp for the middle part of Lot 32, Concession 12, Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Canada.
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