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Facts and Events
| Name |
Barbara Reiff |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1][2] |
12 Sep 1753 |
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Marriage |
4 May 1774 |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Isaac Shantz |
| Immigration[1][4] |
Jun 1808 |
Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada |
| Death[1] |
25 Sep 1820 |
Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada |
| Burial[3][1] |
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Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario, CanadaFirst Mennonite Cemetery Also known as Eby's Burying Grounds in the early to mid 1800s, when Kitchener was called Berlin. |
'She was of an amiable disposition, rather small in stature but robust and of a quick turn. At 60 years of age she would mount her pony like a young man.'[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Eby, Ezra E. A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county ... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
2:373-74.
'SHANTZ, ISAAC, ... was married to Barbara Reiff who was born September 12th, 1753. ... In 1808, she, with her two sons, David and Isaac, and her daughter, Veronica, moved to Canada and settled on the farm now possessed by Abraham H. Wambold, about one and one-half miles south of Berlin [now Kitchener], and part of this farm is now possessed by Enos Shantz, one of her great-grandchildren. Here she resided until her death which took place September 25th, 1820. She was of an amiable disposition, rather small in statue [sic] but robust and of a quick turn. [footnote: Contributed by her son, Joseph.] At 60 years of age she would mount her pony like a young man. She is buried in the Christian Eby Burial Ground, Berlin, Ontario.'
Note that the list of children who accompanied her to Canada is different on 3 different pages of this book. 2:374 says David, Isaac and Veronica; 2:413 says Isaac, Joseph and Veronica; and 2:421 says David, Joseph and Veronica (the 3 youngest), but also says that David immigrated in 1809. Given that Joseph was only 13 in 1808, he must have been one of the sons to accompany her.
- ↑ #2 in Tschanz/Schantz Family "D", in Davis, Richard W. Mennosearch.
'Isaac Schantz [son of Jacob and Magdalena Schantz], b. 14 Jan 1748. d. 11 Oct 1802. He married Barbara Reiff (12 Sep 1753-1820). His sons Christian and Jacob went to Waterloo, Ontario. He was an Elder in the Mennonite church and was of New Hanover Township in 1802. He was taxed at New Hanover Township, Montgomery County in 1780. He would not bear arms in the war in 1784.'
- ↑ First Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, in Find A Grave.
Barbara Reiff Shantz
Birth: Sep. 12, 1753
Death: Sep. 25, 1820
Inscription (taken from photo of gravestone):
'Memory of Barbara Shantz who was born 1753 & died 1820 aged 67 years'
- ↑ Eby, Ezra E. A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county ... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
2:421.
'SHANTZ, JOSEPH, ... In May, 1808, his mother, with her three youngest children, David, Veronica, and Joseph, who was then only thirteen years of age, moved to Canada and arrived in Waterloo County in June.'
- Eby, Ezra E. A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county ... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
2:180-81.
'RIFE, DAVID, ... We know of one sister he had, named Barbara, who was born in 1753, and died in Waterloo County in 1820. She was married to Isaac Shantz, ...'
This mistakes their relationship - they were actually cousins.
- #63321 in Reiff Family "B", in Davis, Richard W. Mennosearch.
'Barbara Reiff [daughter of Christian Reiff], b. 1753. She died 1820. She married Isaac Schantz (1748-1802), son of Jacob Schantz and Magdalena of New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.'
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