Person:David Shantz (1)

Watchers
m. 4 May 1774
  1. Mary Shantz1775 - 1866
  2. Abraham Shantz1776 - 1856
  3. Christian Shantz1779 - 1856
  4. Jacob Shantz1781 - 1867
  5. Isaac Shantz1783 - 1854
  6. David Shantz1787 - 1879
  7. Veronica Shantz1789 - 1876
  8. Samuel Shantz1792 - 1792
  9. Joseph Shantz1795 - 1882
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Facts and Events
Name David Shantz
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 7 Mar 1787 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Elizabeth Pannebecker
Immigration[1] 1809 Canada
Death[2][1] 8 Apr 1879 Berlin (now Kitchener), Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Burial[2] 11 Apr 1879 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)
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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, DAVID [son of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Shantz], was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, March 7th, 1787. In 1809 he came to Canada and settled on part of lot No. 1, German Company's Tract, township and county of Waterloo, Ontario, where he resided until his death which took place April 8th, 1879. He was married to Elizabeth Pannebecker who was born July 16th, 1793, and died of cancer December 1st, 1863. They had no family but had adopted seven children whom they raised save one who died in infancy.'

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Herald of Truth - Volume XVI, Number 7 - July 1879, in MennObits: Mennonite Obituaries
    page 137, 138.

    April 8th, in Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ont., of the infirmities of age, Bro. DAVID SCHANTZ, at the advanced age of 92 years, 1 month and 1 day. Buried the 11th, in Eby's buryground.

  3.   Canada West (Ontario), Waterloo County, Waterloo, in United Province of Canada. 1851 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

    David Schantz, age 65 on 7 March, gentleman, born in United States, Menonist
    Elisabetha Schantz, age 58 on 16 July, born in United States, Menonist

  4.   Canada West, Waterloo, in Canada. 1861 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

    Dav, Shantz, age 73, farmer, born in Pennsylvania, Mennonite
    E. Shantz, age 67, born in Pennsylvania, Mennonite

  5.   Ontario, Waterloo North, Berlin, in Canada. 1871 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

    Benjamin Shuh, age 55, born in U. States, farmer
    Leah Shuh, age 47, born in O[ntario]
    David Shuh, age 20, born in O[ntario]
    Joseph Shuh, age 19, born in O[ntario]
    Hannah Shuh, age 12, born in O[ntario]
    David Shantz, age 84, born in U. States, gentleman, widowed
    all Mennonite