Catherine Shantz

1844 - 1942  (97 years)

• Name	Catherine Shantz  [1]
  Birth	6 Nov 1844	Waterloo County, Ontario   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	8 Oct 1942  [2]
  Person ID	I17293	All
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2006

  
  

  Father	Jonas C. Shantz,   b. 26 Jul 1813
  Mother	Hannah Snyder,   b. 25 Jul 1819   d. 12 Dec 1848 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1837  [3]
  Family ID	F4302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Andrew Axt,   b. Abt 1849, Hessia Darmstadt, Germany d. 7 Jul 1923 (Age ~ 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1873	Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario   [1]
  Notes	Found at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water73.htm on October 11, 2006 009895-74 (Waterloo Co) Andrew AXT, 24, farmer, Hessia Darmstadt Germany, Wilmot Twp, s/o John AXT & Catharine DIEBEL married Catharine SHANTZ, 29, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, d/o Jonas SHANTZ & Hannah SNYDER, witn: Michael & Eliza MENGER both of New Hamburg, 25 December 1873 in Wilmot Twp.
  Children	1. Hannah Axt   d. 17 Feb 1889   2. Lizzie Axt   d. 6 Jul 1934   3. Jacob Axt   4. Elam Axt,   b. 21 Dec 1888   5. Margaretha S. Axt,   b. 14 Jun 1884, Philipsburg, Ontario d. 14 Dec 1972, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 88 years)   6. Lillie Axt
  Family ID	F4614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 25 Dec 1873 - Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mennobit/42/nov1942.html on October 11, 2006 Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXV, No . 32 - November 5, 1942 - pages 686-688 Axt. - Catharine, beloved wife of Andrew Axt, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Nov. 6, 1844; died Oct. 8, 1942; aged 97 y. 11 m. 2 d. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." She was married to Andrew Axt Dec. 25, 1873. This union was blessed with 6 children, 2 sons and 4 daughters. One daughter (Hannah) prede-ceased her Feb. 17, 1889, and another daughter (Lizzie, Mrs. Adam Doering) July 6, 1934. Her husband died July 7, 1923. She was the last surviving member of the Jonas Shantz family; her sister (Mrs. Rosenberger) having passed a-way only a few months ago, at the age of 96 years. She leaves 2 sons and 2 daughters: Ja-cob, of Petersburg; Elam, of Baden; Maggie (Mrs. Warren Bean) of New Dundee; and Lillie, at home. There also survive 19 grandchil-dren, 21 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. "She was a mother in Israel" and was wonderfully blessed with health all through her life until the last few years she began to fail. The last nine weeks of her life she spent mostly in bed, when life just seemed to ebb away. She was the oldest resident of Wilmot Township and in her passing one of the oldest landmarks has been removed. Funeral services were held Oct. 12 at the home and at the Shantz Mennonite Church, in charge of Bros. Orphen Wismer, Leslie Witmer, and Manassah Hallman. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S129601] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/water73.htm. [S151137] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mennobit/42/nov1942.html. [S065344] Ezra Eby Book.