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Esther Schantz (Wismer)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Waterloo, ON, Canada
Death: November 20, 1881 (55)
Place of Burial: Bloomingdale, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Wismer and Mary Wismer
Wife of Daniel Schantz
Mother of Jacob W. Shantz; Henry W Shantz; Noah W. Shantz; Susannah Schantz; Esther Wismer Bauman and 4 others
Sister of Barbara Baer; Abraham Wismer; Rev. Daniel Wismer; Jacob Wismer; Elizabeth Cressman Schneider and 2 others

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About Esther Schantz

A Brief History of Jacob Wismer and a Complete Genealogical Family Register With Biographies of His Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time By A J Fretz, Eli Wismer

http://books.google.com/books?id=nwBgAAAAMAAJ

Page xiii, 7, 117, 120, 128, 131, 132, 333

I. Jacob Wismer, (...) was born in Germany about 1684, and died in Bedminster Township, Bucks Co., Pa., Feb. 4, 1787 in his one hundred and third year.

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The children of Jacob and Nanny Wismer, as near in the order of birth as could be placed were: ---Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph, Henry, Mark, Daniel, John, Christian, Nanny, Abraham.

II. Joseph Wismer, bn. in Bucks Co., ---; died before his father made his will. His portion of his father's estate, was paid to his two sons in 1791. Mrd. ---. Children: Jacob, Joseph.

III. Joseph Wismer, bn. in Bucks Co., Pa., July 23, 1753; died in Chester Co., Pa., Aug. 30, 1820, aged 67 yrs., 1m., 7d. Married Barbara Wismer, daughter of Henry Wismer of Hilltown, Pa. ---. Farmer in Bedminster Twp. Children: Elizabeth, Barbara, Catharine, Esther, Henry, Henry, Joseph, Jacob, Mary, Anna.

IV. Henry Wismer, bn. in Bucks Co., Pa., Mar. 10, 1794; died in Waterloo Co., Ont., June 11, 1876, aged 82 yrs., 3 m., 1 d. Mrd. Mary Cressman. She was bn. in Montg. Co., Pa., Aug. 17, 1792; died in Waterloo Co., Ont., July 12, 1872, aged 79 yrs., 10 m., 26 d. Lived in Waterloo Co., Ont. Mr. Wismer went to Canada in 1815 and Mrs. W. in 1806. Farmer. Mennonites. Children: Barbara, Abraham, Daniel, Jacob, Elizabeth, Esther, Mary, Henry.

V. Esther Wismer, bn. in Waterloo Co., Ont., June 1, 1826; died Nov. 20, 1881. Mrd. Daniel Shantz, Oct. 30, 1849. He was bn. Mar. 30, 1827. P. O., Bloomingdale, Ont. Farmer. Menn's. Children: Jacob, Henry, Noah, Maria, Daniel, Esther, Barbara, Menno.


A Brief History of Jacob Wismer and a Complete Genealogical Family Register With Biographies of His Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time By A J Fretz, Eli Wismer

http://books.google.com/books?id=nwBgAAAAMAAJ

Page xiii, 7, 139, 144, 199, 200, 201

I. Jacob Wismer, (...) was born in Germany about 1684, and died in Bedminster Township, Bucks Co., Pa., Feb. 4, 1787 in his one hundred and third year.

(...)

The children of Jacob and Nanny Wismer, as near in the order of birth as could be placed were: ---Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph, Henry, Mark, Daniel, John, Christian, Nanny, Abraham.

II. Henry Wismer, bn. in Bucks Co., Pa., about 1730; died ---. Mrd. Barbara Lederach in 1754. The children of Henry and Barbara Wismer are as follows: Jacob, Abraham, Annie, Maria, Henry, Joseph, Christian, Esther, John, Elizabeth, Samuel, Barbara.

III. Barbara Wismer, bn. in Bucks Co., Pa., Mar. 9, 1766; died Jan. 28, 1861, aged 94 years, 10 months and 19 days. Mrd. Joseph Wismer of Hilltown, Pa. He was bn. July 23, 1753; died in Chester Co., Pa., Aug. 30, 1820, aged 67 years, 1 month and 7 days. Went to Canada in 1800. (See page 120.) Children: Elizabeth. Barbara, Catharine, Esther, Henry, Henry, Joseph, Jacob, Mary, Anna.

IV. Henry Wismer, bn. Mar. 10, 1794, in Bucks Co.; died in Waterloo Co., Ont., June 11, 1876, aged 82 years, 3 months and 1 day. Mrd. Mary Cressman, —. She was bn. in Montgomery Co., Pa., Aug. 17, 1792; died in Waterloo Co., Ont, July 12, 1872, aged 79 years, 10 months and 25 days. Came to Canada in 1806. Mr. Wismer went to Canada in 1815. Farmer. Menn's. Children: Barbara, Abraham, Daniel, Jacob, Elizabeth, Esther, Mary, Henry. (See page 128.)

V. Esther Wismer, mrd. Daniel Shantz. (See page 131.)



Daughter of Henry Wismer and Mary Cressman, wife of Daniel Schantz/ Shantz.

Daughter of Henry Wismer and Mary Cressman, wife of Daniel Schantz/ Shantz.

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Esther Schantz's Timeline

1826
June 1, 1826
Waterloo, ON, Canada
1850
September 3, 1850
1852
February 16, 1852
Bloomingdale, Rural, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1854
August 10, 1854
Waterloo, ON, Canada
1856
November 17, 1856
1858
May 17, 1858
1861
April 8, 1861
1863
March 26, 1863
Bloomingdale, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1865
June 16, 1865
Ontario, Canada