Classification scheme:
Hist.Mss.1.267 (s.c.)
Title: Henry Shantz fonds
Dates of creation: 1842-1872
Physical description: 1 cm of textual records
Biographical sketch: Henry Shantz (1804-1877) was the son of Christian and Hannah (Paul) Shantz. He married Lydia Martin in 1828; the couple had 10 children and farmed in the Roseville area. He served as a minister for four years and was ordained as bishop in 1842. Until his ordination, Benjamin Eby was the only bishop in the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ district. Shantz was associated with the Detweiler congregation in Roseville, Ont.
Custodial history: Notebook donated to the Archives by Leah Boehm in 2013; Shantz genealogical overview donated to the Archives by Leone Sherk in 2016
Scope and content: Henry Shantz's notebook listing baptisms, ordinations and marriages performed by Henry Shantz; genealogical manuscript by Leone Sherk
File list:
- A notebook ("bishop's book") listing baptisms, ordinations and marriages performed by Henry Shantz.
- Overview of the Henry Shantz family by Leone Sherk, including: notes on the Henry Shantz farm (Lot 35, Con. 10 North Dumfries Township); genealogical overview of the family of Henry and Lydia Shantz and their children, and their son Christian Shantz and his wife Magdalena (Shupe) and their children; program of Shantz Centennial, 1929; photocopy of centennial reunion panoramic photo, 1929, with some persons identified, newspaper articles covering the reunion; genealogical overview of Emerson Bock and Melvina (Shantz) (daughter of Christian and Magdalena Shantz) and their children.
Notes:
Further materials related to Henry Shantz may be found by searching the Archives.
Extracts from the bishop's book are located in the Lewis. J. Burkholder fonds Hist.Mss.1.4.1/R-21).
For photographs related to this family search the .
Original archival description created 2013 by Laureen Harder-Gissing.