A visit to the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery (FG ID #2183154)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery
Lat: 43.4276° (43° 25' 39")
Lon: -80.6729° (-80° 40' 22")
Establishment of the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery ...
The Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery was established in 1859.
Name Variations for Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shantz Mennonite Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ontario:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within Less than 2 miles<2> of the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Baden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Phillipsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillipsburg came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Luxemburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Agatha
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Josephsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Josephsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephsburg
- Berlett's Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Hamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton Heights came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Heights
- Wilmot Centre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmot Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Centre
- Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bamberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamberg
- Haysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haysville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Schindelsteddle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schindelsteddle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schindelsteddle
- New Prussia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Prussia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prussia
- Punkeydoodles Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldau
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldau came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldau
- Rummelhardt
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rummelhardt came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rummelhardt
- Erbsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erbsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbsville
- Wellesley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellesley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellesley <3>
- Ratzburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ratzburg came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratzburg
- Mannheim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannheim
- Maple Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clements
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Shakespeare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakespeare came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shakespeare <3>
- Forest Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crosshill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crosshill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosshill
- Westmount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heidelberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mennonite Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> of the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery.<6>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Agatha Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Hamburg Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Luxemburg.
- The Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Steinman Amish Mennonite Cemetery
- Steinman Mennonite Cemetery
- Steinmann Amish Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1998286 <1>
- Fairmount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Christner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wilmot Mennonite / Geiger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oetzel United Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. John Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johannes / St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Johannes Lutheran Cemetery
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370623 <1>
- St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- First St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. James Anglican Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stauffer Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mannheim Mennonite / Latschaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rushes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove / Amish Mennonite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Easthope Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Amish Mennonite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Erb Street Mennonite Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Clements RC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4276, Longitude: -80.6729 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |