File 213 - Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer : correspondence received.

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Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer : correspondence received.

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SCA118-GA91-7-213

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  • February 21, 1905 (Authorship)
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    Piggott, Jennie
  • 1893-1907 (Authorship)

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The Schantz Family in North America is large and widespread; alternative spellings of the last name includes variations such as Tschantz, Shantz, Shonts, and Schanz. The family descended from Jacob Schanz (June 12, 1710-February 5, 1781) who emigrated to the United States of America in 1737 and settled in Pennsylvania. In 1810 Jacob’s son Christian Shantz (1769-1857) came to Waterloo County and settled at Freeport on the Grand River.

Christian’s son Benjamin Shantz (1811-1868) was an early Waterloo County inhabitant and one of the founders of Port Elgin, Ontario where he settled in 1854 and established a grist and flour mill. Benjamin married Lydia Kolb (1814-1862) on April 10, 1842 and together they had ten children; Josiah K. Schantz (1834-1913), Catharine Schantz (May 17, 1836-February 28, 1917), Hannah Schantz (April 1, 1838-August 20, 1841), Christian Schantz (January 20, 1840-?), Tobias Schantz (1842-1925), Abraham K. Schantz (September 20, 1844-?), Benjamin K. Schantz (December 5, 1846), Menno K. Schantz (January 31, 1849-July 6, 1888), Lydia K. Schantz (August 17, 1851-July 16, 1900), Sarah K. Schantz (April 1, 1854-April 10, 1878), and Enoch K. Schantz (October 7, 1856-May 25, 1888).

When Lydia died in 1862, Benjamin remarried his housekeeper, Margaret Swinton. Benjamin and Margaret left Port Elgin, Ontario and settled in Dallas County, Missouri. Correspondence in the collection between Benjamin and his son Tobias recount Benjamin’s settler experiences in Dallas County, Missouri.

The Schantz Russell Family Papers centre around Tobias Schantz, his wife Mary Schantz and their descendants, drawing together primary sources relating to several early white settler families of Waterloo County, primarily the Schantz, Moyer/Meyer and Bowman families, and material relating to descendants of the Moyer settlers of Lincoln County, Ontario.

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Twenty-nine letters received by Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz. Correspondents include brothers Arthur, Austin, Frank, and Orpheus, sisters Etta, Florence and Sophie.

Date and Place from: n.d. s.l. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

Date and Place from: September 10, 1893 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962.

Date and Place from: January 2, 1897 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Letterhead

Date and Place from: January 5, 1898 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Sophie Emma, 1869-1958.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1898 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Attachments: Envelope, no stamp.

Date and Place from: August 25, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes letter to Ward & Etta.

Date and Place from: December 16, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Franklin Abram, 1874-1962 Notes: Includes note from Mother.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: May 20, 1899 Latah, WA To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Attachments: Envelope with stamp.

Date and Place from: September 24, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Orpheus Moyer, 1864-1951 Attachments: Envelope with stamps.

Date and Place from: November 16, 1899 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 5, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: November 12, 1901 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: May 2, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: June 4, 1902 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: February 21, 1899 Morton Park, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Cornelia Caroline Flagler, 1864-1951.

Date and Place from: October 6, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine, 1879-1938.

Date and Place from: January 11, 1900 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959 Notes: Includes letter to Frank and Florence.

Date and Place from: October 2, 1896 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900 Notes: Written on Marshall Field & Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: Dec. 17, 1898 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Jan. 10, 1900 Leamington, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From White, Etta Lydia Mary, 1866-1900.

Date and Place from: March 28, 1900 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: Aug. 12, 1903 Didsbury, Alta. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: December 18, 1907 Council Bluffs, Iowa To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Austin Tobias, 1871-1959.

Date and Place from: June 24, 1898 Chicago To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on P. B. Weare & Co. Grain letterhead.

Date and Place from: Oct. 6, 1898 Berlin, Ont. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Mary, 1840-1935 Notes: Includes note from Frank.

Date and Place from: Feb. 6, 1898 Chicago, Ill. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Schantz, Arthur Benjamin, 1876-1958 Notes: Written on North American Transportation & Trading Co. Letterhead.

Date and Place from: Feb. 21, 1905 Detroit, Mich. To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 From Piggott, Jennie.

To Schantz, Herbert Cecil Palmer, 1883-1912 Notes: Miscellaneous: 4 page list of household items (perhaps wedding gifts).

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Donated by Dorothy Russell and Harold Russell in 1995.

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Described in 1995.
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