Classification scheme:: Hist.Mss.2.110
Title: Joseph S., Mary Ann (Shantz) and Hannah (Shantz) Weber family reunion fonds
Dates of creation: 1962-2007
Physical description: 3 cm of textual records
Biographical sketch: Joseph S. Weber (1861-1949) was born in Waterloo Township and died near Didsbury, Alberta. He is buried at Erb Street Mennonite Church cemetery in Waterloo. He was married first to Mary Ann Shantz (1864-1899) with whom he had 11 children and then to Hannah Shantz (1866-1925) with whom he had four children. He then married Barbara (Rudy Sauder) Ernst (1876-1931) and Elizabeth (Schmitt) Wambold (1868-1962). No children were born of his third and fourth marriages.
Weber farmed and was the chorister at the Erb Street Mennonite Church for over forty years. He moved to Alberta to marry his fourth wife, Elizabeth Wambold. There he was chorister at Fairview Mennonite Church at Carstairs.
The descendants of Joseph Weber, Mary Ann Shantz and Hannah Shantz held family reunions every three years between 1962 and 2007.
Custodial history: Donated to the Archives in 2024 by Dave Burkholder
Scope and content: Minutes, programs, and lists of attendees.
Notes: See also the Milton Good Library for published genealogies.
Original archival description created 2024 by Laureen Harder-Gissing.