Stephanie Urbs was born in 1847. She was the daughter of Marie Hespler, who was the sister of Jacob Hespler. Urbs was married to Joseph Emm Seagram in 1869. She died in 1909.

Benjamin Shantz was a farmer and mill operator born September 21, 1811 to Christian Schantz and Hannah Paul. He married Lydia Kolb on November 5, 1833 and together the couple had eleven children; Josiah K. Shantz (1834-1913), Catharine Shantz (May 17, 1836-February 28, 1917), Hannah Shantz (April 1, 1838-August 20, 1841), Christian Shantz (January 20, 1840-?), Tobias Kolb Schantz, Abraham K. Shantz (September 20, 1844-?), Benjamin K. Shantz (December 5, 1846), Menno K. Shantz (January 31, 1849-July 6, 1888), Lydia Kolb Shantz (1851-1900), Sarah K. Shantz (April 1, 1854-April 10, 1878), and Enoch K. Shantz (October 7, 1856-May 25, 1888).

After Benjamin married Lydia he worked on his father's farm in Freeport, Ontario. In 1853, Benjamin and his family moved to Saugeen, Bruce County, Ontario. At some point, Benjamin owned a gristmill in Port Elgin, Ontario.

Lydia died on November 9, 1862.

Following the death of his wife Lydia, Benjamin remarried. He married Margaret Swinton on March 9, 1863. The couple had four children; Jacob S. Shantz (December 23, 1863-July 16, 1865), Israel S. Shantz (July 8, 1865-?), Isaac S. Shantz (February 17, 1867-?), and Rebecca S. Shantz (October 9, 1868-?).

Around 1864 or 1865 Benjamin and his family moved to Montgomery County, Missouri, and later to Dallas County, Missouri.

Benjamin died on November 9, 1868.

Christian Shantz was a white settler who, along with his wife and children, was the first of the Schantz Russel family ancestors to make a home in what is now the Region of Waterloo. He was born July 11, 1769 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania to Jacob Shanz, originally from Switzerland, and Catherine Beary. Shantz married Hannah Paul, also from Montgomery County, in 1791 and together they had ten children: Catharine, Elizabeth, Magdalena, Jacob, David, Heinrich, Susannah, Hannah, Benjamin and Rebecca. In 1810 the family emigrated to Canada, settling at Freeport on the Grand River. Shantz died April 7, 1857 in what is now Kitchener, Ontario and was buried in the First Mennonite Cemetery.

Hannah Shantz was a white settler who, along with her husband and children, was the first of the Schantz Russell family members to make a home in what is today the Region of Waterloo. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1772 to Friedrich and Maria Sophia (nee Bauer) Paul. She married Christian Shantz, also of Montgomery County, in 1791 and together they had ten children: Catharine, Elizabeth, Magdalena, Jacob, David, Heinrich, Susannah, Hannah, Benjamin and Rebecca. In 1810 the family emigrated to Canada, settling at Freeport on the Grand River. Shantz died July 10, 1845 in what is now Kitchener, Ontario and was buried in the First Mennonite Cemetery.

Josiah Kolb Shantz was a farmer and caretaker born in Freeport, Ontario to Benjamin Shantz and Lydia Kolb on December 5, 1834. He married Anna Kolb on October 6, 1860 and together they had several children: Elizabeth, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Lorena Anna ad Elo Josiah. Shantz died in Kitchener on August 3, 1913 and was buried in the First Mennonite Cemetery.

Lorne Rayborn "Ray" Shantz was born March 16, 1905 in Plattsville, Ontario, the son of Jacob M. Shantz and Mary Ann Bingeman. He moved to Kitchener in 1925, where he met and married Lorraine Schneider. Shantz retired from his position as Advertising and Public Relations Manager at J.M. Schneider Inc. in 1970. He was first elected to the Kitchener Public School Board in 1946, serving as the chairman of Physical Health and Safety Committee in 1947 and as Board chairman from 1948 to 1949 and in 1953. He died January 1, 1982 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Lorne Raymond Shantz was born August 1, 1934 to Lorne Rayborn and Lorraine Shantz (nee) Schneider. He worked for J.M. Schneider, Inc. for 41 years. Shantz moved to Southampton, Ontario following his retirement, where he died November 25, 2009 at 75 years of age. He was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener.

Lorraine Schneider Shantz was born on July 27,1910 and was the only child of Charles and Georgina Schneider. She married Lorne Rayburn Shantz and together they had two children:, Lorne Raymond and Charles Alexander. Shantz died at St. Mary's Hospital on September 12, 1993 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Lydia Kolb was born on May 13, 1814 to Deacon Jacob Kolb Sr. (April 17, 1781-January 3, 1869) and Catharine Clemens (May 21, 1782-January 25, 1869) in Pennsylvania.

Lydia married Benjamin Shantz on November 5, 1883 and together the couple had eleven children; Josiah K. Shantz (December 5, 1834-August 3, 1913), Catharine Shantz (May 17, 1836-February 28, 1917), Hannah Shantz (April 1, 1838-August 20, 1841), Christian Shantz (January 20, 1840-?), Tobias Kolb Schantz, Abraham K. Shantz (September 20, 1844-?), Benjamin K. Shantz (December 5, 1846), Menno K. Shantz (January 31, 1849-July 6, 1888), Lydia K. Shantz (August 17, 1851-July 16, 1900), Sarah K. Shantz (April 1, 1854-April 10, 1878), and Enoch K. Shantz (October 7, 1856-May 25, 1888).

After Lydia and Benjamin married, they moved to Freeport, Ontario so that Benjamin could work on his father's farm. In 1853, Lydia and her family moved to Saugeen, Bruce County, Ontario.

Lydia died on November 9, 1862 in Bruce County, Ontario.

Margaret Swinton was born to Alexander and Jane Swinton on July 5, 1840.

On March 9, 1863, Margaret married Benjamin Shantz and together the couple had four children; Jacob S. Shantz (December 23-1863-July 16, 1865), Israel S. Shantz (July 8, 1865-?), Isaac S. Shantz (February 17, 1867-?), and Rebecca S. Shantz (October 9, 1868-?).

Around 1864 or 1865 Margaret and her family moved to Montgomery County, Missouri, and later to Dallas County, Missouri.

Daughter of Stanley and Charlotte Shupe. Died August 11, 1986 at Sudbury Laurentian Hospital.

Nellie Sharpe was born Nellie Sims on February 11, 1877, to James Campbell and Martha Sims. She married Richard C. Sharpe in 1905. She died in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1959.

K. Mary E. Shaw was a teacher and/or student at the Battersea Polytechnic Institute in 1904. Battersea College of Education had its origins in the department of ‘Women’s Studies’ at Battersea Polytechnic Institute. A special grant had been given to the Polytechnic by London County Council to open a teacher training school in domestic economy, and the first eleven full-time students started their course in 1894. The department was reorganized by the Board of Education as a teachers’ training school in 1895. The Battersea Polytechnic Institute eventually became the University of Surrey. (Source: Pickering & Chatto antiquarian booksellers – catalogue)

Robert Jon Meyer Shipley was born in Toronto on February 26, 1948, the youngest of three children to Miriam Irene (Smith) and Captain Vernon Meyer Shipley (captain in the Pay Corps and served as paymaster at the Royal Military College). Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Kingston (1952) and later to London (1959).

Robert J. M. Shipley got an Honours BA from the University of Western Ontario in History and Philosophy in 1972. Between 1972 and 1976 he was an officer of the Canadian Armed Forces serving in Calgary, Chilliwack, Halifax, Atlantic Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and London (Ontario). In 1976, Shipley was released from the Armed Forces and became a freelance writer, publishing articles in different media (sometimes under the pseudonym Jon Meyer) and receiving several research grants for his work on Canadian history and heritage. During this time, Robert Shipley also worked as an editor, wrote and published poetry and theatre plays, taught courses on writing in schools throughout Ontario, and illustrated many of his own articles and publications. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Shipley’s work focused on corporate and community histories, political speeches, planning studies, and tourist promotions, and publishing history and fiction books.

Shipley’s paintings were selected in the Western Ontario Jury Show; were displayed in galleries in Halifax, Toronto, and London; and appeared regularly in Perception Magazine. In 1978, he travelled to Cyprus to illustrate a book about Canadian soldiers on UN peacekeeping duty titled The 8th Hussar: Cyprus 1978-1979.
Between 1984 and 1987, Robert Shipley worked as the administrator at the Welland Canals Preservation Association (WCPA) and, in 1987, he became the senior developer consultant for the Welland Canals Society. In the late 1980s, Shipley’s work focused on cultural heritage, heritage-based tourism, and community development.

In 1990, Shipley began his Ph.D. studies at the University of Waterloo, becoming an active associate of the University’s Heritage Resources Centre (HRC). Shipley received his doctorate in 1997 with his dissertation Visioning in strategic planning : theory, practice and evaluation, and joined the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Environment as Professor and Associate Director of the School of Planning. While at the University of Waterloo, Shipley conducted international research on cultural heritage issues and published dozens of articles, book chapters and consulting reports. In 2003, he became the director at the HRC. As an academic, Shipley was a guest lecturer at Michigan State University, the University of Western Ontario, Brock University and Niagara College.

Robert Shipley retired in 2016 and, in 2018, he received the National Trust for Canada’s Governors’’ Award.

In 1983, Shipley married Pamela Fielding. The couple had a son, Ceilidh Jamieson Meyer, in 1985. The couple divorced in the 1990s. In the 1990s, Shipley met who would become his second wife, Dana Švihlová.

During his professional years, Robert Shipley published numerous books, including, among others:

• Relation ships (1984),
• To mark our place : a history of Canadian war memorials (1987),
• St. Catharines, garden on the canal : an illustrated history (1987),
• The girl who got stuck in the… mud (1987),
• Written with Fred A. Addis and part of the Great Lakes Album series: Paddle wheelers (1990), Schooners (1990), Propellers (1992), and Wrecks and disasters (1992),
• Exploring the value of heritage properties (1992),
• On leaving Bai Di Cheng : the culture of China’s Yangzi Gorges with Caroline Walker, Ruth Lor Malloy, and Fu Kailin (1993),
• Editor of The first 50 years by the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo (2019).

Arthur Gordon Shoosmith (1888-1974), an English architect who worked in India, was born in St. Petersburg in 1888. He grew up in Russia and Finland and was educated in England at Haileybury. He served his articles in Reading, and then attended the Royal Academy Schools in 1911. After serving in the war as an interpreter for the Intelligence Corps, he worked for the architectural practices of H.S. Gooodhart-Rendel, and J.J. Burnet. In 1920 he won the Soane Medallion and was appointed as Edwin Lutyens's representative in New Delhi, where he worked from 1920-1931. He was nominated by Lutyens for the commission of the design of St. Martin's Garrison Church in New Delhi (1928-1930), and his other major work is the Lady Hardinge Serai in New Delhi (1931). Shoosmith returned to England in 1931, where he made a career of teaching and as an inspector with the Ministry of Town and Country Planning. He retired in 1957, and died in 1974. Source: Davies, Philip: "Shoosmith, Arthur (Gordon)" The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, (Oxford University Press, Accessed [13 April 2004]) http://www.groveart.com.

William E. Short was born in Tottenham, England on Dec. 18, 1878. He enlisted with the 34th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Jan., 1915 in Galt, Ont., trained in Canada and England, and arrived in France on Aug. 3, 1915, where he was attached to the 1st Battalion. He was promoted to Corporal on Oct. 11, 1916 and to acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant on Feb. 1, 1917. William Short married Lilly Meechum August 7, 1918, while on leave in London, England, a fact not noted in his diary. W.E.Short returned to Canada in May, 1919. (Source: attestation papers, diary contents.)