Records of Lorne Shantz on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Lorne Shantz in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lorne Shantz and the Shantz Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shantz Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Shantz family tree.

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Shantz Family Tree Databases

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Shantz Forums

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Some Famous People called Lorne Shantz

Lorne Shantz

Lorne Hugh Shantz (February 4, 1920 – October 2, 1999) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He represented North Okanagan in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1963 as a Social Credit member.

He was born in Alsask, Saskatchewan, the son of Jacob Y. Shantz and Emma Fern Lougheed, and was educated in Didsbury and Calgary. Before entering politics, Shantz was an insurance agent. In 1941, he married Genevieve E. Ansley. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the British Columbia assembly in 1949. Shantz lived in Langley. He was speaker for the assembly from 1958 to 1963. In 1964, he and his family moved to Prescott, Arizona. His wife, Genevieve, died on August 4, 1968; he remarried to Marilyn (Fenwick) in 1975. Lorne Shantz died October 2, 1999 in Phoenix, Arizona. He left a wife and 5 children. Wife Marilyn, sons: Gerald Hugh Shantz, Lorne Ernest Shantz, daughters: Arlene Wilda Loker, Linda Ruth Greene and David Ansley Shantz.

Source: Lorne Shantz, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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