@article{561, keywords = {Biographies, Pennsylvania Germans, Mennonites, Ethnic groups, Russian Mennonites, Shantz Jacob Y., Manitoba, Berlin (Ontario), Waterloo Township}, author = {H. Bowman}, title = {Jacob Y. Shantz: pioneer of Russian Mennonite immigration to Manitoba}, abstract = {An account of Shantz's family background and varied business activities in farming, contracting, milling and manufacturing. His role in the Russian Mennonite migrations to Manitoba in the 1870s is stressed and photographs of the family homestead in Berlin and excerpts from Shantz's official account of his journey to Manitoba are included.}, year = {1924}, journal = {Waterloo Historical Society}, volume = {12}, number = {Journal Article}, pages = {100. ill., 85+}, language = {English}, }