Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Edwin Schneller

Male 1891 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edwin Schneller was born 7 Jun 1891, , Ontario, Canada (son of John Schneller and Mary Damm); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93245
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Schneller was born 2 Mar 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John George "George" Schneller and Esther Shoemaker); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7145.3
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer

    John married Mary Damm 20 Jan 1886, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Johannes "John" Damm and Margaret Jungblut) was born 31 Aug 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Damm was born 31 Aug 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johannes "John" Damm and Margaret Jungblut); died 1 Dec 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211354813
    • Name: Mary Schneller
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75797
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1886, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Ada Margaretta Schneller was born 14 Aug 1887, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1964, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Edwin Schneller was born 7 Jun 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Mary Ann Schneller was born 18 Jun 1893, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Otto Schneller was born 21 Sep 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John George "George" Schneller was born 13 Feb 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 15 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johann George "George" Schneller and Anna Margaretha Mather); died 23 Aug 1909, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211304249
    • Name: George Schneller
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7145.1
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer & stone mason
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    MANNHEIM

    News Notes. - The funeral of the late Mr. George Schneller, which was held at the Lutheran church on Thursday of last week, was largely attended. Mr. Schneller was one of the early pioneers of this community. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones. Quite a number from here attended the funeral of Mr. Charles Poll, at Berlin. The late Mr. Poll lived in our village for some years and his mother still resides here. The bereaved family and relatives have our deepest sympathy.

    The Chronicle Telegraph, 2 Sep 1909, p. 4

    John — Esther Shoemaker. Esther (daughter of Abraham D. Shoemaker and Maria "Mary" Miller) was born 17 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Esther Shoemaker was born 17 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham D. Shoemaker and Maria "Mary" Miller); died 20 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211304601
    • Name: Esther Schneller
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7145
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Esther Shoemaker, "was born April 17th, 1836. She is married to George Sneller and resides in Manheim, Waterloo County, Ontario. She has a family of five children"


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. Anna Maria "Mary" Schneller was born 21 Jan 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1915, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Second Cemetery, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. John Schneller was born 2 Mar 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Catharine Schneller was born 24 Apr 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Mar 1934, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. David Schneller was born 25 Jan 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1927, Cayley, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Highwood Cemetery, High River, , Alberta, Canada.
    5. Abraham S. Schneller was born 19 Nov 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Nov 1931, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Johannes "John" Damm was born 1832, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: John Damm
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-5124 
    • Residence: 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Johannes married Margaret Jungblut 2 Apr 1854, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born 1828, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Margaret Jungblut was born 1828, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Margaret Damm
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-5213
    • Residence: 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Margaret Damm was born 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Mary Damm was born 31 Aug 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Damm was born 28 Jul 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Oct 1917; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John F. Damm was born 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Catherine Damm was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Johannes Damm was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johann George "George" Schneller was born 25 Oct 1803, , Hessen, Germany; died 19 Nov 1862, near Mannheim, Ontario; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211293643
    • Name: George Schneller
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-99756P
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

    Notes:

    A-188 George Schneller Last Will and Testament of George Schneller, late of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman, who died on or about the nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord 1862, at the Township of Waterloo, and who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at the Township of Waterloo, was proved and registered in the said Surrogate Court a true copy of which said Last Will and Testament by mistake called Codicil is hereunder written and that the administration of all and singular, the personal estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his will was granted by the aforesaid Court to Abraham Dettweiler Shoemaker of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman, and John Schneller of the Township of Waterloom, Yeoman, the Executors named in the said will they having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same by paying the just debts of the deceased and the legacies contained in his will so far as they are thereunto bound by law…

    Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

    Johann — Anna Margaretha Mather. Anna was born CALC 17 Jun 1797, , Hessen, Germany; died 2 Apr 1881, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Anna Margaretha Mather was born CALC 17 Jun 1797, , Hessen, Germany; died 2 Apr 1881, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Anna Margaretha Schneller
    • Name: Margore
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-243388
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Johannes "John" Schneller was born 5 Mar 1829, Kreis, Alsfeld, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany; died 5 Mar 1905; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Margaret Schneller was born 1830, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 4. John George "George" Schneller was born 13 Feb 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 15 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1909, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Catharine Schneller was born 18 Mar 1835, , Ontario, Canada; was christened 15 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Heinrich "Henry" Schneller was born 21 Apr 1841, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 May 1905; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Abraham D. Shoemaker was born 16 Feb 1809, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of George Shoemaker, Sr. and Mary Detweiler); died 13 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7144
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 019, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawmiller
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer & Saw Miller
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Miller
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

    Notes:

    Abraham D. Shoemaker, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 16th, 1809. In May, 1829, he came to Canada with his grandfather, Jacob Shoemaker, George Bechtel and family, and his brother John's widow, old "Maricha," and her three youngest children, Magdalena, Veronica, and David. On April 15th, 1834, he was married to Mary Miller who was born November 20th, 1814, and died September 11th, 1874. He died January 13th, 1888. Some time after their marriage he moved on the farm now occupied by his son, David M., where he constructed a dam and erected sawmills. An extensive business in lumber was carried on at these mills for a number of years. Recently the Berlin Water Works Company purchased the water privilege together with several acres of land. This caused the removal of the sawmills. Here he had a family of nine children".


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Abraham married Maria "Mary" Miller 15 Apr 1834. Maria (daughter of Christian Miller and Hester Wanner) was born 20 Nov 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Maria "Mary" Miller was born 20 Nov 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Christian Miller and Hester Wanner); died 11 Sep 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Maria "Mary" Shoemaker
    • Name: Maria Miller
    • Name: Mary Müller
    • Name: Polly Miller
    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4781
    • Birth: CALC 23 Nov 1814
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan

    Notes:

    Polly Miller, "the eldest, was born November 20th, 1814, and died September 11th, 1874. She was married to Abraham D. Shoemaker who was born February 16th, 1809, and died January 13th, 1888. They resided a little west of Berlin where both died."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. 5. Esther Shoemaker was born 17 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Shoemaker was born 1 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1838, , Ontario, Canada.
    3. David Miller Shoemaker was born 28 Sep 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1920, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Janes Shoemaker was born 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Sarah Shoemaker was born 9 May 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Susannah Shoemaker was born 18 Jan 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Menno M. Shoemaker was born 8 Mar 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Lydia Ann Shoemaker was born 6 Oct 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1905; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Abraham Shoemaker was born 1 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. ? Shoemaker was born 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Isaac Shoemaker was born 3 May 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1850, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Simon Shoemaker was born 20 Sep 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.