Maria Shupe

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• Name: Maria Toman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48292
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Maria married Samuel H. Toman 29 Oct 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Samuel (son of Samuel Bricker Toman and Elizabeth Hunsberger) was born 13 May 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1954; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Percy W. Toman was born 1 Sep 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died 19 Oct 1958; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Charles V. Toman was born 7 May 1894, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1964, RR1, Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Oct 1964, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Walter Gilbert Toman was born 1897, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1950; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Wallace G. Toman was born 3 Aug 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Hubert Toman was born Jan 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Herbert Toman was born 19 Jan 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1937, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 6 Nov 1937, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7179
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1900, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA; farmer

Notes:

Moses Shupe, "is married to Charlotte Fischer. They reside in Kansas where he follows farming. No report in regard to family."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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Moses Shupe was born in Waterloo county, Ontario, Canada, March 26, 1830, and died at Lost Springs, Kan., Dec. 14, 1912, aged 82 years, 8 months and 19 days.

He was married to Charlotte Fisher In 1849 and they lived together 63 years.

To this union 9 children were born, 7 boys and 2 girls, all of whom are living. There are now living 56 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

His sickness started with La Grippe and a slight stroke of paralysis from which he never recovered.

He was converted early in life and united with the River Brethren church of which he was still a faithful member at his death.

The end came in great peace, falling asleep in Jesus. He often praised God with a loud voice during the days of his sickness and often expressed the desire of having God's word read and to be prayed with. He left unmistakable evidence of his acceptance with God.

Funeral was held in the Evangelical church, services conducted by Bishop Engel. interment in I.O.O.F. cemetery.

The Herington Sun (Herington, Kansas) Thu, Dec 19, 1912

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Gravestone of Moses Shupe

Moses married Charlotte Fischer 7 Aug 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charlotte was born 3 Apr 1829, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 27 Jul 1913, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA; was buried , Lost Springs Cemetery, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Charlotte Shupe
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7179.1
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker

Notes:

Mrs. Moses Shupe died at Lost Springs on July 27, 1913, aged 84 years 3 months and 24 days.

Charlotte Fischer was born in the Province of Lotheringen, France on April 3rd.

She was married to Moses Shupe at Dumfries, Ontario on August 7. 1849.

To this union were born 9 children, all living at the present time besides 16 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren to mourn her loss.

She was converted early in life and lived a consistent christian life to the end. She was always very much interested in the spiritual welfare of children and left many evidences of her trust in God.

The Herington Times (Herington, Kansas) Thu, Jul 31, 1913

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Gravestone of Charlotte Fischer

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7171
• Residence: 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Bishop George Shupe, "was born December 25th, 1788. He was married to Elizabeth Scheirich who was born May 26th, 1795, and died June 21st, 1866. They resided in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee, where he died April 29th, 1870. To them was born a family of six 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.].

George — Elizabeth Scheirich. Elizabeth (daughter of Mathias Scheirich and Catharine Mooney) was born 26 May 1795, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 Jun 1866; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Shupe
• Eby ID Number: 00100-5591

Notes:

Elizabeth Scheirich, "another daughter of Mathias Scheirich, was born May 26th, 1795, and died June 27th, 1866. She was married to Bishop George Shupe. They resided in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee, where he was engaged in farming. They had a family of two children, namely: Benjamin and Moses."


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.].

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7169.9
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 16, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

John Shupe, "Among the early pioneer settlers of this county was old John Shupe. He was a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to which place his grandparents had moved from the Palatinate, Germany, as early as 1715 if not earlier. Mr. Shupe was born in 1759. When a young man he was married to Elizabeth Diefenbach. In 1801 he, with his wife and family moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, on the east bank of the Grand River, near Freeport, where he died November 8th, 1812, and she died March 21st, 1825. To them was born a family of seven 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.].

John — Elizabeth Diefenbach. Elizabeth was born 1763, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 21 Mar 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Shupe
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7169.10

Notes:

A POEM ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ELIZABETH SHOOP

The following verses were written in memory of the late Elizabeth Shoop, who was an inhabitant of the township of Waterloo, in the District of Gore, Upper Canada, where she resided with her family until the day of her death. The time of her living in that place, was something like twenty-four years, which about one-half of that time, in the latter part of her life, she lived in a state of widowhood with her children. The following poem is a true and short history of her holy life and death. The late Elizabeth departed this mortal life, March 21, 1825; and the following remarks were made a few days after her death, by JOHN A. CORNELL, an intimate acquaintance with her person, life, death and character, who had the great satisfaction to preach her funeral sermon to a numerous concourse of people, from the following words, taken from Heb. 4: 9, "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."

Ye nations of the earth give ear
To what I here relate;
Your Maker learn to love and fear,
Prepare to leave this state.

The sacred truth I now indite,
God print it in your minds;
Strong memory on your hearts to write,
With letters more divine.

Oh! cruel death, how dreadful bold,
He bears a mighty sway;
He calls away both young and old,
To long eternity.

The Lord his messenger did send,
The Widow Shoop hath died,
She was the poor, the orphan's friend,
Likewise the Pilgrim's guide.

Religion is a glorious prop,
Surely it is the best:
We have a consolating hope,
Her soul has gone to rest.

She was a soldier of the cross,
Her duty she'd fulfill;
No toil, no pain she counted loss,
To do her Master's will.

The church of God, she lov'd to meet,
To see her brethren there;
That they might fall at Jesus' feet
And join in holy prayer.

The place of praise, the house of prayer,
It was her chief delight;
She was a constant member there,
She kept the end in sight.

She never left the house of God,
But like Anna of old;
She marked the steps her Savior trod,
Bro't fruit an hundred fold.

Her heart to church and God was true,
Her soul was sanctified;
Her happy spirit never knew,
What it was to backslide.

That hateful sin. call'd dressy pride,
Her soul it did abhor;
Such vain and foolish sins as these,
She kept at open war.

What others took to paint their clay,
And dress their bodies fine;
Unto the poor she gave away,
To cheer the feeble mind;

The lame, the sick, naked and poor,
They were her constant care --
Were always welcome at her door,
With her they had a share.

She often borrowed of the rich,
To give it to the poor:
Her love and charity was such,
She gave them all her store.

She laid her own advantage by,
To do the needy good;
Yet all her hopes they did rely,
Upon her Savior's blood.

Third of March she was taken ill,
And to her bed confin'd ;
Yet to her heavenly Father's will,
Appeared to be resigned.

She seemed to think her morning sun,
Was then about to set;
She thank'd the Lord her work was done,
In Christ was made complete.

While she could use her feeble tongue,
Her Maker she ador'd;
By exhorting both old and young,
To seek and serve the Lord.

Her friends and children she did teach;
From Scripture truth was drawn,
Hoping her words would louder preach,
When she was dead and gone.

Twenty-first of March, on that day,
She bid this world adieu;
Her longing spirit left its clay,
The age of sixty-two.

At God's great and sovereign will,
Resigned her fleeting breath,
Without a doubt, without a fear,
She pass'd the gates of death.

She bid the church farewell below,
To join the church above;
Where all the happy spirits go,
To sing Redeeming Love.

Come sick, come Christians mourn your loss
Of your departed friend;
And learn to bear an equal cross,
As she unto the end.

Oft at her tomb, my heart shall rove,
To drop a sacred tear;
In token of that Christian love,
While she was with us here.

Whatever we may count our loss,
Shall be her greatest gain;
She now can say, farewell to cross,
Farewell to grief and pain.

A life so holy, true, and just,
Example so divine;
Must not be buried in the dust
Before the world must shine.

Now I'll refrain, why should I weep?
Since she has gone to rest;
She's only laid her down to sleep,
Upon her Savior's breast.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44341979
• Name: Matthias Shiry
• Eby ID Number: 00100-5559
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 051, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Mathias Scheirich, "the ancestor of the family, was a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was born December 6th, 1751. In 1805 he emigrated to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, nearly two miles south of Berlin. His old homestead is now possessed by George Histand. He was married to Catharine Mooney who was born in 1762 and died December 10th, 1825. He died February 6th, 1835. They had a family of eight (maybe they had more than eight) 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.].

Mathias — Catharine Mooney. Catharine was born 1762; died 10 Dec 1825; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202167033
• Name: Catharine Scheirich
• Eby ID Number: 00100-5559.1