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Reuben Eleazar Shoemaker

Male 1876 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Reuben Eleazar Shoemaker was born 23 May 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John F. Shoemaker and Ann Sherington); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7095
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Reuben Shoemaker, "is on the farm with his father. Not married."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John F. Shoemaker was born 24 May 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John D. Shoemaker and Catharine Fried); died 14 Feb 1905; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7085
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    John F. Shoemaker, "was born May 24th, 1831. He is a builder and carpenter by trade but the last number of years he has followed farming and owns a beautiful farm adjoining the village of Breslau. He is married to Ann Sherington. Their family consists of 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    John married Ann Sherington 4 Jun 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ann (daughter of John Sherington and Ann Parson) was born 26 May 1832, , Atlantic Ocean; died 15 Apr 1906; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ann Sherington was born 26 May 1832, , Atlantic Ocean (daughter of John Sherington and Ann Parson); died 15 Apr 1906; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ann Shoemaker
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7085.1
    • Residence: 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Keeper
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Mathew Shoemaker was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Angeline Shoemaker was born 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Alfred Shoemaker was born 10 Jul 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jul 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Rachel Ann Shoemaker was born 5 May 1859, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1909, Leetonia, Columbiana, Ohio, United States; was buried , Nold Mennonite Cemetery, Leetonia, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.
    5. John Adam Shoemaker was born 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Jane Shoemaker was born 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Harriet Shoemaker was born 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Mary M. Shoemaker was born 14 Apr 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Isabella Shoemaker was born 28 Sep 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Esther Lillie Shoemaker was born Aug 1875, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. 1. Reuben Eleazar Shoemaker was born 23 May 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John D. ShoemakerJohn D. Shoemaker was born 26 Dec 1800, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of George Shoemaker, Sr. and Mary Detweiler); died 30 Sep 1895; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Artifact: Coffee Pot
    • Name: Johannes D. Schumacher
    • Name: John D Schuhmacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7074
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: John D. Shoemaker
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 107, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John Shoemaker, "second son of George Shoemaker, was born in the old Shoemaker residence situated on the north side of the Swamp Creek, near the old carding and fulling mills, in Frederick Township Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, December 26th, 1800. He learned the shoemaking trade with Abraham Harley of Towamencin. On October 12th, 1823, he was married to Catharine, daughter of Henry and Mary (Heller) Fried. She was raised by old Jacob Clemens. After they were married they moved to George Clemens' in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. On May 10th, 1825, he, with his wife and son Jacob, his brother George, Jacob and George Clemens and their families, Charles Mohr, Martin Schiedel, Henry Clemmer and family, Henry Moyer and family, Jacob Kolb, and others, left for Canada and arrived at Preston on the 1st of June following. John Shoemaker moved on the farm known as "Bill Moyer's Place", near Berlin, now possessed by Isadore B. Snyder. Here they lived for two years then they moved on west side of Jacob Y. Shantz's saw mill pond, in Joseph Eby's house. This house was previously occupied by Henry Clemmer who had moved to Preston. On February 20th, 1829, they left here and moved on their farm one mile north of Breslau. Here he still resides with his son, George F. On this farm, lot No. 107, Horning's Tract, there were several acres cleared and a small log house erected in fall of 1828. The old house was about 150 yards south-east from the present residence. Here they raised a family of eight children. She died December 25th, 1879."


    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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    SHOEMAKER    . - John D. Shoemaker was born in Montgomery Co., Pa., December 26th 1800, was married to Catherine Fried, Oct. 12th 1823, emigrated to Waterloo Co., Canada in 1825, lived in matrimony 56 years, his wife dying about 16 years ago. He died on the 30th of September 1895, aged 94 years, 9 months and 4 days. His posterity numbers 8 children (4 sons and 4 daughters) of whom 6 survive him; also 66 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. The funeral services, conducted by Daniel Wismer and S. Stauffer, were largely attended.


    HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXII, No. 22, November 15, 1895, p. 350, 351

    John married Catharine Fried 12 Oct 1823. Catharine (daughter of Henry Fried and Mary Heller) was born 22 Feb 1801, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catharine Fried was born 22 Feb 1801, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Henry Fried and Mary Heller); died 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Shoemaker
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7074.1
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Catharine Fried
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    On the same day [Dec 25, 1879], in Waterloo Co., Ont., the wife of JOHN SHUMACHER, aged 79 years, 10 months and 3 days. Interred at Cressman's.


    Herald of Truth - Volume XVII, Number 2 - February, 1880, page 34, 36, 37

    Children:
    1. Jacob F. Shoemaker was born 13 Sep 1824, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jun 1904, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Shoemaker was born 1 Jun 1826, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Catharine Shoemaker was born 15 Dec 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1912; was buried , Olds Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta, Canada.
    4. 2. John F. Shoemaker was born 24 May 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1905; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Abraham F. Shoemaker was born 24 Jan 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1881, Alborough, Elgin Co., Ontario.
    6. George F. Shoemaker was born 11 Nov 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1914; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Elizabeth Shoemaker was born 15 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1914; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Sarah S. Shoemaker was born 12 Mar 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1924, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  John Sherington was born 1783, , England; died 21 Jan 1850; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96365

    John — Ann Parson. Ann was born 1783, , England; died 7 May 1859, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ann Parson was born 1783, , England; died 7 May 1859, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ann Sherington
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86062
    • Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Residence:
    Lived with Robert and Ann Sherrington

    Children:
    1. Mary Sherington was born Between 1813 and 1814, , England; died 22 Nov 1852, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Thomas Sherington was born 1817, , Yorkshire, England; died 1905; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Sherington was born 1822; died 25 Aug 1848; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Robert Sherington was born 8 Feb 1827, , England; died 27 Dec 1904, , Kent Co., Michigan; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan.
    5. Mathew Sherington was born 1829, , England; died 24 May 1836; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 3. Ann Sherington was born 26 May 1832, , Atlantic Ocean; died 15 Apr 1906; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George Shoemaker, Sr. was born 6 Feb 1778, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Shoemaker and Mary Tyson); died 24 Nov 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Georg Schoemacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7041
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 119, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; gentleman
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    George Shoemaker, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 6th, 1778. On March 19th, 1799, he was married to Mary Detweiler who was born May 10th, 1775, and died September 22nd, 1850. After he was married he moved in the house situated on the west side of the Swamp Creek, towards the old school house, while his father's residence and the mill were on the east side. Here he was engaged in the woollen mills, carding, fulling and dying wool and yarns. He was a woollen manufacturer by trade. Here he resided until 1804, thence he moved to Pottstown, on old Isaac Shantz's farm, from there he, with his small family, in 1806 moved to a place where he remained for one year, thence he moved to Skippack where he remained five years. In 1812 he moved to Benjamin Reiff in Lower Salford Township, and after-wards to John Reiff where they resided until spring, 1825, when he with his wife and three sons and a daughter, namely: Jacob and wife, Daniel, Joshua, and Catharine, moved to Canada. They resided for a short time after their arrival here in this county, on old Christian Schneider's farm one mile south of Breslau. In fall of the same year they moved on the farm (lot No. 119, G.C.T.) now possessed by his son, George D. Shoemaker. Here they resided until their death. He died November 24th, 1864. They had a family of ten 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.].

    Occupation:
    Lived with son Jacob D.

    George married Mary Detweiler 19 Mar 1799. Mary was born 10 May 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1850. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Detweiler was born 10 May 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1850.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Shoemaker
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7041.1

    Children:
    1. Jacob D. Shoemaker was born 24 Nov 1799, Swamp Creek, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Mar 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 4. John D. Shoemaker was born 26 Dec 1800, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 30 Sep 1895; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Shoemaker was born 30 Jul 1802, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Sep 1885, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
    4. George D. Shoemaker was born 5 Oct 1803, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Dec 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Elizabeth Shoemaker was born 5 Mar 1805, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 5 Aug 1846.
    6. Joseph Shoemaker was born 12 Jan 1807, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Abraham D. Shoemaker was born 16 Feb 1809, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Daniel D. Shoemaker was born 15 Jun 1811, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 23 Aug 1892, Filion, Huron, Michigan, USA.
    9. Joshua Shoemaker was born 20 Apr 1813, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 May 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Catherine Shoemaker was born 12 Feb 1815, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Henry Fried was born Abt 1775, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7074.2

    Henry — Mary Heller. Mary was born Abt 1775, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Heller was born Abt 1775, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Fried
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7074.3

    Children:
    1. 5. Catharine Fried was born 22 Feb 1801, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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