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

Jacob Shupe

Male 1822 - 1896  (74 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jacob Shupe was born 19 Jun 1822, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Shupe and Eva Scheirich); died 1 Dec 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 3 Dec 1896, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: carpenter
    • Eby ID Number: 00113-7198
    • Occupation: 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woodworker

    Notes:

    Jacob Shupe, "was born June 19th, 1822. He was married, February 7th, 1849, to Sallie Ann Master who was born February 26th, 1833. They resided in Washington, Oxford County, for many years but at present reside in the town of Galt. Mr. Shupe in his younger days followed carpentering and building but now he is engaged as a pattern maker. His family consisted of two sons.."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

    _________________________

    Death of Mr. Jacob Shupe

    An aged and esteemed citizen passed away on Tuesday, in the person of Jacob Shupe, of Victoria Avenue. Fifteen years had the deceased lived in Galt, his former home being in Preston and during that time he gained the respect and regard of all who knew him. He was for many years an employee of the Goldle-McCulloch Co., but latterly had worked for Clare Bros., Preston. He was a carpenter by trade and a skilled workman. He had been ailing for about a year, and during that period was unable to follow his calling. He appeared to be in better health the last two weeks, but it was only a temporary improvement, as he soon lost strength and finally succumbed to the malady with which he was afflicted. His widow and one son, Wellington, of this town, survive him. His other son died some years ago. The deceased, who was 74 years old, was a valued member of the Methodist Church, with which he had long been connected. A just man gone to his reward, may rightly be applied to the late Mr. Shupe, whose memory, as an upright, honest and God-fearing man, will not soon be forgotten. The funeral will take place from his late residence, at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, to Mount View cemetery.

    The Weekly Reformer 3 Dec 1896 pg 1

    Jacob married Sallie Ann Master 7 Feb 1849. Sallie (daughter of John Master and Nancy Stauffer) was born 6 Feb 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 May 1915; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. John Washington Shupe was born 18 Nov 1849, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Dec 1881.
    2. Wellington Shupe was born 20 Feb 1854, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1927, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 8 Jul 1927, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob Shupe was born Apr 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA (son of John Shupe and Elizabeth Diefenbach); died , Near, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00113-7191
    • Residence: 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1850, Benton, Lake, Illinois; farmer
    • Residence: 1850, Benton, Lake, Illinois

    Notes:

    Jacob Shupe, "was born in April, 1795, and was married to Eva Scheirich who was born November 16th, 1799, and died July 13th, 1841. They resided in Wilmot Township, a little west of New Dundee, where he [she] died. To them was born a family of eight children, namely:... No information in regard to old Jacob's family further than names of children has been received with the exception of Samuel and Jacob."


    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.].

    Jacob — Eva Scheirich. Eva (daughter of Mathias Scheirich and Catharine Mooney) was born 16 Nov 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jul 1841, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Eva Scheirich was born 16 Nov 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Mathias Scheirich and Catharine Mooney); died 13 Jul 1841, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Eva Shupe
    • Eby ID Number: 00100-5592

    Notes:

    Eva Scheirich, "another daughter of Mathias Scheirich, was born November 16th 1799, and died July 13th, 1841. She was married to Jacob Shupe."


    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. Elizabeth Shupe was born 15 Nov 1817, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Dec 1852; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. John Shupe was born Abt 1819, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 1. Jacob Shupe was born 19 Jun 1822, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 3 Dec 1896, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Samuel S. Shupe was born 25 Oct 1824, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 7 Dec 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. David Shupe was born Abt 1826, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Cyrus Shupe was born Abt 1828, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Eli Shupe was born 1831, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Aaron Shupe was born 1834, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Levi Shupe was born 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Catharine Shupe was born Abt 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Shupe was born 1759, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 8 Nov 1812, Near Freeport, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • 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]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Diefenbach 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.

    Other Events:

    • 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.

    Children:
    1. Daniel Shupe was born Abt 1782, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Jul 1842, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. John Shupe was born 5 Oct 1784, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Apr 1861, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Bishop George Shupe was born 25 Dec 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 29 Apr 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    4. David Shupe was born Abt 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.
    5. Adam Diefenbach Shupe was born 29 Jul 1793, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 29 Nov 1878, Moline, Allegan, Michigan, USA; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Cutlerville, Kent, Michigan, United States.
    6. 2. Jacob Shupe was born Apr 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA; died , Near, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Catharine Shupe was born 29 Mar 1798, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 May 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 May 1869, Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    8. Benjamin Shupe was born Abt 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Indiana.

  3. 6.  Mathias Scheirich was born 6 Dec 1751, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Feb 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • 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]


  4. 7.  Catharine Mooney was born 1762; died 10 Dec 1825; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

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

    Children:
    1. Jacob Scheirich was born , , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Anna Maria "Maria" Scheirich was born Oct 1784, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Jul 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Scheirich was born 4 Aug 1787, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 3 Apr 1862, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. David Scheirich was born 24 Dec 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Dec 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Catharine Scheirich was born 18 Mar 1793, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Apr 1857; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elizabeth Scheirich was born 26 May 1795, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 Jun 1866; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    7. 3. Eva Scheirich was born 16 Nov 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jul 1841, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    8. Veronica Scheirich was born Abt 1804, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.