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

Roy E. Furtney

Male 1880 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Roy E. Furtney was born 4 Jan 1880, , Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel Furtney and Magdalena Goetz); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90006
    • Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Furtney was born 9 Oct 1842, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Daniel Fertney and Elizabeth, son of Daniel Furtney and Elizabeth Shupe); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00113-7199.5
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1893, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: 1893, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; baptist
    • Occupation: 1895, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Woolen Mill
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Samuel married Magdalena Goetz 4 Dec 1877, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Conrad Goetz and Elizabeth, daughter of John Conrad Goetz and Elisabeth Reichard) was born CALC 2 Jan 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jun 1892, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Magdalena Goetz was born CALC 2 Jan 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Conrad Goetz and Elizabeth, daughter of John Conrad Goetz and Elisabeth Reichard); died 8 Jun 1892, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magdalena Furtney
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29621

    Children:
    1. 1. Roy E. Furtney was born 4 Jan 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Wellington James Furtney was born 10 Apr 1881, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1951; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Daniel Furtney was born 3 Nov 1806, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Fordney and Catharine Baker); died 22 Feb 1900, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Daniel Fordney
    • Eby ID Number: 00035-3005
    • Residence: 1836, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Daniel B. Fordney, "the eldest son of the first wife, was first married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Shupe, and after her decease to Sarah Armstrong. They resided near Plattsville, Oxford County, where his second wife died. He is still living on his old farm. He has had quite a 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.].

    Daniel married Elizabeth Shupe 15 Sep 1836, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Shupe and Eva Scheirich) 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. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Shupe was born 15 Nov 1817, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Shupe and Eva Scheirich); died 23 Dec 1852; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Furtney
    • Eby ID Number: 00113-7191.2
    • Residence: 1836, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. John Furtney was born 14 Jun 1841; died 12 Aug 1888; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. 2. Samuel Furtney was born 9 Oct 1842, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  John Conrad Goetz was born 2 Aug 1819, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Conrad Goetz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78419P
    • Immigration: 1845
    • Retired: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Retired: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Retired: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    John married Elisabeth Reichard 6 Jul 1848, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth was born 23 Nov 1830, , Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1913, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , United Brethren Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Wellington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elisabeth Reichard was born 23 Nov 1830, , Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1913, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , United Brethren Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Elisabeth Goetz
    • Eby ID Number: 00059-3938.68
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    GOETZ, ELIZABETH (Nee Reichard)

    On Saturday, March 15, 1913, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Isaac Fortney of Waterloo Township, in her 83rd year. Relict of John Conrad Goetz, formerly of New Hamburg, who predeceased her six years ago. She had been in declining health for some time and death was not unexpected. Survived by the following children: David and Mrs. C. Hostetter of New Hamburg; Eli at Elkton, Michigan; Mrs. Martin Shantz of Bad Axe, Michigan; Miss Annie of New Dundee; and Mrs. Fortney, with whom she resided. The funeral took place from her home at 1 on Tuesday. Interment at *Union Cemetery in Puslinch.

    *United Brethren Cemetery on the Lake Road in Puslinch.

    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    Children:
    1. Jacob R. Goetz was born 6 Oct 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Elizabeth Goetz was born 12 Oct 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Aug 1929, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    3. 3. Magdalena Goetz was born CALC 2 Jan 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jun 1892, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary J Goetz was born 29 Oct 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1877; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. David Goetz was born 9 Jul 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Barbara Goetz was born 16 Apr 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died 1948; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Annie Goetz was born 25 Feb 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob Fordney was born 18 May 1781, Virginia (son of Michael Fordney); died 14 May 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Jacob Fordney
    • Name: Jacob Fortney
    • Name: Jacob Furtney
    • Eby ID Number: 00035-3003
    • Land: Bef 1831, Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Residence: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Jacob Fordney, "son of Michael Fordney, was born in Virginia, May 18th, 1781. When a young boy his parents moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. At about the close of the last century he was married to Catharine Baker and after her decease to Elizabeth Muma who was born December 12th, 1794, and died December 15th, 1840. Some time during the beginning of the present century they, with others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, on the west bank of the Grand River, (Their old farm is now in possession of Robert Bricknell) a little below the 'Toll Bridge' where he died May 14th, 1852. His family consisted of nine children, of whom the eldest two were born unto his first wife."


    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.].

    Residence:
    Lived with Conrad and Elisabeth Gates.

    Jacob — Catharine Baker. Catharine was born Abt 1780, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Catharine Baker was born Abt 1780, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Fordney
    • Eby ID Number: 00035-3003.1

    Children:
    1. Rebecca B. Fordney was born Abt 1804, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. 4. Daniel Furtney was born 3 Nov 1806, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1900, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

  3. 10.  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]


  4. 11.  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. 5. 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. 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.