Family: Menno M. Shoemaker / Esther Shantz (F1623)

• Father | Male Menno M. Shoemaker

  
  

  Born	8 Mar 1845	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	18 Aug 1924	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried
  Married	29 Nov 1870  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Father	Abraham D. Shoemaker | F738 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Miller | F738 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Esther Shantz

  
  

  Born	27 Dec 1847	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	6 Jan 1932	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried
  Father	Samuel B. Shantz | F316 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rebecca Rudy | F316 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Allen Shoemaker

  
  

  Born	1870	, Ontario, Canada
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Samuel Allan Shoemaker

  
  

  Born	8 Jan 1872	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	8 Jul 1893	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Rebecca Mary Shoemaker

  
  

  Born	6 Mar 1874	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	11 Mar 1936	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Menno Braendle | F15428
  Married
  Spouse	John Roberts Williams | F18680
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Clara Shoemaker

  
  

  Born	28 Apr 1876	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	August Frederick Gies | F36821
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Emma Lorraine Shoemaker

  
  

  Born	4 Dec 1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	11 Jul 1951
  Buried		Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Charles John Henry Massel | F6235
  Married	26 Dec 1900	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Harvey Edwin Shoemaker

  
  

  Born	24 Jul 1887	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	10 Aug 1942
  Buried		Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Mabel Snyder | F184987
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Olive Esther Shoemaker

  
  

  Born	25 Apr 1898	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	1965
  Buried		Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	John Gordon Steiss | F32593
  Married

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 417. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Bridegroom Name: Menno Schuhmacher Age: 25 Res: Waterloo Tp. Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: Abraham & Mary Schuhmacher Bride: Name: Ester Schantz Age: 22 Res: Waterloo Tp. Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: Sam. & Rebeca Schantz Witness(S): Name: Sam. Bowmann Res: Waterloo Tp. Name: Emilia Schantz Res: Waterloo Tp. Date of Marriage: Nvo. 29, 1870 [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 15 Dec 1870. Nov. 29, 1870 Esther Schantz and Menno Schneider [should read Shoemaker], both of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Tuerk [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 38. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 3 Page 15.