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

Family: Jacob Frederic Shelly / Elizabeth H. Otterbein (F27316)

m. 22 Sep 1880


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  • Father | Male
    Jacob Frederic Shelly

    Born  13 Jan 1851  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1937   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  22 Sep 1880  [1, 2]  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Sarah Snyder | F4583 
    Married  3 Feb 1874  Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Anna Shantz | F5633 
    Married  20 Nov 1904  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Ludwig Shelly | F40426 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catherine | F40426 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Elizabeth H. Otterbein

    Born  19 Sep 1847  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1901   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Valentine Otterbein | F6276 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Hermann | F6276 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Elsie Shelley

    Born  1875  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Female
    Lucinda Shelly

    Born  1 Nov 1880  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1980   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Samuel Fitton | F40425 
    Married  1 Aug 1911  Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Joanna Shelley

    Born  1887  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 4 | Female
    Lizzie Druscillia "Joanna S." Schelly

    Born  18 Jun 1887  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Dec 1981  Volusia, Volusia, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  William Moffatt Cram | F50575 
    Married     

  • Sources 
    1. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 19.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11217-80.
      Jacob F. Shelley, 29, Widower, Occ. Yeoman, b. Germany, Res. Waterloo Twp., son of Louis and Catherine, married to Elizabeth H. Otterbein, 31, b. Canada, Res. Waterloo Twp., daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth, Witn: Frederick H. Sherk of Berlin and Ellen Hewitt of Woolwich, 22 Sept 1880 at Berlin