Samuel Scheirich^[1]

1826 - 1895  (68 years)

• Name	Samuel Scheirich
  Born	9 Apr 1826	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Samuel Shiry
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00100-5574
  Died	11 Jan 1895  [3]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I10507	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	David Scheirich,   b. 24 Dec 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Dec 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Ringler,   b. Abt 1790, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Abt 1834  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Married	1820  [2]
  Family ID	F3018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	David Scheirich,   b. 24 Dec 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Dec 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Reist,   b. 12 Feb 1803, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Jul 1876  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Snyder,   b. 18 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1894  (Age 64 years)
  Married	14 May 1850	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 4, 7]
  Children	1. Elias Scheirich,   b. 3 Dec 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 16 years)   2. Noah Shiry,   b. 24 Jan 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Aug 1926, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   3. Henry Scheirich,   b. 17 Apr 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1862  (Age 2 years)   4. Judith Ann Scheirich,   b. 13 Jul 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Menno Shiry,   b. 5 Apr 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Oct 1946, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   6. John Shiry,   b. 28 Jan 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   7. Susannah Scheirich,   b. 20 Apr 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1941  (Age 69 years)   8. Lizzie Scheirich,   b. 27 Feb 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Nov 1956  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Scheirich, (He and all his family spell their name 'Shiry' not Scheirich) "was born April 9th, 1826. He resides on his father's old homestead where he was engaged in farming until lately. He now lives retired while his son is managing the farm. In May, 1850, he was married to Susannah Schneider." 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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 333. [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..., 227. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . In memory of/ Samuel Scheirich/ died Dec. 11, 1895/ aged 69 yrs. 8 m's./ & 8 days/ verse [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Samuel Shiry aged 24 farmer of Waterloo married 14 May 1850 at Greenbush by banns to Susaanna Schneider aged 21 of Waterloo. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div 1 pg 13. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 66. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 51.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Apr 1826 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 May 1850 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth