Sarah Ann Rudy^[1]

1868 - 1935  (66 years)

• Name	Sarah Ann Rudy
  Born	21 Dec 1868	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20857666
  Name	Sarah Ann Shelly
  Residence	64 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	United Bretheran
  Residence	1921	Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00097-5466
  Died	28 Mar 1935	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Buried	Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I1051	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Rudy,   b. 13 Oct 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1890, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Hoffman,   b. 20 Apr 1844, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1862	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caleb S. Shelly,   b. 29 Dec 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Oct 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1899	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F5693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah Ann Rudy, "was born December 21st, 1868. She is unmarried and resides with Christian Brubacher near Berlin." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________________________________ Shelly, Mrs. Caleb. 64 Schneider Avenue, March 28, 66 years. Mrs. Caleb Shelly. Ill only five days, Mrs. Caleb Shelly, 64 Schneider Avenue, passed away yesterday afternoon at the family residence. Mrs. Shelly, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rudy, was in her 67th year and was born in Woolwich township. Married in the city on Feb 28, 36 years ago, the couple resided on a farm about three miles from the city of Petersburg road for 31 years before moving to Kitchener five years ago. She was a member of the Sterling Avenue Mennonite Church. The husband survives with four brothers, William and Jeremiah Rudy, of Waterloo, Josiah in Melville, Sask., Elias of Kitchener, and five sisters, Mrs. Noah Snyder, Preston, Mrs. Edward Kaufman, Bamberg, Mrs. Joseph Porn, Redland, Cal., Mrs. Simon Gingrich, Guernsey, Sask., Mrs. John Blodgett, Rochester, N.Y. The funeral will be held Sunday with a private service at the home at 2 p.m. and thence to Sterling Avenue Mennonite for public service at 2:30. Interment will take place in David Eby Cemetery, Erb street, Waterloo. Rev. U.K. Weber will officiate. Remains will be resting at Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until Saturday noon.

  
  

• 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..., 210. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-4 Page 4. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 1 Page 46. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 15458-99. 15458-99 (Waterloo Co.): Caleb SHELLY, 30, farmer, Waterloo twp, same, s/o David SHELLY & Christena SCHMIDT, married Sarah RUDY, 30, Woolwich twp., Waterloo twp, d/o Benjamin RUDY & Mary Ann HOFFMAN, witn: Jeremiah RUDY of Wilmot twp. & Lizzie SHELLY of Waterloo twp, 28 Feb 1899 at Berlin [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 54. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 4 Page 9. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Erbsville Sub Dist 4 1921 Page 3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20857666/sarah-ann-shelly. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Div 1 Pg 46. Peter GREYERBIEHL M M 29 German Ontario Farmer Roman Catholic Margaretha GREYERBIEHL F M 24 German Ontario Roman Catholic [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Benjamin Rudy, aged 25 res Woolwich born Woolwich son fo Daniel Rudy and Barbara Rotenburg married 2 Nov 1862 to Mary Ann Hoffman, aged 18 res. Woolwich Twp. born Waterloo Twp. daughter of Jacob Hoffman and Ellen Hamlin. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Rudy Benjamin, 25, Woolwich, Woolwich, son of Daniel and Barbara (Rosenberger), married 2 Nov 1862 Mary An Hoffman, 18, Woolwich, Waterloo, daughter of Jacob and Ellen (Hamlin)

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Dec 1868 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Feb 1899 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Mar 1935 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth