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

Elizabeth Scheirich[1, 2]

Female 1795 - 1866  (71 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Scheirich 
    Born 26 May 1795  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Shupe 
    Eby ID Number 00100-5591 
    Died 27 Jun 1866  [1, 3, 4
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I10540  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Mathias Scheirich,   b. 6 Dec 1751, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Catharine Mooney,   b. 1762,   d. 10 Dec 1825  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F3004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bishop George Shupe,   b. 25 Dec 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Children 
     1. Catherine Shupe,   b. 10 Sep 1815, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1908  (Age 92 years)
     2. Magdalena Shupe,   b. 8 Sep 1820, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1901  (Age 80 years)
     3. Rev. Benjamin Shupe,   b. 27 Jul 1823, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Veronica "Fanny" Shupe,   b. 25 Jul 1825, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1873  (Age 48 years)
     5. Moses Shupe,   b. 26 Mar 1830, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1912, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     6. Mary Shupe,   b. 1834, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1906, Manton, Wexford, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Scheirich, "another daughter of Mathias Scheirich, was born May 26th, 1795, and died June 27th, 1866. She was married to Bishop George Shupe. They resided in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee, where he was engaged in farming. They had a family of two children, namely: Benjamin and Moses."


      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 
    1. [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..., 478.

    2. [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..., 217.

    3. [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..., 229.

    4. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Elizabeth/ wife of/ George Shupe/ born May 26, 1795/ died June 7, 1866/ aged 71 years & 26 d's/

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 May 1795 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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