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

Samuel Shelly[1]

Male 1793 - 1825  (32 years)


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  • Name Samuel Shelly 
    Born 1793  , Butler Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00111-6979 
    Died 23 Mar 1825  , Butler Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I10682  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Abraham Shelly,   b. 1757, Of, Butler Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Catharine Boyer,   b. Abt 1760, Of, Butler Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1779  [3
    Family ID F3066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Polly Bechtel,   b. 1798, Of, Butler Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1871, , Butler Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Children 
     1. Annie Maria "Mary" Shelly,   b. 29 May 1819, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1909  (Age 90 years)
     2. Amos Shelly,   b. 15 Apr 1821, , Butler Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F3073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Samuel Shelly, "was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1793. He was married to Polly Bechtel who was born in 1798 and died in 1871. She was a cousin to the Rev. Joseph Bechtel of this county (See No. 645). He followed farming. They resided on his father's old homestead in Butler County where he died in 1825. To them was born a family of four children"


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 521.

    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..., 442.

    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..., 441.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1793 - , Butler Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Mar 1825 - , Butler Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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