John Shuh^{[1, 2]}

1828 - 1901  (72 years)

• Name	John Shuh
  Born	30 Oct 1828	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	John Shuh & Co.
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	clerk
  	Worked for John Hoffman.
  Occupation	1856	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	merchant
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Merchant
  Occupation	1861	2 King St. S., Waterloo, Ontario
  	merchant
  		1861 Tremaine's Map of Waterloo
  Residence	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Protestant
  Elected Office	1870	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Waterloo City - councillor
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Elected Office	1876	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Councillor - Waterloo
  Employer	Merchantile Fire Insurance Co., Waterloo, Ontario
  	Vice-President - Merchantile Fire Insurance Company
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202812485
  Interesting	insurance
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00107-6457
  Died	20 Jan 1901	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I1494	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Henry Shuh,   b. 22 Mar 1785, , York Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Jan 1837, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Mary Kaufman,   b. 17 Aug 1788, , USA ,   d. 27 Jul 1854  (Age 65 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1807  [9]
  Family ID	F477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah Weber,   b. 19 Apr 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Aug 1863, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1856	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 10]
  Children	1. Franklin "Frank" Shuh,   b. 26 Jun 1858, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1926, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   2. Levi W. Shuh,   b. 29 Dec 1861, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 1932  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Magdalena Hoffman,   b. 16 Aug 1840, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Dec 1909  (Age 69 years)
  Married	CA 1864  [6]
  Children	1. Mary Shuh,   b. 7 Mar 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  John Shuh, "was born October 30th, 1828. After the decease of his father, he, together with his mother and his sister, Lydia, made their home with George D. Shoemaker, where he was raised. In 1846 he went to Jacob S. Shoemaker, Bridgeport, where he was engaged in the large mills. Here he remained until 1851, then he went to Berlin and commenced clerking for Mr. Henry Huber who then did business in a small roughcast store situated where now is the American Hotel. A few months later he engaged himself to Hoffman & Co., in whose services he remained until 1856 when he came to the town of Waterloo and entered into partnership with J. Hoffman and Isaac Weaver, under the firm of John Shuh & Co. Here he remained in active service as a general merchant until 1889 when he sold out to the firm of Shuh & Snider (Mr. Shuh of this firm was Mr. Levi Shuh, youngest son of John Shuh). Since then he has lived a more retired life. He is president of the Waterloo Woollen Mills and also one of the directors of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He was married to Susannah, daughter of David and Catharine (Eby) Weber. She was born April 19th, 1836, and died August 7th, 1863. After her decease he was again married to Magdalena, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Landis) Hoffman. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 16th, 1840, and came to Canada in 1862. Mr. Shuh's family consists of three children, two of whom were born unto his first wife." 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.]. _________ Death Of John Shuh A PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN AND A GOOD CITIZEN A pall was cast over the town and surrounding country on Sunday night on the announcement of the death of Mr. John Shuh, one of Waterloo's most respected citizens and a prominent business man. He had been in feeble health for some time past, taking a change for the worse about two weeks ago when he gradually sank, passing peacefully away Sunday night at ten THE FUNERAL The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon and was attended by a large gathering of relatives and friends of the deceased from all parts of the country who had come to pay their last respects to deceased. Most of the business places were closed and the staff's of many of the institutions with which deceased had been connected attended in a body. After a short service at the house the cortege proceeded to the Methodist church for service, in the following order of procession: Pubilc School Board; Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; Mercantile Fire Insurance Co. Waterloo Woollen Company; Dominion Life Assurance Co.; Mutual Life of Canada; and Town Council. At the church short discourses were delivered by Rev G. A. Mitchell in English and Rev Noah Stouffer in the German language both of the reverend gentlemen paying high tributes to the sterling worth and nobility of character of deceased. Revs M. L. Wing, P.E., of Berlin, and Culp of New Hamburg also took part in the service. The remains were afterwards taken to the old Mennonite burying ground south of Berlin for interment and Among prominent gentlemen present from a distance we noticed: PH Sims, Secretary British-America Fire Insurance Co.; Alfred Wright and T. H. Hall, of the Mercantile Fire Insurance Co., W. R. Brock M. P., U. Brown, representing Bradstreets, Toronto; Jas McMullen, ex-M. P.; Jas. Innes, Ex- M.P.; E. W. B. Snider, ex M.P.P., St. Jacobs; P. E. Shantz, Preston, and others. John Shuh, was born on his father's farm, a short distance east of Berlin October 30th, 1828, being a son of Henry Shuh one of the pioneer settlers. Early in life he entered the employ of Jacob S. Shoemaker, Miller, of Bridgeport, and in 1851 began to collect for Henry Huber, Berlin. A few years later he engaged with Hoffman and Co., general merchants with whom he remained until 1856 when he came to Waterloo and began business as general merchant, under the firm name of John Shuh & Co., his partners being Isaac Hoffman and Isaac Weber. Here he conducted the business with good success until 1889 when he sold out to Messrs Levi Shuh and J. B. Snider. Mr. Shuh always took a very active part in promoting the manufacturing and insurance interests of the town, being President of the Waterloo Woollen Company from its inception up to a few months ago when the consolidation of a number of the largest Woollen Mills in Canada was effected under the name of the Canada Woollen Company, Mr. Shuh being for a time its president. He was vice-president of the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company for many years and subsequently was elected president which position he held at the time of death. He was also vice-president of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company being re-elected to this position at the meeting of Directors, after the Annual Meeting on Saturday last, and a Director of the Dominion Life Assurance Company. Mr. Shuh always took a deep interest in educational matters and was for forty years a member of the Public School Board, an unprecedented record. During thirty-three years of this period he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Board and for the past seven years was its chairman. Owing to the infirmities of old age he declined re- election upon the beginning of the year. Always cautious, the name of Mr. Shuh was a tower of strength to all institutions with which he happened to be connected. He was simple and unostentatious in manner and exemplified the sterling virtues of thrift and economy. In the death of Mr. Shuh Waterloo loses a man of sterling worth, a good citizen and a fine neighbor and his loss will be severely felt and deeply mourned. Deceased wat twice married, his first wife being Catharine [Susannah]Weber who died in 1863. Some time after he was married to Mary Hoffman, who survives him together with three members of the family. There names are: Levi, Secretary of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Frank, farmer north of Waterloo and Mary at home. The Chronicle Telegraph , 24 Jan 1901, p. 5

  
  

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  [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..., 359. [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..., 595. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 12. birth date given is 31 Oct which differs from Ezra Eby 's book [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 2 Page 15. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 56. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 3. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. John Schuh, merchant of Waterloo Village married 28 Dec 1856 in Waterloo Twp. by license to Susanna Weber of Waterloo Twp. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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..., 356. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), January 14, 1857. On the 28th ult., Mr. John Schuh, Merchant, Waterloo village to Miss Susanna Weber.

  
  

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  Born - 30 Oct 1828 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - John Shuh & Co. - - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - clerk - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1856 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Dec 1856 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1861 - 2 King St. S., Waterloo, Ontario Residence - Protestant - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Waterloo City - councillor - 1870 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Waterloo - 1876 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Employer - Vice-President - Merchantile Fire Insurance Company - - Merchantile Fire Insurance Co., Waterloo, Ontario Occupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Jan 1901 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth