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

Elizabeth "Eliza" Hewitt[1, 2]

Female 1826 - 1907  (80 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth "Eliza" Hewitt 
    Born 13 Dec 1826  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Female 
    Name Eliza Hewitt 
    Name Elizabeth "Eliza" Schiedel 
    Residence 1848  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    C. C. Baptist 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Baptist 
    Eby ID Number 00027-2015.3 
    Died 29 May 1907  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 10
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 10
    Person ID I16727  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Elisha Hewitt,   b. 8 Jan 1800, Cayuga, Cayuga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Rachel Cress,   b. 6 May 1797, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 1823  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joshua Schiedel,   b. 16 May 1825, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1848  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Schiedel,   b. 30 Mar 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1918  (Age 69 years)
     2. John H. Schiedel,   b. 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1913  (Age 62 years)
     3. Allan Schiedel,   b. 4 Sep 1853, Mannheim, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1933, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     4. Lucinda Schiedel,   b. 9 Sep 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1887, Chase, Lake, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     5. Norman Schiedel,   b. 18 Nov 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1937, Plymouth Twp., Ashtabula, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Elisha H. Schiedel,   b. 25 May 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1910  (Age 49 years)
     7. Rachel Schiedel,   b. 20 Sep 1869, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1919  (Age 49 years)
     8. Joshua Schiedel,   b. Abt 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Eliza Hewitt, "was married to Joshua Schiedel. They resided near New Dundee where he died some years ago."


      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.].

      Elizabeth Hewitt, " no report received of her neither do we know anything of her family."


      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.].


      In 1901 Eliza was living with her son Elisha in Port Elgin, Ontario.

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 469.

    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..., 248.

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 Pg 25.

    4. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 44 Household Number 189.

    5. [S290] Census - ON, Bruce - 1901, Port Elgin (Village) G-2 Page 11.

    6. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link .
      Eliza Schiedel / 1826-1907

    7. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 44.

    8. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 20.

    9. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 44.

    10. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163110086/elizabeth-schiedel.

    11. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Josuah Schiedel, shoemaker of Waterloo married 5 Mar 1848 in Greenbush by license to Elisa Hewith of Woolwich.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Dec 1826 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1848 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Mar 1848 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - C. C. Baptist - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Baptist - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 May 1907 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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