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

Samuel Myers[1, 2, 3]

Male 1839 - 1915  (75 years)


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  • Name Samuel Myers 
    Born 23 Nov 1839  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46811054 
    Residence 1862  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    factory hand 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Evangelical Association 
    Eby ID Number 00084-5026 
    Died 17 Mar 1915  Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Dundurn Hillside Garden Cemetery, Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I20463  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Michael Delp Myers,   b. 24 Aug 1803, Near Doylestown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1879, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" Shoemaker,   b. 28 May 1808, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1829  [8
    Family ID F1497  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah "Sally" Shantz,   b. 3 Jan 1841, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1894, Langdon, Cavalier, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 6 May 1862  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Angeline Shantz Myers,   b. 17 Jul 1862, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1957, Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     2. Mathilda "Matilda" "Tillie" Myers,   b. 3 Dec 1863,   d. 19 Nov 1922  (Age 58 years)
     3. Effie Priscilla Myers,   b. 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1922, Anaheim, Orange, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     4. Ephriam Obadiah Myers,   b. 14 Jul 1867, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1944, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Mary Myers,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Manasseh Myers,   b. 1873, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Sandy Myers,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Milton Michael Myers,   b. 21 May 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1953  (Age 74 years)
     9. Ida M. Myers,   b. 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F5003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Samuel Myers, "was born November 23rd, 1839. He was married to Sarah Shantz and resides at Langdon, North Dakota, U.S. where he is engaged in farming. She died April 30th, 1894. To them were born nine 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..., 137.

    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..., 434.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 16921-1902.
      Ephraim J. Myers, 34, Occ. Farmer, b. Baden Ont., Res. North Dakota, son of Samuel Myers and Sarah Schantz, married Sarah Cole, 38, b. Berlin, Res. same, daughter of John G. Cole and Susannah Shoemaker, Witnessed by: Menno and May A. Cole, Both of Buffalo NY, 4 March 1902 at Berlin

    4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Film 1375901 District 162 Sub-district E Division 2 Page Number 86 Household Number 415.

    5. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 86.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, Dundurn Hillside Garden Cemetery Dundurn Saskatoon Census Division Saskatchewan, Canada.

    7. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Samuel Meyers, 22, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, son of Michael and Maria, married 6 May 1862 Sally Shantz, 24, res, Blenheim, b. Dumfries, daughter of David and Sally

    8. [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..., 452.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Nov 1839 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1862 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 May 1862 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - factory hand - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical Association - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Mar 1915 - Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Dundurn Hillside Garden Cemetery, Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada Link to Google Earth
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