Reuben Wesley Shoemaker

1894 - 1972  (77 years)

• Name	Reuben Wesley Shoemaker
  Born	4 Nov 1894	Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24087
  Died	27 Mar 1972	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Bethel Mennonite Cemetery, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I24087	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin S. Shoemaker,   b. 4 Dec 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Aug 1942  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Lydia Brox,   b. 21 Jul 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jan 1933  (Age 76 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1879	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F1542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Hasenpflug,   b. 16 Jun 1902, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1979, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1920  [6]
  Children	1. Milton Wesley Shoemaker   2. Elma Laura Shoemaker,   b. 1920,   d. 20 May 2011, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   3. Wilfred Benjamin Shoemaker,   b. 21 Apr 1922,   d. 20 Jun 2012, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F30423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shoemaker.- Reuben Wesley, son of Benjamin and Lydian* (Brox) Shoemaker, passed at his home in Elmira, Ont., Mar. 27, 1972; aged 77 y. 4 m. 23 d. Surviving are his wife, the former Edith Hasenpflug, one daughter (Elma-Mrs. Ervin Musselman), 3 sons (Wilfred, Herb, and Milton), 5 sisters (Mary-Mrs. Sylvester Ziegler, Lydian-Mrs. Abram Bauman, Kate-Mrs. Thomas Hewlett, Melissa-Mrs. Israel Shoemaker, and Emma-Mrs. George Bauman), and one brother (William). He was a member of the Bethel Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held Mar. 30, in charge of Simeon Hurst and Raymond Erb; interment in the adjoining cemetery.*Transcriber's note: The name was not clear in the original print. Gospel Herald - Volume LXV, Number 17 - April 25, 1972, pages 387, 388.

  
  

• Sources

  [S263] Census - ON, Wellington, Pilkington - 1901, Pilkington J-2 Page 4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Reuben Wesley Shoemaker - April 25, 1972. [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..., 458. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10766-79. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10766-79. Benjamin Shumacher, 21, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, occ. Farmer, s/o George & Magdalena Shumacher, married Lydia Bruchs, 23, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, d/o Jacob & Catharine Bruchs, witn: George Shumacher, Jacob Bruchs of Woolwich, on 2 November 1879, at Woolwich [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Edith Shoemaker - May 1, 1979.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Nov 1894 - Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Mar 1972 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bethel Mennonite Cemetery, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth