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

Joshua Schiedel[1]

Male 1825 - 1870  (45 years)


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  • Name Joshua Schiedel 
    Born 16 May 1825  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203424530 
    Occupation 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    shoemaker 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Baptist 
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    shoemaker 
    Eby ID Number 00102-5708 
    Died 30 Jun 1870  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 9
    Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Person ID I3314  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Schiedel,   b. 28 Sep 1802, , Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1885, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Kuehler,   b. 1803, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1881, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 1824  [8
    Family ID F1080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth "Eliza" Hewitt,   b. 13 Dec 1826, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1848  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    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 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Schiedel,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. 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)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F10291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Joshua Shiedel, "the eldest was married to Eliza Hewitt. They resided in Wilmot Township, about two miles south of Petersburg, Ontario, where he died about the year 1870. She is still living and resides with her son, Elijah. To them were born seven 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. [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. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link.
      In memory of/ Joshua Schiedel/ born May 16, 1825/ died June 30, 1870/ aged 45 yrs 1 mo/ & 14 days/ , The winter of trouble is past, The storms of affliction are o'er, His struggles are ended at last, And sorrow and death are no more

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 Pg 25.
      Joshua SCHEIDEL Shoemaker USA 27 Baptist
      Eliza SCHEIDEL wife Canada 26 Baptist
      Maryann SCHEIDEL daughter Canada 3 Baptist
      John SCHEIDEL son Canada 1 Baptist

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203424530/joshua-schiedel.

    5. [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.

    6. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 107.

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

    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..., 248.

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 May 1825 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - shoemaker - 1848 - Waterloo 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 - Baptist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - shoemaker - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Jun 1870 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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