Mary "Polly" Shoemaker^[1]

1808 - 1896  (87 years)

• Photos		https://images.ourontario.ca/kitchener/details.asp?r=vs&ID=41997&number=51 studio portrait of Jacob S. Shoemaker's (1798-1875) sisters and daughters. They are identified as follows: back row from left to right: Aunt Barbara Huber (Mrs. Henry), Aunt Mary Ann McNally (Mrs. John), Aunt Lena (Magdalena) Clemens (Mrs. Joel); middle row from left to right: Aunt Mary Myers (Mrs. Michael), Aunt Magdalena (Mrs. Barnabas Devitt), Aunt Veronica Eby (Mrs. Isaac); and front row from left to right: Aunt Hannah Hett (Mrs. Caspar), Aunt Elizabeth Shoemaker (Miss).
  		Mary "Polly" Shoemaker Myers Find A Grave

  
  

• Name	Mary "Polly" Shoemaker
  Born	28 May 1808	Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46836815
  Name	Maria Shoemaker
  Name	Mary "Polly" Myers
  Name	Polly
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Evangelical
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Seamstress
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Evangelical Association
  Eby ID Number	00112-7021
  Died	30 Jan 1896	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I4762	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Johannes "John" Schumacher,   b. 12 May 1775, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jan 1828, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Shantz,   b. 13 Mar 1775, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Apr 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	2 May 1797  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F1505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Michael Delp Myers,   b. 24 Aug 1803, Near Doylestown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Mar 1879, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1829  [7]
  Children	1. Abraham "Abram" Myers,   b. 1829, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Jan 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   2. John Myers,   b. 23 Dec 1831, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1832, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   3. Jacob Myers,   b. 7 Jul 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jun 1894, Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota, United States  (Age 60 years)   4. Matilda Myers,   b. 18 Mar 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Apr 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)   5. Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Myers,   b. 30 Nov 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Sep 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years)   6. Samuel Myers,   b. 23 Nov 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1915, Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 75 years)   7. Ira Myers,   b. 17 Jan 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   8. Odo Myers,   b. 17 Jan 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   9. Caroline Myers,   b. 26 Apr 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   10. Hezekiah Myers,   b. 5 Jun 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1909  (Age 62 years)   11. Magdalena S. Myers,   b. 21 Jan 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1883, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)   12. Frances Well,   b. 13 Apr 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Josiah "Josie" Myers,   b. 14 Mar 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Oct 1921, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 67 years)   14. Eugenia Salina (?) Myers,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Shoemaker, "the second daughter of John Shoemaker, was born May 28th, 1808. She came to Canada in August, 1828. On October 11th, 1829, she was married to Michael Myers who was born August 24th, 1803, and died March 11, 1879." 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

  [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..., 136. [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..., 451. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 40. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 12 Page 72. [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..., 448. [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..., 374. [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

  Residence - Evangelical - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Seamstress - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical Association - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Jan 1896 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth