Elizabeth Shoemaker

1829 - 1921  (91 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Shoemaker
  Born	8 Nov 1829	Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Website	Photograph
  	Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection Description: Black and white, 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). The women in the front and back rows have been identified as the daughters of Jacob S. Shoemaker. The women in the middle row have been identified as sisters of Jacob S. Shoemaker and the daughters of John Shoemaker and Mary Shantz, according to Ezra Eby's book.
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Superintendant Teacher
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	00112-7011
  Died	27 Feb 1921  [4]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I4793	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob S. Shoemaker,   b. 24 Apr 1798, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Mar 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Schneider,   b. 2 Jan 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 Nov 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1822  [5]
  Family ID	F977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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).

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Shoemaker, "was born in the town of Waterloo, November 8th, 1829. She has been engaged as a teacher in our public schools for a number of years. At present she resides on Queen Street, Berlin, where she possesses some valuable property." 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..., 450. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 28 Pg. 5. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 8. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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..., 346.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Nov 1829 - Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Superintendant Teacher - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth