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

Elizabeth Shoemaker

Female 1828 - 1854  (25 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Shoemaker 
    Born 2 Oct 1828  Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Schiedel 
    Name Elizabeth Schumacher  [2
    Residence 1853  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Eby ID Number 00112-7045 
    Died 4 Apr 1854  [1, 2
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4794  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Jacob D. Shoemaker,   b. 24 Nov 1799, Swamp Creek, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years) 
    Mother Jane Dunbar,   b. 8 Feb 1798, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1823  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Family ID F1488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johanes R. "John" Schiedel,   b. 9 Feb 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1916  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 27 Feb 1853  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Schiedel,   b. 13 Mar 1854,   d. 5 Aug 1860  (Age 6 years)
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F1518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Shoemaker, "was born October 12th, 1828, and died April 4th, 1854. She was married to John Schiedel February 27th, 1853, and had one child named Mary Ann who was born March 13th, 1854, and died at her grandfather Shoemaker's place, August 5th, 1860."


      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..., 457.

    2. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      Zum Andenken / fuer / Elisabeth Schiedel / geborne Schumacher / Ehefrau von Johanes Schiedel / ist geboren den 12ten Oct.1828 / und starb den 4ten April 1854 / im Alter von 25 Jahr 5 Mo. / und 23 Tag.

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 30.
      Elisabetha SHOEMAKER Birthplace: USA Age 24 Mennonite b. 12-Oct
      birth date differs from Ezra Eby's book

    4. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      John Schiedel, joiner of Waterlo married 27 Feb 1853 at Greenbush by banns to Elizabeth Schuhmacher of Waterloo.

    5. [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..., 456.

    6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Jacob D. Shoemaker - April 1, 1902.

    7. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Obituary of Jakob D. Schumacher.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Oct 1828 - Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1853 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Feb 1853 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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