George Shoemaker, Sr.^[1]

1778 - 1864  (86 years)

• Name	George Shoemaker
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	6 Feb 1778	Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 119, Waterloo County, Ontario   [6]
  Name	Georg Schoemacher
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	gentleman
  	Lived with son Jacob D.
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00112-7041
  Died	24 Nov 1864	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 8]
  Person ID	I4836	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Mother	Mary Tyson,   b. 7 Apr 1752, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Jul 1803, Swamp Creek, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F1527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Shoemaker, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 6th, 1778. On March 19th, 1799, he was married to Mary Detweiler who was born May 10th, 1775, and died September 22nd, 1850. After he was married he moved in the house situated on the west side of the Swamp Creek, towards the old school house, while his father's residence and the mill were on the east side. Here he was engaged in the woollen mills, carding, fulling and dying wool and yarns. He was a woollen manufacturer by trade. Here he resided until 1804, thence he moved to Pottstown, on old Isaac Shantz's farm, from there he, with his small family, in 1806 moved to a place where he remained for one year, thence he moved to Skippack where he remained five years. In 1812 he moved to Benjamin Reiff in Lower Salford Township, and after-wards to John Reiff where they resided until spring, 1825, when he with his wife and three sons and a daughter, namely: Jacob and wife, Daniel, Joshua, and Catharine, moved to Canada. They resided for a short time after their arrival here in this county, on old Christian Schneider's farm one mile south of Breslau. In fall of the same year they moved on the farm (lot No. 119, G.C.T.) now possessed by his son, George D. Shoemaker. Here they resided until their death. He died November 24th, 1864. They had a family of ten 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

  [S10] 447. [S10] 454. [S131] Div 4 Pg 30. George SHOEMAKER Gentleman Birthplace: USA Age 75 Mennonite [S2] . Georg Schoemacher d. 24 Nov 1864, aged 86j, 8m, 18t., Jes 56.11-57-2 [S1887] Div. 2 Page 10. [S1322] 50. [S131] Div 4 Pg 30. [S10] 455.

  
  

• Event Map

  Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 119, Waterloo County, Ontario Occupation - gentleman - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Nov 1864 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth