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	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Shoemaker,   b. 27 Jul 1754, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Nov 1847, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  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

  
  

  Family	Mary Detweiler,   b. 10 May 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Sep 1850  (Age 75 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1799  [2]
  Children	1. Jacob D. Shoemaker,   b. 24 Nov 1799, Swamp Creek, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Mar 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 102 years)   2. John D. Shoemaker,   b. 26 Dec 1800, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Sep 1895  (Age 94 years)   3. Mary Shoemaker,   b. 30 Jul 1802, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Sep 1885, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 83 years)   4. George D. Shoemaker,   b. 5 Oct 1803, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Dec 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   5. Elizabeth Shoemaker,   b. 5 Mar 1805, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 1846  (Age 41 years)   6. Joseph Shoemaker,   b. 12 Jan 1807, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Abraham D. Shoemaker,   b. 16 Feb 1809, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   8. Daniel D. Shoemaker,   b. 15 Jun 1811, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Aug 1892, Filion, Huron, Michigan, USA  (Age 81 years)   9. Joshua Shoemaker,   b. 20 Apr 1813, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 May 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   10. Catherine Shoemaker,   b. 12 Feb 1815, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1494	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] 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..., 447. [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..., 454. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 30. George SHOEMAKER Gentleman Birthplace: USA Age 75 Mennonite [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Georg Schoemacher d. 24 Nov 1864, aged 86j, 8m, 18t., Jes 56.11-57-2 [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 2 Page 10. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 50. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 30. [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..., 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