Martha Shoemaker

1831 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Martha Shoemaker
  Born	9 Jun 1831	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Martha McKay
  Residence	1855	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00112-7046
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4882	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Jane Dunbar,   b. 8 Feb 1798, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 9 Aug 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	18 Nov 1823	, Pennsylvania, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F1488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry McKay,   b. CA 1830, Of, Aldborough Township, Elgin Co, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	9 Apr 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Jacob McKay,   b. 30 Jan 1856, Of, Aldborough Township, Elgin Co, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jane McKay,   b. 20 Feb 1858, Of, Aldborough Township, Elgin Co, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Hannah McKay,   b. 1 Jul 1860, Of, Aldborough Township, Elgin Co, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Josiah McKay,   b. 29 Sep 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Martha McKay,   b. 30 Sep 1865, Of, Aldborough Township, Elgin Co, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Lovina McKay,   b. 8 Aug 1867, Of, Aldborough Township, Elgin Co, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary Ann McKay,   b. 15 Nov 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Ezra McKay,   b. 25 Dec 1871, Of, Aldborough Township, Elgin Co, Ontario ,   d. 25 Dec 1871  (Age 0 years)   9. Henry McKay,   b. 21 Feb 1874, Of, Aldborough Township, Elgin Co, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Martha Shoemaker, "was born June 9th, 1831. She was married to Henry McKay, April 9th, 1855. They reside in Aldborough Township, Elgin County, where he is engaged in farming. They had a family of nine children, of whom one is dead." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 457. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 30. Martha SHOEMAKER Birthplace: Canada Age 21 Mennonite b. 9-Jun birth date differs from Ezra Eby's book [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Henry McKay, mason of Woolwich married 9 Apr 1855, Berlin by Banns to Martha Schumacher of Waterloo Twp. [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. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Jacob D. Shoemaker - April 1, 1902. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Obituary of Jakob D. Schumacher.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Jun 1831 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Apr 1855 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth