John D. Shoemaker^[1]

1800 - 1895  (94 years)

• Name	John D. Shoemaker
  Born	26 Dec 1800	Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Artifact	Coffee Pot
  		Shoemaker,JohnD.-coffeepot-WaterlooRegionMuseum.jpg
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 107, Waterloo County, Ontario   [8]
  Name	Johannes D. Schumacher
  Name	John D Schuhmacher  [9]
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Labourer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00112-7074
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	John D. Shoemaker
  Died	30 Sep 1895  [5, 7]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I4967	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George Shoemaker, Sr.,   b. 6 Feb 1778, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 24 Nov 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Detweiler,   b. 10 May 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Sep 1850  (Age 75 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1799  [10]
  Family ID	F1494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharine Fried,   b. 22 Feb 1801, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1823  [2, 5]
  Children	1. Jacob F. Shoemaker,   b. 13 Sep 1824, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Jun 1904, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 79 years)   2. Mary Shoemaker,   b. 1 Jun 1826, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Sep 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)   3. Catharine Shoemaker,   b. 15 Dec 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Aug 1912  (Age 83 years)   4. John F. Shoemaker,   b. 24 May 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1905  (Age 73 years)   5. Abraham F. Shoemaker,   b. 24 Jan 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jul 1881, Alborough, Elgin Co., Ontario  (Age 47 years)   6. George F. Shoemaker,   b. 11 Nov 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1914  (Age 78 years)   7. Elizabeth Shoemaker,   b. 15 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1914  (Age 76 years)   8. Sarah S. Shoemaker,   b. 12 Mar 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1924, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Shoemaker, "second son of George Shoemaker, was born in the old Shoemaker residence situated on the north side of the Swamp Creek, near the old carding and fulling mills, in Frederick Township Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, December 26th, 1800. He learned the shoemaking trade with Abraham Harley of Towamencin. On October 12th, 1823, he was married to Catharine, daughter of Henry and Mary (Heller) Fried. She was raised by old Jacob Clemens. After they were married they moved to George Clemens' in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. On May 10th, 1825, he, with his wife and son Jacob, his brother George, Jacob and George Clemens and their families, Charles Mohr, Martin Schiedel, Henry Clemmer and family, Henry Moyer and family, Jacob Kolb, and others, left for Canada and arrived at Preston on the 1st of June following. John Shoemaker moved on the farm known as "Bill Moyer's Place", near Berlin, now possessed by Isadore B. Snyder. Here they lived for two years then they moved on west side of Jacob Y. Shantz's saw mill pond, in Joseph Eby's house. This house was previously occupied by Henry Clemmer who had moved to Preston. On February 20th, 1829, they left here and moved on their farm one mile north of Breslau. Here he still resides with his son, George F. On this farm, lot No. 107, Horning's Tract, there were several acres cleared and a small log house erected in fall of 1828. The old house was about 150 yards south-east from the present residence. Here they raised a family of eight children. She died December 25th, 1879." 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.]. ________________ SHOEMAKER. - John D. Shoemaker was born in Montgomery Co., Pa., December 26th 1800, was married to Catherine Fried, Oct. 12th 1823, emigrated to Waterloo Co., Canada in 1825, lived in matrimony 56 years, his wife dying about 16 years ago. He died on the 30th of September 1895, aged 94 years, 9 months and 4 days. His posterity numbers 8 children (4 sons and 4 daughters) of whom 6 survive him; also 66 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. The funeral services, conducted by Daniel Wismer and S. Stauffer, were largely attended. HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXII, No. 22, November 15, 1895, p. 350, 351

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 700. [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..., 462. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 69. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 41. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, November 15, 1895 - Obituary of John D. Shoemaker. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 21. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . John D./ Shoemaker/ born/ Dec. 26, 1800/ died Sept. 30, 1895/ aged/ 94 yrs 9 mo./ & 4 dys. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 52. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 1? Jan 1880. Dec. 25, 1879 Catharine Schuhmacher, née Fried, wife of John D. Schuhmacher, to whom she was married for over 56 years, died in Waterloo Township at age of 78 years, 10 months and 3 days. [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.

  
  

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  Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 107, Waterloo County, Ontario Occupation - farmer - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth