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

Amos Shoemaker[1]

Male Cal 1855 - 1913  (~ 58 years)


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  • Name Amos Shoemaker 
    Born CALC 22 May 1855  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39034880 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    M. E. N. S. 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00112-7079 
    Died 14 Dec 1913  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9
    Cause: Apoplexy 2 years-Sudden Heart Failure instant death 
    Buried Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I4979  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob F. Shoemaker,   b. 13 Sep 1824, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1904, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Veronica "Franie" "Frances" Snyder,   b. 17 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1895  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 3 Jul 1849  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    Family ID F267  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie Catherine Heibein,   b. 7 Jul 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1935, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1879  Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Shoemaker,   b. 22 Dec 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Mary Ann Shoemaker,   b. 18 Aug 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Archibald "Archie" Shoemaker,   b. 14 Aug 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Amos Shoemaker, "is married to to Annie Heibein and resides at home with his father where he is engaged in farming."


      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..., 463.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10779-79.
      (Waterloo Co..), Amos SHOEMAKER, 24, farmer, Woolwich, of Woolwich, s/o Jacob & Frohne [SHOEMAKER], married Ann Catharine HEIBEIN, 22, Woolwich, of Woolwich, d/o Frederick & Sophia HEIBEIN, witn: Edward HEIBEIN & Mary Ann SHOEMAKER, Woolwich, on 31 December 1879, at Elmira

    3. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F1 Page 3.

    4. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link.
      Shoemaker/ In memory of/ Amos Shoemaker/ Who died Dec. 14, 1913,/ Aged 58 Yrs. 6 Mos. & 22 dys./ Annie G. Heibein/ His beloved wife/ Who died Dec. 22, 1935/ Aged 78 Yrs. 5 Mos. 15 Dys

    5. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 13 page 4.

    6. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 14.

    7. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 7 Page 73.

    8. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 33.

    9. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Sub Dist.. 13 Page 2.

    10. [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..., 328.

    11. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Jacob G. Shoemaker aged 25 farmer of Waterloo married 3 July 1849 at Greenbush by license to Veronica Snyder aged 20 of Waterloo

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CALC 22 May 1855 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - M. E. N. S. - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 Dec 1879 - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1911 - Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Apoplexy 2 years-Sudden Heart Failure instant death - 14 Dec 1913 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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