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

Catharine Shoemaker[1]

Female 1860 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Catharine Shoemaker 
    Born 1860  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191125384 
    Name Catharine Praschan 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number 00112-7096.2 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Buried Churchville Evangelical Cemetery, Aldborough, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I5006  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Abraham F. Shoemaker,   b. 24 Jan 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1881, Alborough, Elgin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Petronille "Nancy" Kittle,   b. 1840, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 15 Jul 1860  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Family ID F1573  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johann "John" Praschan,   b. 21 Apr 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1887, Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F300441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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..., 465.

    2. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871.

    3. [S3308] Cemetery - ON, Elgin, Aldborough - Churchville Evangelical Cemetery.
      In / memory of / Catherine / beloved wife of / John PRASCHAN / [rest is illegible]

    4. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 20 Jul 1860.
      "Shoemaker - Kettel: At Berlin, on the 15th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Bindeman, Abraham Shoemaker, to Nancy Kettel, of Waterloo Township."

    5. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Abraham Shoemaker aged 26, res Waterloo Twp, born Waterloo Twp son of John Shoemaker and Catharine Fried married 15 Jul 1860 to Nancy Kettel aged 19, res Waterloo Twp., born Germany daughter of Dominic Kettel and Margareth Schiedel.

    6. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 14673 (1888), Mary Catharine Nahrgang.
      Mary Catharine Nahrgang, d. 24 Jan 1888 Palmerston, aged 69y, 8m, 9d, b. Germany, cause: apoplexy

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1860 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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