Catharine "Katie" Shoemaker

1866 - 1890  (24 years)

• Name	Catharine "Katie" Shoemaker
  Born	9 Sep 1866	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Catharine "Katie" Shantz
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00112-7101
  Died	10 Oct 1890	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  	Cause: typhoid fever
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I5028	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	George F. Shoemaker,   b. 11 Nov 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1914  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Ellen Goetz,   b. 19 Sep 1841, , Germany ,   d. 15 Jan 1895  (Age 53 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1859	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F1575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Henry Shantz,   b. 16 Dec 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1935, Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States  (Age 71 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1887	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Laura Shantz,   b. 4 Oct 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Dec 1930  (Age 42 years)   2. Catharine Violet "Katie" Shantz,   b. CALC 31 Jan 1891,   d. 29 Jun 1892  (Age ~ 1 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Shoemaker, "was born September 9th, 1866, and died of typhoid fever in Toronto, Ontario, October 10th, 1890. She was married to John H. Shantz and left one daughter, named Lorah." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 465. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 41. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . In memory of/ Catharine/ beloved wife of/ John H. Shantz/ died/ Oct. 10, 1890/ aged 24 years 1 mon./ & 1 day;/ Affestion's tribute here I raise/ 'Tis all that I can do/ Till death shall close my earthly days/ Our friendship to renew/ Frank Bros. Berlin [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. George Shoemaker aged 23 of Waterloo Twp. born Waterloo Twp son of John Shoemaker and Cathr. Fried married 17 Jul 1859 to Ellen Goetz aged 17 of Waterloo Twp., born Germany daughter of Saphier Goetz and Barbara Oleier. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 26 July 1859. 17 July 1859 By the Rev. F. W. Bindeman, at Berlin, on the 17th inst., George Shoemaker, to Ellen Goetz, both of Waterloo. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. George Shoemaker, 23, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of John and Catherine (Freid), married 17 July 1859 Ellen Goetz, 17, res. Waterloo, b. Germany, daughter of Laphier and Barbara (Oliver) [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 21.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Sep 1866 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Dec 1887 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: typhoid fever - 10 Oct 1890 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth