Magdalena Shoemaker

1879 - 1958  (78 years)

• Name	Magdalena Shoemaker
  Born	14 Oct 1879	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Magdalena Weber
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00112-7120
  Died	1958  [6]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I5083	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Shoemaker,   b. 21 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Oct 1918  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mary Shantz,   b. 16 Jan 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1890, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1864	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Family ID	F1595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Urias K. Weber,   b. 28 Nov 1879, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1971  (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. Olive Weber,   b. 2 Dec 1899, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Gordon S. Weber,   b. 20 Jul 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   3. Howard S. Weber,   b. 13 Feb 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1990  (Age 88 years)   4. Stanley S. Weber,   b. 16 May 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   5. Ruby S. Weber,   b. Nov 1907, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1998  (Age ~ 90 years)   6. Mary Weber,   b. Sep 1910, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Edna Anne Weber,   b. 4 Jun 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1986  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Magdalena Shoemaker, "youngest in family, was born October 14th, 1879. She is home with her father and is a great favorite among all the members of her father's and her grandfather's family. She used to be kind of a pet with some of the teachers in school." 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.]. ________________ Mrs. Urias K. Weber, 78, of 142 Courtland Ave. East, died yesterday in the K-W Hospital. The wife of Rev. Urias K. Weber, she was a native of Waterloo Township. The former Magdalena Shoemaker, she was last surviving member of her family. A charter member of the church, Mrs. Weber was also a member of the Women's Missionary Association. She and Rev. Mr. Weber were married in 1899 in Kitchener. Surviving are five sons and four daughters. They are Gordon and Howard of Kitchener, Stanley of New Dundee, Edward of Waterloo and Paul of Oakville, and Mrs. Irvin (Olive) Eby, Miss Ruby Weber and Miss Edna Weber, all of Kitchener, and Mrs. Maurice (Mary) Plummer of Waterloo. A son, Harold, predeceased her. There are 23 granchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. The body will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until Thursday at 1 p. m. when removal will be made to the church where a service will be conducted at 3 p. m. by Rev. Wilfred Ulrich, pastor. Contributions to the Women's Missionary Society of the church will be accepted as expressions of sympathy. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 1958

  
  

• 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..., 469. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 8. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 25. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 24. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Weber/ Rev. Urias K. Weber/ Ordained in 1907/ 1878-1971/ Magdalena Shoemaker/ His Beloved Wife/ 1879-1958/ Daughters/ Edna A./ 1915-1986/ Ruby/ 1907-1998/ Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled John 14: 1.1. [A] Father [B] Mother [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 25 Feb 1864. Feb. 23, 1864 Maria Schantz and Benjamin Schumacher, both of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Bindemann

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Oct 1879 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth