Waterloo Region Generations
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Joseph Shoemaker

Male 1807 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Joseph Shoemaker 
    Born 12 Jan 1807  Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00112-7137 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I5108  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father George Shoemaker, Sr.,   b. 6 Feb 1778, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary Detweiler,   b. 10 May 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1850  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 19 Mar 1799  [2
    Family ID F1494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catharine Jantzen,   b. 25 Jan 1810, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1866, , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 15 Feb 1831  [1
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann Shoemaker,   b. 9 Dec 1831, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Ann Shoemaker,   b. 1 May 1834, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1837  (Age 3 years)
     3. Albert Shoemaker,   b. 30 Sep 1836, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Lyman Joseph Shoemaker,   b. 19 Sep 1842, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1845  (Age 2 years)
     5. Lovina Catharine Shoemaker,   b. 30 Jul 1844, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Gilbert Joseph Shoemaker,   b. 8 Nov 1849, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F1607  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Joseph Shoemaker, "was born January 12th, 1807. He never lived in Canada. After he left home he moved to Ohio, thence to Indiana, then, later on, to Albion, Marshal County, Iowa, where he is still living. On February 15th, 1831, he was married to Catharine Jantzen who was born January 25th, 1810, and died September 25th, 1866. They had a family of six children"


      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..., 472.

    2. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Jan 1807 - Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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