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

Solomon G. Scheifele[1, 2, 3]

Male 1853 - 1923  (70 years)


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  • Name Solomon G. Scheifele 
    Born 30 Apr 1853  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    No Religion 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1921  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer, own farm 
    Residence 1921  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00099-5555 
    Died 27 Jul 1923  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I53715  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Friederich "Frederick" Scheifele,   b. 21 Jun 1823, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Gingrich,   b. 21 Aug 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1911  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 22 Jun 1851  Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12, 13, 14
    Family ID F13893  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucinda Good,   b. 1 Nov 1865, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1952  (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ornan Good Scheifele,   b. 26 Sep 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1973  (Age 86 years)
     2. Ada Scheifele,   b. 14 Jul 1889, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1968  (Age 79 years)
     3. Allan Scheifele,   b. 12 Oct 1890, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1968  (Age 77 years)
     4. Harvey Scheifele,   b. 4 Jan 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1932  (Age 39 years)
     5. Eldon Waldon Scheifele,   b. 23 Feb 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1969  (Age 73 years)
     6. Milton Roy Scheifele,   b. 12 Jan 1898, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Gretta A. Scheifele,   b. 6 Nov 1906, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1974  (Age 67 years)
     8. Ward Schiefele,   b. Sep 1909, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Edson Ward Scheifele,   b. 23 Sep 1909, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1988, Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F13894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Solomon G. Scheifley, "was born April 30th, 1853. He is married to Lucinda, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Reist) Good. They reside southwest of Conestogo, about a mile east of the Martin Mennonite Meeting House where he is farming. Their family consists of four 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..., 224.

    2. [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..., 680.

    3. [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..., 704.

    4. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-2 page 1.

    5. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, Woolwich f-2 Page 1.

    6. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 15.

    7. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 14 page 3.

    8. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 4, Pg.17.

    9. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 19.

    10. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Sub Dist.. 13 Page 11.

    11. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Sect. 1 Page 2.

    12. [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..., 223.

    13. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Friederich Schaeufle aged 28?, farmer of Woolwich married 22 June 1851, Bridgeport by banns to Elisabeth Gingerich aged 22 of Waterloo.

    14. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 27 Jun 1851:26.
      GINGERICH, Elisabeth married 22 Jun 1851 To Friederich SCHAUFLE. Both of Waterloo. minister F.W. Bindemann

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Apr 1853 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - No Religion - 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 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 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer, own farm - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Jul 1923 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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