Elizabeth Diefenbach b. 1763 , Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Mar 1825 Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo Region Generations

1763 - 1825 (62 years)

Name	Elizabeth Diefenbach
Born	1763	, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Gender	Female
Name	Elizabeth Shupe
Eby ID Number	00113-7169.10
Died	21 Mar 1825	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1, 2]
Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1]
Person ID	I5554	Generations
Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

Family John Shupe, b. 1759, , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 8 Nov 1812, Near Freeport, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 53 years)

Children

	1. Daniel Shupe, b. Abt 1782, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. Jul 1842, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 60 years)
	2. John Shupe, b. 5 Oct 1784, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. 15 Apr 1861, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)
	3. Bishop George Shupe, b. 25 Dec 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. 29 Apr 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
	4. David Shupe, b. Abt 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
	5. Adam Diefenbach Shupe, b. 29 Jul 1793, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. 29 Nov 1878, Moline, Allegan, Michigan, USA (Age 85 years)
	6. Jacob Shupe, b. Apr 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA , d. Near, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
	7. Catharine Shupe, b. 29 Mar 1798, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. 2 May 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
	8. Benjamin Shupe, b. Abt 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. , Indiana

Last Modified 29 Jan 2025

Family ID F1720 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

A POEM ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ELIZABETH SHOOP

The following verses were written in memory of the late Elizabeth Shoop, who was an inhabitant of the township of Waterloo, in the District of Gore, Upper Canada, where she resided with her family until the day of her death. The time of her living in that place, was something like twenty-four years, which about one-half of that time, in the latter part of her life, she lived in a state of widowhood with her children. The following poem is a true and short history of her holy life and death. The late Elizabeth departed this mortal life, March 21, 1825; and the following remarks were made a few days after her death, by JOHN A. CORNELL, an intimate acquaintance with her person, life, death and character, who had the great satisfaction to preach her funeral sermon to a numerous concourse of people, from the following words, taken from Heb. 4: 9, "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."

Ye nations of the earth give ear
To what I here relate;
Your Maker learn to love and fear,
Prepare to leave this state.

The sacred truth I now indite,
God print it in your minds;
Strong memory on your hearts to write,
With letters more divine.

Oh! cruel death, how dreadful bold,
He bears a mighty sway;
He calls away both young and old,
To long eternity.

The Lord his messenger did send,
The Widow Shoop hath died,
She was the poor, the orphan's friend,
Likewise the Pilgrim's guide.

Religion is a glorious prop,
Surely it is the best:
We have a consolating hope,
Her soul has gone to rest.

She was a soldier of the cross,
Her duty she'd fulfill;
No toil, no pain she counted loss,
To do her Master's will.

The church of God, she lov'd to meet,
To see her brethren there;
That they might fall at Jesus' feet
And join in holy prayer.

The place of praise, the house of prayer,
It was her chief delight;
She was a constant member there,
She kept the end in sight.

She never left the house of God,
But like Anna of old;
She marked the steps her Savior trod,
Bro't fruit an hundred fold.

Her heart to church and God was true,
Her soul was sanctified;
Her happy spirit never knew,
What it was to backslide.

That hateful sin. call'd dressy pride,
Her soul it did abhor;
Such vain and foolish sins as these,
She kept at open war.

What others took to paint their clay,
And dress their bodies fine;
Unto the poor she gave away,
To cheer the feeble mind;

The lame, the sick, naked and poor,
They were her constant care --
Were always welcome at her door,
With her they had a share.

She often borrowed of the rich,
To give it to the poor:
Her love and charity was such,
She gave them all her store.

She laid her own advantage by,
To do the needy good;
Yet all her hopes they did rely,
Upon her Savior's blood.

Third of March she was taken ill,
And to her bed confin'd ;
Yet to her heavenly Father's will,
Appeared to be resigned.

She seemed to think her morning sun,
Was then about to set;
She thank'd the Lord her work was done,
In Christ was made complete.

While she could use her feeble tongue,
Her Maker she ador'd;
By exhorting both old and young,
To seek and serve the Lord.

Her friends and children she did teach;
From Scripture truth was drawn,
Hoping her words would louder preach,
When she was dead and gone.

Twenty-first of March, on that day,
She bid this world adieu;
Her longing spirit left its clay,
The age of sixty-two.

At God's great and sovereign will,
Resigned her fleeting breath,
Without a doubt, without a fear,
She pass'd the gates of death.

She bid the church farewell below,
To join the church above;
Where all the happy spirits go,
To sing Redeeming Love.

Come sick, come Christians mourn your loss
Of your departed friend;
And learn to bear an equal cross,
As she unto the end.

Oft at her tomb, my heart shall rove,
To drop a sacred tear;
In token of that Christian love,
While she was with us here.

Whatever we may count our loss,
Shall be her greatest gain;
She now can say, farewell to cross,
Farewell to grief and pain.

A life so holy, true, and just,
Example so divine;
Must not be buried in the dust
Before the world must shine.

Now I'll refrain, why should I weep?
Since she has gone to rest;
She's only laid her down to sleep,
Upon her Savior's breast.

Sources

[S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
Erected / to / the memory of / Elizabeth Shupe / wife of John Shupe / who departed this life / March 21, 1825 / aged 62 years
[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..., 478.

Event Map

	Born - 1763 - , Pennsylvania, USA
	Died - 21 Mar 1825 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
	Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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