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

Marion Shuh[1]

Female 1854 - 1934  (79 years)


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  • Name Marion Shuh 
    Born 9 May 1854  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Marion Messett 
    Name Mary Ann Shuh 
    Residence 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    U. Brethren 
    Residence 1881  Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Dress Maker 
    Eby ID Number 00107-6463 
    Died 1934  [5, 6
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Person ID I1518  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob Shuh,   b. 29 Jan 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Nancy Master,   b. 29 Mar 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1912  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 14 Sep 1851  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    Family ID F497  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Henry "Harry" Messett,   b. 1849, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 22 Dec 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Mildred Jane Messett,   b. 25 Oct 1872, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1886  (Age 13 years)
     2. Jane "Jennie" Messett,   b. 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Henry "Harry" Messett,   b. 11 Feb 1876, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1947  (Age 71 years)
     4. Florence Messett,   b. 2 Oct 1877, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1978, Murrayville, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)
     5. Adelaide Messett,   b. 1 Sep 1879, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1959, Coquitlam, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Alice Maude "Maud" Messett,   b. 25 Nov 1881, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Edmund Clemens Messett,   b. 6 Jan 1883, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Charles Roy Messett,   b. 1 Feb 1886, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Marion Messett,   b. 1887, Corunna, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Private Buglar Ralph Messett,   b. 20 Feb 1891, Birmingham, Iowa, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1915, Boulogne, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary Ann Shuh, "was born May 9th, 1854. She was married to Harry Messett and resides in Berlin and has a family of ten 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..., 361.

    2. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 8.

    3. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 44.

    4. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate Vol. 18 pg 187 (1871), Messet-Sherk.
      Henry Messet, 21, res. Berlin b. Canada, son of Mitchell and Jane, Married Mary Ann Shuh, 19, res. Berlin, b. Canada, daughter of Jacob and Nancy, Witnessed by: Frederick and Adeline Shuh of Berlin, 22 Dec 1871 at Berlin

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, F., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, F. (1854). Marion Shuh Messett (1854-1934) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 14 June 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201778900/marion-messett.

    6. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Marion Shuh/ wife of/ Henry Messett/ 1854-1934/ until the daybreak and the shadows flee away/ Messett

    7. [S298] Census - Canada - 1881, Ontario, Huron, Seaforth - pg 86.
      Name: Henry Messet
      Event Type: Census
      Event Date: 1881
      Event Place: Seaforth, Huron East, Huron, Ontario, Canada
      Event Place (Original): Seaforth, Huron Centre, Ontario, Canada
      District Number: 174
      Gender: Male
      Age: 30
      Henry MessetM30Ontario - marbelcutter
      Marion MessetF27Ontario
      Mildred MessetF8Ontario
      Jane MessetF6Ontario
      Henry MessetM5Ontario
      Florence MessetF3Ontario
      Adelaid MessetF1Ontario
      Cathern HillF21Ontario
      Johsia McIlreenM22Ontario

    8. [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...

    9. [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..., 360.

    10. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Jacob Schuh, carpenter of Berlin married 14 Sep 1851 at Greenbush by license to Nancy Master of Waterloo Twp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 May 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - U. Brethren - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Dec 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Dress Maker - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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