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

Aaron G. Scheifele[1, 2, 3]

Male 1855 - 1940  (84 years)


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  • Name Aaron G. Scheifele 
    Born 6 Oct 1855  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    No religion 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    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  [8
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1921  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Income 
    Residence 1921  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1936  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Eby ID Number 00099-5556 
    Died 27 Jan 1940  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I53703  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, 14, 15, 16
    Family ID F13893  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Angeline Stauffer,   b. 16 Dec 1852, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1915, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 10 Aug 1875  [3
    Children 
     1. Sidney Scheifele,   b. 1 Jan 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954  (Age 76 years)
     2. Alvin S. Scheifele,   b. 14 Sep 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     3. Ida G. Scheifele,   b. 6 Mar 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Oliver S. "Willow King" Scheifele,   b. 18 Apr 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1933, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     5. Herbert Scheifele,   b. 22 May 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1913, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     6. Pearl Lavina "Pearly" Scheifele,   b. 5 Aug 1888, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1946, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     7. Eby Dalton "Dalton" Scheifele,   b. 14 Mar 1892, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1918, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     8. Clayton Scheifele,   b. 25 Feb 1894, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1984  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F13892  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Aaron G. Scheifley, "was born October 6th, 1855. He is married to Angeline, daughter of David and Mariah (Shelley) Stauffer. They reside on the south-west part of lot No. 2, Woolwich Township, about one and one-half miles south of Conestogo. To them were born eight 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.].

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      Aaron SchiefeleFuneral services were held Tuesday afternoon, from the Letter & Dreisinger Funeral Home, for Aaron Schefele, 85, who died at the home of his son, Clayton Schiefele, four miles north of Waterloo, Saturday morning. Interment was made in Conestogo cemetery following service at Bethany Mennonite church. He was a member of the Bethany Mennonite Church, Kitchener. His wife predeceased him 25 years ago and he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles Hilliard,Waterloo and Mrs. Edwin Bingeman, Ponoka, Alta., three sons, Sidney of Waterloo, Alvin of Breslau and Clayton, north of Waterloo and 22 grandchildren.

      Waterloo Chronicle 2 Feb 1940 pg 3

  • 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. [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..., 523.

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

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

    6. [S353] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran CC#4592 Conestogo Internet Link.
      Scheifele/ In Loving Memory Of/ Aaron Scheifele/ Died Jan. 27, 1940/ Aged 85 Yrs./ Angeline Stauffer/ Beloved Wife Of/ Aaron Scheifele/ Died Oct. 12, 1915/ Aged 62 Yrs. 9 Mo./ Gone But Not Forgotten./

    7. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 14.

    8. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 14 Page 1.

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

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

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

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

    13. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Christian G. Scheifele - July 1936.

    14. [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.

    15. [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.

    16. [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 - 6 Oct 1855 - 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 - 1881 - 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 - Income - 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 MapsResidence - 1936 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Jan 1940 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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