John Washington Shupe^[1]

1849 - 1881  (32 years)

• Name	John Washington Shupe
  Born	18 Nov 1849	Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00113-7199
  Died	9 Dec 1881  [2]
  Person ID	I5508	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Shupe,   b. 19 Jun 1822, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Sallie Ann Master,   b. 6 Feb 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 May 1915  (Age 82 years)
  Married	7 Feb 1849  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F1705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mandana Morse,   b. 12 Mar 1854, Southwold Township, Elgin Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	21 Jul 1874  [2]
  Children	1. Charles Milton Shupe   2. George Vernal Shupe   3. Elon Roy "Roy" Shupe,   b. 4 Jan 1880, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1949  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Washington Shupe, "was born in Washington, (Mr. J. Washington Shupe was the first child born in Washington after it had received its name and was added to the list of post offices for Upper Canada, now Ontario) November 18th, 1849, and died December 9th, 1881, of an injury received in a sawmill. On July 21st, 1874, he was married to Mandana Morse. They resided near St. Thomas, Ontario, where he was engaged as a carpenter. His family consisted of three children, namely:...The widow is again married to Samuel Fordney and resides in Plattsville, Ontario." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019218-05. Roy Ealen Shupe, 25, Occ. Fireman, b. St. Thomas, Res. St. Thomas, son of John Shupe & Mandana Morse married Hannah Seibel, 24, b. Waterloo, Res. Waterloo, daughter of George Seibel & Elizabeth Knipfel, Witn: George V. Shupe of St. Thomas & Louisa Seibel of Waterloo, 15 April 1905 in Waterloo [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..., 482. [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..., 73.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Nov 1849 - Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth