Margaretha "Margaret" Shoeltz^[1]

1816 - 1898  (82 years)

• Name	Margaretha "Margaret" Shoeltz
  Born	24 May 1816	, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92630129
  Name	Margaretha "Margaret" Schedewitz
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-54476
  Died	29 Aug 1898	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I54476	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Conrad Schedewitz,   b. 25 Jan 1819, , Germany ,   d. 21 Sep 1904, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. John Schedewitz,   b. 13 Oct 1843, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 7 May 1922, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   2. Simon Schedewitz,   b. 21 Jan 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Nov 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F14071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Schedewitz, wife of Conrad Schedewitz, who lives with his son Simon about 4 miles west of Elmira. She too was of German birth, and experienced the hardships of pioneer life in the backwoods. She had been in good health for her age until about a week before her death, when she got inflammation of the lungs which caused her death. For the last eight years she was able to read, day or night without spectacles. Deceased leaves a sorrowing husband and two sons besides many grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She reached the ripe old age of about 83 years. THE ELMIRA ADVERTISER September 1, 1898

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Simon Schedewitz Born: Woolwich Age: 23 Father: Conrad Schedewitz Mother: Margaretha Schedewitz Born: abt 1855 Spouse: Elizabeth Zinkann Age: 23 born: Germany Father: Conrad Zinkann Mother: Elizabeth Zinkann married 31 Mar 1878 married: Waterloo [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2 Page 16. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link. [Broken stone, Partly in the ground - 1990 Transcription] Hier Ruhet In Herrn/ Selig Enschlafen/ Anna Maria Shoeltz/ Ehefrau Von Conrad Schedewitz/ Geb. 24 Mai 1816/ In Gross Darmstadt/ Gest. 2 Aug. 1898/ [German verse] [Illegible, August 2008] [S956] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Advertiser, "Obituary of Mrs. Schedewitz," 1 Sep 1898.

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Aug 1898 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth