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

John Washington Shupe[1]

Male 1849 - 1881  (32 years)


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  • Name John Washington Shupe 
    Born 18 Nov 1849  Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00113-7199 
    Died 9 Dec 1881  [2
    Person ID I5508  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob Shupe,   b. 19 Jun 1822, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Sallie Ann Master,   b. 6 Feb 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1949  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 
    1. [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

    2. [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.

    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..., 73.

  • Event Map
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