Elisabetha Shoemaker

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• Census: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Census:
She was Mennonite age 24, living with her parents born in the USA 12 Oct.

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• Find-a-Grave Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42194453
• Alt. Birth: Cal 22 Nov 1799
• Census: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Alt. Death: 12 Mar 1902

Notes:

Cemetery Notes:
It was first called the First Mennonite Church in 1917. Prior to this it had been called Eby's. Benjamin Eby's, Christian Eby's Berlin and East End. Worship was held in a log school house on the South East corner of the adjoining cemetery as early as 1811. In 1834 a substantial frame meeting house was built on the site of the present day church and the log school house was moved to Breslau where it was used as a school and meeting house. The frame meeting house was replaced with a brick edifice in 1902 which was enlarged in 1902, 1950 and 1985.

Census:
He was Mennonite age 53, a farmer born in the USA 24 Nov.

Died:
Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIX, No. 7, April 1, 1902, page 109, 110, 111

JACOB C. SHOEMAKER,The well-known centenarian of Berlin, Ontario, Bro. Jacob Shoemaker, died on Wednesday afternoon, March 12, 1902, at three o'clock, at the old homestead, occupied by his son, Alexander Shoemaker. The cause of death was due to old age. Bro. Shoemaker having reached the age of 102 years, 3 months, and 9 days. He had been confined to his bed for the past few months, and although he received every possible attention he passed peacefully away. Though death was not unexpected, he will be missed by those with whom he has been surrounded during the latter part of his life. Bro. Shoemaker was extremely kind hearted and the attention and the self sacrifice shown him by his children was always appreciated, and he never lost an opportunity of referring to their kindness to his friends who would visit him at his home.Jacob D. Shoemaker was the eldest son of George Shoemaker, and was born on his grandfather's place near the old mills on Swamp Creek, Frederick township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, November 24th, 1799. His boyhood days were spent in assisting his father in the woolen mills, carding and dying wool and yarns. From his fifteenth to his eighteenth year he was engaged in the grist and oil mills and during the wool season he assisted his father in the carding mills. When eighteen years of age he hired himself to John Funk who, during that time, had the misfortune to have his dwelling destroyed by fire, Bro. Shoemaker losing all his earthly possessions except the clothing he wore at the time. After quitting at John Funk's in the fall of 1818 he obtained work for a short time in a tannery near Pottsgrove. In the spring of 1819 he attended school for six weeks in Lower Salford township, Montgomery County. During the summer he labored for six months with David Allebach, in Skippack township, at twelve dollars per month. After having served his six months he attended school another six weeks in Lower Salford. This finished his school days. In 1820 he engaged himself to Abraham Clemens, where he remained for two years. During 1822 he worked for George Reiff of Skippack Township at eighty dollars per year. He then spent one year working amongst various farmers. On November 18th, 1823, he was married to Jane, daughter of Alexander Dunbar. She was raised by Jacob Merkley, who resided on the Perkiomen Creek, Shippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1824 he, in company with his wife, moved to Joseph Lowery in Skippack, whose farm he managed for five years. He received one-third of the product of the farm as wages for his labor and management. The annual income thus derived averaged about eighty dollars annually. In 1829 they, with their family of two children, his parents, and two of his brothers and one sister, namely, Joshua and Catherine, moved to Canada and came to what is now Bridgeport. Here he was engaged with Jacob S. Shoemaker, who had come to Canada in 1820. During the fall of 1829 he worked in the sawmills erected the same year. While engaged here he purchased pine logs from Henry Erb who resided on lot number fifty eight, German Co.'s Tract, and had them sawed during the winter and drawn on his farm where he had a small shanty put up. Into this shanty they moved in April, 1830. The year previous he had purchased his farm, being south-west half of lot number nineteen, German Co's Tract, containing two hundred and twenty-four acres. During his first year in this extended farm large clearings were made and a two story dwelling, twenty-four by twenty-eight feet, erected. The log barn was erected the year following. In 1851 he erected the stone dwelling now occupied by his son, Alexander, and in 1842 he put up the large frame barn still standing.Bro Shoemaker united with the Mennonite church in his youth and lived an exemplary life, worthy of imitation. In his last years his desire to depart and be with Christ was always strong, and can be truly said that he was homesick for heaven. A year ago he was stricken with illness, and he asked those who visited him not to pray for his recovery, but that if it pleased God, He should take him home. His conversation on temporal affairs was in later years mostly of a period of time from 1815 to 1840. The companions of his early life have all preceded him.During the past number of years Bro. Shoemaker has been living with his son, Alexander. His family consisted of ten children, viz, Mary Ann, deceased; David, deceased; Mrs. John Shiedel, Waterloo Township, deceased; Mrs. Henry McKay, Aldborough Township, Elgin County; Geo. D., Woolwich Township; Alexander, on the homestead; Mrs. Joseph B. Snyder, Woolwich Township; Jane, deceased; Mrs. George Israel, near Williamsburg; Jacob, deceased. There are a large number of grandchildren.The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, at one o'clock, from the old homestead, and was very largely attended. Services by Noah Stauffer from Heb. 11:16, and A. Y. Haist from Job 5:26 at the C. Eby M. H., Berlin. Interment in the burying ground adjoining.

Notes: Parts of this obituary were taken from the Eby Book. Although the heading reads Jacob C. Shoemaker, it should be Jacob D. Shoemaker.

Buried:
In memory of/ Jane/ Dunbar/ died/ Aug. 9, 1880/ aged 82 yrs. 6 ms./ & 1 day/ in memory of/ Jacob D./ Shoemaker/ died/ Mar. 5, 1902/ aged/ 102 yrs. 3 ms./ & 11 days/ Blessed are the dead which die/ in the Lord/ Schaefer, Waterloo

Jacob married Jane Dunbar on 18 Nov 1823 in , Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA. Jane (daughter of Alexander Dunbar) was born on 8 Feb 1798 in Upper Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Aug 1880 in Berlin/Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Berlin/Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Cemetery Notes:
It was first called the First Mennonite Church in 1917. Prior to this it had been called Eby's. Benjamin Eby's, Christian Eby's Berlin and East End. Worship was held in a log school house on the South East corner of the adjoining cemetery as early as 1811. In 1834 a substantial frame meeting house was built on the site of the present day church and the log school house was moved to Breslau where it was used as a school and meeting house. The frame meeting house was replaced with a brick edifice in 1902 which was enlarged in 1902, 1950 and 1985.

Census:
She was Mennonite age 54 born in the USA 8 Feb.

Buried:
In memory of/ Jane/ Dunbar/ died/ Aug. 9, 1880/ aged 82 yrs. 6 ms./ & 1 day/ in memory of/ Jacob D./ Shoemaker/ died/ Mar. 5, 1902/ aged/ 102 yrs. 3 ms./ & 11 days/ Blessed are the dead which die/ in the Lord/ Schaefer, Waterloo

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• Census: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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George Shoemaker, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 6th, 1778. On March 19th, 1799, he was married to Mary Detweiler who was born May 10th, 1775, and died September 22nd, 1850. After he was married he moved in the house situated on the west side of the Swamp Creek, towards the old school house, while his father's residence and the mill were on the east side. Here he was engaged in the woollen mills, carding, fulling and dying wool and yarns. He was a woollen manufacturer by trade. Here he resided until 1804, thence he moved to Pottstown, on old Isaac Shantz's farm, from there he, with his small family, in 1806 moved to a place where he remained for one year, thence he moved to Skippack where he remained five years. In 1812 he moved to Benjamin Reiff in Lower Salford Township, and afterwards to John Reiff where they resided until spring, 1825, when he with his wife and three sons and a daughter, namely: Jacob and wife, Daniel, Joshua, and Catharine, moved to Canada. They resided for a short time after their arrival here in this county, on old Christian Schneider's farm one mile south of Breslau. In fall of the same year they moved on the farm (lot No. 119, G.C.T.) now possessed by his son, George D. Shoemaker. Here they resided until their death. He died November 24th, 1864. They had a family of ten children, viz:"- Ezra E. Eby



Birth:
Montgomery County did not exist in 1778 in the state of Pennsylvania. It was not founded until 1784.

Cemetery Notes:
It was first called the First Mennonite Church in 1917. Prior to this it had been called Eby's. Benjamin Eby's, Christian Eby's Berlin and East End. Worship was held in a log school house on the South East corner of the adjoining cemetery as early as 1811. In 1834 a substantial frame meeting house was built on the site of the present day church and the log school house was moved to Breslau where it was used as a school and meeting house. The frame meeting house was replaced with a brick edifice in 1902 which was enlarged in 1902, 1950 and 1985.

Census:
He was Mennonite age 75, a widower gentleman living with his son Jacob and family, born in the USA.

Died:
Died at the age of 86 yrs. 9 mos. 18 dys.

Buried:
In memory of/ George Shoemaker/ born/ Feb. 6, 1788/ and died/ Nov. 24, 1861/ aged/ 86 yrs. 9 mos. 18 ds./ peace to his ashes

George married Mary Detweiler on 19 Mar 1799 in , Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary (daughter of Jacob Detweiler and Mary Funk) was born on 10 May 1775; died on 23 Sep 1850; was buried in Berlin/Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Death: 22 Sep 1850

Notes:

Cemetery Notes:
It was first called the First Mennonite Church in 1917. Prior to this it had been called Eby's. Benjamin Eby's, Christian Eby's Berlin and East End. Worship was held in a log school house on the South East corner of the adjoining cemetery as early as 1811. In 1834 a substantial frame meeting house was built on the site of the present day church and the log school house was moved to Breslau where it was used as a school and meeting house. The frame meeting house was replaced with a brick edifice in 1902 which was enlarged in 1902, 1950 and 1985.

Buried:
In/ memory/ of/ Mary Shoemaker/ wife of/ George Shoemaker/ died the 23rd September/ 1850 aged 75 years/ 4 months & 13 days

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• Also Known As: Jacob Shoemaker

Notes:

Birth:
Montgomery County did not exist in 1754 in the state of Pennsylvania. It was not founded until 1784.

Cemetery Notes:
It was first called the First Mennonite Church in 1917. Prior to this it had been called Eby's. Benjamin Eby's, Christian Eby's Berlin and East End. Worship was held in a log school house on the South East corner of the adjoining cemetery as early as 1811. In 1834 a substantial frame meeting house was built on the site of the present day church and the log school house was moved to Breslau where it was used as a school and meeting house. The frame meeting house was replaced with a brick edifice in 1902 which was enlarged in 1902, 1950 and 1985.

Jacob + Mary Tyson. Mary (daughter of William Sellen Tyson and Alice G. Nash) was born on 17 Apr 1752 in Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Jul 1803 in Limerick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Limerick Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 7 Apr 1752, Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
• Alt. Death: 12 Jul 1803, Frederick Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Montgomery County did not exist in 1752 in the state of Pennsylvania. It was not founded until 1784.

Alt. Birth:
Montgomery County did not exist in 1752 in the state of Pennsylvania. It was not founded until 1784.

Jacob + Mary Funk. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]