| Birth |
6 Feb 1778 |
Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania [1] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00112-7041 |
| Died |
24 Nov 1864 |
, Waterloo Co., Ontario [2] |
| Person ID |
I13065 |
| Last Modified |
02 May 2004 |
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| Family 1 |
Mary Detweiler, b. 10 May 1775 |
| Married |
19 Mar 1799 |
[3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Jacob D Shoemaker, b. 24 Nov 1799, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 2. John Shoemaker, b. 26 Dec 1800, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania |
| | 3. Mary Shoemaker, b. 30 Jul 1802 |
| | 4. George D. Shoemaker, b. 5 Oct 1803, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 5. Elizabeth Shoemaker, b. 5 Mar 1805, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 6. Joseph Shoemaker, b. 12 Jan 1807 |
| | 7. Abraham D. Shoemaker, b. 16 Feb 1809, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 8. Daniel D. Shoemaker, b. 15 Jun 1811 |
| | 9. Joshua Shoemaker, b. 20 Apr 1813 |
| | 10. Catherine Shoemaker, b. 12 Feb 1815 |
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| Group Sheet |
F3524 |
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| Notes |
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 after-wards 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:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 454 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 455 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 454 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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Region of Waterloo