| Birth |
24 Apr 1798 |
[1,2] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00112-7006 |
| Died |
20 Mar 1875 |
Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario [3,4] |
| Buried |
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Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario [5] |
| Person ID |
I13125 |
| Last Modified |
23 May 2004 |
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| Father |
John Shoemaker, b. 12 May 1775, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Mary Shantz, b. 13 Mar 1775, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Group Sheet |
F1836 |
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| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Schneider, b. 2 Jan 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
2 Jul 1822 |
[6] |
| Children |
| | 1. Barbara Shoemaker, b. 8 Mar 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 2. John S. Shoemaker, b. 12 Feb 1825, Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 3. Mary Ann Shoemaker, b. 20 Nov 1826, Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 4. Magdalena Shoemaker, b. 6 Jun 1828, Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 5. Elizabeth Shoemaker, b. 8 Nov 1829, Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 6. Joseph Shoemaker, b. 28 Sep 1832, Bridgeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 7. Isaac Shoemaker, b. 24 Jan 1835, Bridgeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 8. Hannah Shoemaker, b. 24 Feb 1838, Bridgeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 9. Jacob S. Shoemaker, b. 4 Mar 1842, Bridgeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 10. Isabella Shoemaker, b. 5 Sep 1845 |
| | 11. Simon Shoemaker, b. 15 Aug 1847, Bridgeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
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| Group Sheet |
F477 |
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| Notes |
Jacob S. Shoemaker, "the eldest of John Shoemaker's children, was born April 24th, 1798. He, after quitting school, entered his father's mill where he was engaged until 1820 when he became desirous to seek his fortune in the then much-spoken-of Canada. He came to Abraham Erb, Waterloo, some time during the spring of 1820. He, being a practical miller, and just the man required to manage the grist mill of this place, remained in Abraham Erb's service as miller for nearly two years when he and William Hunsberger returned to Pennsylvania to visit their parents and friends. After making a sojourn of a few months they returned the same spring. Mr. Shoemaker again assumed the management of the Waterloo Mills. On July 2nd, 1822, he was married to Elizabeth Schneider (See Schneider record for her family history) who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 2nd, 1802, and died in Preston, November 26th, 1876. Some time after their marriage he and his wife went home to Pennsylvania on a visit. During this visit he ordered the large clock, now in possession of his daughter, Elizabeth. His father brought it with him when he paid a visit to Canada in 1826. Some time during the year 1827 or 1828 he purchased lot No. 59, German Company's Tract and afterwards became the founder of Bridgeport. In 1829 he constructed the large dam and erected the sawmills still standing. In 1830 he erected the large roller mills now in possession of Messrs Shirk and Snider. He resided in the town of Waterloo until 1830 when he moved to Bridgeport. Here he soon became proprietor, besides the extensive mills and sawmills, of a store, woollen mills and distillery. In 1840 he built the large house now possessed by Mrs. Veronica Horst. During the great financial depression all over the province in 1851, besides other difficulties never fully investigated, he is said to have failed. He then moved to Preston to his son-in-law, Joel Clemens, from there to Blenheim Township, Oxford County, where he erected a sawmill and did a successful business. His last days were spent with his daughter, Barbara (Mrs. H. Huber of Berlin), where he died March 20th, 1875. Both he and his wife are buried in the Mennonite burial ground at the east end of Berlin. They had a family of eleven 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, 448 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1] Vol I 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 E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 346 [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, 449 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1] Vol I 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 E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 346 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [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, 449 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S1] Vol I 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 E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 346 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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| Cemeteries and Headstones | | | Documents |  | Plan - Part of Berlin, 1857-58
A plan of part of Berlin dated 1857-8 and signed by Joseph E. Schneider, Jacob E. Snyder and Jacob S. Shoemaker, as Executors of the late of Joseph Schneider. |  | Statement of Executors
Statement of the Executors of the Last Will of Joseph Schneider, dated December 21, 1843. |
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Region of Waterloo