| Birth |
26 Dec 1800 |
Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania [2] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00112-7074 |
| Person ID |
I13252 |
| Last Modified |
06 Jul 2004 |
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| Father |
George Shoemaker, b. 6 Feb 1778, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Mary Detweiler, b. 10 May 1775 |
| Group Sheet |
F3524 |
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| Family 1 |
Catharine Fried |
| Married |
12 Oct 1823 |
[3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Jacob F. Shoemaker, b. 13 Sep 1824, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 2. Mary Shoemaker, b. 1 Jun 1826 |
| | 3. Catharine Shoemaker, b. 15 Dec 1828 |
| | 4. John F. Shoemaker, b. 24 May 1831 |
| | 5. Abraham Shoemaker, b. 24 Jan 1834 |
| | 6. George F. Shoemaker, b. 11 Nov 1835 |
| | 7. Elizabeth Shoemaker, b. 15 Jan 1838 |
| | 8. Sarah Shoemaker, b. 12 Mar 1840 |
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| Group Sheet |
F3562 |
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| Notes |
John Shoemaker, "second son of George Shoemaker, was born in the old Shoemaker residence situated on the north side of the Swamp Creek, near the old carding and fulling mills, in Frederick Township Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, December 26th, 1800. He learned the shoemaking trade with Abraham Harley of Towamencin. On October 12th, 1823, he was married to Catharine, daughter of Henry and Mary (Heller) Fried. She was raised by old Jacob Clemens. After they were married they moved to George Clemens' in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. On May 10th, 1825, he, with his wife and son Jacob, his brother George, Jacob and George Clemens and their families, Charles Mohr, Martin Schiedel, Henry Clemmer and family, Henry Moyer and family, Jacob Kolb, and others, left for Canada and arrived at Preston on the 1st of June following. John Shoemaker moved on the farm known as "Bill Moyer's Place", near Berlin, now possessed by Isadore B. Snyder. Here they lived for two years then they moved on west side of Jacob Y. Shantz's saw mill pond, in Joseph Eby's house. This house was previously occupied by Henry Clemmer who had moved to Preston. On February 20th, 1829, they left here and moved on their farm one mile north of Breslau. Here he still resides with his son, George F. On this farm, lot No. 107, Horning's Tract, there were several acres cleared and a small log house erected in fall of 1828. The old house was about 150 yards south-east from the present residence. Here they raised a family of eight children. She died December 25th, 1879. Names of children are as follows:" |
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| Sources |
1. [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), 700 [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, 462 [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, 462 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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