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961	From Ezra Eby Book John C. Snyder, "was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, February 1st, 1792. In 1806 he came to Canada with his parents and was raised at Doon, Ontario. In September, 1814, he was married to Catharine, daughter of Christian and Hannah (Paul) Shantz. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, September 5th, 1792, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, February 27th, 1854. They resided near Kossuth, where he died of cholera, July 31st, 1834. To them was born a family of nine children.	Snyder, John C. (I16800)
962	From Ezra Eby Book John Hallman, "was born September 9th, 1852. He is married to Lovina Graybiel. They reside in St. Clair County, Michigan, where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of nine children.	Hallman, John (I16822)
963	From Ezra Eby Book John Huber, "the second son in the family, was born December 22nd, 1814. He was married to Catharine Schlichter who was born August 3rd, 1823, and died June 12th, 1886. They resided on the farm which he cleared himself. It was lot No. 4, 12th Concession, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario, where he is still having his home. To them were born eleven children. Samuel and Jacob, the eldest two, died aged one day.	Huber, John (I16792)
964	From Ezra Eby Book John Schlichter, "the eldest in the family, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, October 10th, 1787. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel. She was born November 24th, 1795, and died February 1st, 1876. They resided on a farm (now owned by John McDonald) one mile east of New Dundee, Ontario, where he died August 12th, 1849, leaving a family of eleven children, viz:" Elizabeth Bechtel "the second daughter, was married to John Schlichter. They resided about a mile east of New Dundee where they both died. Their family consisted of eleven children.	Schlichter, John (I02988)
965	From Ezra Eby Book 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.	Shoemaker, John (I14310)
966	From Ezra Eby Book John Shuh, "was born October 30th, 1828. After the decease of his father, he, together with his mother and his sister, Lydia, made their home with George D. Shoemaker, where he was raised. In 1846 he went to Jacob S. Shoemaker, Bridgeport, where he was engaged in the large mills. Here he remained until 1851, then he went to Berlin and commenced clerking for Mr. Henry Huber who then did business in a small roughcast store situated where now is the American Hotel. A few months later he engaged himself to Hoffman & Co., in whose services he remained until 1856 when he came to the town of Waterloo and entered into partnership with J. Hoffman and Isaac Weaver, under the firm of John Shuh & Co. Here he remained in active service as a general merchant until 1889 when he sold out to the firm of Shuh & Snider (Mr. Shuh of this firm was Mr. Levi Shuh, youngest son of John Shuh). Since then he has lived a more retired life. He is president of the Waterloo Woollen Mills and also one of the directors of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He was married to Susannah, daughter of David and Catharine (Eby) Weber. She was born April 19th, 1836, and died August 7th, 1863. After her decease he was again married to Magdalena, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Landis) Hoffman. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 16th, 1840, and came to Canada in 1862. Mr. Shuh's family consists of three children, two of whom were born unto his first wife. Names are as follows:"	Shuh, John (I15931)
967	From Ezra Eby Book John Unger, "was born in North Dumfries Township, September 10th, 1825. He is married to Polly, daughter of Wendel Bowman of Blair. At present they reside in the town of Waterloo where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of eight children.	Unger, John (I17049)
968	From Ezra Eby Book Jonas C. Shantz, "was born July 26th, 1813. On March 28th, 1837, he was married to Hannah, daughter of John C. and Catharine (Shantz) Snyder. She was born July 25th, 1819, and died December 12, 1848. On January 21st, 1851 he was again married to Mary, daughter of Abraham and Nancy (Clemmer) Janzen (She was the widow of the late Abraham Honsberger). She was born June 18th, 1802, and died March 26th, 1888. Mr. Shantz shortly after his first marriage moved several miles north of Baden where he still resides..."	Shantz, Jonas C. (I16270)
969	From Ezra Eby Book Jonas Hallman, "was born November 21st, 1861. He is married to Louisa Rehm. They reside near Fordwich P.O., Huron County, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming.	Hallman, Jonas (I15358)
970	From Ezra Eby Book Joseph B. Snyder, "was born December 2nd, 1833. After spending his boyhood on his father's farm at Bloomingdale he went to Winterbourne, Woolwich Township, Ontario, where he was engaged in the mercantile calling for some time. After selling out his interest in the business he settled on a farm about one mile south of Winterbourne where he is still engaged in farming. On April 12th, 1857, he was married to Naomi, daughter of Jacob D. and Jane (Dunbar) Shoemaker,. She was born June 2nd 1838. They have five children.	Snyder, Joseph B. (I14353)
971	From Ezra Eby Book Joseph Bergey, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1792. He was married to Elizabeth Wagner. They had a family of eight children.	Bergey, Joseph (I02503)
972	From Ezra Eby Book Joseph Schuh, "was born in 1717. He retained the old homestead of his father, Jacob Schuh, and had a family of several children. He died in 1795. One of his sons was named Jacob."	Schuh, Joseph (I15914)
973	From Ezra Eby Book Joseph Shoemaker, "was born February 17th, 1862. He was married to Eliza Burkhard, March 14th, 1886. They reside in Pilkington Township and have a family of one son named Israel."	Shoemaker, Joseph (I14386)
974	From Ezra Eby Book Joseph Weber," seventh son of Christian and Magdalena (Ruth) Weber, was born in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Anna Burkholder. They had a numerous family but names of children have not been handed to the writer. We know that one son was named IV David R." ( Joseph's mother Magdalena (Ruth) Weber, was Magdalena Rutt who married Christian Weber.)	Weber, Joseph (I14355)
975	From Ezra Eby Book Joshua Shoemaker, "was born April 20th, 1813, and came to Canada in 1829. He was married to Catherine Scheirich and lived in Wilmot Township, on the tract of land now owned by John and Moses K. Schneider. His father-in-law wanted him to purchase his farm, now owned by George Hiestand. He sold his farm in Wilmot Township and moved to John Scheirich's. After his wife's death he was married to Catherine Wildfong. After his second marriage he left the Scheirich farm and purchased the farm now owned by Peter Reist. Here he constructed a dam and erected a sawmill. On the evening of May 15th, 1840, while engaged in fishing at the dam, he fell off the raft and was drowned. He left a family of three children, one of whom was named John."	Shoemaker, Joshua (I14322)
976	From Ezra Eby Book Josiah Cassel, "was first married to Maria Hallman and after her decease to Sarah Hallman, a cousin to his first wife. He resides on his father's old place, near Haysville, Ontario. With his first wife there were two children, namely: Edna, and Edgar. With the second wife there are three children.	Cassel, Josiah (I17219)
977	From Ezra Eby Book Josiah McKay, "was born September 29th, 1862. On December 30th, 1885, he was married to Libbie Pool. Their family consists of six children.	McKay, Josiah (I14369)
978	From Ezra Eby Book Leah Bergey, "the youngest daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wagoner) Bergey, was born January 28th, 1824. On December 4th, 1849, she was married to Benjamin Shuh, who was born November 15th, 1815, and died January 21st, 1892. They resided a mile east of Berlin where the widow still resides with her family. Their family consisted of three children...." ........"As an infant, Leah Bergey was adopted by David Shantz who resided on the east end of lot No. 1, German Company's Tract, Waterloo County, where she was raised and still resides with her son, David."	Bergey, Leah (I02899)
979	From Ezra Eby Book Leah Bowman, "the eldest daughter of the second wife, is married to Jacob Hallman. They reside in the town of Berlin. They have a family of two children.	Bowman, Leah (I17250)
980	From Ezra Eby Book Levi Shuh, "the second son, was born in the town of Waterloo, December 29th, 1861. He is married to Lovina, Daughter of John Schwartz, and resides in the town of Waterloo where he is engaged in the office of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company. His family consists of one child named Cecil."	Shuh, Levi (I15933)