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| Name |
John Shoemaker [1] |
| Born |
26 Dec 1800 |
Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I14310 |
All |
| Last Modified |
10 Dec 2006 |
| Father |
George Shoemaker, b. 6 Feb 1778, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , d. 24 Nov 1864, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 86 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Detweiler, b. 10 May 1775, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , d. 22 Sep 1850 (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
19 Mar 1799 [1] |
| Family ID |
F3827 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 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.
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