Family:John Shoemaker and Mary Shantz (1)

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John Shoemaker
b. 12 May 1775 Frederick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
d. 30 Jan 1828 Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents: Isaac Shantz and Barbara Reiff
Mary Shantz
b. 13 Mar 1775 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
d. 6 Apr 1866 Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
m. 2 May 1797 Pennsylvania, United States
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Marriage[1][2] 2 May 1797 Pennsylvania, United States
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  1. ↑ Eby, Ezra E. A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county ... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
    2:448.

    'SHOEMAKER, JOHN, the eldest son [of Jacob and Mary (Tyson) Shoemaker], was born in Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, May 12th 1775. ... On May 2nd, 1797 he was married to Mary Shantz ... They commenced farming on his father's old place where they resided until his death. ... During the year 1827 he met with an accident which ultimately brought on dropsy and other diseases causing his death which took place January 30th, 1828.'

  2. ↑ Eby, Ezra E. A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county ... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
    2:374.

    'SHANTZ, MARY [daughter of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Shantz], was born near Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, March 13th, 1775. On May 2nd, 1797, she was married to John Shoemaker. They resided on the Swamp Creek, in Frederick Township, at what is known as "Shoemaker's Mills." Here they had a family of nine children, of whom two died young. ... She came to Canada in 1829 with her three youngest children, and during the eve of her life she had her home with her daughter, Magdalena, where she died April 6th, 1866.'

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