Marriage Registration (from church records kept by Rev. F. W. Bindeman):
Josuah Schiedel, shoemaker of Waterloo married 5 Mar 1848 in Greenbush [now part of Kitchener, ON] by license to Elisa Hewith of Woolwich.∼A death record reveals that Joshua Schiedel was "insane & melancholish for about 4 weeks" prior to his death. His grave is situated at the very west end of the cemetery, suggesting that he ended his own life (although this is not explicitly stated in the death record).
Josuah Schiedel, shoemaker of Waterloo married 5 Mar 1848 in Greenbush [now part of Kitchener, ON] by license to Elisa Hewith of Woolwich.∼A death record reveals that Joshua Schiedel was "insane & melancholish for about 4 weeks" prior to his death. His grave is situated at the very west end of the cemetery, suggesting that he ended his own life (although this is not explicitly stated in the death record).
Marriage Registration (from church records kept by Rev. F. W. Bindeman):
Josuah Schiedel, shoemaker of Waterloo married 5 Mar 1848 in Greenbush [now part of Kitchener, ON] by license to Elisa Hewith of Woolwich.∼A death record reveals that Joshua Schiedel was "insane & melancholish for about 4 weeks" prior to his death. His grave is situated at the very west end of the cemetery, suggesting that he ended his own life (although this is not explicitly stated in the death record).
Josuah Schiedel, shoemaker of Waterloo married 5 Mar 1848 in Greenbush [now part of Kitchener, ON] by license to Elisa Hewith of Woolwich.∼A death record reveals that Joshua Schiedel was "insane & melancholish for about 4 weeks" prior to his death. His grave is situated at the very west end of the cemetery, suggesting that he ended his own life (although this is not explicitly stated in the death record).
Inscription
In memory of/ Joshua Schiedel/ born May 16, 1825/ died June 30, 1870/ aged 45 yrs 1 mo/ & 14 days/ The winter of trouble is past, / The storms of affliction are o'er, / His struggles are ended at last, / And sorrow and death are no more.
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The gravestone is broken and set on the ground, with part of the stone missing. The inscription given above is from cemetery records.
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