Mary/Maria Shantz was born near Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She was the oldest of nine children born to Isaac Shantz (1748-1802) and Barbara Reiff Shantz (1753-1820).
On May 2, 1797, she married John Shoemaker (Johannes Schumacher). The couple lived in Frederick Township, Montgomery County, where they had a family of nine children (two died young). John suffered an accident which resulted in health problems; he died on January 30, 1828.
Mary immigrated to Ontario (then called Upper Canada) in 1829 with her some of her children. (Her oldest child, Jacob, had already settled in the Waterloo region in 1820.) She spent her final years living with her daughter, Magdalena Devitt, in Waterloo Township, where she died on April 6, 1866.
On May 2, 1797, she married John Shoemaker (Johannes Schumacher). The couple lived in Frederick Township, Montgomery County, where they had a family of nine children (two died young). John suffered an accident which resulted in health problems; he died on January 30, 1828.
Mary immigrated to Ontario (then called Upper Canada) in 1829 with her some of her children. (Her oldest child, Jacob, had already settled in the Waterloo region in 1820.) She spent her final years living with her daughter, Magdalena Devitt, in Waterloo Township, where she died on April 6, 1866.
Mary/Maria Shantz was born near Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She was the oldest of nine children born to Isaac Shantz (1748-1802) and Barbara Reiff Shantz (1753-1820).
On May 2, 1797, she married John Shoemaker (Johannes Schumacher). The couple lived in Frederick Township, Montgomery County, where they had a family of nine children (two died young). John suffered an accident which resulted in health problems; he died on January 30, 1828.
Mary immigrated to Ontario (then called Upper Canada) in 1829 with her some of her children. (Her oldest child, Jacob, had already settled in the Waterloo region in 1820.) She spent her final years living with her daughter, Magdalena Devitt, in Waterloo Township, where she died on April 6, 1866.
On May 2, 1797, she married John Shoemaker (Johannes Schumacher). The couple lived in Frederick Township, Montgomery County, where they had a family of nine children (two died young). John suffered an accident which resulted in health problems; he died on January 30, 1828.
Mary immigrated to Ontario (then called Upper Canada) in 1829 with her some of her children. (Her oldest child, Jacob, had already settled in the Waterloo region in 1820.) She spent her final years living with her daughter, Magdalena Devitt, in Waterloo Township, where she died on April 6, 1866.
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