John Shoemaker

1888 - 1963  (75 years)

• Name	John Shoemaker
  Born	1888	Poland
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Nov 1963	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I26	Litzgus-Nowak
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Anthony Shoemaker,   b. Poland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Antonia Grey,   b. Poland
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Bialkowski/White,   b. 3 Apr 1890, Berlin, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1972, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1912	Preston
  Children	1. Ronald Shoemaker,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Gerard Shoemaker,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. June Shoemaker,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Norman John Shoemaker,   b. Abt 1913, Preston, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 1997, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 84 years)   5. Dorothy Shoemaker,   b. Abt 1914, Preston, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Dec 1989, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 75 years) + 6. Gladys E Shoemaker,   b. 9 Mar 1915, Preston, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 2001, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   7. Wilfred Shoemaker,   b. 28 Aug 1917, Preston, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1959, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)   8. Helen Shoemaker,   b. Abt 1918,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Donald Shoemaker,   b. Abt 1921, Preston, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1982, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 61 years)   10. Yale Shoemaker,   b. 21 Dec 1923, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 2002, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   11. Bruce Shoemaker,   b. 30 May 1931, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Oct 1932, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1888 - Poland Married - 1912 - Preston Died - 22 Nov 1963 - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Marriage Record for John Shoemaker and Laura Bialkowski/White Date: 29 October 1912 City: Berlin County: Waterloo Husband's Occupation: Laborer Wife's Occupation: Worker Husband's Marital Status: Bachelor Wife's Marital Status: Spinster Husband's Religion: Roman Catholic Wife's Religion: Roman Catholic Husband's Residence: Preston Wife's Residence: Berlin Husband's Father's Name: Anthony Shoemaker Wife's Father's Name: Francis Bialkowski Husband's Father's Occupation: Laborer Wife's Father's Occupation: Moulder Husband's Mother's Name: Antonia Isrig? Wife's Mother's Name: Lena Wintermeyer Witnesses: Stanislaus Szewe and Leona Scharlach

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary for John Shoemaker John Shoemaker, 75, of 145 Victoria St. South died Friday in St. Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness. For 42 years he operated Shoemaker's Grocery on Victoria street south. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Shoemaker and came to Preston from Poland. He moved to Kitchener 42 years ago. Mr. Shoemaker was a member of St. John's RC Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Laura White whom he married in Preston in 1912; five sons, Norman, Donald, Yale, Ronald, and Gerard, all of Kitchener; four daughters, Mrs. Clayton (Gladys) Litzgus of Waterloo, Mrs Clarence (Dorothy) Lehman, Mrs. John (June) Noland and Helen, all of Kitchener; two brothers Leo of Preston and Adam of Buffalo; a sister Mrs. Benjamin (Dorothy) Roaochi of Buffalo; and five grandchildren. Two sons, Bruce and Wilfred, predeceased him. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday. Requiem high mass will be conducted at St. John's Church at 11 a.m. Monday and burial will be in Woodland Cemetery.