My mother's maiden name is Shoemaker. I have traced the family back to the early 1800's. Family tradition has it that the family is of German origin and the name was spelled Shumacher. Still researching.

Hey Claude,

If Shuman/Schumann/Shewman are rooted in Shoemaker (or reverse) then I would say yes. I have not seen a relationship with these names, however. Honestly though, it may be more advantageous to you to create a separate group for these names. cv

My Shoemaker family lived in Rockingham County, Virginia, Brock's Gap and Fulk's Run area.

My Shoemaker clan is closely allied with the Vanderpools and I was told we were of Dutch-German heritage. The first record I have is William Riley Shoemaker 1775-1847 born in Maryland and died in Virginia, married Phebe Ann Spencer. One child Jacob 1816-1902 (in Kentucky) who married Katherine E. Kaiser and had a son Andrew. Andrew 1845-1934 married Margaret Evelyne Baker and fathered David Thomas 1872-1928 (South Lebanon, OH). David was my grandfather. He married my grandmother, Phoebe Evaline Vanderpool and they lived in the Fincastle, Lee Co., KY area.. My mother was Laura Emily Shoemaker Newton. I have more concise dates and other children's names on some of these if you are interested.

My Shoemakers are in Indiana, Michigan and not sure where else...

From oldest to now:

Benjamin P. Shoemaker + Ellen M. Eddy
Franklin C. Shoemaker + Cynthia Wolf
Joseph E. Shoemaker + Bessie Weaver
Emma Louise Shoemaker + Ward D Jaquays
Henry D. Jaquays + Phylliss A. Trudell
Julee Lynn Jaquays and *. *. Rodriguez

Any help is greatly appreciated.

My Shoemaker was John C. Shoemaker. His parents were Joseph and Susanna ? Shoemaker. Joseph was born about 1821 in Ohio, They had four children.

John Shoemaker born in Ohio about 1842, Amalie Shoemaker born in Ohio about 1844, Wilson Shoemaker born in Ohio about 1847, and Martha Shoemaker born in Ohio about 1849.

John married Rosa Johnston. Have not been able to locate a marriage license yet. They had the folowing children:

Ida Mae Shoemaker born July 25, 1865, married David T. Lloyd on July 18, 1882 and died January 5, 1917, William Shoemaker and Elizabeth Shoemaker.

John was in service during the Civil War and became a member of the Grand Army of the Republic organization. Last found in the 1870 census in Alliance, Stark County, Ohio.

Really have little information on my great great grandparents, Benjamin born 22 sept 1817 in PA
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> 1860 Census, St. Clair Twp, Butler CO, OH
> Benjamin Shoemaker 43 PA Farmhand
> Mary C. 30 OH
> Florence C. 10 OH
> William J. 8 OH
> Nancy E. 5 OH
> Ann Eliza 2 OH
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> living close to Isaac Overpeck 28 OH
> and Sarah
> Postmaster & Grocer
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> Have funeral notice stating In Loving Remembrance of Benjamin shumaker, Died May 26, 1891, Aged 73 Yrs., 8 Mos., 4 Ds.
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> We miss thee from our home, dear father,
> We miss thee from thy place.
> A shadow o'er our life is cast,
> We miss the sunshine of thy face.
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> We miss thy kind and willing hand.
> Thy Fond and earnest care,
> Our home is dark without thee--
> We miss thee everywhere.
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> Possible brother or Uncle, Frederick Shoemaker in 1860 Lewis Co, MO Census, Family 90, page 618, age 60 Farmer, $1600 RE and $500 Personal born Prussia
> Annie 45 Prussia
> Mary 14 IL, Frederick 12 IL; Mary 8 IL; Bettie 2 IL

I want to thank everyone for your post to the wall and discussion forum to date. A good start, I think. I also wanted to thank everyone for posting you ancestry to the group. If I may ask, could those who posted your ancestry to the wall, re-post your info to the discussion Forum.

I ask this for two reasons:
1. Since the newest entries to the wall are listed first, your entries may be missed by new folks when they join the group (especially several months down the road.
2. If someone has a response to you posting, The replies will be listed with your posting. It's not always easy to follow a thread on the wall.

Hopefully, we will all be able to make some significant breakthroughs on our research.

Charlie Vines

Thank you for schoemaker line. My husbands lot came from Swedsboro, New jersey.,way back. there is a schoemaker book around but we dont have it There is Conrad,Edward,Benjamin etc. etc. Its all on paper and a bit of a mess.If any interest let me know Our relavent relative is Frank Dawson Schoemaker .He droped last name on arrival in Australia.

My Shoemakers are located in Georgia and Alabama and the spelling does vary. I have definite traces to 1850's then I have a little trouble. Maybe someone has similar ties.

Hey Jeff,

Why don't you post your ancestry to the Discussion Forum so that we can have more specifics. Maybe we will be help.

Charlie

My Shoemaker family originated in Pennsylvania, but by the mid-1700's had settled in Salem county, New Jersey. From there, they migrated westward and are found in Butler Co., OH, Vigo Co., IN, Tazewell, Washington and Stephenson counties, IL, and Gage Co., NE. Feel free to peruse my family tree website...perhaps we're connected! Here's the URL: www.kdvkfamilytree.freesitespace.net. Use the Name Index to find the Shoemaker's.

Hello Ohio Shoemakers! I am a descendant of Simon Shoemaker, who settled in Highland County, Ohio in the early 1800's. I would love to hear from any of my Shoemaker cousins. My line is the following: Simon, Samuel, John Weaver, Jacob, Thomas, Estel, Sr., Estel, Jr., Me.

My Shumaker/Shoemaker/Shumacher relatives have been traced back to Germany in the 1500's. I would like to do more parallel branching out at this point, to see how many states my ancestors have covered.
Do any of you have family trees on-line that you could post the links to? Mine is:

http://shumakertroi.tribalpages.com

If it helps anyone, great...if you can help me, I'd appreciate it even more! I've already found one distant relative on here and would like to find more!