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Shoemaker Family History
Shoemaker Genealogy & Family TreeShoemaker is a German name from Bavaria, Germany, where the family belonged to the nobility. It referred to someone with the occupation of a shoe maker, coming in part from the Olde English scoh which means "shoe." The earliest known ancestor--Hugh Schomaker--was recorded in 1365.
Other spellings include "Schumaker," "Schoemaker," "Schumacher," "Schuhmacher," "Schomacher," and "Schoemake." Notable people with the surname include American actor Tom Shoemaker (ne Tom Wright--All My Children, Barbershop, Murder at 1600), American jockey Bill Shoemaker, and American baseball player Matt Shoemaker (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim). The first Shoemaker to come to America was Joseph Shoemaker in Maryland in 1661.
Shoemaker Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- William Oliver Shoemaker -- --, 1874 December 0, 1938
- Devon Dale Shoemaker -- --, 1997 May 1, 1997 Kentucky
- Elizabeth Shoemaker -- --, 1805 July 27, 1876 Virginia
- Dorothy Dell Shoemaker -- --, 1939 July 15, 1940 Connecticut
- Margaret Shoemaker -- --, 1916 December 0, 1997
Shoemaker Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Louis Frederick Shoemaker -- --, 1874 June 19, 1952 Ontario
- Clarence Shoemaker -- --, 1905 October 29, 1983 Tennessee
- Thomas Shoemaker -- --, 1769 December 0, 1835 Virginia
- Seth Shoemaker West Virginia
- Zedekiah Shoemaker -- --, 1761 April 18, 1839 Virginia