I have found out through my gg grandmother's death certificate from Shiawasee County, MI that her parents were Christopher Shoemaker and Elizabeth Miller. My gg grandmother was born in Upper Mount Bethel Aug. 20, 1857. I found the 1860 census that has a Shoemaker family that includes Christopher and Elizabeth Shoemaker. Problem is, there are two women named Elizabeth Shoemaker, who would be young enough to have a two year old daughter. All the household members were, in order listed on census; Henry 45, Christopher 42, Elizabeth 34, George 24, Enos 6, John 4, Catherine 2. All of them were Shoemakers, Henry, Christopher and Elizabeth were born in Baden Germany. Younger ones were born in Pennsylvania. Others were Reuben Miller 20 b. in Penn. and Elizabeth Shoemaker 24 b. in Baden Germany.
Where I am confused is which children belong to which parents. And which Elizabeth is Catherine's mother. Is George Henry's son? Or was he Christopher's son from a previous marriage? I can not find Christopher, Elizabeth or Catherine in the 1870 census. Catherine ended up marrying Michael Reimel in 1878. Their oldest child was born in 1878 in PA. Their next daughter was born in Michigan in 1883. Can anyone out there help fill in any of the blanks?