Jacob G. Stroh[1] 1848 - Yes, date unknown

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• Birth	25 Sep 1848	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Christened	10 Dec 1848	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [4]
  	New Jerusalem
  Residence	1870	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [8]
  Occupation	1872	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario   [9]
  	tanner
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Religion	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Swedenborgian
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [6]
  	Tanner
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Tanner
  Religion	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Swedenborgian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-43723
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I43723	Generations
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Henry Stroh,   b. 5 Nov 1818, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 28 Jun 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Mother	Susannah Gaukel,   b. 18 Sep 1824, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario ,   d. 12 May 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Married	1 Sep 1840	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Family ID	F11403	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth Seiler,   b. 7 May 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	9 Oct 1870	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [10]
  Children	1. Ida Dorothea Stroh,   b. 19 Feb 1872, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 11 Nov 1880, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   2. Ella Louisa Stroh,   b. 20 Feb 1875, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Edward Emanuel Stroh,   b. 16 Jun 1877, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Nov 1880, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   4. Edgar Samuel Stroh,   b. 16 Oct 1880, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1881   5. Edna Lenora Stroh,   b. 23 Mar 1882, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Oliva Lorina Stroh,   b. 27 Jul 1884, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Albertha Luella May Stroh,   b. 19 Nov 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Nathaniel C. Stroh,   b. 8 Feb 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2012
  Family ID	F11402	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Event Birth - 25 Sep 1848 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Christened - 10 Dec 1848 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Religion - New Jerusalem - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Residence - 1870 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Married - 9 Oct 1870 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Occupation - tanner - 1872 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Swedenborgian - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tanner - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Swedenborgian - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Jacob G. Stroh from Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Notes

  There is in Waterloo Park a valuable Indian relic in the form of an irregularly shaped stone, weighing 1000 to 1500 pounds. On the upper or grinding surface, there are six or more shallow circular depressions or basins, each being eight to fourteen inches in diameter, where the Indians had worn them hollow in grinding their tomahawks and other articles made of stone. This grindstone was brought to Waterloo Park by Jacob Stroh in 1890. It was found at Glennie's Springs, north of Conestogo, where no doubt there existed an Indian village centuries ago. There has recently arrived at the Park as a loan from Mr. Stroh, another useful article used by the early Indians of Waterloo County in a village that existed at that time. It is a very large stone of grey granite, about three by six feet in dimension, and weighing approximately a ton and a half. One side of this huge stone is flat, and a part of this upper flat surface was used by the Indians in grinding grain and nuts and pulping food. This surface contains two shallow bowls or circular depressions, each about a foot in diameter, which were used in grinding food. The other half or more of the large flat surface is worn and polished very smoothly and was no doubt used in dressing skins and furs, which were the clothing of the Indians in those early days. This latter stone was found on the site of an Indian village at Suraras Springs on the Huron Road, two miles south of Mannheim. These relics   of an early occupation of Waterloo County have been placed near  the old log building   in Waterloo Park which was the first schoolhouse in the settlement that became the Town of Waterloo. It was built in 1820. A history of the Town of Waterloo and surrounding district must therefore, begin with its occupation by the Indians at some remote period, Indians probably of numerous earlier tribes before the Government granted the 12-mile strip of land along the Grand River to the Six Nation Indians. Mr. Jacob Stroh, a naturalist and archaeologist of more than local repute, has devoted many years to a study of the Indians of this district, and has gathered one of the finest collections of Indian remains in Canada. He has located quite a number of their village sites throughout the County, at points not too far from the Grand River, and nearly always near a sparkling spring. It is clearly noticeable that a number of these villages had been fortified, probably as a protection against wild animals, or perhaps against other tribes. Some of these ancient Indian villages lie just outside the Waterloo corporation limits, and at least one of them is in the Town itself. Mr. Stroh has proved his surmise correct on many occasions by finding accumulations of ashes from their camp fires in spots as yet untouched by the white man's plough, some of these being under the stumps of one time huge trees, hundreds of years old, that have grown over these ash heaps; also, many of his stone implements, pottery and other objects were excavated at these Indian village sites.1a 1aSixteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1928, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Waterloo, Ontario, Clayton W. Wells, L.D.S., D. D. S.




• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1920), 18 Nov 1880. Nov. 15, 1880 Edward Emanuel Stroh, son of Jakob G. Stroh, died in Waterloo at age of 3 years & 5 months. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Canada. Department of Agriculture, (1851, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.), 349241., Div 4 Pg 190, 24 Apr 2006. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Canada. Department of Agriculture, (1881, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.), 1375900., Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 1 Page 18. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Canada. Department of Agriculture, (1861, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.), Div. 4 Page 35. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Canada. Department of Agriculture, (1911, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d), 2418531, 2418532., Div. 42 Page 6. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Canada. Department of Agriculture, (1901, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.), 1843584., Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-4 Page 7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library, extracted by Norma Huber. Jacob Stroh s/o Henry & Susanna Gaukel of Berlin, b. 25 Sep 1848, bapt. 10 Dec 1848, sponsors: Conrad Stroh, parents [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), Church of the Good Shepherd, (Kitchener, Ontario), 289.471 345 new.. Bridegroom Name: Jacob G. Stroh Age: 22 Res: Berlin Place of Birth: Berlin Names of Parents: Henrich & Sussana Stroh Bride: Name: Lizzie Seiler Age: 24 Res: Berlin Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: George & Maria Seiler Witness(S): Name: Henny Stroh Jr. Res: Berlin Name: Amenda Seiler Res: Berlin Oct. 9, 1870 [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, Office of Registrar General of Ontario. Ida Dorothea Stroh Born: 12 Feb 1872  County: Wellington Father: Jacob Stroh Mother: Elizabeth Seiler [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Jacob G Stroh Born: Canada Age: 22 Father: Henry Stroh Mother: Susannah Stroh Born: abt 1848 Spouse: Lizzie Seiler Age: 24 born: Canada Father: George Seiler Mother: Maria Seiler  married 9 Oct 1870 married: Waterloo, Berlin