Enos Janzen

Other Events:

• Name: Amos Johnson
• Eby ID Number: 00061-4006
• Residence: 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1880, Gaines, Kent, Michigan; farmer

Notes:

Amos Janzen, "was married to Sallie, daughter of Samuel Stauffer. They reside in Michigan where he is engaged in farming. They have a family of several children."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Enos married Sallie Stauffer 2 Nov 1841, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sallie (daughter of Samuel S. Stauffer and Esther Groh) was born 13 Nov 1820, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jun 1892, Kent City, Kent, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

1. Abraham Johnson was born 1843, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Eliza Johnson was born Nov 1844, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1907, Little Traverse, Emmet, Michigan.
3. Jacob Janzen was born 23 Nov 1847, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Oct 1867, Gaines, Kent, Michigan.
4. Rachel Johnson was born Apr 1849, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 3 Feb 1931, Bellevue, Eaton, Michigan, United States.
5. Hannah Johnson was born 1852, , Canada; died 17 Mar 1936, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
6. Esther Johnson was born 1853, , Michigan, USA; died 12 Mar 1922, , Kent Co., Michigan.
7. Mary Johnson was born 1854, , Michigan, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Henry S. Johnson was born 1856, , Michigan, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Sarah Johnson was born 27 Apr 1863, Gaines, Kent, Michigan; died 18 Nov 1916, Gaines, Kent, Michigan.

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• Eby ID Number: 00061-3997
• Epidemic: 1834, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; Cholera

Notes:

Abraham Janzen, "(now spelled 'Johnson' by most of the descendants) a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, to which place his ancestors had moved from Holland about the year 1726. He was married to Nancy, daughter of Henry and Anna (Honsberger) Clemmer. She was a sister to Henry H. Clemmer who resided about two miles east of Berlin where he died April 30th,1851. She was born about the year 1778. Some time during the beginning of the present century they with their family of small children moved, with the Schwartzes and others, to Canada and finally settled in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, where he died of cholera in 1834. After his decease the widow was married to Jacob Bechtel. She died of paralysis while on a visit to Jacob Kolb's near Breslau in 1847. To Mr. Janzen and his wife was born a family of nine children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Abraham — Nancy Clemmer. Nancy (daughter of Henry Clemmer and Anna Honsberger) was born 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1847, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Nancy Bechtel
• Name: Nancy Janzen
• Eby ID Number: 00024-1969

Notes:

Nancy Clemmer, "sister to Henry H. Clemmer, was born in 1778. She was married to Abraham Janzen. They resided in Blenheim, Oxford County, Ontario, where he died of cholera in 1834. She died of paralysis at Mr. Kolb's at Breslau in 1847. To them were born nine children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00024-1916.2

Henry — Anna Honsberger. Anna was born Abt 1752, Of, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Clemmer
• Eby ID Number: 00024-1916.4

Other Events:

• Name: Velte
• Eby ID Number: 00024-1916

Notes:

Valentine Clemmer, "(Velte), was the first by that name to come to America. Tradition has it that he came to Philadelphia in 1717 and thence to Montgomery County where we find him, in 1728, engaged in the ministry of the Mennonite Church. It is said that he was a bishop of the Mennonites ere his coming to America. It is not known to whom he was married nor what number of children he raised. We have the names of two sons, Abraham and Henry. There were other sons but their names have not been handed to the writer. Tradition has it that Abraham was married to a Maria Mosser and Henry to Anna Honsberger."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].