Jeremiah R. "Jerry" Martin

Other Events:

• Name: Jerry Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4601.3
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, own Farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Jeremiah — . [Group Sheet]

1. Orvil Martin was born 1914, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1914.
2. Malinda Martin was born 15 Jan 1916, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jan 1916; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Oliver B. Martin was born 1919, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1919; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Cleason B. Martin
5. Elvina B. Martin was born 3 Apr 1922, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Sep 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Sylvester B. Martin was born 1923, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1924; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Lucinda B. Martin was born 2 Jul 1924, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Clayton B. "Jerry" Martin was born 17 Jan 1927, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 2007, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
9. Aaron B. Martin
10. Irene Martin was born 1932, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1996; was buried , Rosegrove Cemetery, Henwood Township, , Ontario.
11. Hilda Martin was born 1917; died 29 Jun 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
12. Urias Martin was born 22 May 1917, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 May 1917; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5207.8
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Name: Maria Wanner
• Name: Mary Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5207.6
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00126-7627
• Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Henry M. Wanner, "a farmer, resided near Hespeler. He was married to Anna Fordney. Both are dead. Their family consisted of six 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.].

___________________________

Wanner Mennonite Church
Begun: 1829

A small wooden meeting house was built in 1829 on a corner of the farm belonging to Samuel Bechtel which was located in the vicinity of the present-day regional headquarters of the Ministry of Natural Resources near the intersection of Highways 24 and 401. The site for this community meeting house, as well as a school and a burial ground, had been chosen on August 8, 1829. The land was donated by Samuel Bechtel and his wife Barbara (Baumann) on March 15, 1830. A new meeting house, of white brick, was built in 1837 on the east side of Henry Wanner's farm, somewhat north of the first meeting house. Meetings at first were held every eight weeks. The deed of land for the meeting house known as Wanner's was dated October 15, 1837. Early preachers were David Sherk, who had been ordained by Benjamin Eby in July 1837, Jacob Bretz, Jr., and Joseph Hagey.
Joseph Hagey was ordained bishop in 1851. During his time divisions occurred in the church by a surge of enthusiasm for a Methodist form of revivalism. Solomon Eby of Port Elgin, who announced his own conversion in December 1869, was leader of a group which believed that members could be converted through participation in revival meetings. John Baer of Wanner's became associated with Solomon Eby, and was compelled to leave the church in the spring of 1874, as were Eby and his other followers. The new church movement resulted in organization conferences which culminated in the conference on March 23, 1875 at Bloomingdale where New Mennonites and Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites joined together as United Mennonites. The United Mennonites favored revival meetings, Sunday Schools and prayer meetings, and were opposed to the use of alcohol and tobacco.
The date of construction of the meeting house which replaced the one built in 1837 is somewhat in doubt. It is possible that a new building was erected in the early 1870s; it is also possible that the 1837 building only underwent extensive renovations at that time. There is no doubt, however, that a new brown brick church was built in 1938. An education wing was added in 1969.
The earliest Mennonite Sunday School in North America was begun in 1842 and was held jointly by the Wanner and Hagey Meeting Houses. It was discontinued after a short time because of a division of opinion within the congregations. An attempt was made later, in the mid-1860s, to begin another Sunday School, but this, too, did not last long. Many years later, on June 10, 1896, a meeting was held to organize a Sunday School. Anson Groh was appointed superintendent..


Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose