Lydia Gingrich

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Frey
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-116520
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Lydia — Allan H. Frey. Allan (son of John S. Frey and Barbara Hoffman) was born 20 Nov 1912, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Apr 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. John Frey
2. Anna G. Frey
3. Ella G. Frey
4. Erla Frey

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00039-3193
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Enos M. Gingrich
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Enos Gingerich, "was born April 6th, 1877."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 — Hannah Steckle. Hannah (daughter of Daniel B. Steckle and Lovina Detweiler) was born 4 Jul 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1967; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Hannah Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3193.8
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Hannah Steckle
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00039-3189
• Residence: 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Menno Gingerich, "son of John and Anna (Burkhard) Gingerich, was born December 16th, 1843. On February 12th, 1867, he was married to Rebecca, daughter of John and Anna (Weber) Martin. She was born February 13th, 1847. They reside on the old "Peter Martin Farm" about three miles north of town of Waterloo. They have a family of five 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.].

Menno married Rebecca Martin 12 Feb 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rebecca (daughter of John Z. Martin and Anna Weber) was born 13 Feb 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 May 1931, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 May 1931, Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Rebecca Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4458
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Rebecca Martin, "the seventh daughter of John and Anna (Weber) Martin, was born February 13th, 1847. Ono February 12th, 1867, she was married to Menno, son of John and Anna (Burkhard) Gingerich."


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.].
Mrs. Rebecca Gingrich

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Mrs. Rebecca Gingrich

An esteemed and well known resident of Waterloo township passed away on Thursday, May 7th, in the person of Mrs. Rebecca Gingrich, at the home of her son, Menno M. Gingrich, two miles north of Waterloo, in her 85th. year. Her husband predeceased her three years. There survive two sons and two daughters, Mrs. Daniel Weber, Heidelberg, Mrs. Enoch M. Weber, Elmira, Enos M. Gingrich, Elmira, and Menno M. Gingrich, near Waterloo. One daughter, Mrs. George Martin, predeceased her nine years. The funeral was held Sunday at 9 a.m. from the resident of her son to Martin's Meeting House for service's and adjoining cemetery for interment. Many friends and relations attended the funeral.

Waterloo Chronicle 14 May 1931 pg 7

Other Events:

• Name: Daniel Steckley
• Name: Daniel Stoeckle
• Residence: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00118-7449
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Daniel B. Steckle
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Daniel Stoeckle, "was born April 28th, 1837, and was married to Lovina Detweiler, December 15th, 1861. They reside in Huron County, Ontario."

Daniel married Lovina Detweiler 15 Dec 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lovina (daughter of Rudolph W. Dettweiler and Susannah Bingeman) was born 1 Jan 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 1923; was buried , Lakeview Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, Blake, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lovina Steckle
• Eby ID Number: 00029-2256
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Lovina Dettweiler
• Residence: 1901, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; son John's home

Notes:

Lovina Detweiler," is married to Daniel Stoeckle. They reside near Blake, Stanley Township, Huron County, Ontario."


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:

• Name: John Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3176
• Residence: 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

John Gingerich, "son of John and Anna (Hackman) Gingerich, was born December 26th, 1814, and died December 11th, 1875. He was married to Anna Burkhard who was born November 1st, 1816, and died October 18th, 1883. They resided on their farm a few miles north of the town of Waterloo where they had a family of twelve 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.].

Johannes married Anna Burkhard 7 Feb 1837, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Peter Burkhard and Barbara Guth) was born 1 Nov 1814, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 17 Oct 1883; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00019-1502
• Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Anna Burkhard, "was born November 1st, 1816, and died October 17th, 1883. She was married to John Gingerich and resided about two miles from the town of Waterloo, on the farm now occupied by Moses S. Baumann."


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:

• Name: Johannes Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4424
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

John Martin, "the sixth son of Peter and Anna (Zimmerman) Martin, was born in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 20th, 1806. In the year 1819, he came to Canada with his parents. On February 16th, 1830, he was married to Anna, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Cressman) Weber. She was born in Berlin, Waterloo County, August 14th, 1811. After their marriage they moved on their farm situated in Woolwich Township, about three miles north of Waterloo. Here they resided until 1857, then moved on the farm now possessed by their son, Enos. Here he died November 20th, 1879. She is still living and is quite strong and active for a person of such an age. Her home is with her son Enos. Mr. Martin had a family of twelve 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.].

John married Anna Weber 16 Feb 1830. Anna (daughter of Abraham H. Weber and Elizabeth Cressman) was born 14 Aug 1811, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Oct 1900; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Martin
• Name: Hannah Weber
• Name: Nancy Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7877
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Anna Weber," the eldest child of Abraham and Elizabeth (Cressman) Weber, was born in Berlin, August 14th, 1811. On February 16th, 1830, she married to John Martin."


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:

• Honoured: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: pioneer, story, weaver
• Name: Johannes Stoeckle
• Name: John Steckle
• Name: John Steckley
• Residence: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00118-7447
• Land: Bef 1831, Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennnonite

Notes:

John Stoeckle, "was born November 25th, 1802. He left Germany and emigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S., where he arrived October 2nd, 1829. Here he remained until the summer of 1831 when he moved to Canada and arrived at Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, August lst, 1831. Here he followed his profession (weaving) for about eighteen months. On January 29th, 1833, he was married to Esther Bliehm who was born March 16th, 1808. They moved on their large farm north of Strasburg and about four miles southwest of Berlin where they resided until his death which took place April 22nd, 1879. He was a member of the Mennonite Church of which body he was a minister for many years. His 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.].

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Pioneer Park (Weber/Strasburg) Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church

Early services were held in the homes of the first settlers, perhaps as early as 1833. Services often were held at the home of David Weber who lived across from where the church would be located. David Sherk was ordained deacon to serve the group in 1837, and in the next year, 1838, he was ordained minister. He was followed in 1840 by John Steckle (Stoeckle).

In 1842, David Weber donated one acre of land for a meeting house and burial ground. The deed was dated March 23, 1854, although the meeting house had been built in 1843. A new yellow brick church was built in 1894 on the same site. Noah Stauffer, who had been ordained in 1876 to assist John Steckle, was minister at the time. A Sunday School was organized in the 1890s; Sunday School records date from 1898. In 1899 the first Bible Conference to be held in an Ontario Mennonite church was held in the Weber church.

In 1971-1972 the church was enlarged and completely renovated. During that time - from October 17, 1971 to January 23, 1972 - the congregation met in the Herbert Feick home on Doon Village Road. On September 24, 1872 the congregation celebrated the 130th Anniversary of the building of the first meeting house. The name of the church was changed to Pioneer Park Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church in 1972.

In 1951 the congregation had purchased from Clifford Snider an additional acre of land located behind the church. In 1976, for the sum of $1, the congregation acquired a sixty-five foot strip of land along the south edge of the church property from Major Holdings & Development Co. A new church was built within several feet of the old yellow brick one which was removed; the date on the cornerstone is 1980. The 150th Anniversary of the construction of the first meeting house is to be celebrated in 1993.

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

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April 22nd, in Waterloo Co., Ont., Preacher JOHN STECKLE, aged 76 years and 4 months. He served as minister 38 years. Buried at Weber,s burying ground the 25th.

HERALD OF TRUTH - Volume XVI, Number 7 - July 1879 - page 137, 138

Honoured:
The J. Steckle Heritage Homestead is named in honour of John Steckle (Stoeckle), a farmer, weaver, and pastor of Mennonite faith, originally from Switzerland. He and his wife, Esther Bleam, built the Homestead in 1833. The site was the ideal location due to its proximity to a spring/artesian well, which had a history of native use that predated European occupation. The Steckle Homestead has remained in the hands of the Steckle family since the time of the original settlers, with many of the original buildings still intact. In 1978 Dr. Jean Steckle purchased the Homestead and remaining 10.2 acres from her parents. In 1983 the J. Steckle Heritage Homestead was designated a heritage property in the City of Kitchener under the Ontario Heritage Act. In 1988 a non-profit organization was established to preserve the site as an education centre for youth.

Steckle Heritage Farm

John married Esther B. Bliehm 22 Jan 1833, , Ontario, Canada. Esther (daughter of Philip Bliehm and Esther Bechtel) was born 16 Mar 1808, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Esther B. Stoeckle
• Residence: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00010-1096
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Esther Bliehm "was born March 16th, 1808 and on January 29th, 1833, she was married to John Stoeckle."


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:

• Name: Rudy Detweiler
• Eby ID Number: 00029-2252
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Rudolph Detweiler
• Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Rudolph Detweiler," the third in family, was born August 9th, 1807, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Susannah Bingeman who was born February 5th, 1812, died April 5th, 1892, Shortly after their marriage they moved on a farm near Bloomingdale where they resided until his death which took place December 15th, 1889."

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.].

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DETWEILER.-On the 15th of December, in Bloomingdale, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Bro. Rudolph Detweiler, aged 82 years, 4 months and 6 days. He was born on the 9th of August 1807 in Montgomery Co., Pa. His father and grandfather were also called Rudolph. He was married on the 8th of July 1832 to Susan Bingeman who now survives him, but who is much afflicted and entirely helpless. They had 6 sons and 8 daughters, all of whom except one, are living, and there were 63 grandchildren, 47 living, and 14 great-grandchildren-3 living. May God bless the aged widowed sister and her children in their bereavement.

Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVII, Number 1, January 1, 1890 - page 13, 14, 15

Rudolph married Susannah Bingeman 8 Jul 1832, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Johannes "John" Bingeman and Hannah S. Bergey) was born 19 Oct 1811, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 5 Apr 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah Dettweiler
• Eby ID Number: 00009-1048
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Susannah Bingeman
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lady
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Susannah Bingeman, "was born October 19th, 1811, and was married to Rudolph Detweiler who was born August 9th, 1807, and died December 15th, 1889. She died April 5th, 1892. They resided on a farm near Bloomingdale, Ontario, where they raised a family of fourteen 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.].

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DETWEILER.--On the 5th of April 1892, in Waterloo Co., Ontario, Susanna, widow of the late Rudolph Detweiler, aged 80 years, 5 months and 17 days. She was the daughter of John Bingeman, and was born in Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., on the 19th of October 1811. Married Rudolph Detweiler on the 8th of July 1832, in Waterloo Co., Ont. Lived in matrimony 57 years and 6 months. Her descendants are 14 children, 65 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. She had been suffering of dropsy for about 12 years. She was buried at Snyder's meeting house on the 7th, where funeral services were held by Abm. Martin, Paul Martin and Daniel Brubacher. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite church, and we trust our loss is her eternal gain.


Herald Of Truth , Vol. XXIX, No. 9, May 1, 1892, page 141, 142, 143