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Allan Bierenstihl

Male Abt 1890 - Yes, date unknown


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  1. 1.  Allan Bierenstihl was born Abt 1890, Of, Saint Kilian, Nobles, Minnesota, USA (son of Gottlieb Bierenstihl and Leah S. Gole); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00040-3222.7


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gottlieb Bierenstihl was born 1854, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Adam Bierenstihl and Annie Straub); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00040-3222.1
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1876, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1876, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan

    Gottlieb married Leah S. Gole 26 Nov 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Jacob Gole and Catharine Shoemaker) was born 20 Jun 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Leah S. Gole was born 20 Jun 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Gole and Catharine Shoemaker); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Leah S. Bierenstihl
    • Eby ID Number: 00040-3222
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1876, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan

    Notes:

    Leah Gole, "was born June 20th, 1860. She is married to Gottlieb Birnstihl and resides near St. Kilian, Nobles County, Minnesota, where he is engaged in farming. To them were born seven 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.].

    Children:
    1. William Bierenstihl was born 6 Oct 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Helena Bierenstihl was born 27 Jan 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Annie Bierenstihl was born 15 Sep 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Amelia Bierenstihl was born 18 Jul 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Eline Bierenstihl was born Abt 1888, Of, Saint Kilian, Nobles, Minnesota, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 1. Allan Bierenstihl was born Abt 1890, Of, Saint Kilian, Nobles, Minnesota, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Charles Bierenstihl was born Abt 1892, Of, Saint Kilian, Nobles, Minnesota, USA; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Adam Bierenstihl was born 20 Feb 1825, , Germany; died 2 Nov 1899, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Adam Biernstihl
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-267255
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Potter
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

    Adam — Annie Straub. Annie was born 25 Mar 1826, , Germany; died 28 Jan 1907, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Annie Straub was born 25 Mar 1826, , Germany; died 28 Jan 1907, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Annie Bierenstihl
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-267256
    • Immigration: 1848, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic

    Children:
    1. Anna "Annie" Bierenstihl was born 15 Oct 1847, , Germany; died 31 Dec 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Charles Henrich “Henry” Birnstihl was born 15 Aug 1851, , Baden, Germany; died 14 Feb 1916, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 2. Gottlieb Bierenstihl was born 1854, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Bertha Bierenstihl was born 20 Nov 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 22 Jan 1864, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jun 1925, Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA.
    5. Sophia Bierenstihl was born 17 Nov 1857, Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 22 Jan 1864, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Dec 1931, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Magdeline Bierenstihl was born 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Caroline Bierenstihl was born 16 Oct 1863, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 22 Jan 1864, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Hellena Bierenstihl was born 16 Oct 1863, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 22 Jan 1864, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Emelia "Emily" Bierenstihl was born 21 Aug 1867, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Jacob Gole was born 15 Oct 1819, Stuttgart, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany (son of Frederick Gole and Dora Jacob); died 2 Dec 1914, Ocheyedan Twp., Osceola, Iowa, United States; was buried , Ocheyedan Township Cemetery, Ocheydean Township Cemetery, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00040-3218
    • 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
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Jacob Gole, "was born in Stutgard, Germany, October 15th, 1819. On December 28th, 1847, he was married to Catharine, daughter of John and Catharine (Fried) Shoemaker. She was born December 15th, 1828. Soon after their marriage they moved one mile north of Breslau, on the farm now owned by their son, Solomon S., where they resided until October 23 1889, then they moved to near St. Kilian, Nobles County, Minnesota, where they are now residing and spending the evening of their life in comfort and ease. To them were born eight 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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    Jacob Gole passed away Wednesday night at the home of his son, M.E. Gole at the ripe old age of over ninety five years. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the M.E. church, Rev. J.G. Waterman preaching the sermon. Interment was made in the Ocheyedan cemetery.

    Jacob Gole was born in Stutyard, Germany, October 15, 1819 and died at the home of his son, M.S. Gole in Ocheyedan, December 14, 1914, aged 95 years, 1 month and 24 days. When about ten years of age, he came to America with his parents. In 1847 he was united in marriage with Catherine Shoemaker. They set up housekeeping on a homestead 1 mile north of Breslow, Ontario, where they remained for 42 years, when they moved to Nobles County, Minnesota. In 1893 they came to Ocheyedan. For the past 11 years the deceased made his home with his son, M.S. Gole. About a year ago his wife and life companion was taken to her long home; one son also preceded him in death. The summons came at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, when quietly and peacefully he closed his eyes in sleep. The surviving relatives are M.S. Gole, Ocheyedan, J.S. Gole, Grand Rapids, Minnesota; Solomon Gole, Bridge Port, Canada; Mrs. Boonstiht, Pilger, Minnesota; Mrs. Wenger, San Lae, Michigan; Mrs. Stauffer, Olds Canada; Mrs. Wellein, Seattle, Washington.

    The Sibley Gazette, December 17, 1914, page 1.

    Jacob married Catharine Shoemaker 28 Dec 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of John D. Shoemaker and Catharine Fried) was born 15 Dec 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1912; was buried , Olds Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Catharine Shoemaker was born 15 Dec 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John D. Shoemaker and Catharine Fried); died 23 Aug 1912; was buried , Olds Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Gole
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7084
    • 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

    Notes:

    Catharine Shoemaker, "was born December 15th, 1828. She was married to Jacob Gole."


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann S. Gole was born 20 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1945, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was buried , Hyslop Cemetery, Elmer Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA.
    2. John S. Gole was born 6 Mar 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Dec 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Joel Gole was born 26 Jul 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Solomon S. Gole was born 30 Mar 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1943; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. George S. Gole was born 9 Jul 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1871; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 3. Leah S. Gole was born 20 Jun 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Annie S. "Nancy" Gole was born 17 Aug 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Jacob S. Gole was born 16 Sep 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Menno S. Gole was born 26 Aug 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Lucinda Gole was born 26 May 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Frederick Gole was born Abt 1790, Of, Stuttgart, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00040-3217.17

    Notes:

    Frederick Gole, "was the earliest settler of the Gole family in this county. He was married to Dora Jacob and emigrated from Stutgard, Württenberg, Germany, with his wife and family of small children, some seventy years ago. He settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, where the family was raised. None of the family settled in the county after they were married with the exception of Jacob."


    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.].

    Frederick — Dora Jacob. Dora was born Abt 1790, Of, Stuttgart, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Dora Jacob was born Abt 1790, Of, Stuttgart, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Dora Gole
    • Eby ID Number: 00040-3217.16

    Children:
    1. 6. Jacob Gole was born 15 Oct 1819, Stuttgart, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 2 Dec 1914, Ocheyedan Twp., Osceola, Iowa, United States; was buried , Ocheyedan Township Cemetery, Ocheydean Township Cemetery, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, USA.

  3. 14.  John D. ShoemakerJohn D. Shoemaker was born 26 Dec 1800, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of George Shoemaker, Sr. and Mary Detweiler); died 30 Sep 1895; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Artifact: Coffee Pot
    • Name: Johannes D. Schumacher
    • Name: John D Schuhmacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7074
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: John D. Shoemaker
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 107, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John Shoemaker, "second son of George Shoemaker, was born in the old Shoemaker residence situated on the north side of the Swamp Creek, near the old carding and fulling mills, in Frederick Township Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, December 26th, 1800. He learned the shoemaking trade with Abraham Harley of Towamencin. On October 12th, 1823, he was married to Catharine, daughter of Henry and Mary (Heller) Fried. She was raised by old Jacob Clemens. After they were married they moved to George Clemens' in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. On May 10th, 1825, he, with his wife and son Jacob, his brother George, Jacob and George Clemens and their families, Charles Mohr, Martin Schiedel, Henry Clemmer and family, Henry Moyer and family, Jacob Kolb, and others, left for Canada and arrived at Preston on the 1st of June following. John Shoemaker moved on the farm known as "Bill Moyer's Place", near Berlin, now possessed by Isadore B. Snyder. Here they lived for two years then they moved on west side of Jacob Y. Shantz's saw mill pond, in Joseph Eby's house. This house was previously occupied by Henry Clemmer who had moved to Preston. On February 20th, 1829, they left here and moved on their farm one mile north of Breslau. Here he still resides with his son, George F. On this farm, lot No. 107, Horning's Tract, there were several acres cleared and a small log house erected in fall of 1828. The old house was about 150 yards south-east from the present residence. Here they raised a family of eight children. She died December 25th, 1879."


    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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    SHOEMAKER    . - John D. Shoemaker was born in Montgomery Co., Pa., December 26th 1800, was married to Catherine Fried, Oct. 12th 1823, emigrated to Waterloo Co., Canada in 1825, lived in matrimony 56 years, his wife dying about 16 years ago. He died on the 30th of September 1895, aged 94 years, 9 months and 4 days. His posterity numbers 8 children (4 sons and 4 daughters) of whom 6 survive him; also 66 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. The funeral services, conducted by Daniel Wismer and S. Stauffer, were largely attended.


    HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXII, No. 22, November 15, 1895, p. 350, 351

    John married Catharine Fried 12 Oct 1823. Catharine (daughter of Henry Fried and Mary Heller) was born 22 Feb 1801, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Catharine Fried was born 22 Feb 1801, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Henry Fried and Mary Heller); died 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Shoemaker
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7074.1
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Catharine Fried
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    On the same day [Dec 25, 1879], in Waterloo Co., Ont., the wife of JOHN SHUMACHER, aged 79 years, 10 months and 3 days. Interred at Cressman's.


    Herald of Truth - Volume XVII, Number 2 - February, 1880, page 34, 36, 37

    Children:
    1. Jacob F. Shoemaker was born 13 Sep 1824, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jun 1904, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Shoemaker was born 1 Jun 1826, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 7. Catharine Shoemaker was born 15 Dec 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1912; was buried , Olds Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta, Canada.
    4. John F. Shoemaker was born 24 May 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1905; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Abraham F. Shoemaker was born 24 Jan 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1881, Alborough, Elgin Co., Ontario.
    6. George F. Shoemaker was born 11 Nov 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1914; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Elizabeth Shoemaker was born 15 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1914; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Sarah S. Shoemaker was born 12 Mar 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1924, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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