Alymer Clarence Musselman

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• Eby ID Number: 00083-4976.2

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• Eby ID Number: 00083-4976

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Ezra Musselman, "was born January 23rd, 1867. He is married to Annie Gilles and resides in Buffalo, New York. They have one son named Almer."

Ezra married Anna Gilles 6 Jul 1887, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Joseph Gilles and Maria Nahrgang) was born 1859, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Musselman
• Eby ID Number: 00083-4976.1
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00083-4966
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1881, Garafraxa West Township, Wellington Co., Ontario; farmer

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Moses Musselman, "the eldest in family, was born October 1st, 1828. On October 7th, 1851, he was married to Catharine Martin. She was born December 24th, 1830. He died October 25th, 1884. After his decease the widow was married to Peter Winger of Elmira where she is residing at present. Their family consisted of fifteen 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Moses married Catharine Martin 7 Oct 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of David G. Martin and Maria Martin) was born 24 Dec 1830, Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1906; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Musselman
• Name: Catharine Winger
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4573
• 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; Baptist

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Catharine Martin, "was born December 24th, 1830. She is still living and resides in Elmira. She was first married to Moses Musselman with whom she had a family of fifteen children. After her first husband's decease she was married to the late Peter Winger of Elmira."


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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• Military: Germany - Army
• Occupation: Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33939
• Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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AN OLD CITIZEN GONE.

Joseph Gilles. of Conestogso. Passes Over to the Majority After a Lingering Illness

There died in Conestoga on Saturday morning at two o'clock, May 1898, one of the village's oldest citizens Mr. Joseph Gilles. While the deceased bad already attained the advanced age of seventy-five years, old age was not the direct cause of his death. About year ago a growth of A cancerous nature began to develop on the side of his neck, which gradually became more aggravating and painful, eating into his vitals despite the efforts of the best a medical to prevent The malady finally reached the internal parts of the neck, and then it wsas ony a question of weeks and days when the suffering patient would be compelled to succumb to the inevitable moment which none of us can avoid. But the last minnutes of the sufferer were calm, and in spite of his terrible affiction he passed away peactfully, while his children and neighbors stood around his bedside,

The deceased was s typical German, having been born in Mierchensich Regierungs Bezirk Hachen, Kreis Montschau, Koenig Reich Preusen, May 14, I1823. After reaching the age of twenty years and serving the time required in the army of his native land he emigrated to Canada, which was short fifty-five years ago. His first venture to make his own living in the New World was in Berlin, then a hamlet. Here he learned the tailoring trade. On the 9th September 1851, he was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Narbgsng, by Rev. Frederick W. Bindeman. They were blessed with seven children, viz Elizsbeh, living in Berlin Nancy, near Breslau; Caroline, in Berlin; Nancy Ann, in Cleveland, O.; Anna, in New Brunswick, New Jersey; Henry, blacksmith, St. Jacobs, and William in Lima, O. The mother, at present in the 67th year of her age, together with all the children, survive the departed.

Deceased, while in Berlin, met with several serious financial losses. He and a brother built what is now known as the Grammar School, sinking quite a large sum in the venture. He afterwards kept a hotel in Strasburg, probably about forty fire years ago. He has Lived in Conestogo about forty-one or forty-two years where he worked at his trade. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and the burial services were conducted by that denomination on Monday last. the funeral was largely attended by relatives friends, and neighbors who assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to a worthy neighbor and friend,

Joseph married Maria Nahrgang 9 Sep 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Johann Georg Nahrgang and Maria Katharina Kuhl) was born 3 Dec 1831, Atlantic Ocean; died 21 May 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Gilles
• Name: Mary Ann Nahrgang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33940
• Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69743456
• Eby ID Number: 00083-4965
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 007, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 012, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Frederick — Anna Erb. Anna (daughter of Jacob Erb and Salome Graybill) was born 7 May 1801, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 28 Apr 1865; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69743464
• Name: Anna Musselman
• Name: Nancy Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2848

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• Eby ID Number: 00075-4565

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David G. Martin, "son of David and Maria (Guth) Martin, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, March 13th, 1802, and died June 30th, 1831. He was married in 1826 to Maria, daughter of David Martin who was a second-cousin to David G. Martin's father. She was born April 3rd, 1802, and died June 5th, 1834. They resided on the farm now possessed by Valentine Doerbecker, near St. Jacobs, where they died. Their family consisted of three 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.].

David married Maria Martin 1826. Maria (daughter of David Martin, daughter of David Martin) was born 3 Apr 1802, Of Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1834, Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Brubacher
• Name: Maria Martin
• Name: Mary Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00018-1478.1

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• Name: John Nahrgang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44944

Johann — Maria Katharina Kuhl. Maria was born Abt 1805, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Kuhl
• Name: Maria Katharina Nahrgang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44945