Minerva Stengel

Other Events:

• Name: Minerva Grant
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4142.3
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shirt Maker, Shirt Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

GRANT, Mrs. Charles F. (Minerva)

On Saturday, Dec. 6, 1975, at St. Mary's Hospital, after a brief illness, Minerva Stengel, aged 95 years, of 52 Locust St., Kitchener. Mother of Alonzo J. Grant; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive; predeceased by her husband Charles F. Grant, in 1929, one granddaughter Deborah Anne, two sisters and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Stengel. She was a member of St. Mary's RC Church. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, where parish prayers will be held this evening, at 8 p.m. Prayers will be said Tuesday morning, at 9: 30 a.m., at the funeral home, followed by a funeral mass at 10 a.m., at St. Mary's RC Church. Interment in Woodland cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 8 Dec 1975 pg 33

Minerva — Charles Francis Grant. Charles was born CALC 19 Jun 1871, , Ontario, Canada; died 17 Mar 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 Mar 1929, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Alonza Grant was born 1917, , Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

• Name: William Stengel
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4142.1
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

George married Hannah Kolb 21 Oct 1877, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Tobias Kolb and Magdalena Bechtel) was born 27 Apr 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Apr 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Hannah Stengel
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4142
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Hannah Kolb, "was born April 27th, 1848. She was married, October 21st, 1877, to William Stengel. They reside near Preston, Ontario, where he owns a beautiful farm. To them were born 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.].

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STENGEL.-Hannah (Kolb) Stengel, beloved wife of William Stengel, died at her home near Preston, Waterloo Co., Out., of inflammatory rheumatism and heart failure, on May 1, 1907; aged 50y. 2d. {She leaves a sorrowing husband and three daughters to mourn their loss. But she left the hope that their loss is her eternal gain. Services at the house by the Presbyterian minister, Johnston, and at the Hagey Church by J. B. Gingerich in German from I Pet; 1: 24, 25, and by David S. Wismer in English from Luke 8: 52. Peace to her ashes. J. B. C.


The Gospel Witness - Volume 3, Number 8 - May 22, 1907 - page 127, 128

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-285.66
• Residence: 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; innkeeper
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Inn Keeper
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Was George's mother Christina as there was a widow Christina Stengel b.8 Feb 1777 living with him in 1852?

George married Christina Margaretha "Margaretha" Moos 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Christina was born 11 Jul 1822; died 13 Feb 1869, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Christina Margaretha "Margaretha" Stengel
• Name: Christina Margaretha "Margaretha" Stoltz
• Name: Margaret Moore
• Name: Margareth Gugenmose?
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215784
• Birth: CALC 25 Jul 1822, , Alsace Lorraine, France
• Residence: 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1865, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00068-4135
• Historic Building: 1826, 1765 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1839, Waterloo 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; Gentleman
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Tobias Kolb, "was born August 11th, 1810. On November 21st, 1833, he was married to Magdalena Bechtel who was born April 2nd, 1815, and died September 11th, 1866. Soon after their marriage they moved on the old 'Kolb Farm' on the west side of the Grand River, opposite Breslau, Ontario. During the last years of his life he was totally blind, thus causing more or less anxiety to his children who took care of him. Even in his unfortunate state (blindness) he was happy and contented and was waiting for the Lord's appointed time to remove him from this world unto the Kingdom of Glory. He died April 11th, 1894. His family consisted of 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.].

Historic Building:
Jacob Kolb contructed this house now demolished some time after 1981. It started out as a small log house, later a room the full length of the house was added and a new roof applied. Logs were covered with frame and the hold house was stuccoed. It was inherited by Tobias.

Tobias married Magdalena Bechtel 21 Nov 1833. Magdalena (daughter of Deacon Jacob Bechtel and Elizabeth Gabel) was born 2 Apr 1815, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Kolb
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0808
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Housekeeper
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Magdalena Bechtel "the eleventh and youngest member of Jacob Bechtel's family, was born at Blair, April 2nd, 1815, and died September 11th, 1866. She was married to Tobias Kolb. They resided near Breslau, Ontario, where they had a family of 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42586

George — Christina. Christina was born 8 Feb 1777, , France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Christina Stengel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-154811
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Illness: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lunatic
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Residence:
Lived with George Stengel.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00068-4116
• Historic Building: 1826, 1765 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 122, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Jacob Kolb, "was born April 17th, 1781. When he was a young boy his father died and then he was adopted by his uncle, Henry Kolb, who raised him, and after leaving school he served his apprenticeship as a gunsmith, which trade he followed even to the last years of his life. (Many of the old guns and rifles in this county are the make of old Mr. Kolb) In 1803 he was married to Catharine, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Steiner) Clemens. She was born May 21st, 1782, and died January 25th, 1869. After their marriage they resided in Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for quite a number of years where he carried on a well-paying business at his trade. In 1819 or maybe a year or so later, they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, about a mile below Preston, towards Galt. Here they resided until 1826 when they settled on the west bank of the Grand River, opposite Breslau, on the farm now owned by their grandson, Joseph Kolb. When a comparatively young man he was ordained as a deacon of the Mennonite Church for the Cressman field of labor. He died January 3rd, 1869. To them was born a family of three sons and three daughters"



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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On the 3d of January, in Waterloo co., Ontario, of the infirmities of old age, Jacob Kolb, aged 87 years, 8 months, and 16 days. He was buried on the 6th at Ebys burying ground. Funeral sermons were delivered by E. Detweiler, from Luke 10; 42, and Jos. Hagy, from Rom. 14: 7-8.


Herald of Truth - Volume VI, Number 3 - March 1869 - page 47

Historic Building:
Jacob Kolb contructed this house now demolished some time after 1981. It started out as a small log house, later a room the full length of the house was added and a new roof applied. Logs were covered with frame and the hold house was stuccoed.

Jacob married Catharine Clemens 6 Jun 1805. Catharine (daughter of Abraham Clemens and Mary Steiner) was born 21 May 1782, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 25 Jan 1869, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Catharine Kolb
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1779
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Catharine Clemens, "was born May 21st, 1782. She was married to Jacob Kolb who was born April 17th 1781, and died January 3rd, 1869. In 1819 they, in company with others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Breslau, on the farm now possessed by their grand-son, Joseph Kolb. Here she died January 25th, 1869"


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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On the 25th of Jan., in Waterloo co., Ontario, Catharine Kolb, aged 86 years, 8 months, and 4 days. She was buried on the 28th by which occasion funeral addresses were delivered by the brethren Daniel Wismer from Rom. 12: 11. and Joseph Hagy from Ps. 39: 5,6. We cherish the good hope that, if we remain faithful, we may meet her again with Jesus, where she was longing to go.


Herald of Truth - Volume VI, Number 3 - March 1869 - page 47

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00007-0737
• Residence: Abt 1817, 1490 Blair Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Beside the many hardships, labors and sufferings in getting here and making themselves homes, quite a few settlers along where Blair is now situated were visited by a fire this spring of 1806.

On the 6th of May fire was set to a Job [a tract of land with timber slashed down ready to be burned so that the land could be farmed later] of 10 or 15 acres, soon after which a great wind arose, and swept through the new clearings and destroyed fences, houses and barns.

Abraham Stauffer had his barn burnt.
Abraham Bechtel had his house and barn burnt.
Jacob Bechtel's house was saved but his barn and everything else were consumed.
Nathaniel Dodge who was the last of the settlers along the river, had two barns with all their contents burnt.

The fire went on making the most fearful destruction of all kinds of valuable timber. Thus those settlers who were probably the most advanced with their new homes were suddenly left without house, food or clothing, and were obliged to go below Dundas through mud, water, swamp and forest for provisions and other necessaries, which were not obtainable from their neighbors.

MENNONITE IMMIGRATION TO WATERLOO COUNTY - THE MOYER JOURNAL

Attributed to Samuel S. Moyer 1849 - 1941

Jacob — Elizabeth Gabel. Elizabeth was born CA 1775, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00037-3022.3

Notes:

Unwilling participants in the War of 1812
About 20 Mennonite men were conscripted to haul supplies for an 1813 engagement

...No one was exempt from non-combatant duties, although some resisted at times. Some were fined heavily in court. Cornelius Pannebecker removed the wheels from his wagon to save it, although his horse and son were still conscripted. Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel was threatened at sword-point by an officer who knew she was hiding oxen, which he sought for a massive-scale transport operation to the Detroit River.

Waterloo Region Region 23 Jun 2012 Jonathan Seiling