Ulysses Grant "Grant" Biehn

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• Name: Grant Bean
• Eby ID Number: 00008-980.8
• Residence: 1880, Akron, Tuscola, Michigan, USA

Notes:

"There is a Grant Bean located in 1900 in Huron county, Windsor Tp., Which is probably Ulysses Grant Bean. If so, he was born in Aug, 1867 in Canada. His father was born in Canada and his mother was born in Germany. He was 32. He emigrated to the US in 1878, which would be one year before David Bean's reported death in 1879, and had been in the US for 22 years. Grant would have been age 10. He was a farmer. His wife, Emma, was born in June 1874 in Michigan, although her parents were both born in Germany. She was 25. the couple had been married for 6 years (circa 1894) and had produced 2 children, two surviving (Madeline, age 5 and Edith, age 3). 1900 Michigan Census, Huron County,Windsor Tp., E.D. 27, Sheet 17. They were still in this area in 1920, where Grant Bean was farming at the age of 42. On this census he reported that they had been married, both for the first time, for 14 years, which would then be 1896 and one year after Madeline Bean's birth. Emma was 36.She had produced three children, two surviving: Madeline, now age 14, and Roland, age 4. Edith was missing. However, on this census he reported that he emigrated to the US in 1869, which would make him age 2. 1910 Michigan census, Huron County, Windsor Tp., E.D. 29 Sheet 2A."

Biehn-Bean Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada 1700-1986, by Donald M. Biehn

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BEAN, U. GRANT. His father was David Bean, who was born Nov. 12, 1830, in Wilmot Township,Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, and his mother was Anna Martha Truemner and born July 28, 1837, in Gilseberg, Tryso County, Kurhessen, Germany. The subject of this sketch was born in Huron County, Canada, June 20, 1868. They came to Michigan in 1878. Married Emma Dietzel . Her father was Traugott Dietzel, who was born in Saxenweimer, Germany, Nov. 22, 1834, and her mother was Ernestina Blacksmith, born in Welshendorf, Germany, Aug. 27, 1844. Children are: Martha Madeline, born April 6, 1893, and Edith Helen, born March 31, 1896. Mr. Bean's father died when he was 11 years old and he with his mother and five brothers moved to Winsor Township when it was nothing but a wilderness of green swampy land. After years of toil and hardship, such as early settlers only know, he has succeeded in clearing and paying for one of the best 80-acre farms in Winsor Township. Mr. Bean has five sisters and three brothers living and one brother who is dead.

Biographical sketch of U. Grant Bean excerpted from 1905 "Plat book of Huron County, Michigan... with biographical sketches" by E. B. (Ernest B.) Foote, Phildelphia, Penn.: Imperial Publishing Co., 1904, pg 85

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• Name: David G. Bean
• Eby ID Number: 00008-980
• Residence: 1861, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

David G. Biehn, "the eldest son of the second wife, was born November 6th, 1830. He was married to Martha Trimmer. They resided in Huron County, Michigan where he died June 9th, 1879. To them was born a large family,"

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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BEAN, U. GRANT. His father was David Bean, who was born Nov. 12, 1830, in Wilmot Township,Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, and his mother was Anna Martha Truemner and born July 28, 1837, in Gilseberg, Tryso County, Kurhessen, Germany. The subject of this sketch was born in Huron County, Canada, June 20, 1868. They came to Michigan in 1878. Married Emma Dietzel . Her father was Traugott Dietzel, who was born in Saxenweimer, Germany, Nov. 22, 1834, and her mother was Ernestina Blacksmith, born in Welshendorf, Germany, Aug. 27, 1844. Children are: Martha Madeline, born April 6, 1893, and Edith Helen, born March 31, 1896. Mr. Bean's father died when he was 11 years old and he with his mother and five brothers moved to Winsor Township when it was nothing but a wilderness of green swampy land. After years of toil and hardship, such as early settlers only know, he has succeeded in clearing and paying for one of the best 80-acre farms in Winsor Township. Mr. Bean has five sisters and three brothers living and one brother who is dead.

Biographical sketch of U. Grant Bean excerpted from 1905 "Plat book of Huron County, Michigan... with biographical sketches" by E. B. (Ernest B.) Foote, Phildelphia, Penn.: Imperial Publishing Co., 1904, pg 85

Rsrch. Note:
There is an entry in the IGI for a marriage in 1852 in Oxford County. It is undocumented.

David — Anna Martha Truemner. Anna was born 27 Jul 1837, Gilseberg, Tryso, Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Martha Biehn
• Name: Martha Trimmer
• Eby ID Number: 00008-980.1
• Residence: 1861, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1880, Akron, Tuscola, Michigan, USA

Notes:

BEAN, U. GRANT. His father was David Bean, who was born Nov. 12, 1830, in Wilmot Township,Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, and his mother was Anna Martha Truemner and born July 28, 1837, in Gilseberg, Tryso County, Kurhessen, Germany. The subject of this sketch was born in Huron County, Canada, June 20, 1868. They came to Michigan in 1878. Married Emma Dietzel . Her father was Traugott Dietzel, who was born in Saxenweimer, Germany, Nov. 22, 1834, and her mother was Ernestina Blacksmith, born in Welshendorf, Germany, Aug. 27, 1844. Children are: Martha Madeline, born April 6, 1893, and Edith Helen, born March 31, 1896. Mr. Bean's father died when he was 11 years old and he with his mother and five brothers moved to Winsor Township when it was nothing but a wilderness of green swampy land. After years of toil and hardship, such as early settlers only know, he has succeeded in clearing and paying for one of the best 80-acre farms in Winsor Township. Mr. Bean has five sisters and three brothers living and one brother who is dead.

Biographical sketch of U. Grant Bean excerpted from 1905 "Plat book of Huron County, Michigan... with biographical sketches" by E. B. (Ernest B.) Foote, Phildelphia, Penn.: Imperial Publishing Co., 1904, pg 85

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• Land: Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Eby ID Number: 00008-978

Notes:

Abraham Biehn, " the second in the family, was born February 28th, 1804. He was married to Nancy Latschaw, and after her death to Susannah Graybill who died in Hay Township, Huron County, October 2nd, 1885, aged 75 years, 10 months, and 7 days. They resided in Blandford, Oxford County, Ontario, where he died March 5th, 1858. To them was born a family of eleven 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.].

Abraham — Susannah Graybill. Susannah was born 26 Nov 1809, , USA; died 10 Feb 1885, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Biehn
• Eby ID Number: 00008-978.2

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• Name: John Biehn
• Eby ID Number: 00008-976
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

John Biehn, " the eldest son of John and Barbara (Fried)Biehn, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1776. In 1799 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel. In 1800 they with his parents and family, and others moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County where now is the village of Doon. Here they resided until their deaths. Their family consisted of 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.].

Johannes married Anna "Nancy" Bechtel 1799. Anna (daughter of Abraham Bechtel and Mary Hoch) was born CA 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died , Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna "Nancy" Biehn
• Name: Nancy Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0810

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Anna Bechtel "daughter of IV Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel, was married to John Biehn. They resided at Doon, Ontario, where they had a family of 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.].