Clinton Pfohl

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-157781
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1940, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States

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LOCAL MAN DISAPPEARS

Relatives Think Clinton Phofl May Have Wandered Into the Country

Fears were held today for the safety of Cinton Prohl, 37-year-old cripple, who disappeared Sunday evening from the home of his sister, Mrs Roy W. Mitchell, 68 Drummond Street. It is thought Mr. Pfohl may have wandered out into the country, where he would be subjected to exposure from the cold.

This is the second time within at little more than a year, that Mr. Prohl, who was last seen about 10.30 last night, had disappeared. Exposed: to bitter cold winds and with only a meagre food supply to sustain him. he was taken from a sheltering rock on the mountainside at Hamilton on January 24, 1940.

At that time, he told provincial constables that he had spent one month on the ledge, with only an old blanket to shelter him. For almost five days he had been unable. to leave the ledge. By chance, passing lad noticed him and probably saved him from being frozen to death.

Both his limbs were frozen from the toe tips almost to the knees. One leg was amputated and Mr. Pfohl was in Hamilton General Hospital
for some time. He then came to Brantford and took up residence with his sister and his brother-in-law.

When seen here last night, Mr. Pfohl was walking, aided by crutches. toward Brant Avenue and No. 2 Highway. A Kitchener motorist reported to police at 10.30 p.m. that he had given a man a ride from the intersection of Colborne and Drummond Streets to the Market Square. He said his passenger appeared to be acting unusual and wanted to be let out "anywhere along the highway." When the motorist saw him walking toward the highway, he notified police for fear the man might wander into the country and freeze to death.

A thorough search of the City, district highways, and parts of the County was made during the night. by the man's brother-in-law. Mr.
Mitchell, but no trace could be found of him.

Mr. Mitchell said this morning that he thought Mr. Pfohl had either been given a ride by a motorist or had wandered into some bush in the district. A sister lives near Dunnville, but when last seen Mr. Pfohl was headed in the direction opposite to that town.

Mr. Plohl, who has been in fairly good health since he came to Brantford, is described as being five feet, six inches in height, weighs between 175 and 180 pounds, is clean shaven. and was wearing a brown fedora and a brown overcoat when he left his home.

The Brantford Expositor 17 Feb 1941 pg 7

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Clinton Pfohl, the man whose feet were frozen while he lived on the side of the Hamilton Mountain, seems to be quite a problem. He was s given suspended sentence today on a charge of vagrancy and allowed to go on the promise that he would seek help from his relatives. OPP. Reg. Reynolds was one of the rescuing officers when the man was lifted from a perilous perch on the mountain side. The O.P.P. stated that at one time Pfohl worked in a tire firm at Buffalo but the long hours undermined his health and he was deported to Canada. Since that time his health affected his mental condition so that he lived like a hermit until the cold weather ended his stay outdoors. Pfhol stated that he did not know what to do He would like to get an artificial aid for his amputated leg and that having secured one he might be able to make a living. He promised to do what he could. He has no stated abode.

The Brantford Expositor 2 Jun 1941 pg 5

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HERE AGAIN.

Clinton Pfohl, no permanent address was picked up today by Sergeant E. Wilshaw and Traffic Officer C. Sudden. The man was lying near the tower on the L. E. and N Railway tracks. this morning, and has been around for some days Some time ago Pfohl was found on the Hamilton Mountain. his feet being frozen. he losing one foot. He has been picked up in Brantford before He has no means of subsistence and seems to be unable to do anything for himself. He will be charged with vagrancy.

The Expositor, Brantford, Ontario, 25 Apr 1941 pg 18

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GOES TO JAIL.

Clifford Pfohl, the man who was found on the Hamilton Mountain in a precarious condition, losing one foot, it being frozen at the time, was sentenced to serve one month in jail when he appeared on a charge of vagrancy before Magistrate R. J. Gillen in the City Police Court today.

The Expositor, Brantford, Ontario, Canada 7 May 1941 pg 16

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ILL IN ABANDONED BARN FOR A WEEK

Wainfleet Man May Lose Badly Frozen Right Foot

FORT ERIE, Ont., Jan. 6(CP) -Story of how 43-year-old Clinton Pfohl of nearby Wainfleet lay ill in an abandoned barn at Pleasant Point, three miles from here, for nearly a week during the district's heaviest snowstorm was revealed here today.

Pfohl is in hospital here where it is expected it will be necessary to amputate his right foot, badly frozen during his exposure. Several years ago he lost his left foot, also through exposure.

He was discovered yesterday by Allan Cotton, an airplane worker whose automobile had stalled on Niagara Boulevard near the abandoned farm where Pfhol had taken refuge. Pfohl's cries attracted Cotton's attention.

He told police he was walking to Niagara Falls when he entered the barn for shelter and had been taken ill.

It was learned that on Sunday police had received a request from Pfohl's sister, Mrs. John Morrow, Kenmore, N.Y, to look for her brother.

The Expositor, Brantford, Ontario, Canada 6 Jan 1943 pg 5

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Residence:
Mrs. Henry Pfohl and Clinton Pfohl, of Buffalo, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Hamacher.

New Hamburg Independent 8 Aug 1940

Clinton married Hilda Buhr 18 Jun 1938, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States. Hilda was born 27 Aug 1900, , New Jersey; died Nov 1982. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42622242
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-283231
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Henry — Minerva Rosenberger. Minerva (daughter of Christian S. Rosenberger and Hannah Shantz) was born 19 Jul 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Nov 1942; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42622286
• Name: Minerva Pfohl
• Eby ID Number: 00095-5374
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Keeper
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1940, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
• Residence: 1940, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States

Notes:

Minerva Rosenberger, "is unmarried and resides with her father."


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.].

Residence:
Mrs. Henry Pfohl and Clinton Pfohl, of Buffalo, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Hamacher.

New Hamburg Independent 8 Aug 1940

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00065-4088.12
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Adam — Magdalena Stadelberger. Magdalena was born 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Pfohl
• Name: Magdalena Snider
• Eby ID Number: 00065-4088.13
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00095-5365
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian
• Retired: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Christian Rosenberger, "the second son, resides abut three and one-half miles west of New Dundee, on the farm he cleared himself. He was married twice, first to Barbara Jones with whom he had one child named Barbara who died in infancy. His second wife was Hannah, daughter of Bishop Henry Shantz. Of the second union there are nine 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.].

Christian married Hannah Shantz 13 May 1856. Hannah (daughter of Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz and Lydia Martin) was born 10 Jun 1837, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1891; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hannah Rosenberger
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6946
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Hannah Shantz, "was born June 10th, 1837, and died March 15th, 1891. On May 13th, 1856, she was married to Christian Rosenberger."


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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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68708
• Occupation: 1852, Farmer; tailor

Anton married Elizabetha Roos 11 Dec 1832. Elizabetha was born 12 Jun 1807, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France; died 9 Feb 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabetha Pfohl
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68709

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• Eby ID Number: 00095-5363
• Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; a farm
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Abraham Rosenberger, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, at the close of the last century and came to Canada with his parents in 1801, then being a mere child. He was raised at Preston. After arriving at the age of some twenty years he was married to Nancy, daughter of Christian and Polly (Rutt)Strome. After their marriage they resided for some time on the old 'Rosenberger Farm' near Preston but later on they moved to Wilmot Township, near New Dundee. Their family consisted of nine 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 — Nancy Strome. Nancy (daughter of Christian Strome and Mary Rutt) was born 1 Jan 1807, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Sep 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Ann Strome
• Name: Nancy Rosenberger
• Eby ID Number: 00120-7464
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Nancy Strome, "the fourth daughter, was born in 1807 and died September 10th, 1880. She was married to Abraham Rosenberger. They first resided near Preston, thence they moved to Wilmot Township, west of New Dundee."


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: Henry Shantz
• Occupation: Roseville Mennonite Church, North Dumfries Township, Ontario; minister
• Residence: North Dumfries Concession 10 Lot 35, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6942
• Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Henry Shantz, "the second youngest son of Christian and Hannah (Paul) Shantz, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, November 3rd, 1804. In 1810 he came to Canada with his parents and spent his boyhood days on his father's farm on the west side of the Grand River at the Toll Bridge (Freeport). On September 23rd, 1828, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Peter and Anna (Zimmerman) Martin. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 2nd, 1810, and came to Canada when nine years old (1819). In 1829 they moved to North Dumfries Township, about two miles south of Roseville, where they resided until his death which took place October 4th, 1877. He was a minister of the Mennonite Church for a number of years and later on he was ordained bishop which position he filled with honor unto his end. He had a family of ten 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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Roseville Mennonite Church (Detweiler Meeting House)

Services began in homes in the area with the arrival of the first settlers around 1822. A first meeting house was built about 1830 approximately a half-mile west of Roseville, on the south side of the road. One acre of land on the northeast corner of Lot 37, Concession 11, North Dumfries Township, was transferred from Samuel C. Snyder. The deed for the property was dated 1830, but it was not registered until August 1842. A stone meeting house was built in 1855 just slightly east of the old log meeting house; the church was dedicated on November 25, 1855 by the congregation's first minister, Jacob F. Detweiler. Henry Shantz, Enoch Detweiler and Solomon Gehman were the ministers who followed Jacob F. Detweiler.

Sunday School began in 1924 and in 1933 Young People's Bible Meetings were organized. The latter meetings were held in conjunction with those of the Blenheim Mennonite Church. A Sunday School classroom was added to the Detweiler church in 1956.

Moses Bowman, a layman from First Mennonite Church in Kitchener, was ordained minister to Detweiler Mennonite Church in 1938 where he continued to serve until the time of his death in 1964. The small congregation was served by visiting ministers until it disbanded in January 1966. Some of the remaining families are reported to have joined with Blenheim Mennonite Church at that time.

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

Heinrich married Lydia Martin 23 Sep 1828. Lydia (daughter of Peter Martin and Anna Zimmerman) was born 24 Aug 1810, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Feb 1899; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Schantz
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4463
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Lydia Martin, "the sixth daughter of Peter and Anna (Zimmerman) Martin, was born August 2nd, 1810, and came to Canada in 1819. On September 23rd, 1828, she was married to Bishop Henry Shantz. He was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, November 3rd, 1804, and died October 4th, 1877. Since the decease of her husband she has her home with her daughter, Rececca (Mrs. Martin Baumann). She is quite well and seems to enjoy life, but of late, through a mild stroke of paralysis, she lost the use of her lower limbs.":


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.].