Jacob Mosser

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• Eby ID Number: 00045-3409.10
• Occupation: 1875, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
• Residence: 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Jacob Mosser

LINWOOD— An esteemed resident of the village for twenty years, Jacob Mosser, aged 86, died at his home Tuesday. He was born in Preston, lived in the west for many years, returning to Preston and then to Linwood. Twice married, his first wife, Lena Bresch, died in 1895, and a second wife, Sarah Gilliland, three months ago. There are two children, Mrs. Rose McKay, Victoria, B.C., and a son, Andrew, of Preston. Funeral services were held on Thursday at the Walsh Funeral Home, Waterloo, thence to Preston for interment. Rev. A. A. Laing of Linwood United Church officiated.

Waterloo Chronicle 2 Apr 1937 pg 10

Jacob married Magdalena "Lena" Bresch, II 27 Aug 1875, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Andreas "Andrew" Bresch and Salome Guerlin) was born CALC 30 Dec 1850, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1895, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Rosina Mosser was born 1879, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Andrew Mosser was born 13 Dec 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1961; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Jacob married Sarah Gilliland 24 Feb 1903, Ontario Co., Ontario. Sarah (daughter of William Gilliland and Martha Mills) was born 12 Apr 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00082-4882

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Jacob Mosser, "was one of the early pioneer settlers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to which his father had moved from Switzerland at a very early date. We find that they were members of the Mennonite faith which may have been the cause of their settling in Lancaster County. At so late a date and in the absence of all records it is hard to obtain all the desired information pertaining to this family. We could not obtain names of parents of Jacob. Tradition has it that his name was Peter and that he emigrated to America about the year 1754. His family is said to have consisted of seven or eight children. We know the names of two, namely: Anna, born February 8th, 1748, and died May 8th, 1823, who was married to old Henry Wanner (See Henry Wanner's family), and Jacob, who was born about the year 1751. He resided in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was married and had a family. The names of two of the children were Jacob and Peter. Of Jacob we have no information, quite likely his descendants are yet residing in Lancaster and adjoining counties of Pennsylvania. Of Peter we have more information"


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: 00082-4882.1