Moses B. Clemens

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• Eby ID Number: 00023-1837
• Residence: 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Butter Maker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dyer, Button Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, 41 Irvin St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Moses Clemens, "was born August 1st, 1846. He resides in the town of Berlin where he is engaged as night watchman for J. Y. Shantz & Son. On April 2nd, 1876, he was married to Catharine Brox who was born January 31st, 1852. To them are born three children".

Moses B. Clemens, "was born August 1st, 1846. He is married to Catharine Brox, and resides in Berlin. They have a family 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].
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Clemens. - Moses B. Clemens was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Aug. 1, 1846; died of a lingering illness at his home in Kitchener on Dec. 4, 1919; aged 73 y. 4 m. 3 d. In April, 1876, he was married to Sister Catherine Brooks, who together with 5 sons and 1 daughter mourn his departure. Bro. Clemens united with the Mennonite Church 45 years ago and lived a faithful and consistent life until death. Funeral services Dec. 7 at the First Mennonite Church at Kitchener when Bro. U. K. Weber preached in English and Bro. Jonas Snider in German. Text, Gal. 6: 7,8.


Gospel Herald - Volume XII, Number 38 - December 18, 1919 - pages 718, 719

Moses married Catharina "Katie" Brox 2 Apr 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharina (daughter of Jakob "Jacob" Brox and Katharina "Catharine" Ziegler) was born 31 Jan 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1925; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Eli B. Clemens was born 1877, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluewell, Mercer, West Virginia, United States.
2. Emanuel Clemens was born 1 Jan 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Sarah Clemens was born 10 Jan 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Jacob Mahlon Clemens was born 24 Mar 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jun 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Norman Clemens was born 5 May 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Walter Clemens was born 9 Jan 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jul 1948, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Moses — ?. ? was born Abt 1850; died Bef 1921. [Group Sheet]

1. Sarah Clemens was born 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Mahlon Clemens was born 1892, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: 00023-1834
• Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1843, 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; Farmer
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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Eli Clemens, "was born June 21st, 1815. He resided for a number of years on a part of lot No. 49, German Company's Tract, about three miles south-west of Berlin. He was first married to Sallie Hagey who came from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, single. She was second-cousin to Bishop Hagey. She died about the year 1842. After her decease he was married to Leah Bowman, May 30th, 1843. She was born December 4th, 1813, and died October 4th, 1871. To them were born 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.].

Eli married Leah W. Bauman 30 May 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Christian Bauman and Magdalena Weber) was born 4 Dec 1813, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Oct 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Leah W. Clemens
• Name: Leah W. Nahrgang
• Name: Leah W. Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00002-63
• Residence: 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Leah W. Baumann, "was born December 4th, 1813, and died in October 1871. She was married to Eli Clemens. Resided near Berlin, Ontario.

Leah Bowman, "(No. 63), the fifth and youngest daughter of Christian and Magdalena (Weber) Baumann, was born in Waterloo, Ontario, December 4th, 1813. On May 30th, 1843, she was married to Eli Clemens who was born June 21st, 1815, and died February 8th, 1879. They resided on part of lot No. 49, German Company's Tract, Waterloo, about three miles south-west of Berlin, where she died October 4th, 1871. 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.].

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19903938
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1830
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 21, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Abraham Clemens L., "the eldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lederach) Clemens, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 3rd, 1781, and when four years of age his parents moved to Chester County where he was raised. In 1807 he was married to Magdalena, daughter of John and Hester (Steiner ) Miller. She was born February 8th, 1786, and died February 1st, 1847. In 1809 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, a little north of Preston on the farm owned until recently by their son Joel Here they both died. His death took place January 26th, 1845. In 1815 he was ordained deacon of the Mennonite Church for the Hagey field of labor. This position he held until his death. To him and his wife were born 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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Mennonite families suffered misfortunes, such as childbirth deaths of women, accidental work deaths of men, frequent deaths of infants and young children, and the scourges of cholera, typhoid and tuberculosis. Cholera epidemics of the 1830s especially in July-August 1834 - could be devastating. Funerals were usually arranged by neighbours and friends, but the community was so demoralized in 1834 that, as Deacon Abraham L. Clemens wrote to his brother in Chester County in 1836, "the neighbours did not go out to assist one another as in any other disease so that there was no funeral held."

BUILDING COMMUNITY ON THE FRONTIER: the Mennonite contribution to shaping the Waterloo settlement to 1861 by Elizabeth Bloomfield

Abraham married Magdalena "Molly" Miller 1807. Magdalena (daughter of John Miller and Hester Steiner) was born 8 Feb 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Feb 1847, North Of Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19903751
• Name: Magdalena "Molly" Clemens
• Name: Molly Miller
• Eby ID Number: 00079-4778

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Magdalena Miller, "daughter of John and Hester (Steiner) Miller, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 8th, 1786. She was married, in 1807, to Deacon Abraham L. Clemens who was born in the same place, July 3rd, 1781. In 1809 they moved to Canada and settled a little north of Preston where they both died. He died January 26th, 1845, and she died February 1st, 1847. See No. 1830. (Could not ascertain whether Magdalena and Margaret Miller were any relation to I Jacob Miller)."


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: 00002-49
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 005, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Christian Baumann, "eldest son of Peter Baumann, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, June 20th, 1766, and died June 20th, 1824. Was married to Magdalena Weber who was born March 21st, 1774, and died March 15th 1834. They moved to Canada in 1807, and settled a little east of the town of Waterloo, in the County of Waterloo, Ontario. Had a family of sixteen 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 — Magdalena Weber. Magdalena was born 21 Mar 1774, Of, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Mar 1834; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-49.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00023-1829

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Jacob C. Clemens, "third son of Abraham and Catharine Clemens, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1754. He was married to Elizabeth Lederach. In 1776 he received eighty-two acres of his father's old homestead which he possessed for nine years. On June 30th, 1785, he sold his land to his brother, Abraham, and moved to Chester County to which place his brother George had moved several years previously. They resided in the vicinity of West Pikeland P. O., Chester County, Pennsylvania, where they both died. His death took place in 1819. To him and his wife, Elizabeth, was born a family of five 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.].

Jacob — Elizabeth Lederach. Elizabeth was born Abt 1754, Of, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died , West Pikeland, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Clemens
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1829.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00079-4778.2

John — Hester Steiner. Hester was born CA 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hester Miller
• Eby ID Number: 00079-4778.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-48

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Peter Baumann, "second son of old Wendel Baumann, was born September 1726, He was married three times. His second wife was Anna Sprigel. His third wife Elizabeth, known as "Die Alt Betty," came to Canada in 1818. He resided in the Alleghany Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, about one mile east of his brother Christian's place. 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.].

Peter — Susannah Baer. Susannah was born Abt 1730, Of, Alleghany Valley, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-48.1