Jane Elbert

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7767.6

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7767
• Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

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Joseph Weber," was born August 9th, 1822, and died March 2nd, 1876. He was married to Anna, daughter of Henry and Salome (Baumann) Weber, October 22nd, 1845. She was born November 19th, 1824, and died October 13th, 1886. They resided on part of lot No. 64, German Company's Track, Waterloo County. The farm is now possessed by John S. Brubacher who is married to one of their adopted daughters. They had no family of their own but raised four children, namely: Susannah Kinzie who was born April 24th, 1847, and was married to Joshua Snyder; Anna Edy who was born March 24th, 1854, and married to John S. Brubacher; Jane Elbert who was born April 1st, 1863; and Catharine Magdalena Murphy who is married to Samuel K. Brubacher. On June 26th, 1868, Mr Weber was ordained as deacon of the Mennonite body. He held this position until his death which took place March 2nd, 1876."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Joseph married Anna Weber 22 Oct 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Rev. Heinrich H. "Henry" Weber and Salome Bauman) was born 19 Nov 1824, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1886; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7924
• Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Anna Weber," the only daughter of Henry Weber, and sister to Samuel Weber, was born November 19th, 1824. On October 22nd, 1845, she was married to Joseph ("Schwam Joe Weber"), son of David B. and Mary (Lyons) Weber of Strasburg. He was born August 9th, 1822, and died March 2nd, 1876. After their marriage they lived with her parents for nearly a year. He purchased part of lot No. 64, German Company's Tract, where he had a small clearing made and a log dwelling erected into which they moved in 1846. Here they resided until their deaths. He was deacon of the Mennonite Church for quite a number of years. They had no family of their own but they adopted four children, three of whom they raised. The first one was Susannah, daughter of old Joseph Kinzie. She was married to Joshua Snyder. The second one was Anna Edy, born March 24th, 1854. Her father died on mid-ocean, in February, 1854, and has found a watery grave. Her mother came to Berlin. After being here for a few weeks Anna was born, and when she was two weeks old her mother died. Mrs John Eby of Berlin brought her to Mrs Joseph Weber. She is married to John S. Brubacher. The third child was Jane Elbert who was born April 1st, 1863, and died August 26th, same year. The last one was Catherine Magdalena Murphy. She was a daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Klob) Murphy. She is married to Samuel K. Brubacher. They reside on a farm about two miles north of Conestogo Village."


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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• Interesting: story, building, religion
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7766
• Historic Building: Abt 1820, 69 Biehn Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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David R. Weber," was born November 2nd, 1800, and emigrated to Canada when quite a young man while the others of the family remained in Pennsylvania. Here he was married to Mary Lyons who was born May 19th, 1803, and died July 10th, 1871. They resided on a farm near Strasburg, now in possession of their son Noah. Their family consisted of fifteen 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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Pioneer Park (Weber/Strasburg) Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church

Early services were held in the homes of the first settlers, perhaps as early as 1833. Services often were held at the home of David Weber who lived across from where the church would be located. David Sherk was ordained deacon to serve the group in 1837, and in the next year, 1838, he was ordained minister. He was followed in 1840 by John Steckle (Stoeckle).

In 1842, David Weber donated one acre of land for a meeting house and burial ground. The deed was dated March 23, 1854, although the meeting house had been built in 1843. A new yellow brick church was built in 1894 on the same site. Noah Stauffer, who had been ordained in 1876 to assist John Steckle, was minister at the time. A Sunday School was organized in the 1890s; Sunday School records date from 1898. In 1899 the first Bible Conference to be held in an Ontario Mennonite church was held in the Weber church.

In 1971-1972 the church was enlarged and completely renovated. During that time - from October 17, 1971 to January 23, 1972 - the congregation met in the Herbert Feick home on Doon Village Road. On September 24, 1872 the congregation celebrated the 130th Anniversary of the building of the first meeting house. The name of the church was changed to Pioneer Park Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church in 1972.

In 1951 the congregation had purchased from Clifford Snider an additional acre of land located behind the church. In 1976, for the sum of $1, the congregation acquired a sixty-five foot strip of land along the south edge of the church property from Major Holdings & Development Co. A new church was built within several feet of the old yellow brick one which was removed; the date on the cornerstone is 1980. The 150th Anniversary of the construction of the first meeting house is to be celebrated in 1993.

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

Historic Building:
Built about 1840, it has stone walls and a stencilled ceiling in the home's main room. The stencilled ceiling has been identified as the work of John Moser and 1860's era painter who died similar work in a house restories in the 1970's in Cobourg.<sup>1a

1a</sup>The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 11 May 1981

David married Mary "Polly" "Pauline" Lyons , Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Abraham Lyons and Mary Biehn) was born CALC 17 May 1803; died 8 Jul 1871; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Lyons
• Name: Mary "Polly" "Pauline" Weber
• Name: Pauline Lyons
• Name: Polly Lyonett
• Name: Polly Lyons
• Eby ID Number: 00008-971.2
• Birth: 19 May 1803, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Death: 10 Jul 1871, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37175806
• Name: Henry Weaver
• Name: Henry Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7910
• Occupation: 1824, Bloomingdale Mennonite Church, Bloomingdale, Waterloo, Ontario; minister
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 066, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Henry Weber," the fourth son of Henry Weber, was born near Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Feb 14th, 1793. In 1816 he, in company with Joseph Clemmer and family, Dilman Ziegler and family, Samuel Eby and family, and John Brubacher and his mother, came to Canada and settled in Waterloo County. He had his home with his brother, Abraham, until the following spring when he was married, March 11th, 1817, to Salome, daughter of Preacher Joseph and Mary (Bear) Baumann. After their marriage they located on lot No. 65, German Company's Tract, where they resided until their deaths. He was ordained a minister of the Gospel and served the church of his choice, the Mennonite, faithfully until his death which took place May 9th, 1862. His wife was born April 8th, 1771, and died September 6th, 1868. They had a family of two 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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Bloomingdale (Schneider or Snyder) Mennonite Church

Services began in 1824, and in 1826 a first meeting house, known as Schneider's or Snyder's, was built northwest of Bloomingdale, and east of the Grand River, on land (part Lot 7) donated by Jacob Schneider. Henry Weber was the first minister to this congregation, from 1824 until 1854. He was followed by Moses Erb who was ordained minister to the congregation on April 14, 1854. The church building was primarily used as a school in the beginning; the first teacher was John Bauman from Pennsylvania. Church services were held in homes. Dorothy Sauder, in her 1972 history of the church, states that "Prior to 1860, Schneider's was the only [Mennonite] place of worship on the Grand River and, until the 1889 Martin schism, it was one with the Martin congregation with ministers serving both groups" (Sauder 1972: 8). Services were held on a two-week schedule, at one meeting house and then at the other.

Snyder's was affected by division in the church in the early 1870s. The majority of the congregation joined the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites, a group organized by Solomon Eby on May 15, 1874, and from 1875-1879 the meeting house was used almost exclusively by them. It was here that the conference was held on March 23, 1875 in which the New Mennonites and the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites joined together as the United Mennonites. However, because the original deed to the church property had been lost or perhaps never duly executed, a new deed was drawn up on January 15, 1879, giving ownership of building and property to the group of more conservative Mennonites in the congregation.

The present church was built in 1878 on approximately the same site as the first meeting house. Renovations to the church building were carried out in 1951. One main entrance, to replace the two separate entrances, was part of the changes made. Further improvements were made in 1985. The name of the church is now Bloomingdale Mennonite Church.

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

Occupation:
Services began in 1824, and in 1826 a first meeting house, known as Schneider's or Snyder's, was built northwest of Bloomingdale, and east of the Grand River, on land (part Lot 7) donated by Jacob Schneider. Henry Weber was the first minister to this congregation, from 1824 until 1854. <sup>1a

1a</sup>Ambrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

Heinrich married Salome Bauman 11 Mar 1817. Salome (daughter of Reverend Joseph O. Bauman and Mary Baer) was born 8 Apr 1791, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Sep 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37175860
• Name: Sally Bauman
• Name: Salome Weber
• Name: Sarah Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-36
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Salome Baumann, "second daughter of Joseph Baumann, was born April 8th, 1791, died September 6th, 1868. She was married to Henry Weber, who was also ordained as a minister of the Mennonite body. They resided in Waterloo County, Ontario from 1818 until their deaths."

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: 00127-7765

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Joseph Weber," seventh son of Christian and Magdalena (Ruth) Weber, was born in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Anna Burkholder. They had a numerous family but names of children have not been handed to the writer. We know that one son was named IV David R."


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.].

(Joseph's mother Magdalena(Ruth) Weber, was Magdalena Rutt who married Christian Weber.)

Joseph — Anna Burkholder. Anna was born Abt 1765, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7765.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00008-971.1

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Weber Mennonite Cemetery: Abraham's stone reads Abraham Lyons/ Born 1774/ Died 1804/ Aged 30 years

Abraham married Mary Biehn 1799. Mary (daughter of John Biehn and Barbara Fried) was born 1766, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Lyons
• Eby ID Number: 00008-971

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Mary Biehn, " the eldest, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1766. She was married to Abraham Lyons in 1799. He was born in 1774 and died at Strasburg, Ontario, in 1804. To them was born one child named IV Mary who was married to David B. Weber.


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: 00127-7832.5

Henry — Veronica Hershey. Veronica (daughter of Hershey) was born Abt 1757, Of, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Veronica Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7832.4

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65137428
• Eby ID Number: 00002-34
• Land: Bef 1831, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Joseph Baumann, "the fourth son of Christian Baumann, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, July 19th, 1766. He was married to Mary Baer, who was born January 23rd, 1772, and died October 29th 1842. In 1802 he was ordained as minister of the Mennonite body. He was a good man, and his sermons always made a deep impression upon the audiences who assembled at places of worship on Sabbath days. In May, 1816, he with his family moved to Canada and settled near Blair, Ontario. The family consisted of thirteen 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.].

Joseph — Mary Baer. Mary was born 23 Jan 1772; died 29 Oct 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65138108
• Name: Maria Baer
• Name: Mary Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-34.1