Mary Weber

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74532376
• Interesting: pioneer, story
• Name: Mary Wildfang
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7769

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Mary Weber," was born February 3rd, 1825. She is married to Rev. Levi Wildfong who was born August 11th, 1827. They reside in Tavistock, Ontario."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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Mary Weber Wildfang Mrs, (Rev.) Levi Wildfang, the oldest resident in Tavistock, died on Feb, 13th, at her home on Maria Street, at the ripe age of 93 years and 10 days. Deceased was born at Strassburg, Waterloo County on the 3rd of Feb. 1825. In the year 1850 she was married to Levi Wildfang, who preceded her in death three years ago. To this union, seven children were born of which, three preceded her to their eternal home. Shortly after they were married, the young couple moved into the wilds of Zorra, and then cleared up a farm near the Village of Tavistock, where they lived with the exception of three years spent in the service in the Canada Conference of the Evangelical Association. About 36 years ago they moved to Tavistock, to spend their declining years in quietness. In 1852 she was soundly converted and was a faithful member of the Evangelical Association until the summons came to join the innumerable host of the redeemed. Deceased shared the joys and burdens of an Evangelical Preacher's life for a number of years, when her husband's health failed and they were compelled to retire from active service. Mrs. Wildfang was a practical Christian, having developed such by the long and trying years of pioneer days. She was a student of the Bible. The Bible was to her, the living Word of God. In it she found inspiration and strength for her soul life, light for her pathway and comfort in every hour of trial and suffering. The children are: Mary (Mrs. Geo. Stabler) Tavistock; Lydia (Mrs. Menno Kaufman) Elmwood; Noah, Elmwood; and Moses Wildfang, of Kitchener, Ont. Her brothers, Noah. Weber, Listowel; Amos Weber, Strassburg. The funeral took place from her late residence on Friday afternoon, Feb, 15, to Zion Evangelical Cemetery. A memorial service was held in Zion Evangelical Church, conducted by the Pastor, Rev. A. D. Gischler, assisted by Rev's W, J. Yager and D. Kreh, of Stratford.

The Tavistock Gazette 21 Feb 1918

Mary married Rev. Levi Wildfang 5 Mar 1850. Levi (son of Joseph R. Wildfong and Christina Groh) was born 11 Aug 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jun 1915, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Grace United (Zion Evangelical) Cemetery , Tavistock, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

1. Mariah Wildfong was born 24 Oct 1850; died 25 Oct 1850; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Benjamin Wildfong was born 30 Aug 1851; died 7 Sep 1851; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Lydia Wildfong was born 23 Jul 1853, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Oct 1927, Paisley, Elderslie Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; was buried , Paisley Cemetery, Paisley, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
4. Mary Ann Wildfong was born 21 Jun 1855, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Aug 1948, Rocky River, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; was buried , Grace United (Zion Evangelical) Cemetery , Tavistock, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
5. Noah Wildfang was born 7 Sep 1860, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1920, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario.
6. Moses Wildfong was born 9 Aug 1863, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Louisa Wildfang was born 1866, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1896; was buried , Grace United (Zion Evangelical) Cemetery , Tavistock, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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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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• 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: 00127-7648

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Christian Weber," was born in Earl Township, Lancaster County, December 25th, 1731. On September 30th, 1749, he was married to Magdalena Rutt who died in 1804. He died February 13th, 1820. They had a numerous family consisting of seventeen 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 Magdalena Rutt 30 Sep 1749. Magdalena was born Abt 1735, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1804. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7648.1

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40614623
• Eby ID Number: 00008-970
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Unnumbered Lots Doon, Waterloo County, Ontario

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John Biehn " was a native of Switzerland where he was born in 1737. In 1742 his parents moved to America and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. He was married to Barbara Fried who was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1744. In 1800 they with their family of grown children moved to Canada and settled one mile west of Doon, Ontario, on the farm now in possession of Aaron S. Biehn, their great-grand-son. Here the old progenitor purchased a large tract of land still known as "Biehn's Tract." She died in 1807, aged 63 years, and he died in 1811, aged 74 years. .."


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.].

John — Barbara Fried. Barbara was born 1744, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Biehn
• Eby ID Number: 00008-970.1