Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Anna Groh

Female Abt 1824 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Anna Groh was born Abt 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Groh and Nancy Detweiler); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3437

    Notes:

    Anna Groh, "second daughter of Jacob Groh, died unmarried, aged about 40 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob Groh was born 12 Aug 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Michael Groh and Elizabeth Witmer); died 7 Nov 1845.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3429

    Notes:

    Jacob Groh, "the third son of Michael and Elizabeth (Witmer) Groh, was born August 12th, 1790. In 1804 he came to Canada with his parents. He was married to Nancy, daughter of Rudolph and Anna (Wanner) Dettweiler. She was born February 17th, 1793, and died March 8th, 1842. He died November 7th, 1845. They resided near Hespeler, Ontario, where they had a family 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Jacob — Nancy Detweiler. Nancy (daughter of Rudolph Detweiler and Anna M. Wanner) was born 17 Feb 1793, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Mar 1842. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Nancy Detweiler was born 17 Feb 1793, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Rudolph Detweiler and Anna M. Wanner); died 8 Mar 1842.

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    • Name: Nancy Groh
    • Name: Nancy Shaefer
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2271

    Notes:

    Nancy Detweiler," was married to Jacob Groh. They resided in Waterloo Township, near Hespeler. They had a family of nine children. After her first husband's death she was married to a Mr. Shaefer from York County, 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.].

    Children:
    1. Christina Groh was born 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1870, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Christian Groh was born 25 Apr 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 1. Anna Groh was born Abt 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Jacob Groh was born 21 Sep 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jun 1887, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Susannah Groh was born Abt 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Elizabeth Groh was born Abt 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1893, Tay Township, Simcoe Co., Ontario.
    7. Henry Groh was born Abt 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Rudolph Groh was born Abt 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Hettie Groh was born Abt 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Michael Groh was born 1757, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania (son of Hannes Groh and Magdalena Bauman); died 20 Sep 1804, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3401

    Notes:

    Michael Groh, "the third son of old Hannes and Magdalena (Baumann) Groh, was born in 1757. In 1779 he was married to Elizabeth Witmer. In 1804 he, in company with others, came to Canada with the object of making a thorough inspection of the nature of the country. So well was Mr. Groh pleased with the appearance of the country (then all in its primeval state) that he took up a claim between Preston and Hespeler. He cleared about six acres and made it ready for fall wheat. On this clearing he erected a small log cabin into which he purposed moving on his return, with family, from Pennsylvania. In August of the same year he returned to his parental home in Montgomery County. During the first week of September (1804) he, (bidding adieu to his parents, brothers, friends and relatives, and not thinking of this being their last time of meeting here on earth) in company with his wife and family, set out on the journey for their Canadian home. They came as far as Buffalo where they crossed the Niagara River and proceeded on their journey to Mr. Boyer's who resided near the river on the Canadian side, where Mr. Groh, the father of the family, took sick and, after a few weeks suffering, died. The wife and two sons, John and Jacob, and one or two daughters, proceeded on their journey to Waterloo while the eldest daughter, Barbara, remained with her father to nurse him during his illness, and after his recovery they were to follow the family, but the mother and family had no sooner arrived at their new home when word came that the father was dead. He died about September 20th, 1804. Their family consisted of seven 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.].

    Michael married Elizabeth Witmer 1779. Elizabeth was born Abt 1760, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Witmer was born Abt 1760, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Elizabeth Groh
    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3401.1
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 07, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 07, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 11, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Groh was born 1777, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna Groh was born Abt 1782, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Barbara Groh was born 28 May 1784, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Nov 1858, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Peter Groh was born Jul 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Esther Groh was born 5 Dec 1786, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 5 Mar 1862, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. John Groh was born 19 Jun 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Jan 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 18 Jan 1871, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 2. Jacob Groh was born 12 Aug 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 7 Nov 1845.
    8. Christina Groh was born 23 Dec 1796, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jun 1835.

  3. 6.  Rudolph Detweiler was born 13 Feb 1771, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Mar 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2229
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Rudolph
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 092, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Misfortune: 1837; suicide

    Notes:

    Rudolph Detweiler," a first cousin to the father of IV Jacob Detweiler, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 13th, 1771. He was married to Anna W. Wanner who was born November 9th, 1776, and died January 2nd, 1814. In 1810 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County on a farm near the Wanner Meeting House, about two miles north-west of Hespeler. Here they both died. His death took place March 18th, 1837. 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.].

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    Last Friday afternoon, Rudolf Dettweiler gave himself a terrible cut in the throat with a pocket-knife, presumably in a fit of madness, that he died the following Sunday, despite all measures to save him, in the home of Samuel Eby (the older). He was in his 67th year.


    Canada Museum 16 mar 1837 pg 14

    Rudolph — Anna M. Wanner. Anna (daughter of Henry Wanner and Anna Mosser) was born 9 Nov 1776, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Jan 1814, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna M. Wanner was born 9 Nov 1776, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Henry Wanner and Anna Mosser); died 2 Jan 1814, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    Notes:

    Anna M. Wanner, "the eldest daughter of Henry Wanner, was born in Lancaster County, Penna., November 9th, 1776. She was married to Rudolph Detweiler who was born February 14th, 1771. In 1810 they came to Canada with her parents and settled near the Wanner Mennonite Meeting House where she died January 2nd, 1814, and he died March 18th, 1837. Their family consisted 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.].

    Children:
    1. 3. Nancy Detweiler was born 17 Feb 1793, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Mar 1842.
    2. Christina Detweiler was born Abt 1800, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John W. Detweiler was born 26 Aug 1802, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Jun 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Henry W, Detweiler was born 8 Jan 1804, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 29 Jul 1878; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Elizabeth Detweiler was born 1 Nov 1805, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Rudolph W. Dettweiler was born 9 Aug 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Dec 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Susannah Detweiler was born 14 Jan 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Dec 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Christian W. Detweiler was born Abt 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Marys RC Cemetery, St. Marys, Perth Co., Ontario.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Hannes Groh was born 1708, , Switzerland; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Interesting: story
    • Name: Johannes Groh
    • Name: John Groh
    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3398

    Notes:

    Hannes Groh, "a native of Switzerland, came to America at a very early date. Tradition has it that he belonged to the company of emigrants whom the captain attempted to starve in order to gain possession of the supposed large sum of money held by these parties. The motive that impelled old Hannes, the ancestor of the Groh family of this county, to emigrate to Pennsylvania, was on account of religious persecutions which raged in his native country and which was the chief cause of the emigration of so many of the noble-hearted pioneers of Pennsylvania where no cruel persecutions were waged against these devout worshippers of the almighty God. Old Hannes Groh was born about the year 1708 and, if traditional report be true, came to America in 1725. He was married to Magdalena, only daughter of old Wendel Baumann, progenitor of the now numerous family scattered throughout every state of the Union and all the provinces of Canada. All efforts made to ascertain the names of their children together with their descendants proved, to a great extent, fruitless. The names of only three children have been received"


    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.].

    Hannes — Magdalena Bauman. Magdalena (daughter of Wendel Bauman and Annie) was born Abt 1725, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Magdalena Bauman was born Abt 1725, Of, Pennsylvania (daughter of Wendel Bauman and Annie); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Magdalena Groh
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-99

    Notes:

    Magdalena Baumann, "the youngest and only daughter of Wendel Baumann, was married to Jacob Groh. She was the mother of the late Abraham Groh, grandmother of John Groh, and great grandmother of Isaac Groh, near Hespeler, 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.].

    Children:
    1. John Groh was born 1753, Of, Pennsylvania; died , , Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Henry Groh was born 1755, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 4. Michael Groh was born 1757, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 20 Sep 1804, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Abraham Groh was born Abt 1760, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 14.  Henry Wanner was born 12 May 1749, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Johannes Wanner and Mary Kudig Weber); died 12 Feb 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39015312
    • Eby ID Number: 00126-7613
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 11, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    Henry Wanner, "the first by this name who settled in Waterloo County, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 12th, 1749. In 1774 he was married to Anna Mosser who was born February 8th, 1748. In spring, 1810, they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Hespeler, on the farm now in possession of John W. Martin. Here they resided until their death. He died February 12th, 1835, and she died May 8th, 1823. Their family consisted of eight children, all born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania"

    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.].

    Henry married Anna Mosser 1774. Anna (daughter of Peter Mosser) was born 8 Feb 1748, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Anna Mosser was born 8 Feb 1748, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Peter Mosser); died 8 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151349147
    • Name: Anna Wanner
    • Name: Nancy Mosser
    • Eby ID Number: 00082-4882.2

    Children:
    1. John M. Wanner was born 27 Sep 1775, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Feb 1848, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Anna M. Wanner was born 9 Nov 1776, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Jan 1814, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Barbara M. Wanner was born 1778, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    4. Elizabeth M. Wanner was born 25 Jul 1781, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Nov 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Magdalena W. Wanner was born 12 Jul 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 Apr 1865, Near Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. Christian Wanner was born 1786, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    7. Henry W. Wanner was born 27 Feb 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 7 May 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Tobias W. Wanner was born 16 Mar 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jun 1845, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Susannah Wanner was born 29 Nov 1791, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 30 Mar 1888, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.