David Blaine "Blaine" Millar

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-180816

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MILLAR, D. Blaine Embraced by family and surrounded by friends, Blaine passed away at his home on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at age 61. Beloved husband and best friend of Esther (Konrad) for 33 years; loved father of David and his partner Valerie Shaw and Ben; loving son of Anne and the late D. Douglas Millar; dear brother of Christine Johnson and her husband Jim; brother-in-law to Bill and Angie Konrad, Harry Konrad, Paul Konrad and his fiancée Trina Hoekstra. Blaine will be missed by extended family, friends from church, past co-workers, and the many others he welcomed into his life. Predeceased by his father D. Douglas Millar. Blaine was an active member of Rockway Mennonite Church throughout his adult life - he served the church in a wide range of roles over the years, and loved teaching Sunday School. During his career as a social worker, Blaine worked as a case manager for Big Brothers before moving on to become an addictions counselor for House of Friendship. In semi-retirement, Blaine drove school bus for Shantz Coach Lines (now Stock Transportation). Memorial visitation will be held at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Saturday, May 4th from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The Memorial Service to celebrate Blaine's life and faith will be held at Rockway Mennonite Church, 32 Weber St. W., Kitchener on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 2 p.m. Reception to follow at the church. Interment in First Mennonite Cemetery at a later date. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Mennonite Central Committee or the Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada may be arranged through the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-180815

David — Annie Elsie "Anne" Eby. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199799

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A resident of this area for 31 years, Frederick B. Millar, 67, of RR4 Kitchener, died suddenly yesterday at his residence. He was born Nov. 1, 1887 in Lindsay, s/o the late Mr. and Mrs. James Millar. He was a member of the Stirling Ave. Mennonite church and the Twin City Lodge AF and AM.

His wife, the former Ida Bergey, whom he married March 4, 1918 in Kitchener, survives. Also surviving are five sons, D. Douglas and Frederick B. of Kitchener, J. Donald and Roderick B. of RR4 Kitchener, and Rev. Robert G. of Choctow, Okla.; two daughters, Mary Louise and Bertha of RR4 Kitchener; one brother, George of Toronto and 7 grandchildren...Woodland Cemetery....

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 27 Jul 1955

Frederick married Ida Bergey 4 Mar 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of Deacon David E. Bergey and Louisa Bowman) was born 16 Jun 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Apr 1978, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ida Millar
• Eby ID Number: 00004-892.8
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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MILLAR, Mrs. Frederick B. (Ida Bergey) -- At Cambridge Country Manor, Route 31, Cambridge (P), on Saturday, April 29, 1978, Ida Bergey, formerly of 54 Marshall St., waterloo, age 92 years. Mrs. Millar was born in New Dundee, a daughter of the late David Bergey and the former Louisa Bowman. A member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church; a member and past president of the Women's Missionary Association of the church. A charter member and past presiden tof New Dundee Women's Institute and a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick B. Millar, in 1955 and by four brothers and two sisters. Surviving ar five sons, Douglas and Donald of Kitchener, Rev. Robert Millar of Oklahoma and twins, Roderick of Cambridge (G) and Frederick of Kitchener and two daughters, Louisa Miller and Bertha (Mrs. Robert Landers), both of Waterloo; 20 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren also survive. A private family committal service was held at Woodland cemetery today. The family will be receiving friends and relatives at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church chapel on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., with Rev. Martha Smith and Rev. Ron Rempel officiating. Donations to the memorial find of the WMA, the Mennonite Central Committee or the CNIB may be made as expressions of sympathy, and may be made at the church or the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 1 May 1978

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"Ida was the sixth of David and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey's seven children. She was born the year her family moved to New Dundee. At the age of 22 Ida became a charter member of the New Dundee Women's Institute and was elected their first president in 1907. Her involvement in the Institute provided a stepping stone to develop her creative writing. In later years she became a correspondent for the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

After her marriage to Fred Millar they purchased a little 13 acre farm two miles west of Kitchener. Fred worked in Kitchener during the 1920s but was unemployed during the depression in the 1930s. The income from the farm was not sufficient to support their growing family of seven children. Twin sons born in 1931 completed the family circle. One of thet wins at the age of two required surgery and was hospitalized for a year in the Toronto Sick Children's Hospital. (This was before the Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan was in effect.)

At this point Ida recalled the cheese making skills she learned from her mother. A small vat, a cheese press and a few utensils were brought fromt he Bergey home farm near New Dundee. Ida made the traditional Bowman Farmes Mild Cheese. Medium and Old Cheddar was purchased from various cheese factories and sold at several markets. Their first market stand was at the Kitchener Farmers' Market where her brother Herb and her UncleAaron Bowman's family also sold cheese.

In 1936 and 1937 the family sold cheese at four markets each Saturday. Fred dropped off Ida and son Donald at Kitchener, then with Douglas proceeded on to Preston. That market was over by 9 a.m., then on to Hamilton, another 35 miles east. At noon Ida and Donald left the Kitchener market for the Waterloo market with a farmer who also attended both markets.

Kitchener/Waterloo are Twin Cities. The distance between the two markets was a little over three miles. The Waterloo Market did not open for business until exactly 1 p.m. when the Market Clerk would ring a bell. Those who had already made a selection (and sometimes paid for it) wouldr ush to pick up their merchandise and leave.
The market was over in a couple of hours so Ida had to wait until sometime between four and five o'clock when Fred would arrive from Hamilton to take the family and empty cheese boxes home.

They made a specialty of aging their cheddar to a degree of ripeness that was popular with many who appreciated the sharp tang. Some cheddars were much superior to others, depending on the month it was made, the factory that produced it, humidity, temperature and other factors. Visits were made to the five or six factories that produced cheddar and testing made from a tubular sample drawn from the 80-90 lb. block was standard practice.

One amusing incident remains in memory. A little cheese factory located in the Fryfogel Inn between New Hamburg and Stratford had a supply of quarter-pound bars of Limburger cheese considerably past their prime. Limburger has a relatively short life and unless refrigerated it will ripen to a soft, runny mass, almost like honey, but it certainly does not smell sweet. The manager offered them for five cents each. Could they be sold? 'Well, take them anyway and if you sell them you can pay me, if not, throw them out.'

They were offered at 15 cents each and only one or two were sold. The next week a sign announced 'Specially aged limburger - 35 cents'. We sold them all that Saturday and for weeks people would return and ask for that' good'? old limburger." (compiled by D. Douglas Millar)

"Those Enterprising Pennsylvania Germans"

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:"Ida Bergey, at the age of nineteen or twenty, probably had thedistinction of being the youngest president of any Women's Institute in Ontario. Hers was a life-long involvement in community and church activities. In her eighties, she was still visiting 'senior's.

YOUTH AND ADVENTURE

Ida Bergey was born on June 16, 1885 to David and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey. The Bergey family attended the Blenheim Mennonite Church, where David was ordained deacon in 1889.

Although Ida's father was a teacher in the public schools, an education beyond grade school was not considered necessary for girls. Ida's older sister Amelia, whose story is also told in this book, worked her own way through higher education when she was old enough to leave home. Ida's educational pursuits seem to be limited to a term in the Bible Studyclass (forerunner of Ontario Mennonite Bible School) of 1907 and a course at a business college.

Ida, however, did not lack for educational stimulation in the home. Her father's library contained most of the classics of the time. The room which contained this library was Ida's favourite.

When the New Dundee Women's Institute was organized in the early 1900s, Ida joined, and it was not long until her name was proposed for the office of president. When she asked her father what she should do, he advised, 'You have to make up your own mind. But if you can't take criticism, don't accept.'

Frequently one hears stories of young men going west for a bit of adventure, but in the Bergey family it was the women. Ida, her sister, Eva, and a family friend decided to go to California. The three of them found employment in a millionnaire's home. One of them was cook, one was the upstairs maid, the other the downstairs maid. These women learned a great deal about refined housekeeping during that year, and Ida continued to set an attractive table whenever she entertained.

On her return from California, Ida went to Toronto to find work. While there, she became acquainted with Frederick Millar. Since Ida was under church discipline for failing to abide by the prescribed dress regulations and Fred was not a member of the Mennonite Church, they were married at a Baptist church in 1917. They eventually bought a little farm just west of Kitchener.

CHURCH AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

When Stirling Avenue Mennonite church was organized in 1924, the Millars still had no church affiliation. This congregation was open to receiving members, disciplined in their own congregations for breach of the dress code. In spite of, or perhaps because of, his being drafted into the army, the Mennonite stand on peace and non-violence appealed to Fred, and the Millars joined the Stirling Church.

Ida soon became involved in the Women's Missionary Society. In 1930 after the death of Mary Snider, Ida was appointed as Cradle Roll superintendent. (The Cradle Roll was sponsored by the WMS). In 1941 she was elected secretary of the Society, in 1944 as vice-pres., and in 1946 as president. According to the minutes she frequently volunteered to pack relief goods or mend at the Mennonite Central Committee depot. One fall, in lieu of making so many quilts, Ida organized a comforter-knotting bee for the young people. The youth knotted a lot of comforters, but the women spent another day redoing much of the work!

The church camping program also received Ida's support. Her family does not know how she had the time and energy to volunteer to cook and serve as 'camp mother', but she was there.

Probably in order to get away from the constant emphasis on quilting in the regular women's meetings, Ida and one of her Sunday school classes began the 'Friendly Circle'. This group was more socially oriented and not as highly organized as the WMS, kept no records, but did take on some projects and always had devotions at the meetings.

Living on the highway and relatively close to the road made the Millar house very accessible to the transients who walked from city to city. Especially during the Depression, men would walk the roads in search of employment, and failing to find that, had to seek a free meal and lodging, wherever they could. The Millars never turned anyone away - well, only once! One day Ida was especially busy and actually turned one away. As soon as he was on his way, she was filled with remorse. She went to the telephone and called her neighbour up the road, who promised to take care of the problem. She made a sandwich and met the man at the end of her lane.

On another occasion, a very discouraged man spent a few days at the Millar home. Unknown to them, he was contemplating suicide. After receiving the Millar family's hospitality - and even a little counsel, he went back to Chicago with renewed hope. He later wrote to them, telling them they had saved his life.

It was also during the depression years that the Millar family hosted children from the orphanage during the summer months. Ida would have liked to adopt one particular little girl, but her church friends counselled against it. They reasoned that by the time the girl would be a teenager, Ida would be an old woman. Her friends probably had the welfare of the child in mind and, no doubt, also felt that Ida, with her family of seven, had enough children of her own.

Although Ida was not much interested in quilting, she did learn to sew and kept her family well-clothed. The family recalls that a neighbour came one day with some worn out pants and asked Ida for patches. Seeing the state of the pants, Ida gave her a pair which one of her sons had outgrown. The next Sunday at church, Lena Weber came to Ida and said she had found some good pant material on sale. She had thought of Ida and all her boys; so she bought some material and made each of them a pair of pants. Ida came home beaming, 'If you give away your old pants, the Lord will give you a set of new ones!'

One cold Sunday morning in winter, the whole Millar family was sick, and everyone stayed in bed. Before long the neighbour from across the road and up the hill was knocking at the door. Fred went to answer in his night shirt. The man wondered what was wrong, and Fred wondered how he knew something was wrong. 'Well', said the caller. 'If at this hour on a Sunday morning there is no smoke coming from your chimney, there is something wrong'. He built a fire in the stove and went for his wife, who came and made a kettle full of hot soup. The outcome of that incident was that a friendship developed, and this couple - first the wife, then the husband - became members of the Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church.

When Ida joined the Women's Institute in her youth, it provided a stepping stone to develop her creative writing. As a correspondent for the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, she received a free subscription. This was particularly significant since it coincided with the depression years. She wrote a column of local news, calling herself the 'Elmdale Correspondent'. She wrote her reports by lamp light after the children were in bed. That was also the time she did most of her reading.

Ida exercised her literary skills throughout her life - writing pieces and poetry for the Women's Institute or for various family and church celebrations. One of her last poems accompanied the plates she distributed to her daughters and daughter-in-law one Christmas. She died on April 29, 1978 after a long, active life, passing on a legacy of faith, conviction, optimism and strength as well as plates."

"Willing Service:Stories of Ontario Mennonite Women", pg. 252-255
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• Interesting: story
• Name: Christian Gordon Eby
• Name: Gordon C. Eby
• Name: Gordon Eby
• Residence: 409 Mill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1793.7
• Birth: 20 Sep 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, 108th Regiment, Service #126368
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 108th Regiment / 118th Battalion

Notes:

Eby, Gordon C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Eby, was born at Kitchener, Ont., Sept. 21, 1890; died at the K-W Hospital, Kitchener, Aug. 17, 1965; aged 74 y. 10 m. 27 d. In 1921, he was married to Elsie Hewitt, who survives. Also surviving are 4 sons (Ward, Foster, Gary, and Timothy), 3 daughters (Ruth - Mrs. Murray Hill, Anne - Mrs. Douglas Millar, and Louella), and 16 grandchildren. One son preceded him in death. Two months previous to his death he renewed his faith in Christ. Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite Church, Aug. 20, in charge of C. F. Derstine.

Gospel Herald - Volume LVIII, Number 37 - September 21, 1965 - pages 841, 842

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Gordon Eby's diaries shine a light on Kitchener's past

KITCHENER Berlin was to become a city at the stroke of midnight, and young Gordon Eby did not want to miss the chance to record history in the making.

He loaded his gramophone into the back of his horse-drawn wagon, and headed downtown to record the celebrations. There was to be music, fireworks and parties, and Eby aimed to capture it all. But he was left heartbroken instead. "I started setting up the machine, while putting the horn on I bumped my coat pocket against the side of the rig, smashed the blank record which was in it … that of course put an end to record-making tonight," he wrote in his diary in June 1912.

Berlin, as Kitchener was then known, was a happening place in Eby's time. Electricity had only arrived two years earlier, and Eby - a Mennonite farmer who'd spent almost four months wages on his beloved gramophone - was busy documenting the exciting changes in his hometown....

Eby's diary entries are full of his observations on everyday life in Waterloo Region more than a century ago. While his father, a traditional Mennonite "charmer" was a remnant of different era, Eby was intrigued by anything new.

"He turned his back in some ways on his Mennonite heritage. He spent most of his time going to movies and plays," said Harper, a teacher at Elmira District Secondary School who also works with the Rural Diary Project at the University of Guelph.

Like a lot of citizens at the time, Eby was swept up the city's emerging status, with its growing population of 15,000 and bustling factories. "Berlin was coming into its own," she said. "We see Kitchener become a city through his eyes. He was very excited about it." Eby didn't just document early Kitchener with his diary entries. He also took hundreds of photos of people and things he saw, and owned one of the city's first flash-photography cameras while still in his early 20s.

Eby, who earned his living collecting manure and growing vegetables on land that is now Rockway Golf Course, used new technology as a social outlet, Harper said. His camera and gramophone were novelties, and drew crowds wherever he went. What he didn't realize is how he was helping historians more than a century later....by Greg Mercer

"Gordon Eby'S Diaries Shine A Light On Kitchener'S Past". Therecord.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 9 July 2016.

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Eby, Gordon C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Eby, was born at Kitchener, Ont., Sept. 21, 1890; died at the K-W Hospital, Kitchener, Aug. 17, 1965; aged 74 y. 10 m. 27 d. In 1921, he was married to Elsie Hewitt, who survives. Also surviving are 4 sons (Ward, Foster, Gary, and Timothy), 3 daughters (Ruth - Mrs. Murray Hill, Anne - Mrs. Douglas Millar, and Louella), and 16 grandchildren. One son preceded him in death. Two months previous to his death he renewed his faith in Christ. Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite Church, Aug. 20, in charge of C. F. Derstine.

Gospel Herald - Volume LVIII, Number 37 - September 21, 1965 - pages 841, 842

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Kitchener Pioneer's Kin Dies


Gordon C. Eby, 74, the last surviving great-grandson of Kitchener pioneer Benjamin Eby, died today at K-W Hospital after an illness of several months. Mr. Eby was born in Kitchener, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian Eby. He lived at 409 Mill St. He was a member of First Mennonite Church, the first church in the community, founded by Bishop Eby in 1813. Mr. Eby unveiled a plaque commemorating Bishop Eby at the church six years ago. Kitchener got its original name, Ebytown, from the bishop. Mr. Eby was an assistant foreman at J. M. Schneider Ltd. for 34 years until his retirement in in 1960. He was a member of the Schneider's Veterans Club and the firm's 20 Year Club. He served overseas with the 118th Battalion from 1915 to 1919, and after the armistice served in Germany as an interpreter, using the High German he learned in the Mennonite school that his great-grandfather founded. He was a member of the Kitchener branch of the Canadian Legion and the Waterloo Historical Society. Mr. Eby's main hobby was gardening, and he developed a new type of apple that is now being tested at the University of Guelph, the Vineland experimental nurseries and Stark Nurseries in the United States. Surviving are his wife, the former Elsie Hewitt whom he married in Kitchener in 1921; four sons, Ward of New Westminster, B.C., Foster of Baden, Gary and Timothy of Kitchener; three daughters, Mrs. Murray (Ruth) Hill of Blair, Mrs. Douglas (Anne) Millar and Loella of Kitchener and 16 grandchildren. One son predeceased him. The body is at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home until Friday when removal will be made to the First Mennonite Church ofr a service at 2: 30 p.m. with Bishop C.F. Derstine officiating. Burial will be in East End Mennonite cemetery. Contributions to the crippled children's centre will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

Christian — Elsie Maude Hewitt. Elsie (daughter of George Morton Hewitt and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ward) was born 4 Oct 1900; died 16 May 1974; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elsie Maude Eby
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-180813

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• Interesting: religion
• Eby ID Number: 00004-892
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Teacher
• Residence: 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

David E. Bergey, "was born July 3rd, 1845. He is a farmer and resides near New Dundee. Some years ago he was ordained as a deacon of the Mennonite Church. He is married to Louisa, daughter of Rev. Moses S. Bowman. Their family consists 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.].

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Bergey David Bergey was born in Preston, Ont., on July 3, 1845. He passed to his eternal reward on March 25, 1932; aged 86 y. 8 m. 22 d. At the age of 4 he with his parents moved to Manheim, Ont., where he grew to manhood. In his youth he prepared himself for the teaching profession, which he followed for twenty-five years. The greater part of his life he also engaged in farming. He also served the community as conveyancer and administrator of many estates. As a young man he united with the Mennonite Church, and in 1885 be with his family moved to a farm near New Dundee, Ont. Immediately he became interested in the activities of the Church, one of these being the founding of S. S. in the Blenheim congregation. On Dec. 29, 1889, he was ordained to the office of deacon, in which capacity he faithfully served until a few years before his death. His place in the church services was seldom vacant. For many years he served as secretary of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario, including the work of several committees. He also was president of the local branch of the Upper Canada Bible Society for a number of years in recognition of which the Society presented him with a life membership certificate upon his retirement a few years ago. On Dec. 31, 1872, he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Louisa, oldest daughter of Pre. Moses S. Bowman, in which union they lived for 59 years. They were blessed with 4 sons and 3 daughters. The mother, 1 son (Ezra), predeceased him. Three survive: Gilbert, Milton, Herbert, Mrs. Menno Nahrgang, and Mrs. Fred Miller; also 12 grandchildren, 2 brothers, and 1 sister. He enjoyed good health until within a few hours of his death, which was the result of an acute heart attack. He will be missed in the home, in the Church, and in the community. He left a bright testimony. His daily prayer was, "If thou Lord shouldst take any of us from this world before this day is over, may we be prepared to meet thee in peace." Funeral services were held March 28, from the home of his son, Gilbert, and at the Blenheim Mennonite Church where a large concourse of people had assembled to show their respect. Services were conducted at the house by M. H. Shantz, and at the church by Bros. M. Hallman and S. F. Coffman. Text, II Tim. 4: 7, 8. Interment in adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XXV, Number 2 - April 14, 1932 pages 45, 46, 47

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Bergey, David (1845-1932) (3 July 1845-1932).

"A prominent leader of the Ontario Mennonites (Mennonite Church), David Bergey was born on 3 July 1845 in Preston, Waterloo Co., ON, the fifth child of Jacob Bergey and Elizabeth Eby, who were of Swiss-German descent. He married Louisa Bowman, daughter of Moses Bowman. Of their seven children, their son Gilbert became secretary of the Ontario Mennonite Conference, following his father's service in the same capacity for a quarter of a century. Bergey received his education in the public school in Mannheim, the high school in Kitchener, and the normal school in Toronto. In early life he was received as a member of the Mennonite congregation near Mannheim known as Latschar, where he attended until in 1885. He moved to farms west of New Dundee and became deacon of the Blenheim congregation in December 1889. His place of residence was usually on a farm either in Waterloo Township or Wilmot Township. He lived in the town of Waterloo for several years. He was a gifted man and contributed to the community in various ways. Besides being a schoolteacher, he was a charter member of the Rural Telephone Company; he served on the board of the Mennonite Aid Union; he was the district member for the conference on the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board; he was instrumental in organizing Sunday schools at Latschar, at Blenheim, and probably in the rural areas south; he served on the local public school board, in the young people's meeting organization of the church, and as superintendent of the Sunday school. He was also a life member of the British and Foreign Bible Society"

Fretz, Joseph C. "Bergey, David (1845-1932)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 Nov 2005

David married Louisa Bowman 31 Dec 1872, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Louisa (daughter of Rev. Moses B. Bowman and Anna Cressman) was born 28 Nov 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1931, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Louisa Bergey
• Name: Louise Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-102
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Louisa Bowman, "the eldest, was born November 28th, 1845. She is married to David Bergey, a farmer. They reside near new Dundee, Ontario. They have a family 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.].

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Bergey, Louisa, eldest daughter of Pre. Moses S. and Anna Cressman Bowman and beloved wife of deacon David Bergey, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Nov.28, 1845; died at her home near New Dundee,Ont., Jan.11, 1931; aged 85 y. 1. m 14d. On Dec.31, 1872, she was married to David Bergey. This union was blessed with 4 sons and 3 daughters. Two preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband, 2 daughters (Amelia and Ida ), 3 sons ( Gilbert, Milton, and Herbert), 10 grandchildren,4 sisters,4 brothers. At the age of 25 she confessed Christ and united with the Mennonite Church of which she was a faithful member to death. She was a regular attendant at church services, seldom missing a service. She was a real help to her husband in his work as deacon in the Church. She enjoyed good health all her life and bore her brief illness with patience; looking forward in happy anticipation for the triumphal entry into the Glory World. Her last desire was to be "where there is fullness of joy and pleasure forever-more." Funeral services were held Jan.14, at the home and at Blenheim Mennonite Church near New Dundee,Ont., by Bros. M.H. Shantz and S.F. Coffman. Text, II Cor.5: 9. Interment in cemetery nearby.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XXIII, No. 45 - February 5, 1931, page 958, 959

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• Residence: 409 Mill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2429
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Military: 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; 29 Regiment of Waterloo
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Occupation: 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; market gardener
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gardener
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Basket Gardening

Notes:

Christian Eby, "was born December 15th, 1842. He was married May 24th, 1868, to Catharine Clemens. They reside at the "Two Bridges", South Ward, Berlin. He follows gardening in summer and butchering in winter. They have a family of six children...They are all at home yet and unmarried save James Edward who is married and resides in Berlin."


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 Catharine Clemens 24 May 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of Abraham B. Clemens and Magdalena Eby) was born 10 Apr 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Feb 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Catharine Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1793
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Catharine Clemens, "was born April 10th, 1848. On May 24th, 1868, she was married to Christian Eby. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged in gardening and butchering. To them were born six children, namely: VIII Lydia Ann, VIII James Edward, VIII Isabella, VIII Jacob Foster, VIII Isaac C. (dead), and VIII Christian."


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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179355
• Residence: CA 1918, 44 Locust St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1918, 65 Nelson Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

George married Elizabeth "Eliza" Ward 25 Dec 1895, Burslem, , Staffordshire, England. Elizabeth was born 19 Aug 1872, Burslem, , Staffordshire, England; died 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth "Eliza" Hewitt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179357