Mary Susannah Weaver

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00127-7818
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dutch M.

Notes:

Moses Weaver," was born December 21st, 1850. He was married to Mary Snyder who died in July, 1895. They reside in Emmet County, Michigan, where he was engaged in farming. Their children are as follows, namely: VII Roy, VII Leonard, VII Amos, VII Varna, and VII Mary Susannah."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

Moses married Mary Snyder 18 Sep 1877, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA. Mary (daughter of Elias B. Snyder and Susannah Bowman) was born 20 May 1857, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 1895, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA; was buried , Brutus Mennonite Cemetery, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Weaver
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6000
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethern

Notes:

Mary Snyder, "was born May 20th, 1857. On September 18th, 1877, she was married in Petoskey, Michigan, to Moses Weaver, a manufacturer and farmer. They resided at Brutus, Emmet County, Michigan, where she died July 19th, 1895"


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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WEAVER. On the 19th of July 1895, after a short period of suffering, Mary Snyder, beloved wife of Moses Weaver, of Brutus, Emmet Co., Mich. Deceased was the daughter of Elias and Susannah Snyder, formerly of Freeport, Waterloo Co., Ont. She leaves her husband, four small children, father, two brothers and many relatives to mourn her early death, yet they have the blessed assurance of a happy reunion in the bright beyond.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00127-7813
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dutch M.
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Notes:

Amos Weaver," was born February 20th, 1822. On January 26th, 1844, he was married to Polly Baumann who was born January 7th, 1826, and died March 21st, 1873. After her decease he was married to Magdalena Oberholtzer who was born August 12th, 1834, and died April 12th, 1883. Some time after his second wife's decease he was married to Caroline Knipple, a widow. After his first marriage he settled near Freeport, Ontario, where he was engaged in farming until the decease of his first wife, and with his second wife he lived in Bloomingdale on her father's farm. At present he resides in the town of Berlin. To him and his first wife was born 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.].

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Died At Berlin, on Tuesday, May 25th, 1897, at 5: 45 p. m., Amos Weaver, Aged 75 Years, 3 Months and 5 Days. Funeral Will take place on Friday, the 28th, Inst, at 1: 30 o'clock p. m., from his late residence, Church Street, to the U. B. Church, thence to Blair Cemetery Friends and relatives will please accept this intimation.


Funeral Card

Amos married Mary "Polly" Bowman 26 Jan 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Rev. Johnnes B. "John" Bauman and Nancy Bechtel) was born 7 Jan 1826, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Mar 1873, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary "Polly" Weaver
• Name: Polly Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-237
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

Notes:

Polly Bowman, "the eldest and only daughter of Rev. John B. and Nancy (Bechtel) Baumann, was born January 7th, 1826. She was married to Amos Weaver, January 26th, 1844, and died March 21st, 1873. They 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-5998
• Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethern
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Notes:

Elias B. Snyder, "was born March 29th, 1828. On February 11th, 1851, he was married to Susannah Bowman (No. 275). They resided at Freeport, Ontario, where she died July 30th, 1874. Some time after he decease he sold his farm and moved to Petoskey, Michigan, where he was again married August 22nd, 1880, to Polly Kaufman, widow of John Holm. Mr. Snyder's family consists 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.].

Elias married Susannah Bowman 11 Feb 1851, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Elias B. Bauman and Maria "Mary" Clemens) was born 2 Mar 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jul 1874, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah Snyder
• Eby ID Number: 00002-275
• Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Notes:

Susannah Bowman, "the eldest daughter of Elias Bowman, was born March 2nd, 1834. She was married to Elias B., son of David Schneider. They resided at Freeport, Ontario, where she died July 30th, 1874. They had a family of three children, Titus, Mary, and Caleb, all of which reside at Petoskey, Michigan."


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: 00127-7811
• Residence: 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1836, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Inn Keeper

Notes:

Moses Weber," was born February 8th, 1797. On August 3rd, 1819, he married to Anna, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Martin) Stauffer. She was born October 25th, 1799, and died October 1st, 1833. After her decease he was again married, November 15th, 1836, to Rachel Lindeman who was born September 6th, 1815. After his first marriage he settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged as a farmer until the year 1825 when he sold out and on April 25th, same year, he left his native home and moved to Canada, arriving at Blair, Ontario, May 15th following, where he rented the "Eshleman Farm" for three years, then in 1828, he moved to Woolwich Township, near Heidelburg, on the farm now possessed by Christian L. Weber. Here he followed farming for four years, then he moved to Preston, Ontario, where he resided until 1838 when he moved to Dundas, Ontario, where he was proprietor of the "Red Lion" Hotel for a number of years. His death took place July 26th, 1854. His family consisted of ten children,* of whom the eldest seven were born unto his first wife. Names of children are as follows:"


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.].


* This branch of the family spell their name "Weaver,"

Moses married Anna "Nancy" Stauffer 3 Aug 1819. Anna (daughter of Jacob Stauffer and Maria Martin) was born 25 Oct 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Oct 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna "Nancy" Weber
• Name: Nancy Stauffer
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7811.1

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-41

Notes:

John Baumann, "the fourth son of Joseph Baumann, was born April 4th, 1800, and died of paralysis, September 22nd, 1850, in Lincoln County, Ontario. He was married to Nancy Bechtel."

John B. Baumann, "the fourth son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Baer) Baumann, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, April 4th, 1800. In 1816, he in company with his parents and their family, moved to Canada and settled at Blair, Waterloo County. About the year 1825 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel. She was born June 6th, 1808, and died August 3rd, 1855. Soon after their marriage they moved a little north of the "Toll Bridge" on the farm now possessed by George Becker. Here they resided until their death. When he was about thirty-five years of age he was called to the ministry. He proved himself to be an able minister and a good worker among his class. While on his pastoral duties he died of paralysis, September 21st, 1850, at the Twenty, Lincoln County, Ontario. Their family consists 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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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

Johnnes — Nancy Bechtel. Nancy (daughter of Deacon Jacob Bechtel and Elizabeth Gabel) was born 6 Jun 1808, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Nancy Bauman
• Name: Nancy Oberholtzer
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0805
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Nancy Bechtel "the eighth member of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel's family, was married to Rev. John Baumann. They resided on the west side of the "Toll Bridge" where 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.].

Nancy's tombstone has her name as Oberholtzer.

Residence:
Lived with Jacob Bowman and family.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-5989
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 13, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

David Snyder, "was born March 29th, 1799. On March 18h, 1823, he was married to Leah Baumann (No. 44). She was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, June 6th, 1804, and died at Freeport, Ontario, April 24th, 1876. They resided at Freeport, Ontario where he was busily engaged in tilling his large farm which is now cut up into a number of smaller farms. Here he resided until his death which took place December 2nd, 1875."


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.].

David married Leah Bauman 18 Mar 1823. Leah (daughter of Reverend Joseph O. Bauman and Mary Baer) was born 6 Jan 1804, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Mar 1876, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Leah Schneider
• Eby ID Number: 00002-44
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Leah Baumann, "the fifth daughter of Joseph Baumann, was born January 6th, 1804, and died March 24th, 1876. She was married to David Snyder. They resided on a large farm at Freeport where both died."


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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April 23 rd, of the same place, Leah, widow of David Schneider, (who died 4 months previous), aged 71 years, 10 months and 18 days


Herald of Truth - Volume XIII, Number 9 - September 1876, page 158-159

Other Events:

• Name: Elias B. Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-46
• 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; Mennonite
• Immigration: 1863, , Michigan, USA

Notes:

Elias B. Baumann, "the seventh son of Joseph Baumann, was born May 4th, 1809, and died in Kent County, Michigan, August 21st, 1875. He was married to Polly Clemens."

Elias Bowman, "(son of No. 34 and same as No. 46) the seventh son of Rev. Joseph and Maria (Bechtel) Baumann, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, May 28th, 1809. In 1816 he came to Canada with his parents who settled at Blair, in this County (See No. 34). In the year 1829 he was married to Polly, daughter of Jacob and Susannah (Dierstein) Clemens. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 12, 1811, came to Canada with her parents in 1826, and died in Kent County, Michigan, May 28th, 1886. Soon after their marriage they moved on the farm now possessed by Simon Schiedel and Moses S. Cressman (each party possessing a part), near Breslau. Here they resided until March, 1863, when they sold their farm and moved to Kent County, Michigan, where he died August 21st, 1875. They have had a family of fourteen children, all born in the county of Waterloo"


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.].

Elias married Maria "Mary" Clemens 1829, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Jacob Clemens, Sr. and Susannah Dierstein) was born 12 Jul 1811, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 May 1886, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Maria "Mary" Bauman
• Name: Marian Clemens
• Name: Mary Clemens
• Name: Polly Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1783
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1880, Gaines, Kent, Michigan

Notes:

Maria Clemens, "was born July 12, 1811. She was married to Elias Bowman and resided in Kent County, Michigan, where they both died. Her death took place May 28th, 1886"


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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BOWMAN. - On the 28th of May, in Gaines Twp., Kent Co., Mich., of the infirmities of old age, Polly, widow of Elias Bowman, aged 74 years, 10 months and 16 days. She was born on the 12th of July, 1811, in Bucks Co., Pa. In childhood, with her father Jacob Clemens, she moved to Waterloo Co., Ontario, which was then a wilderness. In the year 1829 she was joined in marriage to Elias Bowman of the same place. To them were born eight sons and six daughters, ten of whom are yet living. In 1863, she with her husband, moved to Mich., where she has since resided. She embraced religion in early life was united to the Mennonite church, and lived a consistent life. She also had the joy of seeing all her children embrace religion. She was buried on the 31st of May at the Gaines U. B. Meeting house, where an immense congregation had assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to this beloved "mother of Israel." Funeral services were held by H. T. Barnaby.

Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIII, Number 13, July 1, 1886, page 205