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Levina Schwartzentruber

Female 1899 - 1960  (61 years)


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  1. 1.  Levina Schwartzentruber was born 30 Apr 1899, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Daniel Schwartzentruber and Barbara Erb); died 16 Aug 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38438894
    • Name: Levina Lichti
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200048
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1943, 105 Peter St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    LICHTI, Mrs. Daniel

    NEW HAMBURG-Mrs. Daniel Lichti, 61, of Jacob St., New Hamburg, died Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital after a four-day illness.

    She was born in Wellesley Township, April 30, 1899. The former Lavina Schwartzentruber, daughter of the late Daniel Schwartzentruber and the former Barbara Erb, she lived in New Hamburg since 1944. She was a member of the Steinman Amish Mennonite Church.

    She was married to Daniel Lichti June 21, 1923, who survives as well as one daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Jean) Roth of New Hamburg, two brothers, Christian and Allan, both of Petersburg and one grandchild.

    The body is at the Futher-Omand Funeral Home, New Hamburg until Friday noon when removal will be made to the Steinman Church for a memorial service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the St. Agatha Amish Mennonite Cemetery. Bishop Orland Gingerich will officiate.

    Levina married Daniel Lichti 21 Jun 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Daniel (son of Abraham S. "Abram" Lichti and Magdalena Roth) was born 10 Sep 1896, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Dec 1973, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Jean Lichti was born 24 Feb 1934; died 18 Mar 1966; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel Schwartzentruber was born 8 Mar 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Christian S. Schwartzentruber and Veronica M. "Fronica" Erb); died 8 Jan 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34006160
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51857
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1943, 105 Peter St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    DANIEL SCHWARTZENTRUBER

    Daniel Schwartzentruber, widower, died yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Lichty, 105 Peter Street, after an illness of three months. He was 72. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian Schwartzentruber, he was born at Petersburg. He attended the Amish Mennonite Church at St Agatha. His wife, formerly Barbara Erb, died in 1922.

    Surviving are two sons, Christian E. and Allen, of Petersburg, one daughter, Mrs. Daniel (Levina) Lichty, Kitchener; two brothers John, Petersburg, and Christian New Hamburg; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Three sisters, four brothers, and one son predeceased him.

    The funeral will be held Sunday from the home of his son Allen Schwartzentruber, Petersburg, a one o'clock and from thence to the Amish Mennonite Church, St Agatha, for service at two o'clock Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. The remains are resting at the home of his daughter, Mrs Daniel Lichty, 105 Peter Street, until nine o'clock Saturday morning when the removal will be made to the home of his son in Petersburg.

    Kitchener Daily Record 29 Jan 1943, Fri Page 15

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    Thy Will Be Done Passed Away At the home of his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Lichty, 105 Peter St., Kitchener, Ontario on Thursday, January 28th, 1943 Daniel Schwartzentruber Aged 72 years 10 months 20 days The Funeral to be held from the home of his son, Allen Schwartzentruber, R.R.2. Petersburg, Ont. Sunday, January 31st, 1943 at 1:00 o'clock p.m. thence to the Amish Mennonite Church, St. Agatha, Ont., for service at 2:00 p.m. Interment will be made in the adjoining Cemetery.

    Funeral Card

    Daniel married Barbara Erb 2 Mar 1893, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of Christian S. Erb and Anna Maria Litwiller) was born 26 Oct 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Oct 1922, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Barbara Erb was born 26 Oct 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Christian S. Erb and Anna Maria Litwiller); died 8 Oct 1922, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34006247
    • Name: Barbara Schwartzentruber
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51858
    • Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    In Loving Memory Died At Petersburg, Ont., on Sunday, October 8th, 1922 Barbara Erb Beloved Wife of Dan. Schwartzentruber Aged 50 years, 11 months and 12 days The Funeral will take place from the family residence at Petersburg, on Wednesday, October 11th, 1922 at 9.30 o'clock, a.m., to the Amish Mennonite Church and cemetery for service and interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

    Funeral Card

    Children:
    1. Christian E. Schwartzentruber was born 17 Apr 1897, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jun 1970; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Levina Schwartzentruber was born 30 Apr 1899, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Aug 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Allen Schwartzentruber was born 27 Mar 1903, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Oct 1991, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Christian S. Schwartzentruber was born CALC 22 Dec 1805, , Hessen, Germany; died 7 Dec 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195168665
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76942
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Christian — Veronica M. "Fronica" Erb. Veronica (daughter of Christian H. Erb and Maria "Polly" Miller) was born 4 Apr 1830, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Sep 1913, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Veronica M. "Fronica" Erb was born 4 Apr 1830, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Christian H. Erb and Maria "Polly" Miller); died 19 Sep 1913, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220993856
    • Name: Feronicka Erb
    • Name: Fronica Erb
    • Name: Veronica M. "Fronica" Schwartzentruber
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59493
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Jacob Schwartzentruber was born 1838, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Joseph Schwartzentruber was born 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Joseph E. Schwartzentruber was born 9 Sep 1852, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Mar 1932, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Joel Schwartzentruber was born 27 Apr 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1939, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Leah E. Schwartzentruber was born 21 Nov 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1930; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Schwartzentruber was born 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Maria Schwartzentruber was born 2 Jul 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Apr 1915; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Leah Schwartzentruber was born 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Letty Schwartzentruber was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Lydia Schwartzentruber was born 7 Sep 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1922, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Maple View Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Barbara Schwartzentruber was born CALC 6 Sep 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Sep 1876; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Veronica Schwartzentruber was born 30 Nov 1862, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Apr 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. John Schwartzentruber was born 5 Jun 1864, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1957, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    14. Christian Schwartzentruber was born 30 Oct 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Apr 1957; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    15. 2. Daniel Schwartzentruber was born 8 Mar 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    16. Menno Schwartzentruber was born CALC 6 Oct 1871; died 9 Sep 1872; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Christian S. Erb was born 14 Feb 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John H. Erb, Sr. and Veronica S. Schwartzentruber); died 17 Oct 1909, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Maple View Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44910299
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51626
    • Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 19 Con. 2 Wellesley Township
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Retired: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Christian — Anna Maria Litwiller. Anna (daughter of Rev. Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti) was born 16 Aug 1833, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Maple View Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna Maria Litwiller was born 16 Aug 1833, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Rev. Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti); died 1 Aug 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Maple View Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44910387
    • Name: Anna Maria Erb
    • Name: Maria Litwiller
    • Name: Mary Litwiller
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51627
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 10 Con. 2 Wellesley Township
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Menno L. Erb was born 3 Dec 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died 25 Oct 1915, , Holt County, Nebraska; was buried , Mennonite Cemetery, O' Neill, Holt, Nebraska, United States.
    2. Veronica Erb was born 6 Jan 1860; died 26 Jan 1861.
    3. John Litwiller Erb was born 16 Mar 1862, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jul 1929, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly 3rd Line], Wellesley Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Peter L. Erb was born 28 Feb 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Poole West Amish Mennonite Cemetery, Poole, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Christian L. Erb was born 1865, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mapleview Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elizabeth Erb was born May 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Apr 1955, RR2, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mapleview Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Ontario, Canada.
    7. Martha Erb was born 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Magdalina "Mattie" Erb was born 27 Mar 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 3. Barbara Erb was born 26 Oct 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Oct 1922, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Christian H. Erb was born CALC 20 Aug 1796, Mittelbergheim, , Alsace, France (son of Jacob Erb and Magdalena Hartig); died 17 Dec 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47274086
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122073
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Christian — Maria "Polly" Miller. Maria was born CALC 15 Oct 1800, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 30 Mar 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Maria "Polly" Miller was born CALC 15 Oct 1800, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 30 Mar 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47274043
    • Name: Maria "Polly" Erb
    • Name: Polly Miller
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122074P
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    ERB - On the 30th of March 1896, near St. Agatha, Waterloo Co., Ont., Maria Erb, maiden name Miller, aged 95 years, 5 months, 15 days. She lived in matrimony 61 years, and in widowhood for 13 years, 3 months and 13 days. Of her 12 children 5 preceded her. Her posterity numbers 42 grandchildren, 13 dead; 103 great-grandchildren, 16 dead. She was for many years afflicted with a cancer, but she suffered patiently, and looked forward in faith to the time of her redemption. She was confined to her bed about 5 months. Buried on the second of April in Lichty's graveyard. Funeral services by C. Zehr, from John 11:25, 26 and J. Gascho, from Rev. 7:9.

    Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIII, No. 9, May 1, 1896

    Children:
    1. Catharine Erb was born 9 Mar 1823, Of, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Nov 1906; was buried , Sugar Creek Mennonite Cemetery, Wayland, Henry, Iowa, United States.
    2. Magdalena Erb was born CALC 29 Dec 1825, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1914, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. 5. Veronica M. "Fronica" Erb was born 4 Apr 1830, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Sep 1913, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Barbara M. Erb was born 3 Jun 1832, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Dec 1910; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joseph Erb was born 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Leah Erb was born 1 May 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Rebecca Erb was born 20 Jun 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1935; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 12.  John H. Erb, Sr. was born 15 Aug 1796, , Alsace Lorraine, France (son of Jacob Erb and Magdalena Hartig); died 23 Feb 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59514170
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-239561
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Not given
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    John — Veronica S. Schwartzentruber. Veronica (daughter of Jacob Schwartzentruber and Catherine Schmucker) was born 12 Dec 1805, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 Jul 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Veronica S. Schwartzentruber was born 12 Dec 1805, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Jacob Schwartzentruber and Catherine Schmucker); died 27 Jul 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59514239
    • Name: Veronica S. Erb
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-239562
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Jacob S. Erb was born 7 Dec 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Aug 1898; was buried , East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. John S. Erb, Jr. was born 21 Oct 1829, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Nov 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Barbara Erb was born 13 Jul 1831, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Christian Erb was born 1832, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 6. Christian S. Erb was born 14 Feb 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Oct 1909, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Maple View Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Joel Erb was born 4 Jun 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Aug 1922, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Menno Erb was born 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Menno S. Erb was born 29 Apr 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 1922, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  Rev. Peter Litwiller was born 8 Jan 1809, Illfurth, , Alsace, France (son of Jacob Litwiller and Anna Maria Maurer); died 7 Jul 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24854
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Religious leader

    Notes:

    Litwiller, Peter (1809-1878)

    Peter Litwiller was born 8 January 1809, in Illfurth, Upper Alsace. His parents were Anna Maria (the name she went by) Maurer and Jacob Litwiller. Jacob died in 1814. Widow Maria, three married daughters and their families, two single daughters and Peter left France and arrived in New York on 12 July 1827.

    On their arrival in Waterloo, they selected lots in the newly-surveyed centre block in Wilmot Township and set to work. Young Peter selected Lot 7, on the north side of Erb's Road, but did little work on his own lot until after his marriage to Elizabeth Lichti in 1830. By 1835, however, he had completed his settlement duties and received his patent for the front fifty acres from the Crown.

    In 1838 Peter bought a little notebook which he called his "Notizbuch." It illustrates the settlers' system of bartering goods and services. Litwiller frequently hired persons by the day or to do certain tasks. This may have been the labourer's only way to get a little needed cash as much as Litwiller's need for assistance. Goods supplied in exchange for work might be yarn for stockings, material for a coat, a pound of "dubock" (tobacco), or postage for a letter. A study of the names appearing in Litwiller's notebook is a veritable "who's who" of new Amish-Mennonite arrivals in Canada. Litwiller also had dealings with his non-Amish neighbours, most of whom were Roman Catholic.

    Peter's compassionate business acumen won for himself the respect of his co-religionists and, at the age of 28, he was chosen for the ministry in the Wilmot Amish Mennonite congregation in 1845. That was also the year that he served as one of the trustees who purchased the school site which the Amish had established at the site of the present St. Agatha Mennonite Church.

    Peter's brother-in-law, Rudolph Roth, a gifted preacher, had been ordained minister in 1835 and bishop in 1843. Family relationships during the next few years must have been very trying for Peter and his sisters and in-laws when Rudolph Roth, his wife Maria (nee Litwiller), Jacob and Barbara (Litwiller) Gardner, and Veronica (Litwiller) Gingerich (but not her husband) joined the Reformed Mennonites . Rudolph's early demise in 1853 removed him from any conflict which Peter might have had with him.

    Rudolph's leaving the Amish-Mennonite fold and the deaths of both Bishop John Oesch in Hay and Bishop Christian Miller in Wilmot, left the aged Bishop Christian Wagler, recent immigrant from Alsace, as the only bishop for the whole Amish-Mennonite constituency. It must have been Bishop Wagler who ordained Peter Litwiller that same year, and after Wagler's death the following year, Peter was left with bishop oversight over the whole Amish-Mennonite community from Wilmot to Lake Huron.

    Joseph Ruby was ordained bishop for the South Easthope-East Zorra congregation in 1853 and John Jantzi for the North Wilmot-Wellesley congregation in 1859. The Hay congregation, however, did not ordain a bishop, and were served by those in East Zorra or Wilmot for the next 100 years.

    Peter Litwiller's farm buildings were across the street and up the road a short distance from the Catholic Church. In 1857, a dedicated young man by the name of Eugene Funcken arrived in St. Agatha to serve in the Congregation of the Resurrection. Father Funcken was full of zeal and energy. These two men might have had good reasons to ignore each other, at best, or engage in a running feud, at worst, but they did neither. According to family tradition, they met with each other regularly to discuss topics of a religious nature. They set the stage for a peaceful community, rather than one where various factions are in conflict.

    Peter Litwiller died 7 July 1878. It is said that when the funeral cortege passed the Catholic church on its way to the Amish cemetery, Father Funcken had the bells tolled. A broadside printed at the time of his death is also attributed to Father Funcken. In it he extolled the bishop's character and his ministry.1

    1Roth, Lorraine. "Litwiller, Peter (1809-1878)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. October 2004. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 Nov 2005

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    Herald of Truth - Volume XV, Number 8 - August 1878, pages 141, 143 and 144

    LITZWILER.-July 8th, of long suffering with rheumatism, PETER LITZWILER, bishop of the Amish Mennonite church, at the age of 69 years, 5 months and 27 days. He was beloved by all who knew him.



    Peter married Elizabeth Lichti 1830. Elizabeth (daughter of Johannes F. "John" Lichti and Magdalena Joder) was born 2 Oct 1808, , France; died 25 Feb 1882; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Elizabeth Lichti was born 2 Oct 1808, , France (daughter of Johannes F. "John" Lichti and Magdalena Joder); died 25 Feb 1882; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Litwiller
    • Name: Lizzie Lichty
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24855
    • Immigration: 9 Jul 1825, New York City, New York, USA.
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Immigration:
    Departed Le Harve, France on the passenger ship "Elizabeth" arrived New York City 9 Jul 1825"
    John Leichy, age 67, farmer, from France
    Madelina Leichty, age 52
    Joseph Leichty,, age 26
    Maria Leichty, age 18
    Elizabeth Leichty, age 16
    Nicholas Leichty, 1

    Children:
    1. Magdalena "Lena" Litwiller was born 18 Jan 1831, , Ontario, Canada; died 31 May 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Anna Maria Litwiller was born 16 Aug 1833, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Maple View Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Catharina "Catherine" "Katherine" Litwiller was born 20 Dec 1833, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Jacob Litwiller was born 1835, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Barbara Litwiller was born 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Veronica "Fannie" Litwiller was born 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. John Litwiller was born 25 Sep 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Peter L. Litwiller was born 23 Nov 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Aug 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Elizabeth L. Litwiller was born 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Rev. Christian Litwiller was born 13 Sep 1848, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1924, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Anna Litwiller was born 26 May 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1915; was buried , Riverside Cem., Elkton, Huron, Michigan, United States.


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