John Randall

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-216090
• Interesting: 1954, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; plowing match, weather

Notes:

Barn destroyed by fire sat on site of 1954 plowing match

BRESLAU - The region is set to lose the barn on a farm property that hosted one of the most tumultuous events in the region's history - the 1954 International Plowing Match.

The John Randall barn, located just outside of Breslau across from Belgian Nurseries on Highway 7, fell victim to two fires apparently set by vandals, and will be torn down at some point this week. The farmhouse has already been demolished.

The 1954 plowing match, a farm exhibit show, was dogged by rain on its first two days, and on Oct. 15 it was struck by the full force of the infamous hurricane Hazel, which killed 81 people in Ontario and left 1,868 families homeless.

At the plowing match, strong winds blew over much of the tent city that had risen on the farms of Randall and neighbours. More than 100 tents were destroyed, which cost exhibitors about $500,000 in damages.

Helga Hartman, the current membership chair of the Waterloo Historical Society, was in Grade 7 when the plowing match took place. She remembers travelling to the event with the senior grades from Lexington Public School the day before the hurricane struck.

"It had been raining for more than a week and everything was saturated," she said.

"I remember how gooey the mud was. A lot of people lost their shoes and boots," she added with a laugh.

She also remembers the hurricane, calling it a "major event," and said the levelling of the tent city was a "disaster."

As for the barn, Hartman will be sad to see it go.

"It was a beautiful, white barn," she said. "Once it's gone, there will be nothing to mark the event which took place."

While there are usually plaques placed at the sites of international plowing matches, there is none at the Randall farm. Hartman said she is going to raise the issue with the Waterloo Historical Society.

"It was something that was really big at the time, and it will be wiped off the surface of the earth."

mderuyter@therecord.com

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John — Bernice Lichty. Bernice (daughter of Oliver Lichty and Joannah Eby) was born 17 Oct 1923. [Group Sheet]

1. Connie Irene Randall

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25391
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Randall, Jacob C., was born in Woolwich Twp., Ont., June 23, 1883; died at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital on Feb. 27, 1975; aged 91 y. On Sept. 20, 1911, he was married to Ida May Schiedel, who preceded him in death on July 8, 1973. Surviving are 3 daughters (Eileen, Nora - Mrs. Robert Hammong, and Alice - Mrs. John Semple), 3 sons (Layton, Lloyd, and Elton), one foster daughter (Martha - Mrs. Ronald Schaus), 14 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son (John A.), 3 sisters, and 5 brothers. He was a member of the Breslau Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Mar. 2, in charge of Dennis C. Cressman; interment in Breslau Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Vol. 68, No. 13 - April 1, 1975 - p. 258

Jacob married Ida May Schiedel 20 Sep 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of Menno Schiedel and Mary Ann Hefkey) was born 8 Oct 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1973, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ida May Randall
• Eby ID Number: 00102-5733.4
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic, on Farm
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Randall, Ida May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Menno Schiedel, was born near Breslau, Ont., Oct. 8, 1887; died at Preston, Ont., July 8, 1973; aged 85 y. 9 m. Surviving are 3 daughters (Eileen, Nora - Mrs. Robert Hammond, and Alice), 3 sons (Layton, Lloyd, and Elton), one foster daughter (Martha - Mrs. Ronald Schaus), and one brother (Allan Schiedel). One son (John A.) and 2 brothers (Lanson and John) preceded her in death. She was a member of the Breslau Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on July 11, in charge of Donovan Smucker; interment in Breslau Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume 66, Number 34 - August 28, 1973 - page 662

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PAIR WED 50 YEARS
Small Farmer Said 'Doomed'

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob C. Randall who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary today, believe that today a successful farmer must operate on a big scale.

And the celebrants ought to know. They have been farming all their married days at RR 1, Preston.

"Like the supermarkets have replaced the corner store, so the big farmer is outdoing the small man", Mr. Randall said.

"Fifty years ago the little farmer could make a good living off the land- today he has to have an education, a big farm and plenty of capital since machinery is so expensive".

When the Randalls started farming, they had 80 acres of land and everything from pigs and chickens to cows and horses. Now they have a modest seven acres having sold 70 to the Wellington-Waterloo Airport in 1948 and three acres to a son Lloyd, who built a house next door.
And hard work never killed anyone, the couple agree. They managed the chores themselves with their four sons helping out.

"We never had any hired help, and I even helped load grain, milk cows, and clean the stables when things got piled up." Mrs. Randall said.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall were wed at the home of the bride's parents, RR 1, Preston, where the couple have lived since their marriage.

She is the former Ida May Schiedel, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Menno Schiedel, RR 1, Preston. Mr. Randall, 78, is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Randall of Woolwich Township.

Their attendants were Mr. Randall's brother, the late Amos Randall, and Mrs. Randall's cousin, the late Mrs. Gerry Keffer. The late Bishop Jonas Snider of Waterloo officiated.

"Farming is not the only thing that has changed a great deal. The standard of living is about ten times as high," Mr. Randall said.

The couple, who have seven children, said it costs them as much for groceries today for just the two of them as it did years ago for the entire family.

"And a honeymoon then was as uncommon as no honeymoon today," he added.

He recalled the day after their marriage which entailed a trip to Berlin (Kitchener) to have photos taken; voting in the Dominion election when Sir Wilfred Laurier and his liberal government wre defeated and later in the week in which they travelled by horse and buggy to visit Mrs. Randall's aunt at Puslinch Lake. Monday they were back to farming again.

The Randalls have four married sons, Layton of Baden, John of Kitchener, Lloyd, RR 1, Preston, and Elton, RR 2, Preston. Their daughters are Eileen of Preston, Mrs. Robert (Nora) Hammond of Galt, and Alice of Kitchener.

They have 13 grandchildren adn one great-grandchild.

Two of their sons are still engaged in farming-John was host at his farm for the International Plowing Match in 1954, the year hurrican (sic) Hazel whipped through the area.

Members fo Breslau Mennonite Church, the couple enjoy good health. In their spare time, Mr. Randall enjoys a simple stroll through the woods, while Mrs. Randall devotes her free hours to piecing quilts for relief.

Tonight the couple will be entertained at a dinner party at Zehr's restaurant with immedate families and close relatives present.

Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., the couple will hold open house. They expect more than 200 friends will help them celebrate their golden wedding anniversary.

K-W Record abt. Sept 1961

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00024-1937.1
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• Occupation: 1879, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Randall.--John Randall was born in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ont., on Aug. 31, 1852. Forty-four years ago he united with the Mennonite Church of which he was a member till death. In 1879 he was married to Leah Clemmer who with 4 sons and 3 daughters remain to mourn his sudden departure. On July 10 while at work in a field on his son Jacob's farm near Breslau, Ont., he was found unconscious from a paralytic stroke, and died the following morning. His age was 69 y. 10 m. 11 d. Funeral services at his home in Bridgeport, conducted by U. K. Weber, and at the first Mennonite Church, Kitchener, by Jonas Snider and Howard Stevanus.

Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 17 - July 27, 1922, pg 335

John married Leah Clemmer 7 Oct 1879, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Jacob B. Clemmer and Anna "Nancy" Lichty) was born 7 Feb 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jun 1933; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Leah Randall
• Eby ID Number: 00024-1937
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Leah Clemmer, "was born February 7th, 1857. She is married to John Randall. They reside in Woolwich Township, near Peter Shantz's. Their address is Waterloo P. O., Ontario. They have a family of six 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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Randall - Leah Clemmer was born Feb. 7, 1859. United in holy matrimony with John Randall Oct. 7, 1879. This union was blessed with 9 children. On June 29, 1933, she peacefully passed away; aged 74 y. 4 m. 22 d. Her husband and 3 children (John, Alson and Barbara - Mrs. Alson Cressman) predeceased her. Those remaining are: Lizzie, Jacob, Amos, Onias, Nathan, Mary Anne (Mrs. Abner Good), 14 grandchildren, and many friends and relatives. In youth she united with the Mennonite Church and remained true to the end. Funeral services July 1 at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, Waterloo Co., Ont., conducted by Bros. Jonas Snider and Moses M. Brubacher.


Gospel Herald - Vol. XXVI, No. 17 - July 27, 1933, Page 367, 368

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00102-5733
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Menno Schiedel, "was born June 11th, 1857. He is married to Mary Hefkey and resides near Rev. Jacob Woolner's farm, one mile west of Kossuth. To them are born four 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.].

Menno married Mary Ann Hefkey Mar 1887. Mary (daughter of John Hefkey and Carolina Lambke) was born 26 May 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1949, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Ann Schiedel
• Eby ID Number: 00102-5733.1
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Schiedel.-Mary, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Hefky, was born in Waterloo Twp., Ont., May 26, 1859; died at Galt, Ont., Hospital, after a lengthy illness, April 10, 1949; age 89 y. 10 m. 14 d. The immediate cause of her death was a fall in her home a few days previous. Her husband (Menno Schiedel) passed away seventeen years ago. Two sons (Lanson and John) also predeceased her. Surviving are one son (Allen Kossuth, Ont.), one daughter (Ida-Mrs. Jacob Randall, Kossuth), 23 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and one brother (John C., Drayton, Ont.) Sixty-four years ago she was converted; she united with the Cressman Mennonite congregation, Breslau, Ont., remaining faithful through a long pilgrimage. She was the oldest member of the congregation, both in age and length of membership. She was ever ready to tell the story of her conversion, and her last testimony was one of determination to hold on to the end of the journey. Funeral services were held on April 13 at the Cressman Church, in charge of J. W. Witmer and Oscar Burkholder. Text: Job 19: 25.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLII, Number 18 - May 3, 1949, page 423

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00024-1937.66
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1863, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England

Notes:

Thomas was supposedly was from Shipley, Sussex, England.

Thomas — Rosina Thomas. Rosina was born 1821, , England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rosina Randall
• Eby ID Number: 00024-1937.67
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Eby ID Number: 00024-1932
• Occupation: 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; wagon maker
• 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
• Residence: 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Jacob Clemmer, "was born February 22nd, 1821. On February 1st, 1848, he was married to Anna Lichty who was born January 6th, 1827, and died August 2nd, 1861. He resided on the old "Clemmer Homestead" two miles north of the town of Waterloo. Their family consisted of six children...

After the decease of his first wife he was married to Barbara, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Shirk of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was born November 30th, 1827, and came to Canada with her brother, Peter Shirk of Bridgeport, Ontario, miller, in May 1862. On June 30th, 1863, they were married. The second union was blessed with a family of five children, viz:

The mother, together with the last three named children, reside on the old farm where their father died, April 10th, 1892."


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 married Anna "Nancy" Lichty 1 Feb 1848, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Johannes Lichty and Barbara Hoffman) was born 6 Jan 1827, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Aug 1861; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna "Nancy" Clemmer
• Name: Anna Lichty
• Name: Nancy Lichty
• Eby ID Number: 00072-4247
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Anna Lichty, "was born January 6th, 1827. On February 1st, 1848, she was married to Jacob Clemmer who was born February 22nd, 1821, and died April 10th, 1892. They resided about two miles north of Waterloo where she died August 2nd, 1861, leaving a family of six 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:

• Name: John R. Schiedel
• Eby ID Number: 00102-5732
• Occupation: 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; joiner
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; --
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Separation: Bef 1911
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

John Schiedel, "was born February 9th, 1832. He was married to Hannah Miller who was born November 22nd, 1831. They resided near Kossuth, Ontario, where they possess a beautiful farm. Some time ago they retired from farming and made their home with their daughter, Catharine. Some twenty years ago he was ordained a deacon of the Mennonite Church for the Cressman and Wanner fields of labor. To them were born five 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.].

Johanes married Hannah Müller 24 Aug 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Christian Miller and Hester Wanner) was born 22 Nov 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1902; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hanna Müller
• Name: Hannah Miller
• Name: Hannah Schiedel
• Eby ID Number: 00079-4788
• Residence: 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Hannah Miller, " was born November 22nd, 1831. She is married to John Schiedel. They reside near Kossuth, 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-353149
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

John — Carolina Lambke. Carolina was born 24 Nov 1825, , Germany; died 3 Feb 1886; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Carolina Hefkey
• Name: Caroline Lambky
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-353150
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran