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

Jacob L. Kuepfer

Male 1830 - 1861  (31 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jacob L. Kuepfer was born 1830, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob S. Kuepfer and Mary Lichti); died 27 Mar 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-239456
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    A-2-149 Jacob Kuepfer Letters of Guardianship. Whereas Nicolaus Lichty and Christian Eicher Boshart of the Township of Wilmot, Yeoman, by petition to the said Court did set forth that Jacob Kuepfer, late of the Township of Wilmot, Carpenter, died on or about the 27th day of March 1861, leaving Jacob Kuepfer his natural and lawful child, the said Jacob Kuepfer being an infant under the age of one year and that the said Jacob Kuepfer resides at the Township of Wilmot…that the said Jacob Kuepfer died intestate and without appointing any Curator or Guardian of the said infant. That due notice has been given of the petitioners intention to apply to be appointed Guardians and that your Petitioners are the natural uncles of the said infant. That Veronica Kuepfer, the mother of the said infant has given her consent in writing to such appointment and prayed that they may be appointed Guardians of the said infant, pursuant to the statute in that behalf and that letters of Guardianship might be granted to them by the said Court. Be it known that on the second day of June 1862 the said Nicolaus Lichti and Christian Eicher Boshart were appointed Guardians of him the said Jacob Kuepfer and these Letters of Guardianship are accordingly granted by the said Court to the said Nicolaus Lichti and Christian Eicher Boshart with power and authority to them to do all such acts matters and things as Guardians may or ought to do under and by virtue of any act of the parliament of Upper Canada or of this Province, relating to minors and their property…

    BOND …To the Surrogate Court, County of Waterloo. Know all men by these presents that we Nicolaus Lichti and Christian Eicher Boshart both of the township of Wilmot, in the County of Waterloo, Yeomen, Jacob Littwiller of the Township of Wilmot, Yeoman, and Leonhard Streicker of the Township of Wellesley, Yeoman, are held and firmly bound unto Jacob Kuepfer of the Township of Wilmot, the infant child of Jacob Kuepfer, late of the Township of Wilmot, aforesaid Carpenter, deceased, in the following penal sums, that is to say, the said Nicolaus Lichti in the sum of one thousand four hundred dollars, the said Christian Eicher Boshart in the sum of one thousand four hundred, the said Jacob Littwiller in the sum of one thousand four hundred, the said Leonhart Streicker in the sum of one thousand four hundred dollars…

    Letters granted 2nd June 1862
    Died 27th March 1861

    Jacob married Veronica "Frany" Buerge 22 Jan 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Veronica (daughter of Jacob Buerge and Elizabeth Grieser) was born 7 Jan 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jun 1923, , Gratiot Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Jacob B. Kuepfer was born 26 Nov 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob S. Kuepfer was born 3 May 1798, , , Switzerland; died 23 Aug 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Land: Wilmot Township - Concession North of Bleam's Road Lot 21, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Name: Jacob S. Kipfer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58360
    • 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

    Jacob — Mary Lichti. Mary (daughter of Johannes F. "John" Lichti and Magdalena Joder) was born 1807, Flanders, , Belgium; died 20 Dec 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Lichti was born 1807, Flanders, , Belgium (daughter of Johannes F. "John" Lichti and Magdalena Joder); died 20 Dec 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Marie
    • Name: Mary Kuepfer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-125050
    • 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: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Lived in 1881 beside her son Menno.

    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. John L. Kuepfer was born 1828, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 1. Jacob L. Kuepfer was born 1830, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Magdalena Kipfer was born 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Nicholaus L. Kuepfer was born 30 Oct 1835, , Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1893, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    5. Catherine Kuepfer was born 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Christian L. Kuepfer was born CALC 16 Dec 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1916, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    7. Daniel Kuepfer was born 15 Oct 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1920, , Linn, Oregon, USA; was buried , Riverside Cem, Albany, Linn, Oregon.
    8. Andrew L. Kipfer was born 24 Nov 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1932, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    9. Anna L. Kuepfer was born 19 Mar 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1931, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Apr 1931, Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Menno L. Kuepfer was born 18 Oct 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Aug 1922, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zurich Mennonite Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Johannes F. "John" Lichti was born 9 Jul 1756, Saint Marie Aux Mines, Upper Alsace, France; died 9 Nov 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-35484
    • Immigration: 9 Jul 1825, New York City, New York, USA.
    • Land: 1830, Wilmot Township - Concession South of Bleam's Road Lot 08, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Johannes and his wife Magdalena were probably buried at the north-west corner of the family which is now part of the St. Agatha Mennonite Cemetery.

    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

    Johannes — Magdalena Joder. Magdalena was born 1772, Morvillars, Morvillars, , Franche-Comté, France; died 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Magdalena Joder was born 1772, Morvillars, Morvillars, , Franche-Comté, France; died 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magdalena Lichti
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-111796
    • Immigration: 9 Jul 1825, New York City, New York, USA.
    • Land: 1830, Wilmot Township - Concession South of Bleam's Road Lot 08, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish

    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. Christian Lichti was born 1791, , France; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Magdalena Lichti was born 1794, , Germany; died 20 Jul 1888, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. Joseph Lichti was born 1803, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 2 Jul 1895, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 3. Mary Lichti was born 1807, Flanders, , Belgium; died 20 Dec 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Elizabeth Lichti was born 2 Oct 1808, , France; died 25 Feb 1882; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Nicholas Lichti was born 5 Jun 1811, , , France; died Yes, date unknown.