Arthur Thaler

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• Eby ID Number: 00097-5463.1002

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THALER, Arthur 1976
THALER, Arthur\emdash at Port Moody, B.C., as a result of drowning, on Tuesday, July 27, 1976, while vacationing, Arthur Thaler, a resident of Vancouver and formerly of the K-W area, aged 54 years.
Mr. Thaler was a seaman aboard the SS Alaska, formerly a member of First Mennonite Church.
He is survived by his father and stepmother, Harry and Fanny Thaler and a foster sister, Evon (Mrs. Larry Walker) of Toronto. He was predeceased by his mother, the former Martha Rudy, in 1958.
The funeral service will be held at First Mennonite Church on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. with lay minister Earl Meyers officiating. Following the service, interment of the cremated remains will take place in the family plot in the adjoining cemetery.
Donations to the Mennonite Central Committee may be made as expressions of sympathy, and may be made at the church or the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home.
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Mr. Thaler, a seaman, was apparently on holiday when his body was found. He left the Twin City area more than 20 years ago and worked on ships around the world, making his home on the West Coast in recent years.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thaler, 656 Weber St. E, Kitchener. He will be cremated and a memorial service held in Kitchener later this week.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54361028
• Eby ID Number: 00097-5463.1001
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

Notes:

Thaler, Harry, was born in Waterloo Twp., Ont., Nov. 9, 1898; died at the K-W Hospital on Dec. 15, 1981; aged 83 y. He was married to Martha Rudy, who preceded him in death. He was later married to Fannie Bender, who survives. Also surviving are one foster-daughter (Evon-Mrs. Larry Walker), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers (James and Hubert), and 3 sisters (Mrs. Marie Frey, Mrs. Ella Cole, and Mrs. Alice Gingerich). He was preceded in death by one son (Arthur), 3 brothers, one sister, 3 half brothers, and 3 half sisters. He was a member of First Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Dec. 18, in charge of Glenn Brubacher; interment in First Mennonite Church Cemetery

GOSPEL HERALD - - Volume 75, Number 3 - January 19, 1982 - pg 46

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THALER, Harry\emdash the K-W Hospital, Harry Wilfred Thaler, aged 83 years, of 656 Weber St. E., Kitchener.
Survived by his wife, the former Fannie Bender; his foster-daughter, Evon (Mrs. Larry Walker) of Hillsdale, Ont.; his three grandchildren; his brothers, James of Kitchener and Hubert of Detroit; his sisters, Mrs. Marie Frey of Didsbury, Alta., Mrs. Ella Cole of St. Jacobs and Mrs. Alice Gingerich of Kitchener. Predeceased by his first wife, the former Martha Rudy; his son, Arthur; three brothers; one sister; three half brothers and three half sisters.
He was a member of First Mennonite Church, farmed on the Thaler homestead in the east end of Kitchener, then had been employed at the Waterloo County Co-Op Mill in Bridgeport and in recent years served as a school crossing guard with the City of Kitchener.
Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 3 p.m. on Thursday, until 11 a.m. on Friday, then at First Mennonite Church, 800 King St. E., Kitchener, for the funeral service at 1 p.m. Interment in the adjoining cemetery, Rev. Glenn Brubacher will conduct the service.
Expressions of sympathy may be shown by donations to the Mennonite Central Committee or Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario.

Comments: The first 1-2 lines of the obituary was cutoff. Obituary started with the information that was displayed. The obituary appeared in the Aug. 9^th paper, however there was no year identified.

Harry — Martha Ellen Rudy. Martha (daughter of William H. Rudy and Rachel Reist) was born 12 Jan 1896, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Martha Ellen Thaler
• Eby ID Number: 00097-5463.1000
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Thaler, Martha Ellen, daughter of William and --- Rudy, was born near Waterloo, Ont., Jan. 12, 1896; died at Kitchener, Ont., Jan. 26, 1958, after a ten years' illness; aged 62 y. 14 d. Surviving are her husband (Harry Thaler), one son (Arthur, Vancouver, B. C.), one daughter (Yvonne-Mrs. Larry Walker, Toronto, Ont.), 3 brothers (Jacob, Waterloo, Ont.; Omar, West Montrose, Ont.; and Abner, New Hamburg, Ont.), and 3 sisters (Mary-Mrs. Edom Bechtel, Preston, Ont.; Sarah-Mrs. Almer Schiedel and Rachael-Mrs. Curtis Snyder, both of Kitchener, Ont.). She was a faithful member of the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont. Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite Church, Jan. 29, in charge of C. F. Derstine, Edgar J. Metzler and Carl Rudy.

Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 7 - February 18, 1958-page 166, 167

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-6406.1
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1912, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite
• Residence: 1932, 85 Fairview Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1935, 85 Fairview Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

MR. DAVID M. THALER

Death claimed a well known resident of the district at his home, 85 Fairview avenue, yesterday afternoon, In the person of Mr. David M. Thaler. His death came suddenly as the result of a heart attack. The deceased who was in his 85th year was born In Waterloo township and lived in this district all his lite. For over 50 years be was engaged as a farmer near Centreville. He was a member of Bethany Mennonite Church and was well known locally. He was predeceased by his first wife, (Sarah Schneider) about 45 years ago. He is survived by Mrs. Thaler, eight sons and seven daughters, Joseph, David. Elmer, Albert, Lincoln, Harry, and James Thaler, all of Kitchener and Hubert Thaler of Detroit and Mrs. William Ariss, Mrs. Otto Luening, Mrs. Milton Moss, all of Kitchener, and Mrs. Jacob Gingerich of Waterloo, Miss Rose Thaler of Arnison, Alta., Mrs. Milton Beihn of Guernsey Sask and Mrs. Amsey Frey of Mayton, Alta. Also surviving are 82 grand-children and four great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Joseph Hallman of Mannheim. He was predeceased by four sons.

The funeral will Isle place from the family residence, 85 Fairview avenue to the Bethany Mennonite Church for service on Monday at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made in the East End Mennonite cemetery, Rev. W. H. Yates the pastor of the church will be in charge of the service. The remains will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until Saturday evening when they will be removed to the home, Fairview avenue,

Kitchener Daily Record 2 Dec 1932 pg 19

David married Susannah B. Snyder Feb 1889. Susannah (daughter of David Bechtel Schneider and Elizabeth Bricker) was born 23 Aug 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah B. Thaler
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6390
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite
• Residence: 1932, 85 Fairview Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1937, 102 Weber St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Susannah B. Snyder. "was born August 23rd, 1864. In February 1889, she was married to David Thaler, a farmer. They reside near Centreville where he is engaged in farming"


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.].

Family Photograph:
This photograph, dating from around 1885, is of siblings Oliver B. Schneider, Elizabeth (Schneider) Meyers, and Susannah (Schneider) Thaler. They are the children of David Bechtel Schneider (1840-1928) and his first wife, Elizabeth Bricker (1841-1866). Oliver, Elizabeth, and Susannah are great grandchildren of Joseph and Barbara Schneider, the original owners of Schneider Haus National Historic Site.

[artifact - photograph - 2012.013.013.046 (SH)] Waterloo Region Museum 2019

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20861965
• Eby ID Number: 00097-5463
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

William Rudy, "was born April 24th, 1864. He is married to Rachel Reist. He resides in Woolwich Township, on a farm on town line opposite that of Christian B. Snyder, near Martin Mennonite Meeting House. Their family consists 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.].

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Rudy.--William, son of the late Benjamin Rudy, was born in Wellesley Twp., Ont., April 24, 1864; died Sept. 8, 1947; aged 83 y. 4 m. 14 d. He was married to Rachel Reist; she preceded him in death in February, 1938. Surviving are 3 sons (Jacob, Waterloo, Ont.; Omar, Westmontrose, Ont.; and Abner, New Hamburg, Ont.), 4 daughters (Mary--Mrs. E. Bechtel, Mannheim, Ont.; Martha--Mrs. Harry Thaler, Centerville, Ont.; Rachel--Mrs. Percy Snyder, Mannheim, Ont.; and Sarah--Mrs. Almer Scheidel, Kitchener, Ont.), one brother (Jeremiah, Waterloo, Ont.), and 2 sisters (Mrs. Simeon Gingerich, Kitchener, Ont.; and Mrs. Lucy Blodgett, Rochester, N.Y.). He was a faithful, punctual church-goer and taught his family to worship God. Funeral services were conducted Sept. 10 by Howard W. Stevanus at the Waterloo Mennonite Church

Gospel Herald - Volume XL, Number 37 - December 9, 1947 -- page 799

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Centreville, Sept. 8: - A well-known farmer in the Centreville area for many years and a member of the Waterloo Mennonite Church, William Rudy, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Almer Schiedel, 66 Homewood Ave., Kitchener, Saturday,after a brief illness. He was 83.

Born in Wellesley Tp. on April 23, 1864, he was the son of the late Mr.and Mrs. Benjamin Rudy. Mr. Rudy's wife, Mrs. Rachel (Reist) Rudy predeceased him in Feb. 1938. He is survived by three sons, Jacob, Waterloo; Omar, West Montrose and Abner, New Hamburg; also four daughters, Mrs. Eden Bechtel and Mrs. Percy Snyder, both of Mannheim; Mrs. Harry Thaler, Centreville and Mrs. AlmerSchiedel, Kitchener. Mr. Rudy is also survived by one brother, Jeremiah, Waterloo; two sisters, Mrs. Simeon Gingrich, Kitchener and Mrs. Lucy Blodgett of Rochester, N.Y.

Funeral service will be held at 3 o'clock Wednesday from the Waterloo Mennonite Church and burial will be in the Waterloo Mennonite Cemetery. Rev. Howard Stevanus of Bloomingdale will conduct the service. The body is now resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where it will remain until 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Kitchener Daily Record 8 Sep 1947

William married Rachel Reist 14 Dec 1890, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rachel (daughter of Jacob E. Reist and Rachel Haeberle) was born 17 Aug 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1938, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rachel Rudy
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5179
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Rachel Reist, "the second daughter, was born August 17th, 1862. She is married to William Rudy. They reside on the Woolwich and Waterloo townline, near the Martin Mennonite Meeting House. Their family consists of two children Mary Etta and Jacob."


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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Rudy. Rachel, wife of William Rudy, Waterloo, Ont. , died at her residence Feb. 14, 1938; aged 75 y. 5 m. 27d. She was born in Woolwich Tp. , Aug. 17, 1862, a daughter of the late Jacob and Rachel Reist. Dec. 14, 1890, she was married to William Rudy. Surviving are her husband and 3 sons (Jacob of Waterloo, Omar near Bloomingdale, and Abner of New Hamburg) , 4 daughters (Mrs. Eden Bechtel of New Dundee, Mrs. Harry Thaler of Centerville, Mrs. Percy Snider of Petersburg, Mrs. Elmer Schiedel of Bridgeport) , 31 grandchildren, 1 brother (Jacob Reist of German Mills) , and 1 sister (Mrs. Benjamin Lichty of German Mills) . She accepted Christ as her personal Saviour in her youth. She was a faithful and devoted member of the Church and a regular attendant and worshiper at the Erb Street Mennonite Church, Waterloo. "Blesse dare the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth, yea saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them". Funeral services in charge of Jonas Snider and J. B. Martin. Prov. 31: 30 at Erb Street Mennonite Church.

"Tis hard to part with mother, dear,
No more to see her here;
But yet we are glad if God saw best
To end her troubles and give her rest."

Gospel Herald- Vol. XXX, No. 49 - March 3, 1938

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• Interesting: pioneer, story
• Name: David Thaler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-142820
• Immigration: 1830, , Canada
• Occupation: 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; printer
• Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Eangelical
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

David Thaler of Mannheim Dies In 96^th Year Many Descendants

At nine o'clock yesterday morning, the death occurred at Mannheim, of David Thaler, in his 96^th year, after a residence in the county of over eighty-three years. Born in Germany, deceased came to Canada when a lad of thirteen years, settling on a farm in the vicinity of Berlin. When fifteen years of age, he suffered from a form of hip disease, which left him lame. For a number of years after he followed the printer's trade later returning to the farm, where he spent the balance of his life.

At the age of twenty-two, he was married to Rosina Mader, who predeceased him about forty-three years ago, dying very suddenly in Berlin. Thirty years ago he retired from the farm, living since with his sons, and later at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hallman, where death overtook him.

Six sons and two daughters survive him, namely, John of Elmwood, Jacob of Bagley, Iowa; David of Centreville; Simon of Breslau; Andrew of Berlin; Mrs. William Morley of Listowel and Mrs. Joseph Hallman, of Mannheim. Two sons and two daughters predeceased him. 125 grandchildren, 200 great grandchildren, 50 of the fourth, and some of the fifth generation also survive.

Although past his allotted four score years and ten, the late Mr. Thaler was not a victim of many of the infirmities that overtake those of his age, and even though lame, he often enjoyed long walks, a walk of five miles in one day, not appearing to tire him greatly. His intellect was clear and his mind filled with pleasant bits of the early history of the county, that made a chat with him a delight for those interested in the early pioneer days. The funeral will take place from the residence of his daughter, Mannheim, to the New Mennonite Church, Berlin, for service and Mount Hope Cemetery for burial.

The Berliner 16 Feb 1912 pg 1


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David according to family lore was involved with hauling wheat from Waterloo Township to Dundas, Ontario. On one trip in the winter he fell asleep and the horses followed the other teams that he was with. He suffered from the the cold and was taken to a hotel to warm. He developed a hip affliction and afterwards always wore high boots and with one of them with a 4 to 5 inch heel and sole to conpensate for the now shorter leg.

Johann married Rosina Mader 24 Sep 1839, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rosina (daughter of Mader and Anna Maria Metzger) was born 11 May 1823, , Germany; died 7 Sep 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rosina Thaler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79292
• Residence: 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1841, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Association
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-6388
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

David B. Schneider, "was born March 1st. 1840. On July 13th, 1862, he was married to Elizabeth Bricker (No. 1283). She was born April 24th, 1841, and died February 5th, 1866. On November 15th, 1868, he was again married to Sarah Meyer, widow of the late Zimmerman Martin. She was born February 17th, 1843. They reside on a small farm a little west to the west of 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.].

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What Berlin was like fifty years go [1855].
Mr. David B. Schneider tells of ye olden days

Very, very few of our citizens can speak with actual knowledge of the condition of things in Berlin 50 and 60 years ago. Nearly all of the pioneers of those bye-gone days have crossed the river on the long journey into the beyond. Among the few that remember incidents of the far past days is Mr. David B. Schneider, of Schneider Avenue, who is 65 years old today. He was born on the old Schneider lot, on which he is now residing, on March 1st, 1840, and has lived in or near Berlin all his lifetime. For quite a number of years he carried on farming just outside the corporation, but he was in the village - later a town, every day.

On June 23, 1807, the late Joseph Schneider - Grandfather Schneider, he is called - settled in the woods where the present Schneider house is. The block comprised 448 acres and lay on the south side of King Street from the present Merchants Bank corner to the postoffice corner. This block, it will be seen, took in the very heart of the town. Just in passing, it may be said that it is the intention to hold a centennial celebration on the Schneider homestead on June 23rd, 1907, to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the arrival here of the pioneer of the family.

The writer enjoyed a most enjoyable chat with Mr. David B. Schneider today. He says he can remember 60 years back. "Then, we had no cement walks or high schools," he said with a smile.

"The only school that we had in the village was a little frame schoolhouse where the town hall now stands. There was only one room and one teacher - a Mr. Adam Ruby was one who taught me."

Mr. John S. Hoffman was one of the boys Mr. Schneider went to school with. There was also a small schoolhouse where the Old Mennonite church stands.

Mr. Schneider says he remembers well when the jail was built. He and other small boys used to watch the men and declared they would take good care and never get inside.

Fifty and fifty-five years ago the land a near the centre of the village, at the corner of Benton and Mary Streets, was in woods, and he helped to plow land where the German Baptist church now stands.

Among the churches here in the early days were the English and German Methodist; the Catholic, St. Paul's Lutheran and the New Jerusalem, the latter on the corner of Benton and Church, later used as a High School.

There was a saw mill up on Schneider's creek, where Mr. Jacob Shoemaker's house now stands, and the creek afforded a fine water power. It also abounded in good fish.

Mr. Schneider remembers two furniture factories - one at the East End, and the other, owned by Mr. J. S. Hoffman, on the present Merchants Bank site.

News Record March 1 1905

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David B. Schneider, the oldest native born resident of Kitchener, passed away Wednesday afternoon at Pontiac, Michigan according to word received by relatives here. He was in his 89th year.

The late Mr. Schneider had been staying with his son Albert of this city during the summer and a week ago left for Pontiac, Mich., where he had intended spending the winter with his son Oliver. On the way, he contracted a chill which developed into pneumonia.

Surviving are three sons, Rev. O.B. Snyder, Pontiac, Mich., Albert and Joseph of Kitchener and two daughters, Mrs. David Thaler of this city and Mrs. J. C. Meyer of New York. There are also surviving 19 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. The remains were brought to Kitchener this afternoon and the funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the home of his son Albert M. Snyder, 88 Schneider avenue. Services will be held in Bethany Mennonite church after which internment will be made in East End cemetery. Friends will please omit flowers.

David married Elizabeth Bricker 18 Jul 1862, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John Bricker, III and Susannah Bergey) was born 24 Apr 1841, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisa Bricker
• Name: Elizabeth Schneider
• Eby ID Number: 00016-1283
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Elizabeth Bricker, was married to David B. Snyder. They resided on the farm now possessed by Wendel Shantz, near Berlin, where she died February 5th, 1866. To them were born 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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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67161344
• Eby ID Number: 00097-5462
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Benjamin Rudy, "was born October 13th, 1837, and died in Wellesley Township, near Bamberg, Ontario, where he resided, April 23rd, 1890. On November 7th, 1863, he was married to Mary Ann Hoffman who was born April 20th, 1844, and died in Wilmot Township, near the Schmidt Mennonite Meeting House, April 27th, 1894. To them were born a family of fourteen 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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Bamberg

SUDDEN DEATH\emdash It is with feelings of sorrow that we have this week to record the death of Mr. Benjamin Rudy, a highly respected farmer in this neighborhood, which sad event took place suddenly took place suddenly and unexpected at his home near here early on Wednesday morning of last week. Mr. Rudy had been in his usual health the day before, and that night went to bed with the intention of getting up very early next morning to continue his seeding operations. Towards four o'clock next morning his wife was awakened by his heavy irregular breathing, and striking a light she found him in a dying condition. She did all in her power to make him comfortable but he died in less than ten minutes after she was up.

Dear reader here is a case for reflection. A strong man yet in the prime of life apparently in the best of health, certainly in the best of spirits, plans out his work for the morrow, retires early, sleeps soundly until within half an hour before the time of rising when he is suddenly summoned before a higher tribunal, and a few broken and unintelligible sentences in answer to the anxious inquiries of his wife, a few convulsions in mortal agony and all is over and this in less than a quarter of an hour and before any of his children who sleep under the same roof could be called to his beside. COM.

Newspaper unknown - probably Benjamin

Benjamin married Mary Ann Hoffman 2 Nov 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Jacob P. Hoffman and Eleanor Hembling) was born 20 Apr 1844, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Apr 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Ann Rudy
• Eby ID Number: 00055-3815
• Residence: 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Mary Ann Hoffman, "was born April 20th, 1844. She was married to Benjamin Rudy, a farmer. She died April 27th, 1894, and he died April 23rd, 1890."


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: 00090-5176
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Jacob Reist, "the third son of Samuel and Salome (Erb) Reist, was born June 11th, 1826. On January 2nd, 1857, he was married to Rachel, daughter of Louis and Mary Ann (Heller) Haeberle. She was born October 16th, 1835. Soon after their marriage they moved on the farm where they still reside, lot No. 98, German Company's Tract, about four miles north-west of Elmira. 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.].

1851 - Jacob Reist is staying with Peter Eby.

Jacob married Rachel Haeberle 27 Jan 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rachel (daughter of Louis Haeberle and Mary Ann Heller) was born 16 Oct 1835, , USA; died 6 Feb 1899; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Rachel Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5176.1
• Residence: 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite