Henry King

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• Name: Henry Koenig
• Eby ID Number: 00082-4889.2
• Occupation: 1901, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Robe Maker
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Electrician, Town Power House
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1914, 154 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1940, 102 Cedar St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario

Henry married Jennie Letson 22 Apr 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jennie (daughter of George Oliver Letson and Sarah Goodwin) was born 10 Jun 1880, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1944, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Irene King was born Feb 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Harold George King was born 7 Oct 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jul 1959; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87988315
• Name: George Koenig
• Eby ID Number: 00082-4889.1
• Immigration: 1844, , Ontario, Canada
• Citizenship: 1856, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Elmira

Notes:

Aged Citizen Dead

Another of the aged residents of Elmira passed away on Wednesday morning in the person of Mr. George Koenig, (generally called King by English people.) The deceased was born in Germany on August 10th, 1833, and came to Canada at the age of 19. He spent several years in the St. Catharines district. Later the family lived on a farm in Peel Township for about thirty years, after which they moved to Elmira.

Deceased was married to Elizabeth Kraemer, who predeceased him some thirty-five years He is survived by the following children: Jacob, Creekbank; Catharine, Mrs, Jacob Ziegler, of Allenford; Elizabeth, Mrs. Menno B. Martin, of Preston; George and Philip, of Galt; Annie, Mrs. Wellington Jackson, of Peel; Henry, of Kitchener; Mary, Mrs. John Farnombe, of Moorefield; Lydia, Mrs. Alex. Stewart, of Elmira.

Mr. Koenig was of a quiet, unassuming disposition, a good neighbor and a kind father, and was honest in his dealings with..

The funeral will be held Friday afternoon. on

George married Anna Mosser 22 Nov 1874. Anna (daughter of Henry Mosser and Maria "Polly" Reist) was born 6 Oct 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jun 1881, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Brubacher
• Name: Anna King
• Name: Nancy Mosser
• Name: Nancy Musser
• Eby ID Number: 00082-4889
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Anna Mosser, "was born October 6th, 1840, and died June 18th, 1881. She was married to George Koenig and had a family of three children".

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Name: Henry Musser
• Eby ID Number: 00082-4886
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• 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
• Retired: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Henry Mosser, "was born January 31st, 1814. On September 13th, 1836, he was married to Maria, daughter of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist. She was born December 17th, 1812, and died May 3rd, 1894. In 1838 they moved to Woolwich Township, a little south-west of Elmira, on lot No. 108, German Company's Tract, where he is still residing. To them were born ten children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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An Old Settler Dead. There died at his home, on Monday evening, about two miles south of Elmira, in his 89th year, Mr Henry Musser, one of the earliest settlers in this township...He was married to one Pauline Reist and raised a large family, eight of whom are living in this immediate neighborhood. The sons are, Henry, Peter and Samuel, and the daughters are, Mrs. Dan Gingrich, of Winfield, Mrs. John Lackner, and Susan, Fanny and Maria, living on the old homestead...His remains will be interred in the old Mennonite Cemetery, at Elmira


Elmira Signet Newspaper 29 Jan. 1903 p. 1, col. 4

Henry married Maria "Polly" Reist 13 Sep 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Reist, daughter of John Reist and Susannah Huber) was born 17 Dec 1812, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 3 May 1894, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria "Polly" Mosser
• Name: Pauline Reist
• Name: Polly Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5245
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Maria (Polly) Reist, "the eleventh member of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist's family, was born December 17th, 1812. In 1826 she came to Canada with her parents. On September 13th, 1836, she was married to Henry Mosser who was born January 31st, 1814. They resided in Woolwich Township, about two miles south-west of Elmira where she died May 3rd, 1894."


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/47337085
• Name: Peter Musser
• Eby ID Number: 00082-4883
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 128, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Peter Mosser, "was born April 6th, 1785. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Anna (Mosser) Wanner. She was born July 25th, 1781. In 1824 they moved to Canada and settled on a farm adjoining that of David Pannebecker's near Hespeler where she died November 22nd, 1858, and he died (The house on the old "Mosser Farm" was accidentally destroyed by fire and he was burnt with the house) July 28th, 1872. To them was born a family of eight 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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Sad Affair near Hespeler
From our own Correspondent

A most melancholy event took place on Sunday morning near the R.R. track about 1-1/2 miles above Hespeler. An old man said to be about 86 years of age of the name of Musser, occupied two apartments by himself, contiguous to the farm house in which his daughter, son-in-law and family resided. It was customary for some of the family before retiring for the night to visit the old man's rooms. On looking in on Sunday night at bedtime, he was found asleep and left undisturbed. About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning the family was aroused by the scream of one of the children who had been awaked by the suffocating influence of smoke in the house. They had barely time to make their escape from the house before it was enveloped in flames, and without securing even sufficient clothing. The rooms occupied by the old man were already burnt down, and on Dr. Swan, being called, all that could be found of the old man were a few charred bones, which were collected into a box of about a foot square. The fire is supposed to have been entirely accidental, but how it originated cannot be ascertained. Dr. Swan supposes from the remains of the old man being found near the door of the apartment in which he slept, that he had been suffocated and fallen down in an attempt to gain the door. An inquest was held on Monday when a verdict in accordance with the above facts were returned.

The Galt Reporter - Friday, Aug 2, 1872

Peter — Elizabeth M. Wanner. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Wanner and Anna Mosser) was born 25 Jul 1781, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Nov 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth M. Mosser
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7635

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Elizabeth M. Wanner, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, July 25th 1781. She was married to Peter Mosser who was born April 6th, 1785, and died July 28th, 1872. They resided about a mile north east of Hespeler, on a farm adjoining that of David Pannebecker. Their family consisted of eight 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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• Eby ID Number: 00090-5164
• Residence: 1830, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 102, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 102E, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

John Reist, "was born July 18th, 1763. On December 28th, 1790, he was married to Susannah Huber who was born May 21st, 1771, and died September 15th, 1850. In May, 1826, they with their large family moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near the village of Bridgeport, on the farm now possessed by John Stroh. Here they resided for nearly one year when they purchased the farm now possessed by his grandson Isaac Reist, near Kossuth, Ontario, where he died December 2nd, 1843. To them were born twelve children, all of whom settled in this county save Abraham who remained in Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where his descendants still reside."


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.].

John married Susannah Huber 28 Dec 1790. Susannah was born 21 May 1771, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Sep 1850; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5164.1