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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Detweiler was born 1914, , Ontario, Canada (son of John Edgar "Edgar" Detweiler and Martha Vestella "Stella" McCormack); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-299008
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Edgar "Edgar" Detweiler was born 17 Jul 1881, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel S. Detweiler and Emma Louise Knutson); died 1 Dec 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Edgar Detweiler
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2205.2
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

    Notes:

    John E. Detweiler

    John Edgar Detweiler, 85, of 60 Homewood Ave., died yesterday of a heart attack. He had been suffering from a heart condition for some time. Born in Blair on July 17, 1881, he was a son of the late Samuel S. Detweiler and Emma Knutsen. He was employed as a shipper at the Cluett-Peabody and Co. of Canada Ltd. Mr. Detweiler was a past master of the Twin City A.F. and A.M. and a member of the Kitchener chapter of R.A.M. His wife, the former Stella McCormack, predeceased him in 1932. Surviving are two sons, Jack McCormack Detweiler of New York and James of Kitchener, two brothers, Dr. H. K. Detweiler of Toronto, and James of Victoria, B.C.; also three sisters, Mrs. Grace Shearer and Miss Margert Detweiler of Kitchener and Mrs. C. D. Reid of Victoria, B.C. Remains are resting at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. Burial will be made in Preston Cemetery.

    Kitchener Daily Record 2 Dec 1946 pg 13

    John married Martha Vestella "Stella" McCormack 8 Feb 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Martha (daughter of John Robert McCormack and Ella Martha Moore) was born 11 Oct 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1932; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Vestella "Stella" McCormack was born 11 Oct 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Robert McCormack and Ella Martha Moore); died 1932; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Martha Vestella "Stella" Detweiler
    • Name: Vestella McCormack
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158282
    • Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

    Children:
    1. 1. John Detweiler was born 1914, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. James Robert Detweiler was born 10 Sep 1916, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1997, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Samuel S. Detweiler was born 29 Jun 1848, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Deacon John Z. Detweiler and Magdalena Schlichter); died 2 May 1922; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46074808
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2505
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • 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, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
    • 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; United Bretheran
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
    • Retired: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Samuel S. Detweiler," was born June 29th, 1848. He resides at Freeport, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. He is married to Emma Knutson. They have a family of six children, namely: VII Edgar, VII James, VII Herbert, VII Grace and VII Lillie (twins), and VII Clara."

    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.].

    Samuel — Emma Louise Knutson. Emma was born 26 Apr 1849, Smithville, Lincoln Co., Ontario; died 4 Apr 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Emma Louise Knutson was born 26 Apr 1849, Smithville, Lincoln Co., Ontario; died 4 Apr 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46074913
    • Name: Emma Louise Detweiler
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2205.1
    • Birth: 26 Dec 1849
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
    • Residence: 1937, 60 Homewood Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    MRS. EMMA L. DETWEILER

    Mrs. Emma Louise Detweller, widow of the late Samuel S. Detweller, passed away at her 60 Homewood avenue, early Sunday, Born in St. Catharines, she had lived in Kitchener for many years. She was In her 88th year.

    Three sons and three daughters survive, including of Kitchener, James of Vancouver, B.C., Car Dr. Herbert K., Toronto, Mrs. Grace. Shearer and Miss Margaret, Kitchener, and Mrs. Clifford Reid, White Rock, B.C. One sister, Mrs. R. H. Rathburn. Vancouver, and seven grandchildren also survive.

    Public services will be held at Schreiter-Sandrock funerals Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, with interment in the East End Mennonite cemetery. Rev. E. Becker, Alma Street United Brethren church, of which deceased was a member, will be in charge of the services.

    Kitchener Daily Record Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Mon, Apr 5, 1937 Page 15

    Children:
    1. Magdalene Detweiler was born 24 Mar 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jun 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hallman Mennonite Cemetery, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. John Edgar "Edgar" Detweiler was born 17 Jul 1881, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. James Longmire Detweiler was born 11 Oct 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jun 1951, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, , British Columbia, Canada.
    4. Herbert Detweiler was born 24 Sep 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Lillian Margaret "Margaret" Detweiler was born 29 Apr 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1982; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Grace J. Detweiler was born 29 Apr 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Clara Elizabeth Detweiler was born 21 Aug 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  John Robert McCormack was born 18 Dec 1859, , Ireland; died 21 Jan 1913, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-346748
    • Immigration: 1859, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • 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; Presbyterian

    John married Ella Martha Moore Oct 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ella was born 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 May 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ella Martha Moore was born 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 May 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-346749
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. 3. Martha Vestella "Stella" McCormack was born 11 Oct 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1932; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Samuel Herbert McCormick was born 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Herbert Samuel McCormack was born 5 Oct 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1968; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Deacon John Z. Detweiler was born 16 Oct 1817, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Y. Detweiler and Esther Ziegler); died 10 Jan 1904; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19019341
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2204
    • Immigration: 1822, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1847
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • 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, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    John Z. Detweiler," was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, October 16th, 1817. On November 12th, 1844, he was married to Magdalena, daughter of John Schlichter. She was born June 26th, 1825. After their marriage they settled on a farm in North Dumfries Township, about three miles south-west of Blair. Here they resided until April, 1887, when they moved to Berlin where they have since resided. In 1865 he was ordained deacon among the Mennonites for the Hallman and Detweiler fields of labor. 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.].

    John married Magdalena Schlichter 12 Nov 1844, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario. Magdalena (daughter of John Schlichter and Elizabeth Bechtel) was born 26 Jun 1825, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Magdalena Schlichter was born 26 Jun 1825, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Schlichter and Elizabeth Bechtel); died 19 Feb 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19019403
    • Name: Magdalena Detweiler
    • Eby ID Number: 00103-5779
    • Residence: 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Magdalena Schlichter, "was born June 26th, 1825, and is married to Deacon John Z. Detweiler."


    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.].

    ________________________

    On the 19th of February, 1899, in Berlin, Ontario, of apoplexy, wife of Deacon John Z. Detweiler, aged 73 years, 4 months and 27 days. The remains were laid to rest on the 22d in the Eby graveyard, Berlin. Funeral services by Solomon Gehman in German and by A. F. Stoltz in English. Our deceased sister had a stroke of apoplexy several days before her death, from which she never recovered consciousness. She leaves her aged husband and a family of grown children, all married but one, to mourn the loss of a beloved wife and affectionate mother.



    The Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6, March 15, 1899 - pages 93, 94

    Children:
    1. 4. Samuel S. Detweiler was born 29 Jun 1848, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 May 1922; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. William S. Detweiler was born 17 Apr 1850, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Mar 1899; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Sarah S. Detweiler was born 6 Oct 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 1877, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hallman Mennonite Cemetery, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth S. Detweiler was born 26 May 1853, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Oct 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Ephraim S. Detweiler was born 16 Feb 1856, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1896; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.
    6. Moses Detweiler was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Emaline "Emily" Detweiler was born 17 Jul 1858, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1931, , San Francisco Co., California, USA; was buried , Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States.
    8. Amos S. Detweiler was born 10 Dec 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Feb 1931, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.
    9. Rachel S. Detweiler was born 10 Apr 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Susannah S. "Susie" Detweiler was born 27 Jan 1864, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1945; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Menno S. Detweiler was born 14 Feb 1868, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


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