Manley Koch

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-305490
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31588044
• Eby ID Number: 00067-4112.8
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Occupation: 1899, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1911, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Notes:

David R. Koch passed away on Jan. 2 at his home in Elmira after an illness of two months. He had been a resident of Elmira for the past 13 years.

The late Mr. Koch was born in Conestogo 62 years ago and was married to Lavina Brubacher in 1899. Seven children were born to the union.

Waterloo Chronicle, 9 Jan 1936, p. 5

David married Lovina S. Brubacher 11 Oct 1899, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lovina (daughter of David M. Brubacher and Susannah Sitler) was born 17 Apr 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31588144
• Name: Lovina S. Koch
• Name: Lovina S. Shoemaker
• Eby ID Number: 00018-1399.4
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Koch.-Lovina Koch, Kitchener, Ont., wife of the late David R. Koch who preceded her about 9 years ago, daughter of the late David N. Brubacker, was born April 17, 1874, in Woolwich Twp.; died May 19, 1944; aged 70 y. 1 m. 2 d. Surviving are 2 sons (Elven and Howard, Kitchener), 2 daughters (Mrs. Noah Ziegler of near Elmira, and Leona, Kitchener), 3 brothers (Addison, Kitchener; Nathaniel, Main Centre, Sask.; David, Waterloo), and 2 sisters (Mrs. George Lichty, Elmira; Mrs. Harry Humphrey, Niagara Falls, N. Y.). Fifteen grandchildren also survive and one great-grandchild. Two sons (Manley and Forrest), and one daughter (Mrs. Henry Seiling) predeceased her. She was a member of the Mennonite church many years, and was a faithful member of the First Mennonite church during the last years. She will be missed by the family, the church, and her many friends. Funeral services were in charge of Bro. C. F. Derstine, assisted by Bros. Oliver Snider, Roy Koch, and Andrew Shelly at the Elmira Mennonite Church.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVII, No . 10 - June 9, 1944, page 198, 199, 200

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16641169
• Eby ID Number: 00067-4112
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: David Koch
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• 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
• Residence: 1911, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

David Koch, "was born September 1st, 1840. He is married to Elizabeth Reichert. They resided on his father's old farm until lately. After he purchased the old 'Musselman Farm' at Conestogo he moved there where he now resides. Mr. Koch is one of our most successful farmers in the township of Woolwich. His family consists of twelve 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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Koch. - David R. Koch was born Sept. 1, 1840; died Feb. 23, 1916; aged 75 y. 23 d. On Oct. 21, 1861, he was married to Elizabeth Reichert. To this union were born 12 children of whom 2 preceded him. He leaves a sorrowing widow, 6 sons, 4 daughters, a number of grandchildren, and many friends and acquaintances to mourn his departure. He united with the Mennonite Church early in life and remained faithful to the end. He was of a hopeful, cheerful disposition, and seemed to see the bright side of things. He always had a kindly smile for everybody, and his cheerful face will be missed in the home and in the church where he always attended regularly if health permitted. During the last few weeks of his life he suffered from a complication of diseases from which he patiently waited to be relieved, being ready and anxious to exchange mortal suffering for immortal glory. Funeral services Feb. 26, by Bishous Jonas Snider and Abr. Gingerich. Interment in Conestoga Cemetery.
Transcriber's note: "Bishous" is as spelled in the original.

Gospel Herald - Volume VIII, Number 51 - March 16, 1916 - pages 828, 831, 832

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Died At Conestogo, on Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, 1916 David Koch, Aged 75 years, 5 months and 23 days. The Funeral Will be held from his late residence in Conestogo on Saturday, Feb. 26th, 1916, at 1 o'clock p. m., from there to the St. Jacobs Mennonite church for service and thence to the Conestogo Mennonite Burial Ground on the Hawksville road for interment. Flowers gratefully declined. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. [added by donor: Grandmother and Grandfather of Betty Lang (nee Koch) and Claude Koch]

Funeral Card

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DAVID KOCH.

His farm is near the outskirts of the village and is one of the oldest in the township, being known as the old Musselman farm, Mr. Koch was born. in Woolwich Township, on lot 34, German Company's Tract, in 1840. He comes down from good, old German stock, his father being born in Weinsberg, Germany, in 1801. The latter came to the New World in 1819, and in 1824, after a matrimonial alliance with Barbara, daughter of John and Susannah Reist, commenced house- keeping in the wilds of Woolwich, on lot No. 34. Here the parent stem flourished, and for a period of some sixty odd years they diligently labored toward the advancement of civilization, and reared a family of eight children. The father was ordained as a minister of the Mennonite faith in 1845, and until his death in 1889, he was a faithful expounder of the doctrines of that denomination. He had reached the ripe age of eighty-eight years-full of honors when the last summons came. His wife, who was born in 1801, followed him to await the resurrection, at the remarkably advanced age of ninety years.

The son David, and subject of this sketch, was not reared in the lap of luxury in his younger days, and as the common phrase goes, had to "hoe his own row." He was married to Elizabeth Reichert. They have been blessed with twelve children. Despite having to face sickness and other misfortunes in his pathway through life, Mr. Koch has succeeded in reaching the top rung in the ladder of agricultural pursuits, and to-day is the happy possessor of four hundred and sixty acres of as choice land as you will find in the County of Waterloo. He is a practical farmer in every sense of the term. Yet, while he has accummulated all these acres in the face of adversities, he has enjoyed the bright side of life, and has not denied those around him the comforts which go to make life worth the living. Being of a jovial, good-natured disposition whenever you meet him, either in his own domicile or in public, has made him a very popular citizen in his neighborhood. Those who have occasion to sojourn under his roof are always shown that generous hospitality so typical of the average Pennsylvania- Dutch home, where the stranger or visitor is made to feel that he is one of the family. Mr. Koch, being now in the 58th year of his age, is still able to perform a good day's work, and every day, excepting the Sabbath, he will be found busily engaged on some portion of his estate. He does not confine his farming exclusively to the raising of grain, but annually turns out quite a number of fat cattle for export. In his stables at the time of my visit, were a number of very choice animals, which have already been sold for shipment to the British market. Mr. Koch will chat for hours upon subjects pertaining to agriculture, and it may be said that many profitable pointers are to be ob tained by embyro farmers from his well-balanced mind. Not only is he thoroughly versed in farming, but is an intelligent conversationalist on questions foreign to his adopted vocation.

Waterloo County Chronicle 5 May 1898 pg 8

David married Elizabeth Reichert 29 Oct 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Reichert and Catharina Elizabetha "Catherine" Garnshorn) was born 10 Aug 1839, Mönchzell, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 16 Feb 1932, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16641169
• Nationality: , Canada
• Name: Elizabeth Koch
• Residence: Mennonite
• Eby ID Number: 00002-325.3
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Elizabeth Reichert
• Immigration: 1843, , Canada
• Immigration: 1846
• Immigration: 1854, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Koch - Elizabeth Reichert Koch, wife of David R. Koch, Sr., died at the home of her son, Charles at Conestoga, Waterloo Co., Ont., Feb. 16, 1932; aged 92 y. 6 m. 6 d. She was predeceased by her husband 16 years ago; also by 2 sons and 1 daughter. She is survived by 5 sons and 4 daughters. Early in life she united with the Mennonite Church, and lived a consistent life to the end. Funeral services were held Feb. 19, conducted by bishops Abram Gingerich and Moses M. Brubacher.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XXIV, No. 52 - March 24, 1932 - pages 1118, 1119, 1120

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Passed Away in Conestogo, Ont., on Tuesday Feb. 16th 1932. Elizabeth Koch, Relict of the late David Koch, aged 92 years, 6 months and 6 days.

Funeral Card

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MRS. ELIZABETH KOCH

CONESTOGO, Feb. 17. The death occurred yesterday at the home here of Mrs. Elizabeth Koch, wife of the late David Koch, Sr., In her 93rd year. Deceased had been a resident in this district for the past 3 years.

She is survived by four daughters, Mr B. S. Musselman, Mrs. G. Roint, Mrs. 2. Stauffer, and Mrs. T. Hallman, and five sons, Solomon, Menno, David, Charles and Norman. Her husband, one daughter, Mrs. J. Bowman, two sons, Aaron and Henry predeceased her. With the exception of Mrs. T. Halman, who resides in Rochester, N. Y., tho children all live in this vicinity.

The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at 1.30 from the residece to the Mennonite Church at St. Jacobs. Interment will be made in the Conestogo Mennonite Cemetery.

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• Eby ID Number: 00018-1399
• Birth: 23 Feb 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• 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:

David Brubacher, "was born February 23rd, 1848. He is married to Susannah Sitler. They reside two miles west of St. Jacobs, Ontario, 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.].

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Brubacher.-David M., son of John and Magdalena (Musselman) Brubacher was born Feb. 21, 1848; died Sept. 12, 1917; aged 69 y. 6 m. 19 d. He was married to Susanna Sitler, to which union were born 12 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. Four sons, 5 daughters, 16 grandchildren, and many relatives and friends are left to mourn his departure. During the last months of his life he suffered a great deal from gangrene on one of his feet, and although the pain was at times almost unbearable he was a patient sufferer and waited and longed for the hour that would relieve him from all pain and sorrow, and we have the hope that he is now safe with Jesus. Funeral services Sept. 14, by Pre. E. S. Bauman in German from II Cor. 5: 1 and Bishop Jonas Snider in English from Rev. 14: 12, 13.


Gospel Herald - Volume X, Number 27 - October 4, 1917 - pp. 502, 503

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Brubacher, at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. George W. Lichty, Peel, Sept. 12rh, David Brubacher, aged about 68 years. The funeral will be held from the house to Martin's Cemetery, at 1 o'clock noon, Friday, Sept. 14.

Elmira Signet Sep 13 1917


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In the 1901 census is a Maurice Brubacher an illegimate son of one David's children born 24 Dec 1900.

David — Susannah Sitler. Susannah (daughter of Johann "John" Sitler and Sarah Clemmer) was born 5 Sep 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Dec 1906, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Brubacher
• Eby ID Number: 00114-7225
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Susannah Sitler, "was born September 5th, 1854. She is married to David M. Brubacher and resides on a farm near the Conestogo Mennonite Meeting House in Woolwich Township."


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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Volume XLIV, Number 1Brubacher.-Susannah Sittler was born in Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., Sept. 5, 1854; was married to David Brubacher, Oct. 10., 1871; died in Waterloo on the 26th of December, 1906, alter suffering for several months of stomach trouble, and latterly of a severe attack of lagrippe; aged 52 Y., 3 M., 21 D. Of her family of twelve children, four sons and five daughters, together with the husband and father, survive. Funeral services were held on the 29th. Burial in the Martin cemetery north of Waterloo.


Herald of Truth January 3, 1907 pg 9

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• Name: Ludwig Koch
• Eby ID Number: 00067-4106
• Land: 1825, Woolwich Township German Company Tract 034, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• 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: 1889, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite Preacher

Notes:

Rev. Ludwig Koch, "was born in Weinsberg, kingdom of Wurtenberg, Germany, July 19th, 1801. In 1819 he emigrated to America and in July of the same year he came to Chambersburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Here he was engaged in farming for three years, but not finding everything to his satisfaction he, in company with others, moved to Canada in spring of 1823. After being here for some time he formed an acquaintance with Barbara Reist to whom he was married in October, 1824. Shortly after their marriage they settled on lot No. 34, German Company's Tract, Woolwich Township, where they commenced in the bush. In a few years they had cleared a large part of their extensive forest farm and had erected thereon such buildings as were common in those days. Here they resided over sixty-five years. The farm is now owned by their son David. In July, 1845, Mr. Ludwig Koch was ordained to the ministry of the Mennonite denomination. His field of labor was Martins, Conestogo, and Elmira. He was sincere in his calling,and always directed the sinner to the cross where Christ suffered for him; and for the children of God he had words of consolation by reminding them of the Lord's words, "I am with you always", and "whatsoever ye shall ask in my name that I will I do". His kindness of heart and simplicity of manners endeared him to all classes who were acquainted with him. He died in September, 1889, and his wife who was born November 15th, 1801, died August 19th, 1890. 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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DAVID KOCH.

His farm is near the outskirts of the village and is one of the oldest in the township, being known as the old Musselman farm, Mr. Koch was born. in Woolwich Township, on lot 34, German Company's Tract, in 1840. He comes down from good, old German stock, his father [Ludwig] being born in Weinsberg, Germany, in 1801. The latter came to the New World in 1819, and in 1824, after a matrimonial alliance with Barbara, daughter of John and Susannah Reist, commenced house- keeping in the wilds of Woolwich, on lot No. 34. Here the parent stem flourished, and for a period of some sixty odd years they diligently labored toward the advancement of civilization, and reared a family of eight children. The father was ordained as a minister of the Mennonite faith in 1845, and until his death in 1889, he was a faithful expounder of the doctrines of that denomination. He had reached the ripe age of eighty-eight years-full of honors when the last summons came. His wife, who was born in 1801, followed him to await the resurrection, at the remarkably advanced age of ninety years.

Waterloo County Chronicle 5 May 1898 pg 8

David married Barbara Reist Oct 1824. Barbara (daughter of John Reist and Susannah Huber) was born 15 Nov 1801, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 19 Aug 1890; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Koch
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5204
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Barbara Reist, "the sixth member of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist's family, was born November 15th, 1801. In 1821 she came to Canada with her brothers, John and Samuel. In October 1824, she was married to Rev. Ludwig Koch who was born July 19th, 1801, and died September 15th, 1889. She died August 19th, 1890. They resided about one mile west of Conestogo, in Woolwich Township. 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146152
• 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; Lutheran
• Birth: 19 Feb 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

A-2-187 Joseph Reichert Letters of Administration of the estate of Joseph Reichert. Be it known that on the thirtienth day of March 1863, Letters of Administration of all and singular the personal estate and effects, rights and credits of Joseph Reichert late of the Township of Waterloo, Laborer, deceased, who died on or about the nineteenth day of February 1863 at the said Township of Waterloo intestate and had at the time of his death a dixed place of abodfe at the Township of Waterloo in the said County of Waterloo, were granted by her Majesty's Surrogate Court of the County of Waterloo, to Catharine Reichert of the Township of Waterloo, the widow of the said Intestate she having been first sworn faithfully to administer the same by paying his just debts and distributing the residue (if any) of his personal estate and effects according to law and to establish a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said personal estate and effects, rights and credits and to render a just and true account thereof whenever required by law.

Letters granted 13^th March 1863
Died 19^th February 1863

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

Joseph married Catharina Elizabetha "Catherine" Garnshorn 4 Apr 1836, Mönchzell, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Catharina was born 7 Oct 1814, Bammental, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 11 Aug 1893, Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharina Elizabetha "Catherine" Reichert
• Name: Catherine Garnshorn
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-154550
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang.,
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Methodist

Other Events:

• Historic Building: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 025, Waterloo County, Ontario; The Schweitzer House
• Eby ID Number: 00018-1397
• Residence: 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 1850, Columbia Street West, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• 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
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

John E. Brubacher, "second son of John and Catharine (Sherk) Brubacher, was born August 9th, 1822. On February 6th, 1846, he was married to Magdalena, daughter of David and Esther (Martin) Musselman. She was born December 16th 1827, and died July 5th, 1877. After her deceased he was married, in December, 1882, to Esther Musselman, sister to his first wife. She was the widow of the late Amos Martin, and was born November 18th, 1842. To him and his first wife was 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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Waterloo County lost another of its pioneers on Sunday evening, when Mr. John E. Brubacher passed away at his home, about two miles northwest of Waterloo. Deceased was 80 years of age and was one of the oldest settlers. A family of ten children survive. They are- David, St. Jacobs; Martin, Kansas; John and Benjamin, near home; Noah, at home; Mrs. Samuel Snyder and Mrs. O. S. Martin, Waterloo; Mrs. Levi Groff, Lexington; Mrs. David Martin, Elmira, and Harriet at home. The funeral took place at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning to the old Mennonite church, Berlin.

Elmira Signet 28 Aug 1902

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Death of Mr. J. E. Brubacher

This district lost another of its pioneers on Sunday evening when Mr. John E. Brubacher passed away at his home about two miles northwest of Waterloo. Deceased was 80 years of age and was one of the oldest settlers. A family of ten children survive. They are David, St. Jacobs; Martin, Kansas; John and Benjamin, near home, and Noah at home; Mrs. Samuel Snyder and Mrs. O. S. Martin, Waterloo; Mrs. Levi Groff, Lexington; Mrs. David Martin, Elmira; and Harriet at home. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning to the old Mennonite church, Berlin.

Berlin News Record, August 25, 1902
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Death of John E. Brubacher

John E. Brubacher, one of the oldest pioneers of Waterloo County, passed away to the great beyond at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, the 24st inst., at his country home near Waterloo. Deceased had been ill for about three weeks with stomach trouble. This with the infirmities of old age gradually weakened him and his end was unexpected. He had reached the ripe old age of 80 years and 15 days. The funeral takes place at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, August 27th, from his late residence, 2 miles northwest of Waterloo, to the Mennonite church, Berlin, for service and interment.

Berlin Daily Telegraph, August 25, 1902

Historic Building:
In 1846, John Brubacher married Magdalena Musselman, settling on Lot 25, German Company Tract. Their son John E. Brubacher married in the late 1800s and built a house on the farm.. John E. Brubacher had a daughter who married into the Groff family. The Groff family eventually inherited the house and lived there until it was passed on to their daughter, who married Stanley Schweitzer. In 1957 the Schweitzer family sold the farm to the Waterloo College Associate Faculties, which would soon become the University of Waterloo. In 1972 the Graduate Student Association leased the house. [from The Record, December 22, 2007]

Historic Building:
Beautifully situated on a hill overlooking Columbia Lake on the north campus of the University of Waterloo, the home was built in 1850 of granite fieldstone.
No two of the structure's four elevations are alike. The one to the south is the most interesting. A noteworthy feature is a large verandah spanning the length of the building on the south facade. The gables on both the east and west elevations exhibit return eaves and the attic, on each side, is lit by two small four paned windows. These features are typical of the Mennonite version of the plain Georgian style.
A fire in 1968 seriously damaged the structure's interior and prompted the restoration of the home. The generous financial support of the University of Waterloo, the Ontario Heritage Foundation and the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation allowed the restoration to be completed by 1975. The basement now contains a meeting room, the focal point of which is a large fireplace. The ground floor houses a furnished museum depicting the interior of a Pennsylvania-German farmhouse. The second storey provides accommodation for the Curator.1a

1aDesignated Properties List www.waterloo.ca

John married Magdalena Musselman 3 Feb 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of David Musselman and Esther Z. Martin) was born 16 Dec 1827, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Brubacher
• Name: Martha Musselman
• Eby ID Number: 00083-4922
• Residence: 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Magdalena Musselman, "was born December 16th, 1827. On February 6th, 1846, she was married to John E. Brubacher. They resided several miles north-west of Waterloo where she died July 5th, 1877. "

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/21074838
• Name: John Sitler
• Eby ID Number: 00114-7203
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 011, Waterloo County, Ontario
• 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
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

John Sitler, "was born in Columbus, Ohio, November 2nd, 1811. His parents, Martin and Elizabeth Sitler, had moved to Ohio, from Pennsylvania, a few years before he was born. He came to Canada when a young man and was married to Sarah Clemmer, widow of Jacob Ziegler. She was born December 21st, 1812, and died January 4th, 1877. She had one son, named Aaron, with her first husband. See Aaron Ziegler's family. They resided on the farm now possessed by Menno S. Shantz nearly three miles north of Waterloo where they had family of twelve 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.].

Johann — Sarah Clemmer. Sarah (daughter of Henry M. Clemmer and Sarah Bergey) was born 21 Dec 1812, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died 4 Jan 1877; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21075125
• Name: Sarah Sitler
• Name: Sarah Ziegler
• Eby ID Number: 00024-1920
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Misfortune: 1877; accidently death - falling down steps

Notes:

Sarah Clemmer, "was born December 21st, 1812, and died January 4th, 1877. She was first married to Jacob, son of Dilman Ziegler, with whom she had one son named Aaron. After the decease of her first husband she was married to John Sitler with whom she had a family of twelve 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.].