Verda Clemens

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• Name: Verda Voigt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-319790
• Residence: 1921, 14 Otto St. Kittchener, Ontario
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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VOIGT, Mrs. Verda (Albert)

Suddenly, at St. Mary's Hospital, on Monday, Aug. 31, 1992, Verda Voigt (nee Clemens), age 72 years, of 145 Lucan St., Waterloo.

Mrs. Voigt was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Waterloo.

Beloved wife of Albert Voigt; dear mother of Robert of Waterloo, David and his fiancee Wendy Lavigne of Kitchener; sister of Mrs. Mae Jackson of Kitchener. Loving grandmother of Jason, Kelly, Tabitha and Glenn. Predeceased by her parents, Les and Ida Clemens.

Friends and relatives may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, Wednesday, 7-9; Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. At noon on Friday, removal will be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, Waterloo, for funeral and committal service at 2 p.m., Rev. Peter Thomsen officiating. Interment Memory Gardens.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 1 Sep 1992 pg A9

Verda — Albert W. Voigt. Albert was born 1922; died 2005; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Leslie Clemens
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1649.2
• Occupation: 1910, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; solicitor (I. C. S.)
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker, Rubber Factory
• Residence: 1921, 14 Otto St. Kittchener, Ontario
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

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V. Leslie Clemens, 78, of 499 Guelph St. died Monday at K-W Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Clemens was born at Breslau, a son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Moses Clemens and lived at Kitchener for the past 57 years.

He was a member of Charles Street United Brethren Church and operated a home laundry for 30 years in Kitchener before retiring in 1959.

Surviving are his wife, the former Ida Schiedel; two daughters, Mrs. Reginald (Mae) Jackson, Kitchener, and Mrs. Albert (Verda) Voigt, Waterloo: one sister, Mrs. Pearl Brown, Lefroy, Ont., and two grandsons

He was predeceased by a brother Herbert in 1951.

The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by Rev. A. Ward Woolner, pastor of Charles Street United Brethren Church.

Burial will take place in Memory Gardens.

Donations to the Charles Street United Brethren Church memorial fund will be appreci ated by the family as expressions of sympathy.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Tue, Apr 26, 1966 Page 23

Vernon married Ida Schiedel 6 Sep 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of Aaron M. Schiedel and Nancy Weber) was born 26 Mar 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Feb 1985, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ida Clemens
• Eby ID Number: 00102-5741.3
• Occupation: 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
• Residence: 1921, 14 Otto St. Kittchener, Ontario
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

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CLEMENS, Mrs. Ida At St. Raphael's Nursing Home, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 1985, the former Ida Schiedel, in her 99th year, formerly of Waterloo.

Mother of Mrs. Mae Jackson of Kitchener, Verda (Mrs. Albert Voigt) of Waterloo; grandmother of Robert and his wife Chris and David and his wife Ella; great-grandmother of Jason.

Predeceased by her husband, Leslie in 1966; two brothers, Alvin and Leonard and two sisters, Eva and Rosilla.

Mrs. Clemens' family will receive friends at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. today. Funeral and committal service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, Wednesday at 1 p.m., with Rev. Keith Nicholson and Rev. Ward Woolner officiating. Interment Memory Gardens.

Memorial donations to the building fund of Stanley Park United Brethren Church gratefully acknowledged.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Mon, Feb 25, 1985 Page 39

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• Eby ID Number: 00023-1649
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Teacher
• Occupation: 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; school teacher
• Residence: 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; school teacher
• Occupation: 1890, Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; Minster
• Occupation: 1893, Charlotteville Twp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada; minister
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher Public School
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Pentecostal
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher, School
• Residence: 1921, 229 Lancaster St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Pentecostal

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Moses Clemens, "was born in the year 1862. When a young man he entered the ministry of the Canada Conference of the Evangelical Association and at present he is stationed on the Attercliffe (Monck County) field of labor. He is married to Phidelia Wismer and has 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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Rev. Moses H. Clemens, a retired minister who was with the Canada Conference of the Evangical Church for over 20 years and ws a college professor at Huntington, Ind., died at his home, 390 Frederick Street, Saturday night following a brief illness. He was 78 years old. He was born at Roseville, Ontario, a son of the late David M. Clemens and the late Sarah Hagey. He married the former Fidella Wismer who died in 1923. Survivng are two sons, V. Leslie Clemens of Kitchener and Herbert Clemens of New York City and one daughter, Mrs. Fred Brown of Toronto. Two brothers, Levi and Amos of Petosky, Michigan and two grandchildren also survive. The remains will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral home until Wednesday at 2: 00p.m. when the funeral service will be held with Dr. C. A. Hirshman, assisted by Rev. Albert Clemens of Sebringville, Ontario, officiating. Interment will be in the Woodland Cemetery^.

The Kitchener Daily Record 15 Jun 1942

Moses married Fidelia Catharine Wismer 16 Mar 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Fidelia (daughter of Andrew Wismer and Catherine Swartz) was born 18 Feb 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1923, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Fidelia Catharine Clemens
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1649.1
• Residence: 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Pentecostal
• Residence: 1921, 229 Lancaster St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Penecostal

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• Eby ID Number: 00102-5741
• 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
• Residence: 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Vulcaniser, Rubber Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Vulcanizer, Rubber Factory
• Residence: 1921, 14 Otto St. Kittchener, Ontario
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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Aaron Schiedel, "was born April 10th, 1861. He is married to Nancy Weber and resides in Breslau where he is engaged on the railroad as section man. His family consists of four 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.].

Aaron married Nancy Weber 5 Aug 1883. Nancy (daughter of Bishop Elias E. Weber and Mary Shoemaker) was born 30 Jun 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1956; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Nancy Schiedel
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7837.7
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
• Residence: 1921, 14 Otto St. Kittchener, Ontario
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

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• Residence: North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1637
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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David M. Clemens, "the eldest son of Jesse and Margaret (Miller) Clemens, was born June 26, 1818. He was married to Sallie, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bergey) Hagey. She was born March 2nd, 1823, and died April 23, 1879. Soon after their marriage they moved to Wilmot Township on the old 'Tohman Farm', thence back on his father's farm near Hespeler. From here they moved to Chicopee where he was engaged in the sawmill After residing here several years they moved to North Dumfries Township, one mile west of Roseville, on lot No. 46, Con. 12, where they resided until their deaths. He died June 23, 1887. To them was born a family of thirteen 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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Question did he have a son Adam born and died 1837 buried in the Weber Mennonite Cemetery? (Eroded) (Adam) S./ Sohn von/ (A. David & Clemens)/ gest. 1837 alt/ 5 Monat (24) Tage/ verse.

Residence:
Lot 47, Concession 12 North Dumfries

David — Sarah "Sallie" Hagey. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Hagey and Elizabeth Bergey) was born 2 Mar 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Apr 1879, Near Roseville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah "Sallie" Clemens
• Name: Sarah Hagey
• Eby ID Number: 00047-3499
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Misfortune: 1879, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; committed suicide

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Sallie Hagey, "the only daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bergey) Hagey, was born March 2nd, 1823 (twin sister to Henry). She was married to David Clemens who was born June 26th, 1818, and died June 23rd, 1887. They resided about one mile west of Roseville where she died April 23rd, 1879. To them were born thirteen 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 Death - We very much regret to hear that Mrs. David Clemens, living near Roseville, committed suicide by hanging on Wednesday afternoon last. It appears that Mrs. Clemens for some short time has been slightly deranged, and her family had kept a close watch upon her for fear she might do herself some injury. On the afternoon mentioned she had been doing some little work in the garden, and went into the smokehouse which was contiguous. Her family did not notice her absence for a short time, but when they did, went at once in search of her, and on opening the smokehouse door were horrified to find her hanging in a leaning position with the loop of rope which was attached to a hook in the little building, underneath her chin, but not tied around her neck. When found she was leaning forward in the loop of the rope, with her feet on the ground. She was scarcely dead, but all efforts to restore her were fruitless. Dr. Philip held an inquest yesterday, Thursday. The relatives of the deceased are amongst our most worthy and esteemed citizens, and they have the sympathy of the entire community their great sorrow.

Galt Reporter Apr 25 1879 pg 2

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-6242

Andrew — Catherine Swartz. Catherine was born 1836, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Feb 1868, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Wismer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-6243

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• Eby ID Number: 00102-5738
• Occupation: 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
• 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: 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Jacob Schiedel, "was born April 10th, 1834. On March 17th, 1857, he was married to Magdalena Miller who was born October 13th, 1833, and died April 22nd, 1872. On April 13th, 1873, he was again married to Magdalena Bechtel who was born October 21st, 1851. In 1882 they left the old "Schiedel Farm" and moved to Shantz Station where they resided until 1886 when they moved to Breslau where they still reside. His family consisted of thirteen children,(the eldest six were of first wife"


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.].

Jacob married Magdalena Miller 17 Mar 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Christian Miller and Hester Wanner) was born 13 Oct 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Apr 1872, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Müller
• Name: Magdalena Schiedel
• Name: Mattie Miller
• Eby ID Number: 00079-4790
• Residence: 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Magdalena Miller, "was born October 13th, 1833. On March 17th, 1857, she was married to Jacob S. Schiedel. They resided near Breslau, thence moved to near Shantz Station where she died April 22nd, 1872, leaving a family of six children, namely: IV Esther, IV Simon, IV Aaron, IV Susannah, IV Jacob, and IV Ephraim."


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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• Occupation: Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau, Ontario; minister
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7837
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• 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, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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Bishop Elias Weber," the eldest son of David and Catherine (Eby) Weber,was born in Berlin, February 22nd, 1834. His boyhood days were spent on his father's farm. During the winter months he attended the common public schools. On March 20th, 1855, he was married to Mary Shoemaker. They now reside on the old "Kunniman Farm," one mile west of Breslau, on the Berlin Road. They have a family of nine children, namely: VII Sarah, died young; VII Simon, died young; VII Lovina, married to Jacob Woolner; VII Leah, died young; VII Nancy, married to Aaron Schiedel; VII Lydia, married to David Reist; VII Amos, married to Rosilla Wambold and resides at home with his father; VII Israel, and VII Mary. In his younger days he joined the church of his choice, the Mennonite, and a few years later he was chosen as a deacon. He was afterwards called to the ministry on the Cressman field of labor, and finally, upon the death of Bishop Joseph Hagey, he was ordained bishop. He is of genial and sociable disposition, but guards himself against frivolity. He is generally well received by the people by all, and it may be said of him that he is one of those men who make for themselves many friends and few enemies. His talent as a minister compares favorably with that of the majority of our day. His education is rather limited, but he has studied and made good progress in the acquisition of Bible knowledge. His preaching is spiritual and at most times powerful and convincing, having great effect on the large audience generally present. That he has the confidence and high esteem of the whole congregation is evident from the fact that he was chosen as one of the candidates for the office of bishop. May he be spared for many years to come, and may his labors be crowned with glorious success in winning souls for the Lord."

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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Weber, Elias (1834-1909)

Elias Weber: bishop and farmer; born 22 February 1834 in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario to David and Catherine (Eby) Weber. He was the oldest child in a family of five sons and six daughters. He was a grandson of Bishop Benjamin Eby. On 20 March 1855 Elias married Mary Shoemaker (6 April 1832-14 November 1921). They had six daughters and three sons. Elias died 23 January 1909.
By vocation Elias Weber was a farmer; he and his family lived west of the town of Breslau. His education was limited to the primary schools of his day.

As a young man Elias Weber joined the Cressman congregation at Breslau. In 1867 he was ordained as a deacon for the congregation, and in 1874 as a minister. After the death of Bishop Joseph Hagey , he was ordained in 1879 as the bishop for the Waterloo Township churches. The major crisis of his bishopric was the division within the Ontario Mennonite Conference that led to the formation of the Old Order Mennonite conference in the late 1880s. Abraham Martin was the conservative bishop in Waterloo County, who held responsibility for the congregations in Woolwich Township. In 1885 a number of converts resulted from a series of evening meetings in Woolwich Townships. Martin opposed these revivalistic-style meetings and refused to instruct or baptize the group of over 30 coverts. After some delay, Elias Weber agreed to baptize the converts, which he did in three different groups from May-July, 1885. A series of other issues found Bishops Martin and Weber on different sides, and in 1889 the division became final.

Elias Weber also helped to organize the Alberta Conference (later the Alberta-Saskatchewan Conference and still later the Northwest Mennonite Conference ) in July 1903. He ordained Amos Bauman as the bishop for the three-congregation conference at that time.
Elias Weber was said to have a genial, but cautious, personality. He was not as gifted speaker as some other leaders in the conference, nor did he leave a legacy of writings. But Weber provided moderate leadership at a time more educated, aggressive Mennonite leaders from the U.S. were influencing the Ontario churches in more progressive directions.

Steiner, Sam. "Weber, Elias (1834-1909)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April 2002. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 Nov 2005
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Breslau (Cressman) Mennonite Church

Services were begun in Breslau in 1815. In 1834, Benjamin Eby's log meeting house, which had been built in Berlin in 1813, was moved to Breslau to the Cressman farm. Preaching services which were held every four weeks began in the reconstructed meeting house in 1837. A new brick church was built in 1856, at which time the old log meeting house was moved to Frederick Schaefer's brickyard. The old building may have been used for storage or an office until approximately 1880 when it was clad with white "Breslau Brick" from the brickyard, and used as a home by Frederick Schaefer and his family. The address of the house is reported to have been 18 Woolwich Street; it was still standing in 1985, according to Alder 1985, with the original log walls possibly preserved within the brick ones.
A summer Sunday School was begun in June of 1872. It was held in the Breslau schoolhouse until 1877 when it was moved to the church. Sunday School continued on in the summers only until 1889 when Sunday School classes began to be held all year.
The 1856 white brick church was taken down in March 1908, and was replaced with a new white brick church. In 1968 the name of the church was changed from Cressman Mennonite Church to Breslau Mennonite Church. Major renovations were made to the church in the same year. It is of interest to know that land amounting to approximately three acres was deeded to the congregation by Christian C. Snyder in three parcels, in 1837, 1859, and 1870.
Joseph Hagey, the first minister at Cressman's, was ordained on February 10, 1839. He was ordained bishop in 1851. Ministers who followed him in serving the church at Breslau were Jacob Woolner Sr., Elias Weber, Isaac A. Wambold, Jacob S. Woolner, and Oscar Burkholder. Services were held every four weeks from 1837-1867, and bi-weekly from 1867-1894 when weekly services were begun

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

Elias married Mary Shoemaker 20 Mar 1855. Mary (daughter of George D. Shoemaker and Anna "Nancy" Shuh) was born 6 Apr 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Nov 1921; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Shoemaker
• Name: Mary Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00112-7113
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

Notes:

Mary Shoemaker, "was born April 6th, 1832. She is married to Bishop Elias Weber. They reside on the old "Kunneman Farm" one mile west of Breslau and have quite a family, most of whom are married."


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.].