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Female 1916 - Yes, date unknown


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  1. 1.  Irene May Grody was born 1916, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Louis Grody and Pearl Kellsey); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-322860
    • Residence: 1921, 17 Pequegnat Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob Louis Grody was born 24 Mar 1894, , Ontario, Canada (son of John U. Grody and Ernestine Halling); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-322858
    • Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist, Foundry
    • Residence: 1921, 17 Pequegnat Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Jacob married Pearl Kellsey 28 Dec 1915, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Pearl (daughter of James Kellsey and Amelia Cressman) was born 3 Mar 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Pearl Kellsey was born 3 Mar 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Kellsey and Amelia Cressman); died 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Pearl Grody
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76670
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1921, 17 Pequegnat Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. 1. Irene May Grody was born 1916, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Grace Grody was born 1919, , Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John U. Grody was born 9 Aug 1860, , Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob S. Grody and Anna Elizabeth Ullner); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77713
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Grist Mill
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    John — Ernestine Halling. Ernestine was born 6 Jan 1857, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ernestine Halling was born 6 Jan 1857, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Ernestine Grody
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77714
    • Immigration: 1880, , Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Lucinda Emma Grody was born 27 May 1887, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna Elizabeth Grody was born 27 Sep 1888, , Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 2. Jacob Louis Grody was born 24 Mar 1894, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  James Kellsey was born 2 Mar 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Joseph Kellsey and Margaret Cook); died 30 Oct 1937, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252980959
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76666
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Funeral of James Kellsey

    The funeral of the late Mr. James Kelsey which was held at the M.B.C. Church on Tuesday afternoon was largely attended. Rev. L. R. Pipher conducted the service assisted by Rev. W. Brown of Markham who delivered the sermon. Special music was rendered by a mixed quartette composed of Mrs. A W. Egerdee. Mrs. E T. Coleman. E. T. Sherk and A. Toman. The pallbearers were: Messrs. Eli Rosenbrger, Geo. Coleman, Menno Rosenberger, Moses Toman. John Howling and Alvin Shard. Interment was made in the New Dundee Union Cemetery

    Waterloo Chronicle, 5 Nov 1937, p. 8

    ______________

    In Loving Memory OF JAMES S. KELLSEY

    who departed this life on Saturday morning, October 30th, 1937, in his 70th year. Laid to rest in the family plot, New Dundee Union Cemetery, on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 2nd, 1937.

    Funeral Card

    James married Amelia Cressman 17 Jan 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Amelia (daughter of Jacob Grody and Wilhelmina Wilke, daughter of John S. Cressman and Mary Shantz) was born 3 Oct 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Amelia Cressman was born 3 Oct 1872, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Grody and Wilhelmina Wilke, daughter of John S. Cressman and Mary Shantz); died 12 Sep 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Amelia Kellsey
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76667
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mrs. Amelia Kellsey (By Chronicle Correspondent)

    NEW DUNDEE.-Amelia, widow of the late James Kellsey, died at her home in New Dundee, Wednesday, in her 69th year. She had been ill for some time.

    Married in 1889, Mr. and Mrs. Kellsey moved to a farm near Wilmot Centre where they lived until 1925, when they retired and moved to New Dundee, where Mr. Kellsey died in October 1937.

    Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Eden Kinzie and Mrs. Pearl Grody of Kitchener and Mazie, and four sons, Maurice of Waterloo, Stanley of Didsbury, Alberta, Howard of Kitchener and Cecil at home, also seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and one brother, John Grody of Kitchener.

    Mrs. Kellsey was a active member of Bethel M.B.C. Church at New Dundee and took a great interest in all its activities.

    Funeral services will be held from her late residence at 2.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, followed by services at the New Dundee M.B.C. Church at 3 o'clock, with interment in New Dundee Union Cemetery. The pastor, Rev. S. S. Shantz will be in charge.

    Waterloo Chronicle, 13 Sep 1940, p. 6

    Children:
    1. Mazie Kellsey was born 9 Mar 1891, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1983, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Clara Kellsey was born 20 Apr 1893, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1975; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Pearl Kellsey was born 3 Mar 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Maurice Victor Kellsey was born Apr 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Harry Stanley "Stanley" Kellsey was born 29 Feb 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Howard Kellsey was born Mar 1907, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Roy Cecil Kellsey was born 8 Nov 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob S. Grody was born 1830, , Germany; died Bef 1911.

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    • Name: Jacob Grote
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51772
    • Occupation: 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer

    Jacob married Anna Elizabeth Ullner 7 Jul 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of John Ullner and Elizabeth Decker) was born 31 Aug 1835, , Germany; died 7 Jul 1915, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Anna Elizabeth Ullner was born 31 Aug 1835, , Germany (daughter of John Ullner and Elizabeth Decker); died 7 Jul 1915, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Anna Elisabeth Ulner
    • Name: Anna Elizabeth Bechthold
    • Name: Anna Elizabeth Grody
    • Name: Anna Elizabeth Strickler
    • Name: Elisabeth Ullner
    • Name: Elizabeth Annie Ulner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93749
    • Immigration: 1853
    • Residence: 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. 4. John U. Grody was born 9 Aug 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Elizabeth Grody was born 1 Jul 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Mary Ann Grody was born 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Magdalena "Lena" Grody was born 15 Jan 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1905, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

  3. 12.  Joseph Kellsey was born 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Paul Kelsey and Maria); died 31 Dec 1893, Archie, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , McAuley Cemetery, McAuley, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116940292
    • Name: Joseph Kelsey
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-124228
    • Residence: 1858, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1884, Wilmot Township - Block A Concession 2 Lot 02, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Wilmot Township Council

    The Municipal Council of the Township of Wilmot met in the Township Hall, Baden, on Saturday, July 17th, .... The Council then went into committee on roads and bridges as port as follows: ....The following contracts for building bridges were given out, viz: ... The bridge near Simon Shantz's sawmill was given to Joseph Kellsey for $100.

    Waterloo Chronicle, 22 Jul 1869, p. 2

    Joseph married Margaret Cook 11 Aug 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Robert Cook and Christina Sommerville) was born 24 Sep 1842, Dollar, , Clackmannan, Scotland; died 4 Aug 1916, Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , McAuley Cemetery, McAuley, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Margaret Cook was born 24 Sep 1842, Dollar, , Clackmannan, Scotland (daughter of Robert Cook and Christina Sommerville); died 4 Aug 1916, Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , McAuley Cemetery, McAuley, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115317095
    • Name: Margaret Kellsey
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-124229
    • Residence: 1851, Dollar, , Clackmannan, Scotland
    • Residence: 1858, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Robert John Kellsey was born 19 Dec 1858, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Dec 1938, Elkhorn, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , McAuley Cemetery, McAuley, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.
    2. David Kellsey was born 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Joseph Kellsey was born 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 6. James Kellsey was born 2 Mar 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Oct 1937, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Ann "Minnie" Kellsey was born 26 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Mar 1936; was buried , McAuley Cemetery, McAuley, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.
    6. Maria Kellsey was born 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Charles Alfred Kellsey was born 27 Jun 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Feb 1876, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pinehill Cemetery, Pinehill, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Louisa Kellsey was born 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Charles Kellsey was born Jun 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  5. 14.  John S. Cressman was born 22 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Abraham Cressman and Mary Schneider); died 18 Nov 1903, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75092031
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2167

    Notes:

    John Cressman, "the sixth son of Abraham and Mary (Schneider) Cressman, was born June 22nd, 1829. On November 16th, 1852, he was married to Mary, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Martin) Shantz. She was born April 15th, 1832. They reside in Blenheim Township, near Washington P. O., where he is engaged in farming. Their family consisted 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.].

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    In 1901 John lived with his son Abraham in Blenheim Township, Oxford, Ontario.

    John married Mary Shantz 16 Nov 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz and Lydia Martin) was born 15 Apr 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 May 1894, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Mary Shantz was born 15 Apr 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz and Lydia Martin); died 29 May 1894, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75092048
    • Name: Mary Cressman
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6944
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mary Shantz, "was born April 15th, 1832. She was married to John Cressman, November 16th, 1852."


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Lydia Cressman was born 28 Jul 1851, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 Sep 1851; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Nancy Cressman was born 28 Aug 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1925; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Eli Cressman was born 17 Aug 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1934, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    4. Abraham "Abram" Cressman was born 12 Aug 1860, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Dec 1928, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. 7. Amelia Cressman was born 3 Oct 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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