Nelda Sugg

Other Events:

• Name: Nelson Sugg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-19195
• Residence: 1961, RR2, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Richard — Mary M. Gingrich. Mary (daughter of Noah H. Gingrich and Ida B. Musselman) was born 19 Sep 1906, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1986; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary M. Sugg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-170764
• Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregational
• Residence: 1961, RR2, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53609
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
• Residence: 1921, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Richard married Mary Ellen Barber 30 Oct 1888, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of William Barber and Susannah Goodwin) was born 19 Feb 1870, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Apr 1944; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Ellen Sugg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53610
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1921, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00039-3196.5
• Occupation: 1906, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregrational

Notes:

NOAH H. GINGRICH

Noah H. Gingrich, 88, of Elmira died Wednesday, March 15, at the Elmira Private Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Born in Floradale June 15, 1872, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Johnn B. Gingrich. He was married to the former Judith Bauman in 1892 who died in 1905. His second wife, the former Ida Musselman predeceased him in 1960.

Mr. Gingrich farmed near West Montrose for 48 years moving to Elmira In 1940. He was a member of West Montrose United Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clayton D. (Susanna) Miller, RR 2, Elmira and Mrs. Nelson (Mary) Sugg, RR 2, West Montrose. Also three brothers, John and Josiah of Grand Rapids, Mich., and David of Grand Blanc, Mich., 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

He was predeceased by three brothers. one daughter Salina and one son Sylvester.

The body was at the Dreisinger funeral parlor Elmira until noon Saturday when removal was made to West Montrose United Church where a memorial service was held. Rev. D. M. Badger officiated. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.

Noah married Ida B. Musselman 1 Jan 1906, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of Joseph S. Musselman and Mary Bauman) was born 30 Oct 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1960, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Ida B. Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00002-150.6
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Nurse
• Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregational

Notes:

Mrs. Noah Gingrich, 84, of Elmira, died Saturday, March 5 at Elmira Private Hospital after a lengthy illness.

The former Ida Musselman, she was born in Woolwich Township, Oct. 30, 1875, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Musselman She was a member of the West Montrose United Church.

Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Clayton (Susie) Miller of RR 2, Elmira, and Mrs. Nelson (Marg) Sugg of Winterbourne ; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Irving and Mrs. Mary Lowry of Toronto and Mrs. W. J. Garner and Miss Minerva Musselman of Port Dover.

There are 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

One son, Sylvester, died in 1952. Two brothers and thee sisters also predeceased her.
The body was at the Dreisinger Funeral Chapel, Elmira, until Tuesday at 1 p.m. when removal was made to West Montrose United Church for the funeral at 3 p.m. Rev. Donald Badger officiated.

Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115860
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• 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; Presbyterian
• Retired: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

William — Hannah Morrell. Hannah (daughter of Richard Morrell and Annias Greaves) was born 31 Mar 1837, , England; was christened 7 Apr 1837, Mansfield, , Nottingham, England; died 26 Mar 1922; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Hannah Sugg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53525
• Immigration: 1845
• Immigration: 1846, , Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1921, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48786
• Residence: 1864, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

William married Susannah Goodwin 27 Dec 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Joseph Goodwin and Ann Walters) was born 23 Jun 1840, , Northamptonshire, England; died 23 Jan 1917; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susan Goodwin
• Name: Susannah Barber
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48787
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1864, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Name: Johann B. Gingerich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3196
• Residence: 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Immigration: 1 Aug 1899, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Notes:

John Gingerich, "was born July 24th, 1847. He is married to Mary Ann, daughter of William and Mary (Martin) Hembling. They reside in the town of Berlin and have a family of ten children... The two youngest died in infancy."


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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Gingrich. - John B. Gingrich died at Grand Rapids, Oct. 29, 1919: aged 72 y. 3 m. He was a brother of Bishop A. B. Gingrich of Elmira, Ont. He lived most of his life in Waterloo Co., Ont. He moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., about twelve years ago. July 24, 1847 (actually his birth date not marriage), he was married to Mary Ann Hembling, who was for him a faithful helpmeet for over fifty years. To this union were born seven sons (Isaiah, John, Josiah, Jesse, Noah, William, and David) and one daughter (Mrs. Mary Schwartz) who died about a year ago. He is survived by seven sons, 22 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. He was a member of the United Brethren in Christ for over forty years and was a bright and shining light wherever he went. Peace to his ashes.


Gospel Herald - Volume XII, Number 34 - November 20, 1919 - page 639

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The John B. Gingrich Account Book By Jim de Waal Malefyt

The John B. Gingrich "Account Book" was started in March of 1883 by John B. Gingrich when he lived in Floradale in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. John was a blacksmith and was married to Mary Ann Hembling, daughter of deacon William Hembling. The account book has been handed down in this Gingrich family for several generations and was copied by the author in 1996. The book (20 cm x 32 cm) contains numbered pages of his business accounts with about 110 of his clients written in script at the top of each page. Names of his clients are listed below for reference to those interested in what their ancestors may have bought or had repaired at the blacksmith shop of John Gingrich in the late 1800s. A copy of the John B. Gingrich Account Book is on file at the Kitchener Public Library.

The business entries in this account book span a ten-year period from 1883 to 1893. Dates are located on the left side of the page. The middle contains the item John worked on or made or the barter item received. The last two columns on the left of each page contain the amount of credit, "Cr," or the cost of his service drawn, "Dr," from the account. Blacksmith items John worked on commonly included making, sharpening or repairing farm implements and attachments to horses such as shoes, "waggon tyres," harness rings, "wiffletrees,"1 harrow, sleigh, buggy, neckyoke, chains, and clevises2. Home and farm implements he made or repaired included sugar pan, hinges, meat hooks, chimney irons, shoe scraper, fork handle, thistle cutter and stove lids. In exchange for his services, John often accepted or bought wood, butter, apples, eggs, beef, oats, wheat, barley, pigs, or he accepted labor for threshing, digging potatoes, butchering or hauling manure.

Interspersed in the account book are some pages of interest to the genealogist. Page 155 contains John Gingrich's time-line from his birth on July 24, 1847 until 1883. Somewhat overlapping is another time-line on page 77 from his marriage on January 19, 1869, until his stroke in 1908. The births and marriages of John's and Mary's children are listed on pages 156 and 158 respectively. The family register of John's father-in-law, deacon William Hembling, is given on pages 112-113 and a short biography about how William Hembling was orphaned by the 1831 cholera epidemic and adopted by Isaac C. Shantz near Berlin.

John B. Gingrich was born on July 24, 1847 near Waterloo, Ontario, most likely in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, to John H. Gingrich and Anna Burkhart. John became a blacksmith and kept a business ledger in which he also wrote family events and dates. John wrote that he went to school at age four in 1851 and finished school in 1863 at age 15. Starting in April of 1864 he worked on the farm and then was bound out as a blacksmith apprentice in November. In 1865 he read the entire Bible and joined the Mennonite Church on August 5 at age 18. In 1866 he was baptized in the Mennonite Church, probably by bishop Joseph Hagey. In 1867 he was a blacksmith in Preston and in November he worked in North Woolwich. In 1868 he worked on deacon William Hembling's sleigh and made an acquaintance with the deacon's daughter, Mary Hembling. Mary Ann Hembling was born July 17, 1851 near Waterloo, Ontario, the daughter of deacon William Hembling and Mary Dirstein. Mary was the eighth of twelve children. She was baptized in 1868 by bishop Abraham W. Martin. On January 19, 1869, John B. Gingrich married Mary Ann Hembling. After John and Mary were married they moved into David Brubacher's house on February 2, 1869 and John worked for David that year. On January 6, 1870 John moved to Floradale near the Grand River. In 1871 John was recorded in the Waterloo County Census of Ontario as being a 23 year-old blacksmith, a Mennonite and of German origin. Ten years later in 1881, he built a new blacksmith's shop. In 1883 John joined the Temperance People and the Mennonite Brethren Church (MBC). This was the year he recorded his blacksmith accounts in the subject account book. The following year in 1884 he moved to Sand Hills. Nine years later, on January 19, 1893, John moved to Berlin, now Kitchener. During this time, John and Mary had ten children: Isaiah, Noah, William, John, Josiah, Jesse, David, Mary Ann, Edwin (died in infancy), and Anna (died in infancy). Many of the sons used the middle initial of "H," possibly for the "H" in Hembling, their mother's last name.

On August 1, 1899, John B. Gingrich moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where his oldest son, Isaiah, had moved in 1891. Evidently, John moved to Grand Rapids and rented a house at 89 North Pine Street, not too far from his son Isaiah's house at 326 First Street. Mary stayed behind and had to be persuaded by an interesting letter from John that he cared deeply for her and wanted her to come and take the train to Grand Rapids.

From page 77 of the account book, we learn that John continued working at various factories in Grand Rapids until his "stroke of paralysis" at age 60 in January of 1908. On June 29, 1904 John Gingrich had gone back to Canada to bury the former deacon William Hembling. William Hembling had moved to Grand Rapids to be with his daughter and son-in-law and died there of paralysis and old age on June 27, 1904 at age 85. His remains were taken by train and he was buried in the Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Woolwich Township. The costs of his funeral were listed on page 152 of the account book.

After his stroke, John Gingrich continued to earn income by becoming a "soap dealer." Pages 161 through 182 for the years 1909 through 1918 list the companies John bought supplies from for the business he operated out of his home on North Pine Street. He sold such items as Bonney Fleur perfume, laxative tabules, healing salve, vanishing cream, Red Rose toilet water, witch hazel cream and S.V. Soap.

John B. Gingrich died at the age of 72 on October 29, 1919 of kidney failure and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mary (Hembling) Gingrich died November 1, 1928 in Grand Rapids from a fractured hip and hardening of the arteries, at the age of 77. She also was buried by Rauschenberger in Greenwood Cemetery.

The John B. Gingrich "Account Book" provides us with a decade of information about the economic interactions which took place between a Mennonite blacksmith and many others who lived in Waterloo County in the late 1800s. These interactions between a blacksmith and his community of relatives and neighbours tell us of the tools, implements and services he provided, and the ways in which debts were settled. It provides us and their descendants with a rare glimpse of how they conducted business in the last century with the "village blacksmith

John married Mary Ann Hembling 19 Jan 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Rev. William Hembling and Mary Derstein) was born 17 Jul 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1868; died 1 Nov 1928, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Ann Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3196.1
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Name: Joe S. Musselman
• Eby ID Number: 00083-4911
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; potter
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer

Notes:

Joseph S. Musselman, "was born February 4th, 1849. On December 31st, 1871, he was married to Mary Baumann. They reside in Berlin where he is working at the carpenter trade. 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.].

Joseph married Mary Bauman 31 Dec 1872. Mary (daughter of Wendel H. Bauman and Magdalena Schneider) was born 11 Nov 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mariah Bauman
• Name: Mary Musselman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-150
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1909, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Mary Baumann, "the eldest child of Wendel and Magdalena (Snyder) Baumann, was born November 11th 1851. On December 31st, 1872, she married Joseph, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Schneider) Musselman. They reside in the town of Berlin where he is engaged in the manufacture of brushes. They have a large family."


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.].