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Robert Theron Harmer

Male 1923 - 1985  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Theron Harmer was born 24 Mar 1923, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Isaac Harmer and Magdalena Kempkes Israel); died 17 Jan 1985, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-359023

    Robert — Valeria Jean Hoffer. Valeria (daughter of Orval Alvin Hoffer and Maria Giilck) was born 1927; died 23 Jan 2019, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Isaac Harmer was born 25 Jul 1874, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (son of James Harmer and Sarah Trouse); died 28 Nov 1946, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41564447
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224539
    • Birth: 25 Jul 1874
    • Occupation: 1904, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Furniture Finisher
    • Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher, Furniture Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Isaac married Magdalena Kempkes Israel 4 Dec 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of August Israel and Emma Zelena Eby) was born 8 Aug 1884, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Magdalena Kempkes Israel was born 8 Aug 1884, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of August Israel and Emma Zelena Eby); died 24 Mar 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Birth: Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41564520
    • Name: Magdalena Kempkes Harmer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224540
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Notes:

    Mrs. Isaac Harmer

    BRESLAU. - Ill for some time, Mrs. Isaac Harmer, formerly Magdelena Kemkes Israel, 57, of Breslau died Monday evening at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener. Death was due to a series of strokes. She was born Aug. 8, 1883, at Strasburg. Mrs. Harmer was a member of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ church and the Ladies' Aid Society.

    In addition to her husband she is survived by her mother, Mrs. August Israel of Kitchener, four sons, Kenneth of Kitchener, Osbourne of Centreville, Maynard of Brampton and Robert at home, two daughters, Hazel, Mrs. William Kreitzer of Galt and Vera, Mrs. E. Aikens of Breslau, three brothers, Edwin Kemkes of Branchton, Lorne Israel and George Israel, both of Kitchener, four sisters, and four grandchildren.

    Waterloo Chronicle, 28 Mar 1941, p. 3

    Children:
    1. Hazel Harmer was born Nov 1896, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Kenneth James Harmer was born Jul 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 1987; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Isaac Osborne Harmer was born Jul 1910, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Maynard Harmer was born 1918; died 1968; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 1. Robert Theron Harmer was born 24 Mar 1923, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 1985, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Harmer was born 17 Jan 1846, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Mar 1923, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Plattsville Cemetery, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188161299
    • Name: James Haimer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232653
    • Residence: 1866, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

    James married Sarah Trouse 6 Sep 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah was born 5 Apr 1846, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1907, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Plattsville Cemetery, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Trouse was born 5 Apr 1846, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1907, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Plattsville Cemetery, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188161316
    • Name: Sarah Harmer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232654
    • Residence: 1866, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. 2. Isaac Harmer was born 25 Jul 1874, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Nov 1946, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Edward Harmer was born 30 Apr 1889, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Dec 1953, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Chesterfield United Cemetery, Chesterfield, Oxford Co., Ontario.

  3. 6.  August Israel was born 3 Aug 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johann Georg "George" Israel and Saloma Mahler); died 19 Dec 1930, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46349271
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2428.3
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Methodist
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
    • Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1930, 511 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    August Israel

    An esteemed Kitchener resident. August Israel, 511 Frederick street. died at his home on Friday. The funeral was held on Monday to Zion Evangelical Church. Interment took place in Woodland Cemetery. Deceased resided in Waterloo county all his life. He was in his 78th year. There survive, his wife, two sons, Lorne and George, both of Kitchener, ind one daughter, Mrs. I. Harmer, Breslau. One son predeceased him about a year. One sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Fry of Freeport, Ill., and eight grandchildren also survive.

    Waterloo Chronicle, 25 Dec 1930, p. 3

    August married Emma Zelena Eby 13 Aug 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emma (daughter of Daniel S. Eby and Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Myers) was born 15 Aug 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Dec 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Emma Zelena Eby was born 15 Aug 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Daniel S. Eby and Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Myers); died 7 Dec 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199000206
    • Name: Emma Zelena Israel
    • Eby ID Number: 00084-5025.2
    • Residence: 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1930, 511 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Lydia Ann Israel was born 26 Feb 1877; died 4 Mar 1877; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Magdalena Kempkes Israel was born 8 Aug 1884, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Clarence E. Israel was born 1900; died 1929; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Lorne Herbert Israel was born 1 Oct 1895, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Dec 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Clarence E. Israel was born 8 Aug 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. George Harold Israel was born 4 Jun 1904, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Johann Georg "George" Israel was born 7 Jan 1806, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France; was christened 10 Dec 1837, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johann Michael Jean Israel and Anne Marguerite Flach); died 19 Apr 1885, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235705034
    • Name: George Israel
    • Eby ID Number: 00084-5025.56
    • Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., 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; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Rsrch. Note:
    George Israel (M)
    Birth: 7 Jan 1806 Germany
    Death: 1885
    Father: Jean Michel Israel
    Mother: Anna Margueite Flach

    Marriage 1:

    Salome Mahler (F)
    Birth: Abt 1815 Germany
    Death: 1905
    Father:
    Mother:


    Children from Marriage 1:

    1 George Israel 1842 1926
    2 John Israel Abt 1837
    3 Cathrina Israel 23 Oct 1840 9 Jan 1908
    4 Salome Israel 7 Nov 1843 7 Aug 1926
    5 Eliza Israel Abt 1846
    6 Michael Israel Abt 1848
    7 Margaret Israel Abt 1850
    8 August Israel Abt 1853

    Johann — Saloma Mahler. Saloma (daughter of Johann Jacob "Jacob" Mahler and Marie Catherine Jedele) was born 2 Feb 1815, Mietesheim, , Alsace, France; died 27 Jul 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Saloma Mahler was born 2 Feb 1815, Mietesheim, , Alsace, France (daughter of Johann Jacob "Jacob" Mahler and Marie Catherine Jedele); died 27 Jul 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53525320
    • Name: Sally Mahler
    • Name: Saloma Israel
    • Name: Sarah Mahler
    • Eby ID Number: 00084-5025.57
    • Immigration: 1837, , Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Children:
    1. Betty Israel was born 1839, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Katharina "Kitty" "Catherine" Israel was born 23 Oct 1841, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1 Jan 1842, Strassburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, Strassburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. George Israel was born 28 Apr 1842, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Apr 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Salome "Sarah" Israel was born 7 Nov 1843, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Elisabeth Israel was born 16 Aug 1846, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Michael Israel was born 13 Apr 1848, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 8 Oct 1848, Strassburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, Strassburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Margaret "Maggie" Israel was born 25 Sep 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1925, Maple Valley Township, Sanilac Co., Michigan, USA; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.
    8. 6. August Israel was born 3 Aug 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Dec 1930, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Daniel S. EbyDaniel S. Eby was born 3 Feb 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Isaac Eby, Sr. and Veronica Shoemaker); died 17 May 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206243286
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2428
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, , USA
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Daniel Eby, "was born February 3rd, 1840. They resided on a farm near Macton, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. When ailing he moved on his father's place near Berlin, where he died May 17th, 1867. He was married to Frances Myers, March 18th, 1862. She died September 12th, 1869. They had a family of three children, namely: Emma Zalena is married to August Israel and had a family of one child which died in infancy. They own and occupy a farm at Strasburg, Ontario. Theophilus, died young. Effa Zilpha, married to Charles Meyer, a miller by trade, but now he is engaged in the grocery and bakery business. They have a family of several children, of whom two have died. They reside in Meaford, Ontario."


    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.].

    Daniel married Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Myers 18 Mar 1862, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Veronica (daughter of Michael Delp Myers and Mary "Polly" Shoemaker) was born 30 Nov 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Myers was born 30 Nov 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Michael Delp Myers and Mary "Polly" Shoemaker); died 12 Sep 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36408884
    • Name: Frances Myers
    • Name: Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Eby
    • Eby ID Number: 00084-5025
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Veronica Myers, "was born November 30th, 1837. She was married to Daniel S. Eby. They resided near Berlin where he died May 17th, 1867. She died September 12th, 1869. They had 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.].

    Children:
    1. Theophilus Eby was born 4 May 1860; died 20 Nov 1861; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Emma Zelena Eby was born 15 Aug 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Dec 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Effa Zilpha Eby was born Sep 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Abt 1945; was buried , Meaford, St. Vincent Twp., Grey Co., Ontario.


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