Herman Merner: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Herman Merner was born 1878, , Ontario, Canada (son of Daniel Merner and Auguste "Augusta" Liersch); died Yes, date unknown.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-359300
Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Generation: 2

Daniel Merner was born 1850, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Merner and Margaretha "Margaret" Pfanner); died Yes, date unknown.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-359297
Residence: 1876, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper
Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Daniel married Auguste "Augusta" Liersch 22 Feb 1876, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Auguste (daughter of Carl Heinrich "Charles Henry" Liersch and Martha) was born 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Auguste "Augusta" Liersch was born 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Carl Heinrich "Charles Henry" Liersch and Martha); died Yes, date unknown.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-359298
Residence: 1876, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
Residence: 1928, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Children:

Walter Irven Merner was born 4 Nov 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died 25 Aug 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; was buried , Irving Park Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
1. Herman Merner was born 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 3

Jacob Merner was born 5 Apr 1816, Kien, Canton Bern, Switzerland; was christened 14 Apr 1816, Reichenbach, , Canton Bern, Switzerland (son of Jacob Emanuel Merner and Susanna Schlueter); died 9 May 1890, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Jacob Murner
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58897P
Residence: 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: 1871, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
Residence: 1871, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Residence: 1875, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

Jacob married Margaretha "Margaret" Pfanner 28 Oct 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaretha was born CALC 23 Mar 1817, , Germany; died 27 Apr 1891; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Margaretha "Margaret" Pfanner was born CALC 23 Mar 1817, , Germany; died 27 Apr 1891; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Margaret Pfrimmer
Name: Margaretha "Margaret" Merner
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149279P
Residence: 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1871, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Children:

Susannah Merner was born 1847, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1891, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
Anna Merner was born 27 Aug 1847, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1926, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
John Merner was born 1849, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Daniel Merner was born 1850, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Ferdinand Merner was born 16 Feb 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Magdelena "Lena" Merner was born 1854, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 May 1935; was buried , Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Carolina Merner was born 1855, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 1898, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Jacob William Merner was born 1858, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 20 Oct 1938, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada.

Carl Heinrich "Charles Henry" Liersch was born CALC 6 Dec 1812, Cottbus?, Saxony, Prussia, Germany; died 6 Feb 1888, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Carl Liersch
Name: Charles Henry Liersch
Name: Heinrich Leirsch
Name: Henry Liersch
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121297P
Residence: 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; store keeper
Naturalization: 8 Jan 1848, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; innkeeper
Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Innkeeper
Occupation: 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Occupation: 1864, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Board of Public Instruction
Occupation: 1864, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
Occupation: 1864, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; magistrate
Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Town Clerk

Notes:

These Local Superintendents and their successors in office, who administered and directed the educational affairs of this county from 1853 to 1871, when the office was abolished, have not, in the opinion of the writer, received from the public the credit for their work to which they were entitled. They were all educated, broad-minded, unselfish men, ever ready and willing to assist and advise the teacher and explain the almost unexplainable school law to the trustees. The obstacles which they were continually encountering, in the performance of their duties, were many and difficult.

In this connection special mention is due Rev. James Sims Local Superintendent for Wellesley for twelve years and chairman of the Board of Public Instruction for eight Messrs. Robert Brydon, Otto Klotz, Henry Liersch, James Colquhoun, Rev. Duncan McRuer, Rev. Geo. Cuthbertson, Rev. James Boyd, Henry F. J. Jackson and Isaac L. Bowman.

First Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society pg 33

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In March of 1851, the name of "Der Deutschen Evangelishe Lutherische Emmanuels Gemeinde" was used, which translated word for word means, "The German Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel's Congregation". For many years after, the congregation's name was misspelled "Immanuel's" or mistakenly known as "St. Emmanuel's" or "St. Immanuel's Church". Or was it not misspelled? If you take into consideration that Rev. Immanuel Wurster was our pastor and president as the church was being built, it is understandable why it was referred to as "Immanuel's Congregation". Subscriptions to financing and materials of the new church were now accepted, and the construction began in June of that year.

The main contributors were: Nicolaus Busch, Christoph Seeger, Peter Wilker, Johannes Koch Sr., Johannes Koch Jr., Ludwig Zöger, Nicolaus Klein, Heinrich Liersch, Michael Karrer, W. Schrönan, Conrad Siebert, Abel Müller, Jacob Kollmann, Johannes Lippert, Adam Seyler and Johannes Bauer.

www.petersburgchurch.org 2012

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Mr. Hunter presented a petition from Henry Liersch and others, praying for the repeal of By-Law No. 26, otherwise that the road specified in said petition be gravelled.
Journal of the Proceedings and By-laws of the Municipal Council of the County of Waterloo, 1st. 2nd, 3rd and 4th Session, A. D. , 1856

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Moved by Mr. Ernst, seconded by Mr. Kaiser, and resolved that the appointment of Henry Liersch as Local Superintendent of Schools for Wilmot by the Warden, be approved of by the Council - carried.
Journal of the Proceedings and By-laws of the Municipal Council of the County of Waterloo, 1st. 2nd, 3rd and 4th Session, A. D. , 1858

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Local Superintendents of Common Schools

Wilmot - Henry Liersch Esq. Baden
Journal of the Proceedings and By-laws of the Municipal Council of the County of Waterloo, 1st. 2nd, 3rd and 4th Session, A. D. , 1864

Carl — Martha. [Group Sheet]

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Martha
Children:

3. Auguste "Augusta" Liersch was born 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 4

Jacob Emanuel Merner was born 20 Oct 1789, , Switzerland; was christened 3 Nov 1789, Reichenbach, , Canton Bern, Switzerland; died 29 Dec 1869, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Interesting: story, pioneer
Residence: Kien, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32066P
Immigration: 1837, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
Occupation: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist

Notes:

Jacob Merner with his wife and family emigrated from Germany and settled on a farm miles west of New Hamburg in 1837. Several of the ten children still survive, among them being Mr. Christian Merner of whom a sketch appears elsewhere. Wm. Smith had the first blacksmith shop. It was here that the late Samuel Merner learned his trade. Jacob Brill was the first cooper and did a thriving trade in barrels, churns, &c. The pioneer weaver was John Oehm who made cloth for his numerous patrons on his hand loom. Theobald Seyler owned a frame hotel on the site of the present Queen's and John Boeckner did the cobbling and shoemaking for the neighborhood. The latter's shop was on the site of the present residence of Mr. D. Becker. Wendel Schuyler was the first teacher in 1838 or 1839. A portion of the first log schoolhouse still stands near the Cemetery and is used for a dwelling: Soloman Weaver was a miller in the early days and later became an evangelical minister. Business men who came a little later were Wm. Burkhold, who established a brickyard; Fred Merner who started a carriage business and Wm. Hunter, who had a general stare. In the early 50's Sylvester Frank built a brewery. It was of brick and a portion of it is still in use in connection with the present brewery. The village has gradually increased in population and assessment with no particularly stirring events to mark its even progress. The great flood of 1883 due to a cloudburst is an event never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. On that occasion the water covered the streets up to the door of the Imperial hotel, and swept away the Rau, Hartman and Helmer bridges, thus cutting the village off from the outside world. In this its golden jubilee year, New Hamburg stands a community of contented, busy people, living in good homes and doing admirably their little share of the great world's work.

Special Industrial souvenir number of New Hamburg: containing a comprehensive review of the natural advantages and resources of the village of New Hamburg, 1908, Berlin Daily News, Berlin, Ontario

Jacob — Susanna Schlueter. Susanna was born CALC 9 Mar 1789, , Canton Berne, Switzerland; was christened 18 Mar 1787, , Switzerland; died 9 Sep 1875, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Susanna Schlueter was born CALC 9 Mar 1789, , Canton Berne, Switzerland; was christened 18 Mar 1787, , Switzerland; died 9 Sep 1875, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Susanna Merner
Residence: Kien, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42673P
Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist

Children:

Barbara Merner was born CALC 8 Nov 1812, , Switzerland; died 8 Jul 1893; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
4. Jacob Merner was born 5 Apr 1816, Kien, Canton Bern, Switzerland; was christened 14 Apr 1816, Reichenbach, , Canton Bern, Switzerland; died 9 May 1890, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Johannes "John" Muerner was born 20 Oct 1818, Kien, Canton Bern, Switzerland; was christened 1 Nov 1818, Reichenbach, , Canton Bern, Switzerland; died 24 Feb 1902, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States.
Senator Samuel Merner was born 29 Jan 1823, Kien, Canton Bern, Switzerland; died 11 Aug 1908; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Ann Muerner was born 1824, , Switzerland; died 5 May 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Mary Anne Merner was born 15 Jun 1826, , Switzerland; died 15 Apr 1895; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Mayor Fredrick Merner was born 9 Mar 1829, , Switzerland; died 6 Jul 1895; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Gottlieb Merner was born 11 Jun 1830, , Berne, Switzerland; died 21 Apr 1924, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bronson Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario.
Christian Merner was born 23 Dec 1831, Reichenbach, , Canton Bern, Switzerland; died 17 Feb 1912; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.