Emilina "Emma" Steiss

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-367390

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83415
• Residence: 1858, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

John married Louisa Zimmer 16 Nov 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Louisa (daughter of Michael Zimmer and Margaret Stuber) was born 24 Apr 1839; died 14 Jul 1901; was buried , Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Cranbrook, Grey Township, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Louisa Steiss
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91277
• Birth: 2 Jun 1839, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Adam Steiss
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-279241P
• Occupation: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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He is supposed to been born in Neiderstein Baden Germany 31 Aug 1802, his wife Maria Barbara Foerster also is supposed to been born 4 Sep 1807 in the same place, married 4 Nov 1827 documention needed.

Johann married Maria Barbara Foerster 20 Nov 1826, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Maria (daughter of George Adam Foerster and Marie Katarina "Katarina" Grab or Gens) was born 7 Sep 1807; died 24 Nov 1870, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Foerster
• Name: Maria Barbara Steiss
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59308
• Birth: 4 Nov 1807, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Maria Barbara Foerster, is reported to have been born 4 Sep. 1807 Neidenstein Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Baden-Württemberg Germany the daughter of Georg Adam Foerster and Marie Kathrina Grab, documentation needed.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42639
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Land: Bef 1853, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Michael Zimmer: Last Will and Testament of Michael Zimmer, of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman.

…I Michael Zimmer, of the township of Waterloo, Yeoman, do make, constitute and publish these presents, dated the 26^th December 1853, my Last Will and Testament, ordaining and directing concerning my worldly estate as follows ;

(1) I desire my hereinafter named Executors in due time and times to collecty, receive, demand and me[sic] for my outstanding debts, dues, notes and bonds, and also to pay and discharge in due times all the debts due and owing by me.

(2) My farm, consisting of the north half of Lot Number forty eight of the German Company Tract of the said Township of Waterloo, is to be carried on by my family unitedly as hitherto until it shall have been fully paid and freed from the incumberance resting thereon in favor of Christian Fray. After this be effected all my chattels and goods with the exceptions as hereinafter mentioned and provided shall be sold by public auction to the benefit of my estate, and then my eldest son Adam Zimmer is to have and take the farm, containing in the whole two hundred and twenty four acres - with exceptions for my second son Jacob as hereinafter provided at the price or payment and conditions as hereinafter mentioned, such exceptions to my son Jacob to contain about seventeen acres.

(3) My son Adam is to give and pay out of the said farm to my beloved widow Margareth annually her regular widow third and allow her and the younger children in the free indwelling in our present dwelling house, but in case that circumstances arise which cause her to desire a dwelling place apart for herself, my said son Adam Zimmer is to build one for her on this place, in a suitable situation and in suitable dimensions on his own sole expenses and costs, and which she shall and may inhabit as long as she shall and doth remain my widow, but ceasing to be such, she shall have no further claim therein and in case she intermarries again, her widow third shall be computed and such computed sum be paid over to her by my said son Adam Zimmer, and she thus pay off all her further claims in and against my estate.

(4) On my son Dadam Zimmer taking the farm as aforesaid, my beloved widow Margareth is to have and take as and for her own property for ever all and singular the house and kitchen furniture which she wants and doth desire to have, also two beds, bedding and bedsteads for herself and the younger children, also one cow, with the free run and pasturage and stabling on the place, along with the cattle of my son Adam. And my said son Adam is to have for his own property free out of my erstate, one span horses, one cow, one plough, one harrow, one wagon, one double horse harness, and one good fanning mill, and my half share in the threshing machine which I conjointly hold with Eli Clemens. And my son Jacob shall have and take out of my estate as his own property one horse and harness, one cow, one wagon, one plough and the old fanning mill. All the remainder of my chattels and goods is to be sold and the proceeds be laid up for my younger two children, and in case of need to be paid for and to them as occasions shall and may arise, and the balance thereof, each, his or her own share, be paid over to them when they do come on age, my daughter Louise Zimmer, when an age of twenty years, and my son Daniel Zimmer twenty one years old. My said son Adam Zimmer is further to pay out of the said place the sum of nine hundred dollars to my said two younger children, when they shall come on age…the first share to my daughter she being now about sixteen years old, and my said son Daniel being now about ten years old, is to receive his share after his said sister, but each of them shall receive her and his first installment of her or of his on their respective day of maturity, and from hence in yearly instalments, until the whole be paid, but without interedst until due, but in case either of them, or both, do die and depart life without leaving legal bodily issue, before she, or he, shall have received her or his respective share, in part of in full, then such unpaid portion and portions thereof shall fall back upon my estate, to be divided in equal shares amongst my surviving heirs, but the portion or portions which they, she or he actually had received, they may dispose of after their own mind and will, even if leaving no bodily issue and this shall be their respective portions out of my place.

(5) My said son Jacob Zimmer shall have as his own property for ever free out of my land and estate all the parcels of land and premises which belong to this said lot number forty eight, - first, that which were formerly occupied by Franz Kraft and his wife, containing five acres, situate on the north side of the road leading to the Township line of Waterloo and Wilmot, with house and stable thereon. Secondly that field of eight or nine acres on the south side of the said road, adjoining Eli Clemens, as it is fenced in, and thirdly that piece of cedar land or swamp, adjoining Jacob Clemens land, containing about three acres, and which is butted and bounded - described as follows, viz: Commence at Jacob Clemens' land, thence along the south side of the said road eastward as far as one rod (or twenty five links) beyond the spring going amongst as by the name of "Krafts' Spring" thence backwards from the road to the fence bordering this cedar swamp, thence along this fence to the land and fence of Jacob Clemens aforesaid, and then this fence along to the beginning and of which lands he is to give and pay annually to my said Widow the sum of five shillings in place and lieu of her widow dower…My said daughter Louise shall after my demise go and try to earn her bread herself, but all her wages she shall and may keep and use herself. My said son Daniel shall be put out to learn a trade after his own liking my Executors to bind him out to some tradesman to the best of his advantage and interest, after he shall have attained his sixteenth year, up to such age he is to remain with my widow, or my son Adam, and be held to industry and work according to his abilities, not to forget however sufficient schooling. As Executors to my estate I hereby constitute and make my beloved son Adam Zimmer and my trusty friend Jacob Zoeller, of the said Township of Waterloo, Yeoman.

Witnessed by Eli Clemens and Jacob Zimmer
Will date 26 Dec 1853
Proved and Insinuated 1^st March 1854
No Inventory amount

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 partial transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber. A-1-27

Michael married Margaret Stuber 28 Nov 1824, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Margaret was born 10 Jul 1804, , Germany; died 19 Aug 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Zimmer
• Name: Margaretha Stuckhardt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-148685
• Birth: CALC 7 Aug 1804
• Residence: 1825, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Another Old Resident Gone

Says the Berlin News of Saturday: - "Another very old citizen of this locality \endash Mrs. Michael Zimmer \endash residing with her son Adam, about two miles from Berlin, died yesterday at the advanced age of 84. She has been in this country over forty years, and leaves a large number of children, grand children and great grand children.

Galt Reporter Aug 26 1887 pg 1

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59501
• Residence: 1799, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany

George — Marie Katarina "Katarina" Grab or Gens. Marie was born CA 1763; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Marie Katarina "Katarina" Foerster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106755
• Residence: 1799, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany