Allen Samuel Zimmer Knechtel

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-372159

Allen — Gertrude Madeline Opper. Gertrude (daughter of William Opper and Margaret Schmidt) was born 6 May 1905, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jul 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Jul 1980, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Peter Knechtel
2. Gerald Knechtel
3. John Robert Knechtel was born CA 1932; died 24 Jan 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Jan 2009, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: 00122-7522.3
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farm labourer
• Residence: 1938, 127 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Allen Knechtel - the death of Allen Knechtel, 66, occurred at his home, 127 Church Street, today, following extended illness. The deceased was born in Wilmot Township on Sept. 30, 1871, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Knechtel, and was married to Margaret Zimmer in Mannheim on Oct. 20, 1896. He was an employee of the C. H. Doerr and Company Ltd., candy manufacturers, for many years and was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his wife, two sons, and three daughters, Daniel and Allen Knechtel, Mrs. Armond Kutt, and Mrs. Louis Nihls, all of Kitchener, and Mrs. Lorne Hill of Beamsville. There are 12 grandchildren, and three brothers and one sister, Albert and William Knechtel of Kitchener, Jacob Knechtel, of Manheim, and Mrs. Albert Hoffman of Neustadt.

The funeral will be held privately at 2 pm, Sunday from the residence to St. Paul's Lutheran Church for public service at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. A. Orzen will officiate. The remains will be at Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until 2 pm, Saturday.

Allen married Margaret "Maggie" Zimmer 20 Oct 1896, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Johann Adam "Adam" Zimmer and Catherine Knechtel) was born 8 Feb 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Sep 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 3 Sep 1962, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maggie Zimmer
• Name: Margaret "Maggie" Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23046
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1938, 127 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Mrs. Margaret Knechtel - Mrs. Margaret Knechtel, 87, of 137 Church St., died today at K-W Hospital, following a brief illness. Born in Kitchener, a daughter of (illegible) she had resided ? for about ? years. (Illegible). She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid Society. Her husband, Allan Knechtel, died in 1938. Surviving are two sons, Daniel and Allen, both of Kitchener; three daughters, Mrs. Lorne (Florence) Hill of Beamsville and Mrs. Armand (Edna) Kutt and Mrs. Mary Nihls, both of Kitchener, and 14 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where service will be conducted Monday at 3: 30 p.m. by Rev. Arthur Eissfeldt. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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• Name: D. L. Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00122-7522.1
• Immigration: 1846
• Immigration: 1846, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 28 Nov 1846, New York City, New York, USA.
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saw Mill & Cabinetry
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Business: 1877, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mannheim Combination Mills
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawmiller
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Joiner
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Button Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1913, 21 Pandora Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Knechtel. - At his home in Berlin, Ont., July 10, 1913, Daniel L. Knechtel, aged 67 y. 8 m. The funeral took place on Sunday July 13. A short service was held at the house by Urias Weber, after which the funeral proceeded to the Latchar Church and burying place near Mannheim for services and interment. The services at the church were conducted by Moses C. Bowman in German (Text, Psa. 39: 4: "Lord make me to know my end") and in English by Manasseh Hallman (Text, Eccl. 12: 5, 7: "Man goeth to his long home. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.") Bro. Knechtel leaves to mourn their loss a wife, 5 children, and 20 grandchildren. He has been a faithful member of the Church for many years, taking a great interest in all branches of church work, and seldom being absent from the services until failing health compelled him to remain at home.

Gospel Herald - Volume VI, Number 20 - August 14, 1913 - page 319

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DANIEL L. KNECHTEL.

All those who have for years lived in the neighborhood of Mannheim will readily recognize this name, for Mr. Knechtel was conspicuously identified with that village when it was yet basking in the sunshine of prosperity. He was born in the province of Rhein, Bavarian, Prussia, on December 11, 1845. His father, the late Jacob Knechtel, emigrated from his native land to New York City some time in the year 1856. After a residence of ten years in that city be moved with his family to Mannheim, where he was for many years engaged as a cabinet maker. To this trade Daniel L. was also apprenticed. When his father retired from business he took charge of the saw mill, for some time previous operated by Aber Bricker, and operated it for a period of about fifteen years. After this he removed to Berlin where for a year or two he was employed in J. Y. Shantz's button factory.

On February 25, 1868, Mr. Knechtel was married to Susanna Toman, who was born in Waterloo township on Jan. 20, 1847. The birth results of this union are five children, as follows: Albert, born in Mitchell, Perth county, November 7, 1869; Allan, born in Mannheim, September 30, 1871; William Henry, born in Mannheim, February 29, 1876; Jacob, born in Mannheim, October 6, 1879; Laura Elma, born November 6, 1884. The children are all grown up.

In 1893 Mr. Knechtel discontinued working as a mechanic and took up agricultural pursuits. He purchased lot No. 5, 100 acres, formerly owned by Wendel E. Shantz, being located about a half mile north of Bleam's road and one mile west of Mannheim. Though it was his first attempt at farming he has been thoroughly successful. But he was fortunate in having a devoted and industrious wife who was inured to farm life, she having been reared to womanhood on a farm. Mr. Knechtel, however, is a gentleman possessed of considerable practical intelligence and ripe experience, and for that reason is not handicapped in anything he undertakes. His mature mechanical knowledge in the line of carpentering and familiarity with machinery is of splendid assistance to him as a farmer, for when a fence needs repairing or a building repaired, or a new one erected, he is fully competent to perform the job without extra assistance from outside, unless it is required in the raising of a large structure.

Allan, the second eldest son, is also engaged on the farm. He has a wife and two children and lives with the parents in the family residence. Allan is a stalwart young fellow and takes to farming very naturally, as he appears to understand it somewhat thoroughly. The fine, thriftylooking lot of hogs he is feeding is amply sufficient to substantiate the latter assertion. Horses and other animals about the premises show that they are kindly treated and well fed, and there appears to be an abundance of feed.

What the writer was in particular pleased to observe while sojourning for a night at this hospitable home was the quiet harmony and kind courtesy predominating between parents and son and daughter-in-law, all living under the same roof. The little off spring of the latter seems to be the tie that binds all in one indissoluble family union, for the grandmother, a kind and generous-hearted woman, tolerates in these innocent little ones what some irritable species of female would consider annoyance. But in this happy family circle harsh words are conspicuously absent, and he who happens to enter within its sacred precincts finds nothing to grate harshly upon one of nervous temperament and humane instincts. The parents are members of the Mennonite church and within their home predominate true christian principles as taught by that faith. My visit to this place is one among those I will fondly remember. The young people are members of the Lutheran church.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 18 Jan 1900, p. 6

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DEATH OF DANIEL KNECHTEL

The death took place on Thursday of one of Berlin's aged residents, Daniel L. Knechtel, at his residence, 21 Pandora avenue. The deceased had been in ill-health for about two years. He was born in Germany in 1845 and when about six months of age came to Canada with his parents who located in Waterloo Township. The deceased lived the greater portion of his life in Mannheim where he engaged in farming and saw-milling. He was also an employe of the J.Y. Shantz Co's. button factory for some years. He moved to Berlin about four years ago. He is survived his bereaved widow, four sons by and one daughter, Albert and William H, of Berlin, Allan of Canboro, Jacob, and Mrs. Albert Hoffman of Mannheim. Mr. Michael Knechtel and Mrs. Sam Rellinger of Berlin, are brother and sister respectively of the deceased. He was a member of the Mennonite denomination and was held in high esteem by a wide circle of friends.

The funeral of the late Daniel L. Knechtel was held on Sunday afternoon from the residence on Pandora Avenue, where a brief service was conducted by Rev. Elias Weber and appropriate hymns, favorites of the deceased were sung, to Latchor's Mennonite Church at Mannheim. An immense throng of friends and acquaintances had gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased coming from all parts of the county. Impressive sermons were delivered by Rev. Moses Bowman in German and Rev. Manassah Hallman in English. Appropriate references were made to the upright and exemplary character of the late Mr. Knechtel. The interment took place at the cemetery adjoining the church. The pall-bearers were the four sons, son-in-law grandson of the deceased, and Messrs. Albert, Allan, William and Jacob Knechtel, Albert Hoffman and Harold Knechtel. Among the relatives from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Edw- Knechtel, Walter and Ferdinand Knechtel, all of Toronto

The Chronicle Telegraph, 17 Jul 1913, p. 3

Daniel married Susannah Tohman 25 Feb 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Abraham Tohman, Sr. and Mary Bricker) was born 14 Jan 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Nov 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Nov 1935, Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Knechtel
• Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00122-7522
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1913, 21 Pandora Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Susannah Tohman, "the youngest child of Abraham and Mary (Bricker) Tohman, was born January 14th, 1847. On February 25th, 1868, she was married to Daniel Knechtel, a contractor and builder. They reside in the town of Berlin and have a family of five 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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KNECHTEL. Sussannah, widow of the late Daniel L. Knechtel of Kitchener, Ont., died at her home Nov 13, 1935. She suffered considerably in her time, being at death's door a number of times. However, she bore all with the finest of Christian fortitude. Her perennial cheerfulness was one of her marked traits. Her steady faith in the Lord carried her through a multitude of hard experiences. She was the second oldest member of the First Mennonite Church of Kitchener. She was a faithful and highly esteemed member. Though frail, old, and her back bent to well nigh the thighs, she was loved and respected by the young, whose interests were always upon her heart. She will be greatly missed by pastor and members. She is survived by 4 sons and 1 daughter (Albert, Allen, and William, all of Kitchener; Jacob of Mannheim, and Mrs Albert Huffman of Kitchener); also 28 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren survive. Two services were held - one at her home church (Kitchener), the other at her church of earlier days (Mannheim). She was buried at the latter cemetery. The following brethren were in charge: C. F. Derstine, S. F. Coffman, and Manasses Hallman.


GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XXVIII, No. 36 - December 5, 1935, pages 766, 767.

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• Name: Adam Zimmer
• Name: John Adam Zimmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31243
• Land: 1853, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• 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
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Johann married Catherine Knechtel 5 Sep 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Johann Philip "Philip" Knechtel and Anna Eva Jung) was born 13 Jul 1837, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Sep 1837, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Mar 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Zimmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46140
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212667783
• Name: Jacob Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-143191
• Immigration: 28 Nov 1846, New York City, New York, USA.
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

DANIEL L. KNECHTEL.

All those who have for years lived in the neighborhood of Mannheim will readily recognize this name, for Mr. Knechtel was conspicuously identified with that village when it was yet basking in the sunshine of prosperity. He was born in the province of Rhein, Bavarian, Prussia, on December 11, 1845. His father, the late Jacob Knechtel, emigrated from his native land to New York City some time in the year 1856 [1847]. After a residence of ten years in that city be moved with his family to Mannheim, where he was for many years engaged as a cabinet maker. To this trade Daniel L. was also apprenticed. When his father retired from business he took charge of the saw mill, for some time previous operated by Aber Bricker, and operated it for a period of about fifteen years. After this he removed to Berlin where for a year or two he was employed in J. Y. Shantz's button factory.....

Waterloo County Chronicle, 18 Jan 1900, p. 6

Johann married Philipine Sauer 6 Apr 1841, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Philipine was born 16 Nov 1816, , Bavaria, Germany; died 9 Mar 1889, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212669101
• Name: Philipine Knechtel
• Name: Phlipine Sauer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-235731
• Immigration: 28 Nov 1846, New York City, New York, USA.
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Abram Toman
• Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00122-7513
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 111E, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Historic Building: Abt 1845, Abraham Thoman's Relocated Barn, 10 Huron Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bricker Barn
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Abram Tohman, "the eldest, was born in 1804. He was married to Mary, eldest daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker. She was born November 3rd, 1806. After their marriage they resided on her father's old homestead near Freeport, Ontario, until February 25th, 1846, when the moved to Wilmot Township, a little west of New Dundee where they resided until his death which occurred December 12th, 1867. After his death the widow had her home with her son, Samuel, who now possesses the old homestead. She died December 27th, 1893."


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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On the 12 of Dec, in Waterloo County; Ontario, of palsy, Abm. Toman, aged 62 years, 11 months and 5 days. He was buried at the Blenheim meeting-house Burying-ground, where appropriate funeral discourses were delivered.


HERALD OF TRUTH, Feb 1868, page 31

Residence:
Home of Abram and Mary Tohman Lot 14 Concession 3 Wilmot Township. right side is the original left side was addition. House is now demolished.

Historic Building:
Bricker Barn originally located in Waterloo Township, Waterloo County. Constructed around 1845. Original owner, Abraham and Mary Thoman. Gift of John Steckley, 1976

Abraham — Mary Bricker. Mary (daughter of Samuel Bricker and Rebecca Eby) was born 1805, , USA; died 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Tohman
• Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00016-1324
• Birth: 3 Nov 1806, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Mary Bricker,"the eldest child of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker, was born November 3rd, 1806. She was married to Abraham Toman who was born in Pennsylvania in 1804, and died in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, December 12th, 1867. She died December 27th, 1893. To them were born nine 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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TOMAN.-Mary Toman (maiden name Bricker), widow of the late Abraham Toman, was born in Waterloo township, Waterloo Co., Ont., November 3, 1806, and died in the township of Wilmot, December 26, 1893, aged 87 years, 1 month and 23 days. She survived her husband for over 26 years. She leaves a posterity of 9 children, 65 grandchildren, 79 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. Funeral on Dec 29th, 1893, on which occasion M.S. Bowman preached in German from John 14: 3, and Noah Stauffer in English from Isaiah 28: 29. Buried in Blenheim cemetery. Her end was peace.

HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 2, January 15, 1894 - pp 29,30,31

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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

Notes:

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]

Other Events:

• 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

Notes:

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

Other Events:

• Name: Philip Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31720
• Occupation: 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• 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; Gentleman
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Extract from the Christening Files of the Ref. Parish Spesbach Year 1800 Church record No. 2

There was christened Knechtel, Johann Philipp
born on 26 December 1800 in Hitschenhausen
christened 30 December 1800 in Hitschenhausen

Parents: Valentin Knechtel, of Hitschenhausen and Maria Eva nee Gluck

Godparents: Philipp Knechtel unmarried, Johann Nikel Rink of Hitschenhausen, Philippine Gluck, unmarried of Hitschenhausen, Philippine Diez unmarried of Hutschenhausen.

Fee: DM 2.
A genuine abstract
Speyer 10 July 1975
Protestant Episcopal Church Archive of the Palatinate
( Dr. Rger )
Archive director

Johann — Anna Eva Jung. Anna was born 1807, , Bavaria, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Eva Knechtel
• Name: Anna Jung
• Name: Eva Young
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31721
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran