Delton Brubacher

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-380779
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1944, Debert, , Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: 00018-1399.9
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Labourer
• Occupation: 1908, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Brubacher.- Allen Brubacher, was born in Woolwich Twp., Ont., July 15, 1881; died, after a lingering illness, at his home in Breslau, Ont., Jan. 11, 1944; aged 62 y. 5 m. 4 d. On March 11, 1908, he was married to Amanda Habermehl who survives. Also surviving are 2 sons (Albert, Kitchener; and Delton, Debert, N. S.), 3 brothers (Addison, Kitchener; Nathaniel, Saskatchewan; David, Waterloo), and 3 sisters (Mrs. David Koch, Kitchener; Mrs. Geo. Lichty, Elmira; Mrs. Harry Humphrey, Niagara Falls, N. Y.), and 2 grandchildren. In his early manhood he was converted and united with the Mennonite Church, in which fellowship he remained until the death messenger called him out of this world. He will be greatly missed as a husband and father, and by his neighbors and friends. A few days before he died he gave his testimony that he was ready to go. Funeral services were held at his late residence on Jan. 14, and at the Cressman Mennonite Church. His body was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery. Ministers were Bros. Isaac Brubacher and Oscar Burkholder. Text, Rom. 14: 713.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVI, No . 44 - January 27, 1944, pages 925, 926, 927 and 928

Allen married Amanda Habermehl 11 Mar 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Amanda (daughter of William Habermehl and Barbara Ringler) was born 21 Jul 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jun 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Amanda Brubacher
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80863
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Brubacher, Amanda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Habermehl, was born at Baden, Ont., July 21, 1888; died at the K-W Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., June 14, 1966; aged 77 y. 10 m. 24 d. She was married to Allen Brubacher, who died in 1944. Surviving are 2 sons (Albert and Delton), 2 sisters (Mrs. Barbara Kropf and Mrs. Catherine Sauder), 3 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. Five brothers and one sister predeceased her. She was a member of the Cressman Church, where funeral services were held June 16, in charge of Laurence Martin.


The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Jul 1966

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• Eby ID Number: 00018-1399
• Birth: 23 Feb 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• 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; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

David Brubacher, "was born February 23rd, 1848. He is married to Susannah Sitler. They reside two miles west of St. Jacobs, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming."


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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Brubacher.-David M., son of John and Magdalena (Musselman) Brubacher was born Feb. 21, 1848; died Sept. 12, 1917; aged 69 y. 6 m. 19 d. He was married to Susanna Sitler, to which union were born 12 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. Four sons, 5 daughters, 16 grandchildren, and many relatives and friends are left to mourn his departure. During the last months of his life he suffered a great deal from gangrene on one of his feet, and although the pain was at times almost unbearable he was a patient sufferer and waited and longed for the hour that would relieve him from all pain and sorrow, and we have the hope that he is now safe with Jesus. Funeral services Sept. 14, by Pre. E. S. Bauman in German from II Cor. 5: 1 and Bishop Jonas Snider in English from Rev. 14: 12, 13.


Gospel Herald - Volume X, Number 27 - October 4, 1917 - pp. 502, 503

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Brubacher, at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. George W. Lichty, Peel, Sept. 12rh, David Brubacher, aged about 68 years. The funeral will be held from the house to Martin's Cemetery, at 1 o'clock noon, Friday, Sept. 14.

Elmira Signet Sep 13 1917


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In the 1901 census is a Maurice Brubacher an illegimate son of one David's children born 24 Dec 1900.

David — Susannah Sitler. Susannah (daughter of Johann "John" Sitler and Sarah Clemmer) was born 5 Sep 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Dec 1906, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Brubacher
• Eby ID Number: 00114-7225
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Susannah Sitler, "was born September 5th, 1854. She is married to David M. Brubacher and resides on a farm near the Conestogo Mennonite Meeting House in Woolwich Township."


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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Volume XLIV, Number 1Brubacher.-Susannah Sittler was born in Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., Sept. 5, 1854; was married to David Brubacher, Oct. 10., 1871; died in Waterloo on the 26th of December, 1906, alter suffering for several months of stomach trouble, and latterly of a severe attack of lagrippe; aged 52 Y., 3 M., 21 D. Of her family of twelve children, four sons and five daughters, together with the husband and father, survive. Funeral services were held on the 29th. Burial in the Martin cemetery north of Waterloo.


Herald of Truth January 3, 1907 pg 9

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75193
• Immigration: 1856, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1873, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1873, Gadshill, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario; laborer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

William married Barbara Ringler 14 Sep 1873, Near, Gadshill, Perth Co., Ontario. Barbara (daughter of Ringler and Elizabeth, daughter of Albert Ringler and Catharine Hertzberger) was born 24 Oct 1852, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Dec 1920, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Habermehl
• Eby ID Number: 00093-5312.3
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1873, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Habermehl. - Barbara Ringler, wife of William Habermehl, was born Oct. 24, 1852; died Dec. 11, 1920, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Sauder, Breslau, Ont.; aged 68 y. 1 m. 17 d. She was afflicted with heart trouble for several months. Six days before her death bowel trouble set in and she suffered great pain, but bore it all patiently. She was fully resigned to God's will and longed to go home to be with Jesus. She leaves husband, 5 sons, 4 daughters, 38 grandchildren, 2 sisters, and 3 brothers. We rejoice in a hope to meet her again. Funeral services were held at the Shantz Church by Orphan Wismer and Manassah Hallman. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

"I'm going to live with the angels so fair;
I'll look for you children and wait for you there,
Where tears do not flow and where death cannot come,
Together we'll dwell in that beautiful home."
A daughter.

Gospel Herald - Volume XIII, Number 45 - February 3, 1921 - page 887, 888

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• Historic Building: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 025, Waterloo County, Ontario; The Schweitzer House
• Eby ID Number: 00018-1397
• Residence: 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 1850, Columbia Street West, Waterloo, 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; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

John E. Brubacher, "second son of John and Catharine (Sherk) Brubacher, was born August 9th, 1822. On February 6th, 1846, he was married to Magdalena, daughter of David and Esther (Martin) Musselman. She was born December 16th 1827, and died July 5th, 1877. After her deceased he was married, in December, 1882, to Esther Musselman, sister to his first wife. She was the widow of the late Amos Martin, and was born November 18th, 1842. To him and his first wife was born a family of fourteen 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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Waterloo County lost another of its pioneers on Sunday evening, when Mr. John E. Brubacher passed away at his home, about two miles northwest of Waterloo. Deceased was 80 years of age and was one of the oldest settlers. A family of ten children survive. They are- David, St. Jacobs; Martin, Kansas; John and Benjamin, near home; Noah, at home; Mrs. Samuel Snyder and Mrs. O. S. Martin, Waterloo; Mrs. Levi Groff, Lexington; Mrs. David Martin, Elmira, and Harriet at home. The funeral took place at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning to the old Mennonite church, Berlin.

Elmira Signet 28 Aug 1902

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Death of Mr. J. E. Brubacher

This district lost another of its pioneers on Sunday evening when Mr. John E. Brubacher passed away at his home about two miles northwest of Waterloo. Deceased was 80 years of age and was one of the oldest settlers. A family of ten children survive. They are David, St. Jacobs; Martin, Kansas; John and Benjamin, near home, and Noah at home; Mrs. Samuel Snyder and Mrs. O. S. Martin, Waterloo; Mrs. Levi Groff, Lexington; Mrs. David Martin, Elmira; and Harriet at home. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning to the old Mennonite church, Berlin.

Berlin News Record, August 25, 1902
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Death of John E. Brubacher

John E. Brubacher, one of the oldest pioneers of Waterloo County, passed away to the great beyond at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, the 24st inst., at his country home near Waterloo. Deceased had been ill for about three weeks with stomach trouble. This with the infirmities of old age gradually weakened him and his end was unexpected. He had reached the ripe old age of 80 years and 15 days. The funeral takes place at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, August 27th, from his late residence, 2 miles northwest of Waterloo, to the Mennonite church, Berlin, for service and interment.

Berlin Daily Telegraph, August 25, 1902

Historic Building:
In 1846, John Brubacher married Magdalena Musselman, settling on Lot 25, German Company Tract. Their son John E. Brubacher married in the late 1800s and built a house on the farm.. John E. Brubacher had a daughter who married into the Groff family. The Groff family eventually inherited the house and lived there until it was passed on to their daughter, who married Stanley Schweitzer. In 1957 the Schweitzer family sold the farm to the Waterloo College Associate Faculties, which would soon become the University of Waterloo. In 1972 the Graduate Student Association leased the house. [from The Record, December 22, 2007]

Historic Building:
Beautifully situated on a hill overlooking Columbia Lake on the north campus of the University of Waterloo, the home was built in 1850 of granite fieldstone.
No two of the structure's four elevations are alike. The one to the south is the most interesting. A noteworthy feature is a large verandah spanning the length of the building on the south facade. The gables on both the east and west elevations exhibit return eaves and the attic, on each side, is lit by two small four paned windows. These features are typical of the Mennonite version of the plain Georgian style.
A fire in 1968 seriously damaged the structure's interior and prompted the restoration of the home. The generous financial support of the University of Waterloo, the Ontario Heritage Foundation and the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation allowed the restoration to be completed by 1975. The basement now contains a meeting room, the focal point of which is a large fireplace. The ground floor houses a furnished museum depicting the interior of a Pennsylvania-German farmhouse. The second storey provides accommodation for the Curator.1a

1aDesignated Properties List www.waterloo.ca

John married Magdalena Musselman 3 Feb 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of David Musselman and Esther Z. Martin) was born 16 Dec 1827, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Brubacher
• Name: Martha Musselman
• Eby ID Number: 00083-4922
• Residence: 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Magdalena Musselman, "was born December 16th, 1827. On February 6th, 1846, she was married to John E. Brubacher. They resided several miles north-west of Waterloo where she died July 5th, 1877. "

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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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21074838
• Name: John Sitler
• Eby ID Number: 00114-7203
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 011, Waterloo County, Ontario
• 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; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

John Sitler, "was born in Columbus, Ohio, November 2nd, 1811. His parents, Martin and Elizabeth Sitler, had moved to Ohio, from Pennsylvania, a few years before he was born. He came to Canada when a young man and was married to Sarah Clemmer, widow of Jacob Ziegler. She was born December 21st, 1812, and died January 4th, 1877. She had one son, named Aaron, with her first husband. See Aaron Ziegler's family. They resided on the farm now possessed by Menno S. Shantz nearly three miles north of Waterloo where they had family of twelve 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.].

Johann — Sarah Clemmer. Sarah (daughter of Henry M. Clemmer and Sarah Bergey) was born 21 Dec 1812, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died 4 Jan 1877; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21075125
• Name: Sarah Sitler
• Name: Sarah Ziegler
• Eby ID Number: 00024-1920
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Misfortune: 1877; accidently death - falling down steps

Notes:

Sarah Clemmer, "was born December 21st, 1812, and died January 4th, 1877. She was first married to Jacob, son of Dilman Ziegler, with whom she had one son named Aaron. After the decease of her first husband she was married to John Sitler with whom she had a family of twelve 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152441

John — Elizabeth Zinn. Elizabeth was born Abt 1805, of, Standorf, Chur Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Habermehl
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152442

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00093-5312
• Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Albert Ringer "was born June 2nd, 1825. He was first married to Catharine Sararas and after her decease to Catharine Hartzberger. He resides on a farm near Petersburg, Ontario. To him was born a family of seven 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.].

Albert married Catharine Hertzberger 18 Nov 1851, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine was born 1828, , Germany; died 25 Mar 1897; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Ringler
• Eby ID Number: 00093-5312.2
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite