Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Carl Elmer Clemens

Male 1919 - 1997  (78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Carl Elmer Clemens was born 9 Mar 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Nelson Clemens and Hilda Julia Uebele); died 21 Apr 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 23 Apr 1997, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-382992

    Notes:

    CLEMENS, Carl Elmer

    Peacefully, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on April 21, 1997. Born in Preston on March 9, 1919. Beloved husband of Dorothy (Rodger); dear father of Rodger and Carol and her husband Kevin Bidwell; loved grandfather of Rebecca Bidwell and Shawn and Curtis Clemens, all of Cambridge. Survived by one brother, Robert and his wife Catherine and family. Predeceased by his parents, the late Nelson and Hilda Clemens. Before retiring, Carl was purchasing agent at Preston Metal and Roofing Products Limited for 27 years. He served with the RCAF during the Second World War, as a Flying Officer, Navigator Bomber. Carl was a 50 year member of Preston Legion Branch 126. He was a longtime member of the Galt Country Club and a member of the Probus Club of Preston-Hespeler. At Carl's request there will be no visitation. A private family funeral and committal service will be held on Wednesday, April 23, 1997, at the Barthel Funeral Home, Cambridge.

    The Record Newspaper 22 Apr 1997 pg B4

    Carl — Dorothy S. Rodger. Dorothy (daughter of George I. Rodger and Jennie West) was born 1917, Arkell, Puslinch Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; died 3 May 2006, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Rodger Clemens
    2. Carol Anne Clemens was born 1940, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Nov 2013, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Nelson Clemens was born 29 May 1887, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Abraham Shantz Clemens and Mary Kesselring); died 9 Jun 1951, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1804.4
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker, Bake Shop
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Non Believer

    Nelson married Hilda Julia Uebele 12 Jun 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hilda (daughter of Wilhelm Karl "William" Uebele and Louisa Roser) was born 15 Jan 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1952; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Hilda Julia Uebele was born 15 Jan 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Wilhelm Karl "William" Uebele and Louisa Roser); died 1952; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Hilda Julia Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97494
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Operate Machine, Box Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Robert William Clemens
    2. 1. Carl Elmer Clemens was born 9 Mar 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 23 Apr 1997, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Abraham Shantz ClemensAbraham Shantz Clemens was born 13 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Abraham D. Clemens and Veronica "Fanny" Shantz); died 13 Jan 1927.

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    • Business: 1245 King St. E., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clemens Bakery
    • Name: A. S. Clemens
    • Name: Abram S. Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1804
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1876, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lime Kiln Propieter
    • Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker
    • Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker, Bake Shop
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Abraham S. Clemens, "was born June 13th, 1853. He resides in the town of Galt where he is engaged in some agency. On February 29th, 1876, he was married to Mary Kesselring. To them are born five children, namely: VIII Ivan, VIII Edgar, VIII Nelson, VIII Clara, and VIII Ralph."

    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.].

    Abraham married Mary Kesselring 29 Feb 1876, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Christian Kesselring and Phillipine Brill) was born 1 Jun 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1921; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Kesselring was born 1 Jun 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Christian Kesselring and Phillipine Brill); died 1 Apr 1921; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Mary Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1804.1
    • Residence: 1876, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. Irvin Allison "Ivan" Clemens was born 6 Aug 1878, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 May 1947, Dryden, Van Horne Twp., Kenora District, Ontario; was buried 31 May 1947, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Edgar Hugo Clemens was born 2 Dec 1883, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1945, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 4 Aug 1945, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 2. Nelson Clemens was born 29 May 1887, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jun 1951, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Clara Clemens was born 18 Nov 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Ernest Clemens was born 1890, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Ralph Clemens was born 6 Dec 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 May 1921, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 1 Jun 1921, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Wilhelm Karl "William" Uebele was born 20 Jan 1862, , Germany; died 1933; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Nationality: , Germany
    • Name: William Karl Uebele
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97490
    • Immigration: 1890
    • Immigration: 1892, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1892, , Canada
    • Naturalization: 1895
    • Naturalization: 1896
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoddy Factory Operator
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hod Carrier, at Buildings
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ? Worker, Tire Factory
    • Residence: 1921, 53 Zoeller St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Wilhelm — Louisa Roser. Louisa was born 21 Jan 1874, , Germany; died 1968; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Louisa Roser was born 21 Jan 1874, , Germany; died 1968; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Nationality: , Germany
    • Name: Louisa Uebele
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97492
    • Immigration: 1891
    • Immigration: 1892, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1892, , Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, 53 Zoeller St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Carl Christian Uebele was born Dec 1892, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Karl Uebele was born 6 Dec 1892, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 3. Hilda Julia Uebele was born 15 Jan 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1952; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Georgina Eliza Uebele was born 23 Oct 1895, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Albert Uebele was born 25 Jan 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Louisa Uebele was born 26 Mar 1900, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. William Uebele was born Feb 1905, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Marie Uebele was born Nov 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Margaret Uebele was born 1912, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Abraham D. ClemensAbraham D. Clemens was born 17 Apr 1813, Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Deacon Abraham S. Clemens and Rachel Dierstein); died 15 Apr 1877, 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/27484549
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1796
    • Historic Building: Abt 1845, 1531 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; 2 story field stone house,
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer & Sawmiller
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Possessions: 1863, 1385 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Abraham D. Clemens, "the eldest son, was born April 17th, 1813. He was married, April 16th, 1833, to Veronica Shantz who was born May 23, 1813, and died August 26th, 1887. They resided on a farm at Williamsburg where he died April 15th, 1877. 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.].

    Possessions:
    The Williamsburg School is one of the few remaining buildings associated with the former hamlet of Williamsburg. In 1863, Abram and Veronica Clements sold three quarters of an acre of their farm to the Trustees of School Section Number Seven (S.S. #7). In 1864 the one room school house was bu

    Abraham married Veronica "Fanny" Shantz 16 Apr 1833. Veronica (daughter of Jacob Shantz and Mary Yost) was born 23 May 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Aug 1887, Near Williamsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Veronica "Fanny" Shantz was born 23 May 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Shantz and Mary Yost); died 26 Aug 1887, Near Williamsburg, 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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    • Name: Fanny Shantz
    • Name: Veronica "Fanny" Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6723
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennnonite

    Notes:

    Veronica Shantz, "was born May 23rd, 1813. On April 16th 1833, she was married to Abraham D. Clemens who was born April 17th, 1813 and died April 15th, 1877. They resided near Williamsburg where she died August 26th 1887. "


    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. Maria "Mary" Clemens was born 11 Sep 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 1915, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Jacob S. Clemens was born 27 Jun 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Oct 1894; was buried , Mennonite Cemetery, Bowne, Ionia, Michigan.
    3. Susannah Clemens was born 3 Jan 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1872, Moline, Allegan, Michigan, USA; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan.
    4. Rachel Clemens was born 21 Aug 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Sep 1880, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joseph S. Clemens was born 9 Feb 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1902, Maplevalley, Sanilac Co., Michigan, USA; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.
    6. Lydia Clemens was born 8 May 1848, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Veronica Ann Clemens was born 24 Aug 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Aug 1874, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 4. Abraham Shantz Clemens was born 13 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 1927.
    9. Noah S. Clemens was born 12 Mar 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Sep 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Sarah Clemens was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Christian Kesselring was born 18 Apr 1825, , Germany (son of Johann Jacob Kesselring and Anna Maria Catharina Zimmerman); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95027
    • Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot 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
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Christian married Phillipine Brill 11 Apr 1847, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Phillipine was born 4 Mar 1824, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Phillipine Brill was born 4 Mar 1824, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Phillipine Kesselring
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-20233
    • Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. Daniel Kesselring was born 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Elizabeth Kesselring was born 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Philipina Kesselring was born 25 Nov 1852, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Dec 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Marie Kesselring was born 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 5. Mary Kesselring was born 1 Jun 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1921; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Katherina "Catherine" Kesselring was born 28 Oct 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Christianna Kesselring was born 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Christina Kesselring was born 28 Apr 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1940; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Barbara Kesselring was born 11 Feb 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1934; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Christian Kesselring was born 22 Jan 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.