Gideon Beam

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44488
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Engineer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stationary Engineer, Shoddy Mill
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Elected Office: 1943, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; counicillor - Waterloo City

Notes:

Prominent Waterloo Man Passes

Gideon Beam, 76, prominent in municipal life for many years, died Tuesday night at the K-W Hospital after an illness of several months. Born at Wilmot Centre, he came to Waterloo 56 years ago. His wife, the former Louisa Niergarth, died eight years ago.

Mr. Beam entered municipal politics as a member of the Sewer Commission, serving for five years, three as chairman. He served for two years on the Public Utilities Commission, and last year was a member of Town Council. He operated a jute manufacturing plant.

He is survived by two sons, Frank and Oscar of Waterloo; one daughter. Mrs. Ralph (Hilda) Griffiths, of Carlsbad, New Mexico; three brothers, Emmanuel, Kitchener; John and Irvin, Waterloo; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Matilda Both. Waterloo, Mrs. Minerva Hugli, Toronto and Mrs. Frank Appleton, Toronto.

Waterloo Chronicle, 17 Nov 1944, p. 1

Gideon — Louise Niergarth. Louise (daughter of Jacob Christian "Christian" Niergarth and Susannah M. Hause) was born 1 Aug 1872, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Sep 1936, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Franklin Jacob "Frank" Beam was born 5 Apr 1898, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1980; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Hilda Beam was born 18 Apr 1900, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Oscar Beam was born 22 Oct 1902, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Name: Jacob Boehm
• Name: John Adam Boehm
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3670.1
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
• Occupation: 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

John Adam Boehm is mentioned in Ezra Eby's book as Jacob, but birth records of the his children and his own marriage indicate John Adam..

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.].

John married Amanda Hammacher 22 Oct 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Amanda (daughter of John K. Hammacher and Sarah Wildfong) was born 2 Feb 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1930, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Amanda Beam
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3670
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Residence: 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Amanda Hammacher, "was married to Jacob Boehm. They reside in the town of Waterloo and have a family of several children but names were not received"


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.].

Rsrch. Note:
275. Amanda4 Hammacher (John3, Peter2 Hammaker, Johann Adam1 Hammacher, Johann PeterA Hamacher) was born in Waterloo Cty, Ontario, Canada February 2, 1849. Amanda died April 13, 1930 in Waterloo Cty, Ontario, Canada. Her body was interred 1930 in Mt. Hope Cmtry, Waterloo Cty, Ontario, Canada.
She married John A. Beam. John was born August 13, 1848. John died February 23, 1914 in Waterloo Cty, Ontario, Canada. His body was interred 1914 in Wilmot Centre, Waterloo Cty, Ontario, Canada.
Amanda Hammacher and John A. Beam had the following children:
i. Gideon5 Beam.
ii. Kenneth Beam.
iii. Sarah Beam.
iv. Emmanuel Beam.
v. Nathaneal Beam.
vi. Mathilda Beam.
vii. Minerva Beam.
viii. John Beam.
ix. Salvanis Beam.
x. Ervin Beam.
7 xi. Emily Beam.

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• Name: Adam Beam
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33645

Adam — Anna "Nancy" Carse. Anna was born 1818, , Ireland; died 1882. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna "Nancy" Boehm
• Name: Nancy Caise
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33646

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• Eby ID Number: 00049-3660
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawmiller
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saw Miller
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist

Notes:

John Hammacher, "was born in Pennsylvania, in February, 1799. He was married to Sarah Wildfong, sister to old Joseph Wildfong of Strasburg, Ontario. She was born August 24th, 1807, and died May 18th, 1867. They resided in Wilmot Township, about a mile east of Wilmot Centre, where he was the possessor of a beautiful farm. He died June 27th, 1885. His family consisted of eleven 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.].

John — Sarah Wildfong. Sarah (daughter of Jacob Wildfong and Susan Ruth) was born 24 Aug 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239430762
• Name: Sarah Hammacher
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8123
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist

Notes:

Sarah Wildfong, "was married to John Hammacher. They reside near Wilmot Centre. To them was born a family of eleven 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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• Name: John Boehm
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25449
• Land: Bef 1855, Wilmot Township - Concession North of Bleam's Road Lot 09, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

A-1-69 John Boehm, Probate of the Will of John Boehm, formerly of the Township of Wilmot, Laborer, deceased, granted on prayer to John Becker,and Caspar Horn, appointed Executors thereof on the twenty sixth day of April 1855…

I, John Boehm, of the Township of Wilmot, Yeoman, being sick and weak of body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, considering the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, have now determined to direct what disposition shall be made of my property after my decease and considering the condition of those among whom, as my heirs at law, in my judgement, my Estate should be distributed. As to my worldly Estate, and all the property, Real, personal, or mixed, of which I shall die seized and possessed…I devise, bequeath and dispose thereof in the manner following…..I give devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Barbara Boehm, all my household furniture, such as beds, bedding and bedsteads, cupboards, tables, drawers, and chests, books, stoves and pipes, crockery and cooking utentials[sic] together with all other household and kitchen furniture of whatever name or nature the same may be, also my Wagon and Farming implements, and my live stock, such as horses or mares, horn cattle, sheep and swine, together with all other living stock of whatever kind or nature… I also give to her the use, improvement and income, together with the rents, profits and benefit of my Lot of land and dwelling house with it's appointments thereto belonging, Situate in the Township of Wilmot, containing about forty acres of land, being composed of the south part of lot number nine, on the north side of Bleam's Road, in the said Township of Wilmot. I give, devise and bequeath to John Adam Boehm, eldest son of my son Adam Boehm, unto him of my affection for John Adam Boehm, the said before mentioned lot of land and remises situation as aforesaid, and its appurtenance, and all profits, income and advantage that may result there from and after the decease of my beloved wife Barbara Boehm….And lastly I do nominate and appoint my friends John Bricker, and Caspar Horn to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament…

Witnessed by Michael Frantz and John Ringler
Will date 16 April 1855
Proved 26 April 1855
Inventory amount £73/13/9

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

Land:
south part 40 acres

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• Name: Barbara Boehm
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25450

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• Eby ID Number: 00049-3657.8
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 02, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Peter Hammacher, "the youngest of the family, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1773. About the year 1796 he was married to Elizabeth Shaefer. In the year 1805 they, (When on their way coming to Canada they had to stop for a few days at Buffalo, owing to the sickness and death of their eldest child, Rebecca, who died and was buried at Buffalo, New York) with their small family and others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near the village of Doon where he died in 1840. To them was born a family of 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.].

Peter — Elizabeth Shaefer. Elizabeth was born 8 Jul 1772, Of, Pennsylvania; died 19 Feb 1848; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Hammacher
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3658.1

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• Interesting: pioneer, story, slavery
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8078
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Jacob Wildfong, "was born in 1753. After he had attained the age of twenty years he was married to Susannah Ruth. During the latter part of the last century when the question of slavery was brought up and sanctioned by the state government, these Moravians were strenuously opposed to the measure, so much so that numbers of them left the state (North Carolina) and moved to Pennsylvania, "the Quaker State", while others left some years later after the independence of the thirteen colonies was declared. Among the latter number was old Jacob Wildfong, the pioneer settler (of that name) in this country. About the year 1796 he, with his wife and family of three or four children, moved north to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he resided for six years, then he, in company with others, moved to Canada in 1802 and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, on the west band of the Grand River a little below the Toll Bridge, on the farm now owned by Ferdinand Miller. Here he resided until his son, Jonas, took possession of the farm then he moved a little west of what is now Strasburg where he died probably as early as 1830. His family consisted 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.].

Jacob — Susan Ruth. Susan was born Abt 1760, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susan Wildfong
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8078.1