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

Mabel Bean

Female - 1957


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mabel Bean (daughter of Owen Bean and Elizabeth Thomson); died Oct 1957; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130616

    Mabel — Harry Cornish. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Owen Bean was born 14 Jul 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Moses Biehn and Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Detweiler); died 9 Dec 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218903794
    • Name: Owen Biehn
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-1029.11
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tool Maker
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tool sharpener
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; workes at Shantz's
    • Residence: 1901, 78 Francis St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tool Sharpener, Button Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
    • Residence: 1921, 78 Francis St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1941, 78 Francis St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    "Owen Bean, 83?, died today at his residence, 78 Francis Street north. Born in Wilmot Township in the Huron Road district, a son of the late Moses S. Bean and Margaret Detweiler, he was on the Board of Directors of the Dominion Button Limited for more than 25 years. Mr. Bean was an active member of Trinity United Church and of Grand Union Lodge, IOOF. He came to Kitchener at the age of 16 years.

    Surviving are his wife and daughter, Mabel, Mrs. Harry F. Cornish of Kitchener"

    Waterloo Chronicle, 12 Dec 1941, p. 3

    Occupation:
    Bean Owen : Works Shantz's [Current Address 2023] 78 Francis St N [Historical Address] 44 Francis N

    Residence:
    Bean Owen : Works Shantz's [Current Address 2023] 78 Francis St N [Historical Address] 44 Francis N

    Owen — Elizabeth Thomson. Elizabeth was born 1857; died 1944; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Thomson was born 1857; died 1944; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-185583

    Children:
    1. 1. Mabel Bean died Oct 1957; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Moses Biehn was born 24 Jul 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Abraham Biehn and Veronica Shantz); died 24 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142730969
    • Name: Moses Bean
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-1029
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer and sawyer
    • Directory: 1864, Wilmot Township - Block A Concession 1 Lot 06, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Moses Biehn, "was born July 24th, 1809. He was a farmer and resided in Wilmot Township, a little north of New Dundee, where he died July 24th 1869. He was married twice, first to Barbara Detweiler and after her decease to Sophia Krug. With the first wife there were 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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    This second marriage is in error as Sophia was married to his son Moses and not himself.

    Moses — Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Detweiler. Margaretha (daughter of Jacob Y. Detweiler and Mary Gottwals) was born 28 Oct 1814, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 5 Jun 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Detweiler was born 28 Oct 1814, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Jacob Y. Detweiler and Mary Gottwals); died 5 Jun 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203897990
    • Name: Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Biehn
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2102

    Notes:

    Margaret Detweiler," was born October 28th, 1814. She was married to Moses Biehn. They resided in Wilmot Township, a little north of New Dundee, where she died."

    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. Jacob Biehn was born , Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Mary Biehn was born 29 Mar 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Mar 1925, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    3. Noah Biehn was born 3 Jan 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jan 1905, Fargo, Greenwood Twp. St. Clair, Michigan, USA; was buried , Spring Hill Cemetery, Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan.
    4. Veronica "Fanny" Biehn was born 11 Apr 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1911; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Moses David Biehn was born 22 Aug 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Mar 1918; was buried , Lakin Cemetery, Lakin, Kearny, Kansas, United States.
    6. Esther D. "Hettie" Biehn was born 8 Feb 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1937, Westcott, Alberta; was buried , Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada.
    7. Anna "Nancy" Biehn was born 17 Feb 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1909, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emmanuel United Cemetery, Kurtzville, Perth Co., Ontario.
    8. Hannah Biehn was born 12 Sep 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1921, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Magdalena Biehn was born 8 May 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Samuel Biehn was born 25 Dec 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Aaron D. Biehn was born 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 1895, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
    12. 2. Owen Bean was born 14 Jul 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Dec 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Abraham Biehn was born 7 Feb 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of John Biehn and Barbara Fried); died 3 Nov 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Land: Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 06, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-1028
    • Residence: 1830, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Death: 18 Dec 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Abraham Biehn, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 7th, 1781. He was married to Veronica, daughter of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Shantz. She was born November 14th, 1789, and died July 27th, 1876. They resided on lot No. 1, Biehn's Tract, about one mile west of Doon, on the farm where his father had located in 1800. Here old Abraham Biehn and his wife resided until their death. He died November 3rd, 1858. their family consisted 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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    A-2-5 Abraham Biehn Be it known that on the 18th December 1858, the Last Will and Testament of Abraham Biehn late of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman, who died on or about the 3rd day of December 1858 at the Township of Waterloo and who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at the Township of Waterloo, was proved and registered in the said surrogate Court…a true copy of which said Last Will and testament is hereunder written and that the administration...was granted to Aaron Biehn of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman, David Shantz of the Township of Blenheim in the County of Oxford, Yeoman and Jacob Yost Shantz of the town of Berlin, Yeoman, the Executors named in said Will…

    I, Abraham Biehm of the Township of Waterloo…do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament…first that all my just debts shall be paid by my hereinafter named Executors; Second I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Varonica, two beds and bed sheaeds[sic] [sheets?] my twenty-four hour clock and case, my corner cupboard and all what is in it, my case of drawers and all what is in it, my stove and pipe, and all my books, one cow, one horse, and my lease wagon, and one set of harness all the household furniture that my beloved wife may want. Further it is my will and desire that my son Aaron shall keep my wife's cow with his own cows during the whole year. Also I give one hundred and fifty pounds of pork to my wife in each and every year during her lifetime and ten buchels of apels[sic] in each and every year. I also order and devise that my loving wife shall have my house, I now live in free of rent, and as much fire wood delivered in the wood house as she may want for her own use. Further I order and desire and it is my will that my son Aaron shall have my farm I now live on, Lot no.1 in the Biehn's Tract at four thousand dollars with all the implements thereon, in the manner following, that is to say; twelve hundred dollars shall remain in my farm during the lifetime of my beloved wife Varonica at six per cent interest yearly for the same to her in hand paid each and every year, and one thousand dollars my son Aaron or his heirs shall have out of the then remaining two thousand eight hundred dollars for to equalize him with the rest of my children, according to my family's book and the then remaining eighteen hundred dollars my son Aaron shall pay five hundred dollars each and every year to my hereinafter named Executors, besides the interest on the twelve hundred dollars until the eighteen hundred are fully paid. Further it is my desire that all moneys arising from and out of my property personal or freehold, shall always be equally divided each and every year share and share alike amongst all my children or there heirs (my formerly son in law Jacob Y. Shantz shall always be considered as if my daughter Barbara was yet living) Except four hundred dollars of my daughter Mary her share (now intermarried to Benjamin Martin) shall be received for her two children, namely Moses , Martin and Mary Ann Martin, each of them shall have two hundred dollars, of the last payments or distributions of my daught. Mary's share and be put on interest till they become the age of twenty one years. Further it my will and desire that one year after the death of my wife my son Aaron or his successors shall pay no more interest but shall pay five hundred dollars yearly till the whole amount of twelve hundred dollars are fully paid, then my hereinafter named Executors shall give him a sufficient title or Deed.
    Further, my son Aaron shall have the five acre Cedar Swamp joining lands of Daniel Staufer being part of Lot No 6, Biehn's Tract, Waterloo, south east corner of said Lot which is to go with my farm. Further I order and it is my will that within one year after my decease, my hereinafter mentioned Executors shall appraise all my goods, chattels and household furniture of whatsoever kind or nature, and sell the same by Public sale to the best for my heirs, and do as above decided and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my son Aaron Biehn and my son in law David Shantz and my friend Jacob Y. Shantz Executors of this my Last Will and Testament…

    Witnessed by Johannes Steckler and C C. Martin
    Will dated 23rd September 1857
    Proved 18th December 1858
    Died 3rd December 1858
    [Written in margin - very faint - two sums of money $800 and $1000]

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

    Abraham married Veronica Shantz 1808. Veronica (daughter of Isaac Shantz and Barbara Rife) was born 14 Nov 1789, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 27 Jul 1876, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Veronica Shantz was born 14 Nov 1789, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Isaac Shantz and Barbara Rife); died 27 Jul 1876, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Fanny Shantz
    • Name: Veronica Biehn
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6847

    Notes:

    Veronica Shantz, "was born November 14th, 1789. In 1808 she was married to Abraham Biehn, a farmer. They resided near Doon where she died July 27th, 1876."


    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. 4. Moses Biehn was born 24 Jul 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Sarah Biehn was born 25 Dec 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jun 1889.
    3. Aaron S. Biehn, Sr. was born 16 Mar 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1897; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary Biehn was born 30 Sep 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1906; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Barbara Biehn was born 7 Apr 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Jacob Y. Detweiler was born 27 Mar 1789, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Detweiler and Mary Margaret Harley); died 5 Aug 1875; was buried , Hallman Mennonite Cemetery, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166261595
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2201
    • Land: Bef 1831, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1847, Hallman Mennonite Church, North Dumfries, Ontario; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Jacob Dettweiler," son of Jacob and Mary Margaret (Harley) Detweiler, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, March 27th, 1789. He moved to Canada in 1822 and settled near Blair, Ontario. On March 11th, 1813, he was married to Mary Gottwals. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, May 12th, 1790, and died April 10th, 1816, leaving two children. After his first wife's decease he was married to Esther Ziegler, December 31st, 1816. She was born November 15th, 1794, and died January 23rd, 1883. He died August 7th, 1875. His family consisted of ten 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.].

    Residence:
    It is not known just when the first log meeting house of the Hallman congregation was built. However, on June 1, 1847 a one-acre plot of land, for a meeting house and burial ground, was deeded from Adam Unger to trustee, Jacob H. Detweiler. This land was east of Roseville on the northwest corner of Lot 31, Concession 11 of North Dumfries Township, and on the south side of the Blenheim or Roseville Road, which was built westerly from Galt. A stone cairn made up of old tombstones stands on this property today.1a

    1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

    Jacob married Mary Gottwals 11 Mar 1813. Mary was born 12 May 1790, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Apr 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Gottwals was born 12 May 1790, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Apr 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Detweiler
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2201.1

    Children:
    1. 5. Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Detweiler was born 28 Oct 1814, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 5 Jun 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Abraham Detweiler was born 10 Apr 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA; died IN INFANCY.