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

Sarah Cole

Female 1864 - 1911  (46 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sarah Cole was born 19 Jan 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John G. Cole and Susannah Shoemaker); died 1911; was buried , Dundurn Hillside Garden Cemetery, Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46814285
    • Name: Sarah Myers
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7155.3
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada

    Notes:

    Sarah Cole, "was born January 19th, 1864."

    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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Sarah married Ephriam Obadiah Myers 12 Feb 1902, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ephriam (son of Samuel Myers and Sarah "Sally" Shantz) was born 14 Jul 1867, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1944, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried , Dundurn Hillside Garden Cemetery, Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John G. Cole was born 24 Jun 1833, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Henry Cole and Nancy); died 27 May 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Johann G. Cole
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7155.1
    • Residence: 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    DEATH OF JOHN G. COLE.

    Mr. John G. Cole, who has been an inmate of the House of Refuge for the past three years, died yesterday. Death was caused by a paralytic stroke. The deceased was 74 years of age and is survived by a son and daughter in Buffalo and a daughter in Manitoba. The funeral will be held on Wednesday with services in the New Jerusalem church.

    The Weekly News-Record Thu, May 30, 1907 Page 6

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    House of Industry records "buried by friends D. M. Shoemaker and others". [D. M. Shoemaker is his brother in law and he himself buried in Mount Hope, so assumption is John is buried there and probably his wife as well]

    John married Susannah Shoemaker 2 Apr 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Abraham D. Shoemaker and Maria "Mary" Miller) was born 18 Jan 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Susannah Shoemaker was born 18 Jan 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham D. Shoemaker and Maria "Mary" Miller); died 2 Oct 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Susannah Cole
    • Name: Susannah Schumacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7155
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethern
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian

    Notes:

    Susannah Shoemaker, "was born January 18th, 1843, and died October 2nd, 1888. On April 2nd, 1861, she was married to John Cole. They reside in Berlin and had a family of eight 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.].

    Children:
    1. Maria Cole was born 25 Feb 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Aug 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Sarah Cole was born 19 Jan 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1911; was buried , Dundurn Hillside Garden Cemetery, Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    3. James Cole was born 13 Oct 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary Ann Cole was born 24 Jan 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Lydia Jane Cole was born 1 Jan 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Menno S. Cole was born 6 Jan 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Nancy Cole was born 25 Apr 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Emma Cole was born 5 Aug 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Feb 1888.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry Cole was born Abt 1810, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7155.44

    Henry — Nancy. Nancy was born Abt 1810, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nancy was born Abt 1810, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Nancy Cole
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7155.45

    Children:
    1. 2. John G. Cole was born 24 Jun 1833, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 May 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Abraham D. Shoemaker was born 16 Feb 1809, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of George Shoemaker, Sr. and Mary Detweiler); died 13 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7144
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 019, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawmiller
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer & Saw Miller
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Miller
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

    Notes:

    Abraham D. Shoemaker, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 16th, 1809. In May, 1829, he came to Canada with his grandfather, Jacob Shoemaker, George Bechtel and family, and his brother John's widow, old "Maricha," and her three youngest children, Magdalena, Veronica, and David. On April 15th, 1834, he was married to Mary Miller who was born November 20th, 1814, and died September 11th, 1874. He died January 13th, 1888. Some time after their marriage he moved on the farm now occupied by his son, David M., where he constructed a dam and erected sawmills. An extensive business in lumber was carried on at these mills for a number of years. Recently the Berlin Water Works Company purchased the water privilege together with several acres of land. This caused the removal of the sawmills. Here he had 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.].

    Abraham married Maria "Mary" Miller 15 Apr 1834. Maria (daughter of Christian Miller and Hester Wanner) was born 20 Nov 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Maria "Mary" Miller was born 20 Nov 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Christian Miller and Hester Wanner); died 11 Sep 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Maria "Mary" Shoemaker
    • Name: Maria Miller
    • Name: Mary Müller
    • Name: Polly Miller
    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4781
    • Birth: CALC 23 Nov 1814
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan

    Notes:

    Polly Miller, "the eldest, was born November 20th, 1814, and died September 11th, 1874. She was married to Abraham D. Shoemaker who was born February 16th, 1809, and died January 13th, 1888. They resided a little west of Berlin where both 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. Esther Shoemaker was born 17 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Shoemaker was born 1 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1838, , Ontario, Canada.
    3. David Miller Shoemaker was born 28 Sep 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1920, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Janes Shoemaker was born 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Sarah Shoemaker was born 9 May 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 3. Susannah Shoemaker was born 18 Jan 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Menno M. Shoemaker was born 8 Mar 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Lydia Ann Shoemaker was born 6 Oct 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1905; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Abraham Shoemaker was born 1 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. ? Shoemaker was born 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Isaac Shoemaker was born 3 May 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1850, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Simon Shoemaker was born 20 Sep 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  George Shoemaker, Sr. was born 6 Feb 1778, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Shoemaker and Mary Tyson); died 24 Nov 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Georg Schoemacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7041
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 119, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; gentleman
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    George Shoemaker, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 6th, 1778. On March 19th, 1799, he was married to Mary Detweiler who was born May 10th, 1775, and died September 22nd, 1850. After he was married he moved in the house situated on the west side of the Swamp Creek, towards the old school house, while his father's residence and the mill were on the east side. Here he was engaged in the woollen mills, carding, fulling and dying wool and yarns. He was a woollen manufacturer by trade. Here he resided until 1804, thence he moved to Pottstown, on old Isaac Shantz's farm, from there he, with his small family, in 1806 moved to a place where he remained for one year, thence he moved to Skippack where he remained five years. In 1812 he moved to Benjamin Reiff in Lower Salford Township, and after-wards to John Reiff where they resided until spring, 1825, when he with his wife and three sons and a daughter, namely: Jacob and wife, Daniel, Joshua, and Catharine, moved to Canada. They resided for a short time after their arrival here in this county, on old Christian Schneider's farm one mile south of Breslau. In fall of the same year they moved on the farm (lot No. 119, G.C.T.) now possessed by his son, George D. Shoemaker. Here they resided until their death. He died November 24th, 1864. They had a family 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.].

    Occupation:
    Lived with son Jacob D.

    George married Mary Detweiler 19 Mar 1799. Mary was born 10 May 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1850. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Mary Detweiler was born 10 May 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1850.

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    • Name: Mary Shoemaker
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7041.1

    Children:
    1. Jacob D. Shoemaker was born 24 Nov 1799, Swamp Creek, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Mar 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. John D. Shoemaker was born 26 Dec 1800, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 30 Sep 1895; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Shoemaker was born 30 Jul 1802, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Sep 1885, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
    4. George D. Shoemaker was born 5 Oct 1803, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Dec 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Elizabeth Shoemaker was born 5 Mar 1805, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 5 Aug 1846.
    6. Joseph Shoemaker was born 12 Jan 1807, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 6. Abraham D. Shoemaker was born 16 Feb 1809, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Daniel D. Shoemaker was born 15 Jun 1811, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 23 Aug 1892, Filion, Huron, Michigan, USA.
    9. Joshua Shoemaker was born 20 Apr 1813, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 May 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Catherine Shoemaker was born 12 Feb 1815, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 14.  Christian Miller was born 6 Feb 1791, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of John Miller and Hester Steiner); died 6 Jan 1864; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4780
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 24W, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 23E, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Christian Miller, "son of John and Hester (Steiner) Miller, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 6th, 1791, and in 1809 he came to Canada and settled a little above Preston. He was married to Hester Wanner who was born June 9th 1796, and died June 13th 1864. To them was born a family 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.].

    Christian — Hester Wanner. Hester was born 9 Jun 1796, , USA; died 13 Jun 1864; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Hester Wanner was born 9 Jun 1796, , USA; died 13 Jun 1864; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Esther Wanner
    • Name: Hester Miller
    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4780.1
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. 7. Maria "Mary" Miller was born 20 Nov 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna Miller was born 11 Mar 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1846; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Esther Miller was born 20 Feb 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1876, Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth Miller was born 5 Jan 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Susannah Mueller was born 5 Nov 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Apr 1909, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Margaret Miller was born 4 Dec 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Mar 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Sarah Miller was born 28 Nov 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jun 1907, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Hannah Müller was born 22 Nov 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1902; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Christian Miller was born 22 Nov 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Magdalena Miller was born 13 Oct 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Apr 1872, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.