John S. Zehr

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52015
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1899, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Miller
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ? Dryer

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Zehr.- On the 15th of May, 1906, in Wellesley Village, Waterloo Co., Ont., John S. Zehr, aged 31 Y, 9 M., 15 D. He leaves a sorrowing widow and three small children, besides his parents, three brothers and two sisters to mourn his early death. Funeral services on the 18th at the Wellesley M. H. by Daniel H. Steinman and Nicholas Nafziger.

Herald of Truth, June 7, 1906, page 210 Vol. XLIII, No. 23

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Death of Mr. J. S. Zehr

Mr. John Zehr one of Wellesley's popular and enterprising young business men, died somewhat suddenly just before noon on Tuesday, the 15th inst. in his 32nd year. Since his early youth he has been the victim of a mild form of heart trouble which prevented him from doing heavy work but by thrift and ability he has built up a prosperous machine shop business which he managed successfully until this spring when he found the work too strenuous and his health failing. He was around town as usual up to the week before his death and was only confined to his bed for a day or two. He was an upright, honourable young man and has gained the respect and confidence of all who knew him. The sympathy of the community goes out to his wife and three small children. The funeral occurs to-morrow (Friday) morning at 9 o'clock, the interment taking place at the Third line Mennonite church cemetery near Freebourn's school.

Wellesley Maple Leaf, May 17, 1906

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John S. Zehr.

This industrious citizen became the successor of Mr. John Weismiller in the chopping and cider mill on Nov. 22, 1897, and has been doing a successful business ever since. He was born near Wellesley in 1874, and is the son of Mr. Christian Zehr, one of the well known farmers of this section. The cider and chopping mill was established by Weismiller about twelve. years ago. The cider mill is one of the best equipped and most convenient in the county. It has a capacity of turning out about 2,000 gallons per day and during the heavy apple crop of 1896 its total output was something like 50,000 gallons. One advantage in this mill is that Mr. Zehr, not having his time taken up in other business has it constantly under his personal supervision and therfore can guarantee good honest work in every particular. Patrons in case of a visit do not have to wait an unusual length of time, everything being so conveniently arranged as to render the grinding of a load of apples in the least possible time. As he makes a specialty of this line of work he is certainly worthy of the farmers' patronage. He has ample water power which is furnished by an unusually powerful spring nearly a mile west of the mill, the water being conveyed through a race about 90 rods long. There is a ten-inch giant wheel. Mr. Zehr worked for five years as a cabinet maker in the states and is a natural mechanic and is not compelled to call in an outsider in case something goes wrong with his machinery. He has now about completed a dust blower for a separator that is said to be a very handy contrivance. His chopping mill is capable of turning out from ten to fifteen bags per hour and is ready for work every day in the year. In connection with the chopping and cider mill he has a lathe and hand saw, and if necessary, should he have a call from a patron for anything in the sash, blind or screen line he can accommodate him

Mr. Zehr is making considerable improvement in the cider mill and by the time the apple season comes on he will be thoroughly prepared to give the best of satisfaction and do the work promptly. In this particular be especially invites the attention of the farmers who will have large apple crops this fall. Those who have not previously done so, but will give him a trial will find that he is fully prepared as stated.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 21 Jul 1898, p. 8

John married Catherine K. Schultz 21 Mar 1899, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of George Schultz and Maria Magdalena "Mary" Kennel) was born 23 Feb 1875, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 1938, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mapleview Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Zehr died May 1902.
2. George Zehr was born 3 May 1900, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Christian Zehr was born Jan 1902, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1986, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Rev. Menno S. Zehr was born 21 Sep 1903, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jul 1980, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario; was buried , Riverdale Mennonite Cemetery, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario.
5. William S. Zehr was born 9 Feb 1905, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Apr 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
6. Veronica "Fannie" Zehr was born 21 Jun 1906, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 2001; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51838
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• 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
• Retired: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Zehr. - Pre. Christian B. Zehr was born in Wellesley Twp., Ont., Aug. 19, 1842; died July 29, 1928; aged 86 y. 11 m. 10 d. He was married to Veronica Schultz. To this union were born 7 children, 5 of whom survive. He leaves 5 children, 28 grandchildren, and 44 great-grandchildren. He was a preacher for a number of years in the Amish Mennonite congregation at Wellesley, Ont. He had been in failing health for a number of years. Funeral services were held at his home Aug. 1, 1928.

Gospel Herald - Volume XXI, Number 41 - January 10, 1929, p. 862-864

Christian married Veronica Schultz 2 Dec 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Veronica (daughter of George Schultz and Magdalena Erb) was born 26 Apr 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Fronicka Schultz
• Name: Veronica Zehr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51839
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Michael Zeer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-376354
• Residence: Bef 1840, Watson, Lewis, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• 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: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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ZEHR. - On the 3d of February, 1899, in Wellesley township, Waterloo Co., Ont., Michael Zehr, in his 87th year. Deceased was a member of the Amish Church and was highly esteemed. A large concourse of people followed the remains to the grave on the 6th, in the Amish cemetery on the farm of the deceased. He leaves an aged widow and grown up family to mourn their loss.


The Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXVI, No. 5, March 1, 1899 - pages 76,77

Michael married Barbara Boshart 13 Sep 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara was born 24 Jun 1822, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 1908; was buried , Amish Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-124938P
• Immigration: 1826, , Canada
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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The death of Mrs. Zehr, relict of the late M. Zehr, occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chr. Jantzi, last Friday. Deceased was one of the very oldest inhabitants having lived here continuously for about 80 years. The funeral occurred on Monday.
Wellesley Maple Leaf, March 17, 1904

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-49000P

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A-1-75 George Shultz Appointment of Guardians to the children of George Shultz, Wilmot, deceased.

[Children's names are spelled Schultz and Shultz]

The humble petition of Joseph Shultz, Sheweth:- That George Shultz, late of the Township of Wilmot, Yeoman, died in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, having your Petitioner Joseph Schultz, Meno Schultz, Frenicka Shultz and Barbara Schultz, all infants within the age of Eighteen years him surviving and that they and your Petitioner have no legal Guardians. That Magdalena Erb Shultz, their mother, widow of the said George Shultz is a fit and proper person and deserves to be appointed Guardian of her said children. And that John Erb and Christian Ernst are fit and proper persons to become and willing to become securities that the said Magdalena Erb Shultz shall faithfully perform the said trust…

Copy of Bond given:
…That Magdalena Erb Shultz of the Township of Wilmot, widow of George Shultz, Yeoman, deceased, and Peter Litwiler, of the said Township of Wilmot, Yeoman, and Nicolaus Lichty, of the same place, Yeoman, are held and firmly bound unto Joseph Shultz of the said Township of Wilmot, infant son of the said George Shultz, now deceased, and of her the said Magdalena Erb Shultz, in the Penal Sum of Three Hundred Pounds to be paid to the said Joseph Shultz, or to his heirs, executors administrators, to which payment will and truly be made…sealed with our Seals at Berlin, in the said County of Waterloo, the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Five.

Magdalena Erb Shultz, to be Guardian of the said Joseph Shultz, her own infant son…

Signed by Magdalena Erb Shultz (her mark), Peter Litwiller and Nicolaus Lichti

Children: Joseph Menno, Veronica, Barbara

(Note: The said Magdalena Erb Shultz, though not able to read and write, appeared to [be] fully cognizant of the meaning and import of the foregoing affirmation, C. Enslin)

Guardianship granted to Magdalena 15^th September 1855.

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

George — Magdalena Erb. Magdalena was born CALC 9 Mar 1805, , Alsace-Lothringen, France; died 9 Feb 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Schultz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-49001
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Magdalena could not read nor write.