Lincoln Lorentz Steffler

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81668964
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56646
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; rubber maker
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter, Factory
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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LINCOLN L. STEFFLER

A resident of Elmira for 45 years, Lincoln L. Steffler, 62 died suddenly at his home Friday night following a heart attack.

Born in Woolwich Township, Feb. 6, 1887, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steffler. He was an employee of the Great West Felt Co., Elmira.

Mr. Steffler was a member of St. James's Lutheran Church, Elmira, and the L.O.O.F. No. 216, Elmira.

In addition to his wife, surviving are three sons, Norman and Ralph, Elmira, and Harold, Toronto; one daughter, Mrs. John (Marie) Hickey, Galt.

Also surviving are three grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Charles Roehr, Kitchener, and one brother, Enoch, Kitchener.

The funeral service was held Monday at 3 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Chapel. Burial was in St. James's Lutheran Cemetery. Rev. L. H. Kalbfleisch officiated.

Lincoln married Katharine "Kate" Luening 29 Nov 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Katharine (daughter of Gottlieb A. Luening and Anna Christina Mittelstadt) was born 27 Jun 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1959, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Georgina Marie Steffler was born 29 Mar 1913, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Harold G. Steffler was born 4 Jul 1916; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Ralph Peter Steffler was born 17 Aug 1921.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81669311
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56644
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saw Mill Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Factory
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Jacob Steffler

ELMIRA, Oct. 15.-An aged Elmira citizen, Jacob Steffler, 88, died at his residence on Friday following an illness of one week. Born in Woolwich township, deceased lived in Elmira a long time.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Ziegler, Guelph, and Mrs. C. F. Roehr of Kitchener, two sons, Enoch are her husband, two daughters, of Kitchener and Lincoln of Elmira,

Jacob — Magdalena "Lena" Miller. Magdalena (daughter of Peter B. Miller and Sophia Winkler) was born 21 Jan 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1915, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lena Miller
• Name: Magdalena "Lena" Steffler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56645
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Died At Elmira, Ont. Sunday, July 18th, 1915 Magdalena Miller beloved wife of Jacob Steffler Aged 67 years, 5 months and 26 days. The Funeral will be held from her late residence on Factory Street, on Tuesday afternoon, July 20th, at two o'clock, to St. James Church for service, then to St. James Cemetery for burial. Friends and acquaintances please accept this intimation

Funeral Card

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MRS. JACOB STEFFLER.

There passed away at her home here on Sunday morning Magdalena Miller, beloved wife of Mr. Jacob Steffler. Deceased was born in Woolwich township on January 21st, 1848, and was married to her now sorrowing husband on October 25th, 1870. To them were born 6 children, namely, Louisa, who was married to Christian Ziegler and died in 1908; Mary Ann (Mrs. John L. Ziegler), Guelph, Laura, who died when six years old; Emma (Mrs. Chas. F. Roehr), Berlin; Enoch, of Berlin,; Lincoln, at home. Eleven grandchildren also survive the deceased. The family lived for some years on a farm about 4 miles southeast of Elmira. After several changes of habitation they finally came to Elmira in 1904 and have lived here ever since. Mrs. Steffler was a quiet, friendly neighbor and a kind and loving wife and mother. She had been ailing for about six weeks but was able to be up until a couple of days befom her death. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon, and was attended by a large number of relatives and friends.

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• Name: Laurent Stoefler
• Name: Lawrence Steffler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-127223P
• Residence: 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1848, , Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Directory: 1864, Woolwich Township German Company Tract 110, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Lorenz Steffler is mention as well as his brother-in-law in the margin of Jacob Braun's will as having £900 surties.

Lorenz married Mary Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Braun 2 Jun 1846, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Georg Jakob "Jacob" Braun and Wilhelmine Prenkert) was born 9 Mar 1830, Wilgartswiesen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died 9 Jan 1896, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabeth Braun
• Name: Mary Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Steffler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55175
• Residence: 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-114311P
• Birth: 15 Jul 1815, , Germany
• Residence: 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Peter married Sophia Winkler 16 Sep 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sophia (daughter of George Jakob Winkler and Regina Dorothea Schneider) was born 12 Oct 1827, , Baden, Germany; died 4 May 1906, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sophia Miller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56647P
• Immigration: 1833, , Canada
• Residence: 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Recipes: 1906, Factory St., Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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The late Sophia Miller, whose death was briefly referred to in our Saturday issue was born in the Grand-Duchy of Baden, Germany, in 1826. She came to Canada with her parents when she was 8 years old, and they settled in Waterloo county. In 1845 she was married to the late Peter Miller, and they lived on a farm about five miles south west of Elmira until the death of her husband 18 years ago. She remained there a few years longer with her son, then came to live with her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Christman, in Elmira, where she stayed until the great hotel fire in 1898, out of which she escaped barefooted and with only scant clothing on, saving only a few books and private papers. Then she lived four years at Floradale and exactly two years at Elmira with her other daughter, Mrs. Jacob Steffler. She leaves four children, David, of St. Jacobs, Edward, of Northampton, Mass., and the two daughters already mentioned; also a brother, Mr. Philip Winkler, and a sister, Mrs. J. L. Wideman both of St. Jacobs. Four children died young. Her remains were interred in St. Jacobs on Sunday afternoon, after funeral service had been held in St. James church here.


Elmira Signet 7 May 1906

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138569
• Residence: 1819, Salmbach, , Alsace, France
• Immigration: 1831, New York City, New York, USA.

Georg — Elisabethe Wernsperger. Elisabethe was born Abt 1790, of, Salmbach, , Alsace, France; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabethe Steffler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146841
• Residence: 1819, Salmbach, , Alsace, France

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• Name: Jacob Braun
• Name: Jacob Brown
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42853
• Residence: 1833, Wilgartswiesen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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A-1-167 Jacob Braun Letters of Administration by Wilhelmina Braun of the Township of Woolwich, widow of Jacob Braun, late of the Township of Woolwich, Yeoman, deceased, of the goods, chattels rights and credits which were of the aforesaid Jacob Braun, deceased, with Will annexed, and has made proof before the Judge of this Honorable court, that the said Jacob Braun is dead, having died on or about the First day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and fifty eight, after first having made his Last Will and Testament, bearing date the 11^th day of March 1858, such Will being wanting in the appointment of an Executor or Executors. And whereas the said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of diverse goods, chattels, rights and credits within the said County, the administration whereof belongeth to this court and the above named petitioner, she being the widow of the said deceased and living within this Province and having furnished unto us a bond with security for the due performance of her duty, as such Adminstratrix. Now we do grant unto you, the said Wilhelmina Braun, full power to administer to the estate of the aforesaid Jacob Braun deceased, in accordance with his will annexed and also according to law and faithfully to demand recover and receive the debts which unto the said deceased whilst living and at the time of his death did belong, and to pay the just debts which the said deceased did owe, so far as his goods, chattels and credits will contend and the law shall bind you, hereby requiring you, the said Wilhelmina Braun to establish a just and true inventory of all and singular the personal estate of the said deceased into the Registry of this Court, when you shall be thereunto lawfully required..[The names of Lorenz Steffler and Michl. Oswald Jr., are written in the margin with £900 surities, Bond]

[Will of Jacob Braun, translated from the original German] :

…I, Jacob Braun, Farmer in the Township of Woolwich…First, it is my Will that six weeks after my death a public sale of the cattle, excepting a brown Mare, two cows in the selection, further 6 sheep and 3 hogs (which is the property of my wife) - shall take place, then shall the entire agricultural implements - such as wheat, peas, oats and hay be sold, excepting 4 tons of hay, fifty bushels of wheat, one hundred and fifty bushels of oats and twenty bushels of peas, which is the property of my wife. Further, I direct that the whole household furniture shall be the property of my wife. Then my Will is that out of the proceeds of the effects sold, all at present existing debts shall be paid, and the balance of the money my wife shall receive as her property. Further it is my Will that my wife shall from this day hence, for Twelve years, have the sole management of my two farms, on Lot 49 and Lot 48 : And then it is my will…my son Jacob Braun will have attained his twenty first year - that he shall receive the easterly side of Lot 49 consisting of one hundred and thirty acres of land, more or less, together with the buildings. However, I direct that my wife shall during her lifetime, retain her residence in this new house, namely the two easterly situated rooms, beside the kitchen, situated in the first story. My son Jacob Braun receives the aforesaid piece of land for the round sum of six thousand dollars, but goes in for a child's portion; he is then bound to pay the fourteenth part of said purchase sum annually, to his sisters or legitimate heirs, without interest, but should installments be due, then he must upon being requested, pay the legal interest due. I will that after the expiration of said twelve years. My wife shall annually receive of lot 48, also of lot 49, of each plan one hundred dollars, and the heirs are bound to give her this annually during her lifetime, without any deduction whatever - further, I direct that whereas my three married daughters, Elisabeth, Catharine and Phillipina Braun, at their marriage each receive forty dollars as their portion:- likewise the heir[?] yet under age, namely, Jacob, Eva and Caroline Braun, on becoming of age, each, in the first place to receive forty dollars out of my estate, without lessening their portion of inheritance. Further, I direct that my son Jacob Braun, on becoming of age shall receive one hundred dollars in remembrance of his deceased brother Frederick Braun.

Witnessed by Frederick Dreysinger and Jacob Werth
Will dated 11^th March 1858
Approved and entered 17^th April 1858
Died 1^st April 1858
No Inventory

Georg married Wilhelmine Prenkert 12 Feb 1829, Wilgartswiesen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Wilhelmine (daughter of Conrad Prenket and Margaret Roth) was born 1807, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Wilhelmina Ranket? Breuket? Prenkest
• Name: Wilhelmine Braun
• Name: Wilhelmine Schlueter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84595
• Residence: 1833, Wilgartswiesen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-165487
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Jacob Winkler
• Eby ID Number: 00129-8034.2
• Immigration: 1 Sep 1834, New York City, New York, USA.
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Immigration:
Arrived on the ship Yazoo, also on ship was Mathias Hauk.

George — Regina Dorothea Schneider. Regina was born 20 Oct 1797, , Germany; died 28 Jan 1877; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Regina Dorothea Winkler
• Eby ID Number: 00129-8034.3
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran