Francois Joseph "Joseph" Strub

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190033526
• Public Office: Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Justice of the Peace
• Name: Joseph J. P. Strub
• Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession North of Bleam's Road Lot 04, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59199
• Immigration: 1832, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Elected Office: 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor Wilmot Township
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1911, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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AGED WATERLOO COUNTY PIONEER PASSES AWAY

Funeral of the late Joseph Strub took place in St. Agatha.

One of Waterloo County's pioneer farmers was laid to rest at St. Agatha on Thursday morning in the person of Joseph Strub, who passed away at his residence. in the village of St. Clements on Monday. The funeral service it held 10 o'clock, at the Roman Catholic Church, interment taking place at the village cemetery. Rev. John Fehrenbach conducted the obsequies in the presence of many relatives and friends from the immediate vicinity and from Berlin and Waterloo, a community in which the aged and venerable tiller of the soil was well-known and highly respected. Six grandsons bore the remains to their last resting-place.

Joseph Strub was in his 87th year. When as a boy he emigrated to Canada from Germany with his parents, their first home being in Waterloo: Later the father engaged in farming on a site half-a-mile east of St. Agatha. Joseph Strub subsequently engaged in teaching in Wilmot township and following the death of his father became one of the most successful farmers in that community. He was a thriving spirit in the public affairs of Wilmot's early days. In 1868 he commenced a seven-year term as municipal councillor and,.also the municipality's tax-collector for fourteen years. He was also a director of the Wilmot Agricultural Society and in 1875 was appointed a Justice of the Peace. For the past twenty years he had lived retired on the old homestead. His declining years he spent at:his late home in St. Clements.

Of a family of ten children, six survive. They are Peter, Berlin; David and Joseph, Hamilton; Henry, St. Agatha; Mrs. J. Hartman, Zurich and Mrs. F. Helm, St. Clements; all of whom were in attendance at the last sad rites. The deceased's remaining descendants number fifty-one grandchildren and thirty-seven great grandchildren, His wife predeceased him eleven years.

The Berlin Daily Telegraph. Friday. February 11,1916 - page 4.

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Joseph Strub.

About a half mile east of the village in the home of this venerable and well known citizen now retired to enjoy the fruits of long years of busy toil during which he also has experienced some of the rough side of life. He was born in Alsace, Germany, on August 22nd, 1829. When he was about three years. of age his parents emigrated to Canada, their first abiding place being in Waterloo where they remained a year. That town then only contained D? Snider's store and the mill, from the latter to Hoffman's factory being cedar thicket. The father came to the present site of the home of the subject of this sketch, then a partially unexplored wilderness,it 1833. Here he began a clearing, the first trees felled being used in building a cabin for his family.

The young people of pleasure today will probably think the truth incredible when the writer recounts some of the hardships endured by this worthy pioneer and his wife in their struggle for a home in the woods. The year previous to this the father had been working by the day for Jacob Bricker, the Burkholders and others in Waterloo. During the first year of their struggle for existence in their wilderness home they would rise at three and four o'clock in the morning and walk to Waterloo, put in an honest day's work and then return home in the evening to toil until near midnight among the burning log heaps of the clearing. Frequently during the sugar-making season the mother would take 30 or 40 pounds of sugar upon her head and walk to Waterloo where she would dispose of it for three cents a pound in trade. Such were the early experiences of these patrons of toil, of which there are a number of witnesses at present living in Waterloo. The father died Dec. 27. 1880, aged 77 years, 8 months and 14 days. The mother followed him on July 24, 1891, aged 88 years, 5 months and 14 days. They had only two children, Joseph the subject of this sketch and the late Mrs. Michael Hergott.

Joseph had his first experience for himself after leaving the family circle, as clerk in the store of one William Charlton, a Scotchman, of Waterloo He was then about sixteen years of age and remained about a year. After that he followed school teaching, his first school being at St. Agatha, then in Preston and latterly in Wellesley village. He was married in 1850 to Miss Frederica, daughter of the late Philip Fisher, of near Strasburg, this county. They had eleven children, two bring deceased They also experienced many hardships. After marriage Mr. Strub worked three or four years as a carperter, and then returned to the old home stead where he remained until the death of his father and where he now resides a retired life enjoying with bis wife the fruits of their many years of patient toil and hardships. Their son Eugene is working the farm. The residence is a commodious stone structure and was erected in 1850. The farm contains 108 acres and is a choice tract of land on the Erb's road about six miles west of Berlin.

Mr. Strub was elected a member of the Wilmot Township Council in 1868, which office be held for seven years. For fourteen years he was collector of the township. From both offices he retired with an honorable record. In 1875 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, an office he still occupies. He was for six years a director of the Wilmot Township Agricultural Society. In his younger days he was a Tory, btt for the past twenty-three or four years he has staunchly espoused the principles of the Reform party. Having been identified with this section both as a farmer and in an official capacity he rests in peace and contentment with the congratulations of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, forty-five grand-children and two great grand- children.

His amiable wife, who has been his constant helpmate in all his years of toil, was born in Baden, Germany, Oct 11, 1830. Her parents moved to Canada in 1834 and settled between Hamilton and Dundas on a farm upon which was located the well known half way house. In 1844 the family moved to Strasburg where their father died in April 1869, aged 68 years.

H. N.

Waterloo County Chronicle 20 Oct 1898, p. 3


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Pioneer Farmer Laid To Rest

One of Waterloo County's pioneer farmers was laid to rest at St. Agatha on Thursday morning in the person of Joseph Strub, who passed away at his home in the village of St. Clements on Monday. The funeral service was held at 10 o'clock at the Roman Catholic Church, interment taking place at the village cemetery. Rev. Jolm Fehrenbach, C.R., conducted the obseuies in the presence of many relatives and friends from the immediate vicinity, Berlin and Waterloc, a community in which the aged and venerable tiller of the soil was well known and highly respected. Six grandsons bore the remains to their last resting-place.

Joseph Strub was in his 87th year. When a boy he emigrated to Canada with his parents, their first home being in Waterloo. Later the father engaged in farming on a site half a mile rast of the village of St. Agatha. Joseph Strub subsequently engaged in teaching in Wilmot Township, Wellesley and Preston. Following the death of his father he occupied the old homestead and became one of Wilmot Township's most successful farmers. He was a moving spirit in the public affairs of Wilmot's early days. In 1868 he commenced a seven year term as Township Councillor and be was also the municipality's tax collector for fourteen years. As a Justice of the Peace and director of the Wilmot Agricultural Society he also served the community. For the past twenty years he had lived retired, his declining years being spent at his late home in St. Clements.
Of a family of ten children six survive him. They are Peter, Berlin: David and Joseph, Hamilton; Henry St. Agatba. Mrs. H. Hartman Zurich and Mrs. F. Helm, St. Clements, all of whom attended the last sad rites. The deceased's remaining descendants number fifty-one grand-children and thirty-seven great-grand-children. His wife predeceased him eleven years ago.

The Berlin News Record Fri, Feb 11, 1916 ·Page 7
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Joseph is reported to have been born in Obereschbach, France, documentation needed.

Francois — Fredericka Agnes Fischer. Fredericka (daughter of Philip Fischer and Caroline Wilhelm) was born 11 Oct 1830, Önsbach, Ortenaukreis, Baden, Germany; died 11 Feb 1905, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Margaret Strub was born 27 Jun 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died 1913; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Peter Strub was born 6 Oct 1854, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Aug 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Catherina Strub was born 1856, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Heinrich "Henry" Strub was born 12 Nov 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1918, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Simon Strub was born 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Joseph F. Strub was born 16 May 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Agnes Strub was born 1861, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1901, Josephburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Eugene Strub was born 2 Nov 1863, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jul 1904; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
9. David J. Strub was born 14 Mar 1867, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
10. Carolina Strub was born 1868, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
11. Maria Anastasia "Mary" Strub was born 23 Oct 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1947; was buried , St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Name: Joseph Strub
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59167
• Residence: 1824, Soppe Le Haut, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Francois married Margareta "Margaret" Lugenbuller 1 Sep 1824, Soppe Le Haut, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Margareta was born 10 Nov 1802, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 24 Jul 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margareta "Margaret" Strub
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59168
• Residence: 1824, Soppe Le Haut, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic