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Magdalena S. "Mattie" Mayer

Female 1889 - 1955  (65 years)


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  1. 1.  Magdalena S. "Mattie" Mayer was born 15 May 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Christian L. Mayer and Barbara Spenler); died 1955; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27505544
    • Name: Magdalena S. "Mattie" Bast
    • Name: Mattie Mayer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77114
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Magdalena married Moses S. Bast 31 Jan 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Moses (son of Jacob E. Bast and Anna B. "Nancy" Swartzentruber) was born 9 Jun 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Oct 1959, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Mable Bast was born 8 Mar 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1999; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Ervin Bast was born 11 Jan 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Aug 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Dorothy Bast was born 9 Mar 1918.
    4. Edna Bast was born 17 Mar 1912; died 12 Jul 1988; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Christian L. Mayer was born 18 Jan 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johannes P. "John" Mayer and Magdalena "Lena" Litwiller); died 11 Jan 1921, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Christian Meyer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77112
    • 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; Amish
    • Occupation: 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Odd Jobs
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mayer. - Bro. Christian Mayer was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Jan 18, 1855; died Jan. 11, 1921; aged 65 y. 11 m. 23 d. Sept. 10, 1879 he was married to Barbara Spenler. To this union were born 1 son and 3 daughters. The son predeceased him in infancy. He leaves his bereaved widow, 3 daughters, 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers, and 1 sister. Remains were laid to rest at Steinman's cemetery, followed by a large concourse of relatives and friends. Services conducted by Bros. D. H. Steinman and Christian Gascho

    Gospel Herald - Volume XIII, Number 48 - February 24, 1921 - page 951, 952

    Christian married Barbara Spenler 10 Jun 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of Peter J. Spenler and Catharine Kennel) was born 4 Sep 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Barbara Spenler was born 4 Sep 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Peter J. Spenler and Catharine Kennel); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Barbara Mayer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77113
    • Residence: 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. John Meyer was born 9 May 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Sarah Mayer was born Aug 1882, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Elisabeth Mayer was born 1 Jan 1885, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1934, Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA; was buried , Sand Ridge Cemetery, Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA.
    4. 1. Magdalena S. "Mattie" Mayer was born 15 May 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1955; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Johannes P. "John" Mayer was born 11 Apr 1834, , Ontario, Canada (son of Christian Mayer and Magdalena "Mattie" Petersheim); died 31 Mar 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: John P. Mayer
    • Name: John P. Meyer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38513
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Johannes — Magdalena "Lena" Litwiller. Magdalena (daughter of Rev. Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti) was born 18 Jan 1831, , Ontario, Canada; died 31 May 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Magdalena "Lena" Litwiller was born 18 Jan 1831, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Rev. Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti); died 31 May 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magdalena "Lena" Mayer
    • Name: Mattie Litwiller
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38514
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. 2. Christian L. Mayer was born 18 Jan 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1921, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. John L. Mayer was born 15 Oct 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Mar 1931, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA; was buried , Pigeon River Mennonite Church Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, United States.
    3. Peter L. Moyer was born 27 Jan 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Sep 1932; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth Mayer was born 4 Nov 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Mar 1922, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Peter J. Spenler was born 1812, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 5 Nov 1893, Poole, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78804

    Notes:

    Baden

    Mr. Peter Spenler a former resident of this place and one of the Wilmot pionneers died in Poole at the age of 80 years.

    Waterloo County Chronicle, 23 Nov 1893, p. 8

    Peter — Catharine Kennel. Catharine (daughter of Jean Kennel and Elizabeth Saltzman) was born 1818, Macheren, , Lorraine, France; died 25 Dec 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Catharine Kennel was born 1818, Macheren, , Lorraine, France (daughter of Jean Kennel and Elizabeth Saltzman); died 25 Dec 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59515341
    • Name: Catharine Spenler
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78806

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth K. Spenler was born 4 Feb 1851; died 7 Feb 1931.
    2. John K. Spenler was born 21 Sep 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jun 1928, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Catherine Spenler was born 15 Aug 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Peter K. Spenler was born 22 Apr 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jun 1935, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Poole West Amish Mennonite Cemetery, Poole, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 3. Barbara Spenler was born 4 Sep 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Christian Mayer was born 1805, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38137

    Christian — Magdalena "Mattie" Petersheim. Magdalena was born 1803, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Magdalena "Mattie" Petersheim was born 1803, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magdalena "Mattie" Mayer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169632

    Children:
    1. 4. Johannes P. "John" Mayer was born 11 Apr 1834, , Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Susanna Meyer was born 28 May 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Sep 1916, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Joseph P. Mayer was born 31 May 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Mar 1909, Kalona, Washington, Iowa, United States; was buried , Lower Deer Creek Cemetery, Kalona, Washington, Iowa, USA.
    4. Veronica Mayer was born 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1878, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    5. Christina Mayer was born CA 1838; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Joel Mayer was born 13 Mar 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Nov 1917, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Rev. Peter Litwiller was born 8 Jan 1809, Illfurth, , Alsace, France (son of Jacob Litwiller and Anna Maria Maurer); died 7 Jul 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24854
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Religious leader

    Notes:

    Litwiller, Peter (1809-1878)

    Peter Litwiller was born 8 January 1809, in Illfurth, Upper Alsace. His parents were Anna Maria (the name she went by) Maurer and Jacob Litwiller. Jacob died in 1814. Widow Maria, three married daughters and their families, two single daughters and Peter left France and arrived in New York on 12 July 1827.

    On their arrival in Waterloo, they selected lots in the newly-surveyed centre block in Wilmot Township and set to work. Young Peter selected Lot 7, on the north side of Erb's Road, but did little work on his own lot until after his marriage to Elizabeth Lichti in 1830. By 1835, however, he had completed his settlement duties and received his patent for the front fifty acres from the Crown.

    In 1838 Peter bought a little notebook which he called his "Notizbuch." It illustrates the settlers' system of bartering goods and services. Litwiller frequently hired persons by the day or to do certain tasks. This may have been the labourer's only way to get a little needed cash as much as Litwiller's need for assistance. Goods supplied in exchange for work might be yarn for stockings, material for a coat, a pound of "dubock" (tobacco), or postage for a letter. A study of the names appearing in Litwiller's notebook is a veritable "who's who" of new Amish-Mennonite arrivals in Canada. Litwiller also had dealings with his non-Amish neighbours, most of whom were Roman Catholic.

    Peter's compassionate business acumen won for himself the respect of his co-religionists and, at the age of 28, he was chosen for the ministry in the Wilmot Amish Mennonite congregation in 1845. That was also the year that he served as one of the trustees who purchased the school site which the Amish had established at the site of the present St. Agatha Mennonite Church.

    Peter's brother-in-law, Rudolph Roth, a gifted preacher, had been ordained minister in 1835 and bishop in 1843. Family relationships during the next few years must have been very trying for Peter and his sisters and in-laws when Rudolph Roth, his wife Maria (nee Litwiller), Jacob and Barbara (Litwiller) Gardner, and Veronica (Litwiller) Gingerich (but not her husband) joined the Reformed Mennonites . Rudolph's early demise in 1853 removed him from any conflict which Peter might have had with him.

    Rudolph's leaving the Amish-Mennonite fold and the deaths of both Bishop John Oesch in Hay and Bishop Christian Miller in Wilmot, left the aged Bishop Christian Wagler, recent immigrant from Alsace, as the only bishop for the whole Amish-Mennonite constituency. It must have been Bishop Wagler who ordained Peter Litwiller that same year, and after Wagler's death the following year, Peter was left with bishop oversight over the whole Amish-Mennonite community from Wilmot to Lake Huron.

    Joseph Ruby was ordained bishop for the South Easthope-East Zorra congregation in 1853 and John Jantzi for the North Wilmot-Wellesley congregation in 1859. The Hay congregation, however, did not ordain a bishop, and were served by those in East Zorra or Wilmot for the next 100 years.

    Peter Litwiller's farm buildings were across the street and up the road a short distance from the Catholic Church. In 1857, a dedicated young man by the name of Eugene Funcken arrived in St. Agatha to serve in the Congregation of the Resurrection. Father Funcken was full of zeal and energy. These two men might have had good reasons to ignore each other, at best, or engage in a running feud, at worst, but they did neither. According to family tradition, they met with each other regularly to discuss topics of a religious nature. They set the stage for a peaceful community, rather than one where various factions are in conflict.

    Peter Litwiller died 7 July 1878. It is said that when the funeral cortege passed the Catholic church on its way to the Amish cemetery, Father Funcken had the bells tolled. A broadside printed at the time of his death is also attributed to Father Funcken. In it he extolled the bishop's character and his ministry.1

    1Roth, Lorraine. "Litwiller, Peter (1809-1878)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. October 2004. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 Nov 2005

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    Herald of Truth - Volume XV, Number 8 - August 1878, pages 141, 143 and 144

    LITZWILER.-July 8th, of long suffering with rheumatism, PETER LITZWILER, bishop of the Amish Mennonite church, at the age of 69 years, 5 months and 27 days. He was beloved by all who knew him.



    Peter married Elizabeth Lichti 1830. Elizabeth (daughter of Johannes F. "John" Lichti and Magdalena Joder) was born 2 Oct 1808, , France; died 25 Feb 1882; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Lichti was born 2 Oct 1808, , France (daughter of Johannes F. "John" Lichti and Magdalena Joder); died 25 Feb 1882; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Elizabeth Litwiller
    • Name: Lizzie Lichty
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24855
    • Immigration: 9 Jul 1825, New York City, New York, USA.
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Immigration:
    Departed Le Harve, France on the passenger ship "Elizabeth" arrived New York City 9 Jul 1825"
    John Leichy, age 67, farmer, from France
    Madelina Leichty, age 52
    Joseph Leichty,, age 26
    Maria Leichty, age 18
    Elizabeth Leichty, age 16
    Nicholas Leichty, 1

    Children:
    1. 5. Magdalena "Lena" Litwiller was born 18 Jan 1831, , Ontario, Canada; died 31 May 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna Maria Litwiller was born 16 Aug 1833, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Maple View Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Catharina "Catherine" "Katherine" Litwiller was born 20 Dec 1833, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Jacob Litwiller was born 1835, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Barbara Litwiller was born 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Veronica "Fannie" Litwiller was born 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. John Litwiller was born 25 Sep 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Peter L. Litwiller was born 23 Nov 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Aug 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Elizabeth L. Litwiller was born 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Rev. Christian Litwiller was born 13 Sep 1848, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1924, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Anna Litwiller was born 26 May 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1915; was buried , Riverside Cem., Elkton, Huron, Michigan, United States.

  5. 14.  Jean Kennel was born 1780; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77557

    Jean — Elizabeth Saltzman. Elizabeth was born 1791; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Elizabeth Saltzman was born 1791; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Kennel
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232875

    Children:
    1. 7. Catharine Kennel was born 1818, Macheren, , Lorraine, France; died 25 Dec 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kropf/Baden Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Jacobina Kennel was born 1823, , France; died 28 Jul 1909.
    3. Johann "John" Kennel was born 14 Jul 1825, , France; died 21 Jul 1904; was buried , East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.


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