Grace Edna Gertrude Martin

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-71564

Absalom — Gertrude Hannah Mary Chapple. Gertrude was born 1896; died 1968; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Gertrude Hannah Mary Martin
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-71338

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6902.1
• Occupation: 1890, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, own farm
• Residence: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Paul M. Martin

Paul M. Martin, R.R. No. 3, Waterloo, who has been in ill health for the past four years, died at his home early today. Mr. Martin was born near St. Jacobs and was in his 71st year. He resided on the present farm for about 46 years.

Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. W. Martin, Elmira, and Mrs. M. Bauman, Waterloo township, five sons, Menno, Moose Jaw, Sask., Elum, Strasburg, Absolum, Waterloo, Alvin, Waterloo township and Paul at home. Two brothers, five sisters and 21 grandchildren also survive.

Kitchener Daily Record Dec 6 1937 pg 15

Paul married Lydian Shantz 4 Mar 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydian (daughter of Menno Shantz and Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Menno S. Shantz and Elizabeth Snider) was born 27 Mar 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1959, RR3 Waterloo, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lydian Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6902
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennnonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Lydia Ann Shantz, "was born March 27th, 1866. She is married to Paul M. Martin."


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.].

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Mrs. Lydiann Martin, 93, of St. Jacobs, died, Thursday, June 4, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Milton Bauman, RR 3, Waterloo, after a lengthy illness.

Born in Waterloo township, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Menno Shantz. Mrs. Martin was the last surviving member of her family.

Her husband, the late Paul M. Martin, died in 1937.

Surviving are four sons, Elam of Kitchener, Absalom of Waterloo and Alvin and Paul of RR 3, Waterloo; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, RR 1, Elmira, and Mrs Milton (Sussanna) Bauman, RR 3, Waterloo; 26 grand-children and 50 great-grandchildren. Two sons and one daughter predeceased her.

The body rested at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, until Saturday at 4 p.m. when removal was made to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Milton Bauman, for the service Sunday at 1:30 p.m. A public service followed at Martin's Mennonite meeting house. Burial was the adjoining cemetery.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00075-4495
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Absalom Martin, "was born November 1st, 1840, and died September 13th, 1887. On October 21st, 1862, he was married to Leah Musselman. They resided on the old "Jacob Cress Farm", adjoining that of his father's farm on the west. They have had a family of twelve children...The mother, since the decease of Mr. Martin, was married to Deacon Menno S. Shantz."


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.].

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MARTIN.-On the of September, in Waterloo county, Ontario, of typhoid fever, Absalom Martin, aged about 54 years. He was buried on the 16th. He leaves a large family and many relatives and friends to mourn his departure from their midst.


HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXIV, Number 21, November 1, 1887 - pg 333

Absalom married Leah Musselman 21 Oct 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of David Musselman and Esther Z. Martin) was born 3 May 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1921; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Leah Martin
• Name: Leah Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00083-4963
• Residence: 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Leah Musselman, "was born May 3rd, 1844. On October 21st, 1962, she was married to Absalom Martin who was born November 1st, 1840, and died September 13th, 1887. After Mr. Martin's death she was again married, December 2nd, 1894, to Deacon Menno S. Shantz."


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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00110-6896
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Menno S. Shantz, "was born April 16th, 1836. On November 9th, 1858, he was married to Elizabeth Schneider who was born November 29th, 1836, and died January 28th, 1893. On December 2nd, 1894, he was again married to Leah Musselman, widow of the late Absalom Martin. She was born May 3rd, 1844. After his first marriage he resided on the farm now in possession of Paul M. Martin, his son-in-law, where he resided until 1893, then moved on the old 'John Sitler Farm' where he still lives retired. In November, 1874, he was ordained at the David Eby Meeting House as deacon of the Mennonite Church for the Eby, Martin and Conestogo fields of labor, a position which he still holds. To him and his first wife were born eleven 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.].

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Erb Street (David Eby) Mennonite Church

Early services which began around 1837 were held in private homes. Land at the corner of Erb Street and Hallman Road, where the present-day cemetery is located, was donated by David Eby Sr. on July 14, 1851; a red brick church known as David Eby's Church was built in the same year. The first minister in the new church was Jacob M. Oberholtzer who served from 1852 to 1874. He was followed by Elias Schneider (1874-1889), Jonas Snider (1892-1900), Newton Weber (1921-1923), and Noah Hunsberger (1923-1929).
Due to a difference of opinion in the David Eby congregation, Sunday School classes were held at first in a private home, that of Levi Groff, beginning in 1887. The dissension which resulted culminated in a division in the church in 1889; the minister, Elias Schneider, and the deacon, Menno S. Shantz, left the church and joined with the Old Order Mennonites of Woolwich Township. The following year, 1890, saw the commencement of "Edification Meetings", which were held in the homes of members of the David Eby congregation. These meetings later became the Young People's Bible Meetings.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, it was recognized that the church building was either in need of repair or in need of complete replacement. Consideration was given to building a new church on the same site or on a site on King Street North. A decision was made to accept from Samuel S. Snider the donation of a parcel of land which was also on Erb Street, but nearer town. Excavation of the foundation for the new church began in the Spring of 1902. A dedication service was held on August 17, 1902. A parsonage was built in 1929 on land donated by Herbert Snider, the son of Samuel Snider. The church building was renovated and enlarged in 1949-1950; a dedication service was held on April 9, 1950. Further renovations were made in 1974.


Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

Menno married Elizabeth Snider 9 Nov 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Elias Snider and Hannah Bingeman) was born 29 Nov 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jan 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5820
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Elizabeth Snider, was born November 29th, 1836. On November 9th, 1858, she was married to Menno S. Shantz and died January 28th, 1893.


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.].