Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Herbert Hiram Huff

Male 1898 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Herbert Hiram Huff was born 23 Aug 1898, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Adam S. Huff and Margaret Baetz); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89836
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Adam S. Huff was born Jan 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Huff, son of Adam Huff and Veronica S. "Fanny" Seibert); died 27 Oct 1939, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 28 Oct 1939, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00109-6530.7
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
    • Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tin Smith, Foundry
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Notes:

    ADAM S. HUFF

    PRESTON, Oct 27— A native of Kitchener, Adam S. Huff, 73, of 665 Hamilton street, died at his home here today. Deceased, who has been a resident of Preston for 53 years, was employed at Clare Bros. for 51 years. He was a charter member of the mutual benefit society of that plant. Mr. Huff was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. George Elliott and Mrs. Charles TohImam both of Detroit, Mrs. R. R. Forbes of Ottawa, two sons, William A. and Herbert H. of Detroit, two sisters, Mrs. Peter Ulrop and Mrs. George Giller of Kitchener, one brother, Alfred Huff of Kitchener and three grandchilden. The funeral will be held on Saturday from the residence at 2: 30 o'clock with interment in Preston Cemetery.

    Kitchener Daily Record 27 Oct 1939 pg 19

    Adam married Margaret Baetz 12 Nov 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of George Heinrich Baetz and Elizabeth Schaefer) was born 25 Aug 1867, , , Germany; died 1966; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Margaret Baetz was born 25 Aug 1867, , , Germany (daughter of George Heinrich Baetz and Elizabeth Schaefer); died 1966; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Maggie Baetz
    • Name: Margaret Huff
    • Eby ID Number: 00109-6530.66
    • Immigration: 1884, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1887, , Canada

    Children:
    1. Hilda Emma Huff was born 30 Aug 1890, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. William Adam Huff was born 12 Jun 1892, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Clarence Huff was born 12 Jun 1892, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Erna Margaret Huff was born 8 Nov 1895, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 1. Herbert Hiram Huff was born 23 Aug 1898, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Hellen Huff was born Jan 1905, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Helen Elizabeth Huff was born 15 Jan 1905, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Adam Huff was born 16 May 1829, , Hesse, Germany; died 31 May 1902, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128404632
    • Eby ID Number: 00109-6530.1
    • Immigration: 1850, , Canada
    • Naturalization: 1852
    • Occupation: 1852, Lancaster Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Retired: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Adam Huff, an old inhabitant of Bridgeport, died there early Saturday morning. On the Sunday before last, he attended the German Baptist church here on foot, as usual. On Tuesday, he suffered a stroke, as a result of which, he was completely paralysed, and on Saturday, he passed away. He was married for nearly fifty years and the family was already making arrangements for the golden wedding next summer. Burial took place on Monday afternoon in Bridgeport. Among the children, the following still survive: Henry in Bloomingdale; Adam in Preston; D.A. in Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. H. Whitehead and Mrs. G. Giller in Berlin; Mrs. Chas. Schmidt in Milan, Mich.; Mrs. W. Reichert in Bridgeport; Mrs. Albert Zieman in Guelph; Mrs. P.N. Ulrop, in Newark, N.J.

    Berliner Journal June 5, 1902 Page 4 - Column 2 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk for the Kitchener Public Library

    Adam married Veronica S. "Fanny" Seibert 7 ???, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Veronica (daughter of Jacob Seibert and Elizabeth Stein) was born 18 Jan 1836, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1919, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Veronica S. "Fanny" Seibert was born 18 Jan 1836, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Seibert and Elizabeth Stein); died 25 Sep 1919, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206804342
    • Name: Fannie Siebert
    • Name: Fanny Seibert
    • Name: Veronica S. "Fanny" Huff
    • Eby ID Number: 00109-6530
    • Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Naturalization: 1852
    • Residence: 1852, Lancaster Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Notes:

    Veronica S. Seibert, "was born January 18th, 1836. On December 7th, 1852, she was married to Adam Huff, a tailor. They reside in Bridgeport, Ontario, where they have had a family of nine 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.].

    Children:
    1. Lydia Huff was born 30 Oct 1853, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1911, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    2. Henry Nelson Huff was born 2 Sep 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1932, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Margaret Huff was born 26 Mar 1858, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1938, Milan, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; was buried , Marble Park Cemetery, Milan, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
    4. Elisabeth Huff was born 24 Oct 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Jane Huff was born 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 2. Adam S. Huff was born Jan 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1939, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 28 Oct 1939, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Matilda Huff was born 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1948; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Emma Huff was born 9 Jul 1870, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Alfred Huff was born 2 Sep 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  George Heinrich Baetz was born 7 Apr 1836, , Hessen, Germany; died 4 Feb 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00109-6530.67
    • Immigration: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1887, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1890, , Canada
    • Naturalization: 1897
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer Factory
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    George — Elizabeth Schaefer. Elizabeth was born Abt 1840, Of, , Germany; died Bef 1911, , Germany. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Schaefer was born Abt 1840, Of, , Germany; died Bef 1911, , Germany.

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    • Name: Elizabeth Baetz
    • Eby ID Number: 00109-6530.68

    Children:
    1. Anna Eva Baetz was born 5 Jul 1862, , Germany; died 1947; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Margaret Baetz was born 25 Aug 1867, , , Germany; died 1966; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Adam Baetz was born 21 Jul 1869, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Jacob Seibert was born 1799, , Bavaria, Germany; died 1876, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00109-6505
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

    Notes:

    Jacob Seibert, "whose parents were natives of Switzerland, was born in Bavaria, Germany, about the year 1798. In 1822 he was married to Elizabeth Stein who was born probably in 1800 (She was two years his junior in age). In the year 1827 they, with their family of one child, emigrated to America and settled in Welland County, Ontario, nearly opposite the city of Buffalo, New York, where they resided for a little more than a year. From here they moved to Waterloo County and settled temporarily a little east of Berlin. (In the old log house that stood at the side of the road on Mr. Jas. Brubacher's farm, along this marsh where now Peter M. Weber resides). From here they moved to Wilmot Township and settled on lot No. 4,(Farm now possessed by C. Deitrich) Upper Road, where they resided until their family had arrived at maturity. When old the parents made their home with their son, John, who resides at Petoskey, Michigan, where she died in August, 1870, and he died in 1876. To them was born a family of six 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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    It is possible that Jacob was married 18 Mar 1828 in Waldfischbach, Bayern, Germany. More research is needed.

    Jacob — Elizabeth Stein. Elizabeth was born 1797, , Bavaria, Germany; died Aug 1870, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Elizabeth Stein was born 1797, , Bavaria, Germany; died Aug 1870, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Seibert
    • Eby ID Number: 00109-6505.1
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

    Children:
    1. Jacob S. Seibert was born 4 Jul 1823, , Bavaria, Germany; died 11 Sep 1904, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Adam S. Seibert was born 7 May 1828, Atlantic Ocean; died 14 May 1886, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. John S. Seibert was born 10 Sep 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 1914, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States.
    4. Henry S. Seibert was born 17 Jul 1834, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Bef 1901.
    5. David Seibert was born 1836, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 5. Veronica S. "Fanny" Seibert was born 18 Jan 1836, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1919, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.