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

Magdalena Brower

Female 1829 - 1872  (42 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Magdalena Brower was born 28 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John G. Brower and Catharine Clemmer); died 28 Jan 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magdalena Sararas
    • Eby ID Number: 00017-1359
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

    Notes:

    Magdalena Brower," the eldest, was married to David Sararas. They resided near Freeport, Ontario, where she died January 28th, 1872, leaving a large family."


    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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Magdalena married David L. Sararas 20 Feb 1849, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. David (son of Andrew Sararas and Elizabeth Livergood) was born 5 Sep 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1892, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Lydia Sararas was born 11 Aug 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Oct 1921, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA.
    2. Nancy B. Sararas was born 10 Nov 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Apr 1926; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.
    3. Mary Sararas was born 5 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Aug 1917; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth B. "Eliza" Sararas was born 20 Jan 1856, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1933, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Aaron B. Surarus was born 23 Jan 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Menno B. Sararas was born 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1934; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Menna Sararas was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Lena Sararas was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Magdalena Sararas was born 17 Nov 1862, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Mar 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Caroline Sararas was born 20 Apr 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1924; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Jacob Sararas was born 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Ellen Sararas was born 13 May 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John G. Brower was born 10 Aug 1803, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Mar 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00017-1358
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

    Notes:

    John Brower,"a distant relative of Henry Brower who had settled at Preston, Ontario, in the year 1822, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, August 10th, 1803, and came to this country when a young man. He was a builder and contractor, and assisted in putting up many of our old bank barns of the northern part of the township of Waterloo. In October, 1829, he was married to Catharine, daughter of Henry H., and Magdalena (Clemens) Clemmer. She was born January 25th, 1812. After their marriage they moved to old Jacob Kolb's who then resided on the farm now owned by Joseph Kolb, near Breslau, where they resided until the following spring when they moved on their farm, now owned by Jacob Z. Kolb. After residing here for quite a few years, they sold this place and moved to near Centreville where they resided until his death (His death was caused by a limb of a tree falling on his head while engaged in making maple sugar.) which took place March 22nd, 1859. Some time after his death the widow went to Michigan and had her home with her son, Isaac, who resides at Harbor Springs, Michigan, when she died in 1885. Their family consisted of 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.].

    John married Catharine Clemmer Oct 1829. Catharine (daughter of Heinrich H. "Henry" Clemmer and Magdalena Clemens) was born 25 Jan 1812, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1885, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Catharine Clemmer was born 25 Jan 1812, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Heinrich H. "Henry" Clemmer and Magdalena Clemens); died 1885, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Brower
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1957

    Notes:

    Catharine Clemmer, "was born January 25th, 1812. She was married to John Brower who died March 22nd, 1859. She died at Harbor Springs, Michigan, in 1885. Their family consisted of 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.].

    Children:
    1. 1. Magdalena Brower was born 28 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jan 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. William Brower was born 16 Jun 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Aft 1881, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA.
    3. Abraham Brower was born Abt 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.
    4. John Brower was born 12 May 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.
    5. Henry Brower was born 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Isaac Brower was born 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Daniel Brower was born 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Moses C. Brower was born 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Joseph Brower was born 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Catharine Brower was born Abt 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , , Kent Co., Michigan.
    11. Mary Ann Brower was born 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Hooker Cemetery, Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Heinrich H. "Henry" Clemmer was born 18 Jul 1780, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (son of Henry Clemmer and Anna Honsberger); died 30 Apr 1851, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208736678
    • Name: Henry H. Clemmer
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1953
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 122, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    Henry H. Clemmer, "son of Henry Clemmer, was born in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 18th, 1780. On November 17th, 1805, he was married to Magdalena, daugher of Abraham and Mary (Steiner) Clemens. She was born in Lower Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, January 17th, 1784. After their marriage they moved to Bedminster, Bucks County, where he was rated as one of the "well-to-do" farmers, but owing to a defective title he lost nearly the whole of his money invested in the farm. After quitting the farm he moved to Philadelphia. In 1825, when his two brothers-in-law, Jacob and Abraham Clemens, moved to Canada, he accompanied them and settled near Berlin, (on the place now known as Dunke's old place, in Berlin) Waterloo County, Ontario, where he resided for a short time, then he moved to Preston, on the farm known as Henry Hagey's. Here he resided for four years, working at his trade, shoemaking. In December, 1830, they moved on the farm known as "Clemmer's Farm" two miles east of Berlin where they resided until their deaths. He died April 30th, 1851, and she died September 2nd, 1859. To them was born a family of seven 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.].

    Heinrich married Magdalena Clemens 17 Nov 1805. Magdalena (daughter of Abraham Clemens and Mary Steiner) was born 17 Jan 1784, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Sep 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Magdalena Clemens was born 17 Jan 1784, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Abraham Clemens and Mary Steiner); died 2 Sep 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42094641
    • Name: Magdalena Clemmer
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1780

    Notes:

    Magdalena Clemens, "was born January 17th, 1784. She was married, November 17th, 1805, to Henry Clemmer who was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 18th, 1780. They moved to Canada in 1825 and settled two miles east of Berlin where they both died. He died in May, 1851, and she died in September, 1859"

    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. Maria Clemmer was born 21 Jan 1807, Bedminster, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 5 Aug 1866, Nithburg, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario.
    2. Elizabeth Clemmer was born 8 Sep 1808, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 16 Jan 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Henry Clemmer was born 13 Jan 1810; died 24 Dec 1814.
    4. 3. Catharine Clemmer was born 25 Jan 1812, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1885, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan, USA.
    5. Joshua Clemmer was born 9 Sep 1813; died 1823, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
    6. Abraham C. "Abram" Clemmer was born 17 Sep 1815, Bedminster, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 9 Jan 1893, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Anna "Nancy" Clemmer was born 30 Jul 1817, Bedminster Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Sep 1887, , Kent Co., Michigan; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Henry Clemmer was born Abt 1752, Of, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (son of Rev. Valentine Clemmer); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1916.2

    Henry — Anna Honsberger. Anna was born Abt 1752, Of, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Anna Honsberger was born Abt 1752, Of, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Clemmer
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1916.4

    Children:
    1. Nancy Clemmer was born 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1847, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 6. Heinrich H. "Henry" Clemmer was born 18 Jul 1780, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died 30 Apr 1851, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Abraham Clemens was born 31 Dec 1752, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Abraham Clemens and Catharine Bachman); died 15 Sep 1808, Lederach, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried , Lower Salford Mennonite Cemetery, Harleyville, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48663096
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1777

    Notes:

    Abraham Clemens, "the second son of Abraham and Catharine Clemens, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, December 31st, 1752. He received the old homestead with 180 acres of land which he retained in his possession until his death. In 1785 he made another purchase of 76 acres of land. This, together with the 180 acres which he received from his father, make him the owner of 256 acres of land. In 1778 he was married to Mary Steiner who was born in July, 1754, and died September 11th, 1823. He died September 15th, 1808. To them were born 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.].

    Abraham married Mary Steiner 1778. Mary was born Jul 1754, Of, Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 11 Sep 1823. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Mary Steiner was born Jul 1754, Of, Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 11 Sep 1823.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1777.1

    Children:
    1. John Clemens was born 17 Jul 1779, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 29 Mar 1810.
    2. Catharine Clemens was born 21 May 1782, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 25 Jan 1869, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 7. Magdalena Clemens was born 17 Jan 1784, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Sep 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. George Clemens was born 1786, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Feb 1843.
    5. Jacob Clemens, Sr. was born 9 Feb 1788, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Apr 1876, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Deacon Abraham S. Clemens was born 7 Mar 1790, Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 25 Dec 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.