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

Benjamin Johnson

Male 1817 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Johnson was born 1817, , USA (son of Abraham Janzen and Nancy Clemmer); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Benjamin Jahn
    • Name: Benjamin Janzen
    • Eby ID Number: 00061-4008
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

    Notes:

    Benjamin Janzen, "was married to Harriet Lutz. They reside in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County. They have a 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Benjamin — Harriet Lutz. Harriet (daughter of Daniel Lutz and Deborah Bolton) was born 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Leah Johnson was born 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Noah Johnson was born 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Abraham Janzen was born Abt 1775, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 1834, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00061-3997
    • Epidemic: 1834, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; Cholera

    Notes:

    Abraham Janzen, "(now spelled 'Johnson' by most of the descendants) a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, to which place his ancestors had moved from Holland about the year 1726. He was married to Nancy, daughter of Henry and Anna (Honsberger) Clemmer. She was a sister to Henry H. Clemmer who resided about two miles east of Berlin where he died April 30th,1851. She was born about the year 1778. Some time during the beginning of the present century they with their family of small children moved, with the Schwartzes and others, to Canada and finally settled in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, where he died of cholera in 1834. After his decease the widow was married to Jacob Bechtel. She died of paralysis while on a visit to Jacob Kolb's near Breslau in 1847. To Mr. Janzen and his wife was born 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.].

    Abraham — Nancy Clemmer. Nancy (daughter of Henry Clemmer and Anna Honsberger) was born 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1847, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Nancy Clemmer was born 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Henry Clemmer and Anna Honsberger); died 1847, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Nancy Bechtel
    • Name: Nancy Janzen
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1969

    Notes:

    Nancy Clemmer, "sister to Henry H. Clemmer, was born in 1778. She was married to Abraham Janzen. They resided in Blenheim, Oxford County, Ontario, where he died of cholera in 1834. She died of paralysis at Mr. Kolb's at Breslau in 1847. To them were born 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. Abraham Janzen was born , , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 1834, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. Henry Johnson was born Abt 1800, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 23 Oct 1837, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary C. Janzen was born 18 Jun 1802, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 26 Mar 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jacob Johnson was born Abt 1803, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
    5. John C. Johnson was born 30 Jul 1804, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Dec 1871, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Joseph Janzen was born Abt 1808, Of, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Enos Janzen was born 13 Sep 1814, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Jun 1889, Gaines, Kent, Michigan.
    8. Hannah Janzen was born 1817, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 5 Oct 1839, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. 1. Benjamin Johnson was born 1817, , USA; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  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. 7.  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. 3. Nancy Clemmer was born 1778, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1847, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Heinrich H. "Henry" Clemmer was born 18 Jul 1780, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died 30 Apr 1851, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Rev. Valentine Clemmer was born Abt 1720, Of, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Velte
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1916

    Notes:

    Valentine Clemmer, "(Velte), was the first by that name to come to America. Tradition has it that he came to Philadelphia in 1717 and thence to Montgomery County where we find him, in 1728, engaged in the ministry of the Mennonite Church. It is said that he was a bishop of the Mennonites ere his coming to America. It is not known to whom he was married nor what number of children he raised. We have the names of two sons, Abraham and Henry. There were other sons but their names have not been handed to the writer. Tradition has it that Abraham was married to a Maria Mosser and Henry to Anna Honsberger."


    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. Abraham Clemmer was born Abt 1750, Of, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 6. Henry Clemmer was born Abt 1752, Of, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.