Lovina M. Geiger

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• Name: Lovina M. Shultz
• Eby ID Number: 00038-3067
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Housekeeper, Fathers House

Notes:

Lovina M. Geiger, "was born April 16th, 1871. She is also home yet and unmarried."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

Lovina — Shultz. was born Abt 1871; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00038-3062
• Residence: 1874, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Minister
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1884, Breslau Missionary Church, Breslau, Ontario; minister
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Minister
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Peter Geiger, "(Second Peter was born after the decease of the first one) the seventh child of David and Barbara (Steinacker) Geiger, was born near Wilmot Centre, January 11th, 1835. On January 1st, 1858, he was married to Mary Ann Wilson who was born February 19th 1840, and died November 25th, 1873. After the decease of his first wife he was married to Annie Byer, widow of the late J. Lemon Connor, October 6th, 1874. At present they reside in Breslau, Ontario. Soon after the Mennonite Brethren in Christ were fully organized in 1874, he entered the ministry of that body and was a diligent laborer for Christ and His kingdom. He did good work on every field where he was stationed. Of late years he had to retire from active service owing to failing in health. His family consisted 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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Breslau Missionary Church

Meetings are reported to have been held in 1872 in a building at the corner of Woolwich Street and Mader Lane by a group who were followers of Solomon Eby. Conferences to consider reorganization of the church were held in 1874 and 1875, the most important of which was considered to have been the meeting at the Bloomingdale Mennonite Church on May 23, 1875. Members of the New Mennonites and the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites joined together at that meeting as the United Mennonites. At a meeting in Blair in 1879 a union, called the Evangelical United Mennonites, was formed from the United Mennonites and the Evangelical Mennonites. Four years later, in 1883, the Ohio Brethren in Christ (Tunker) joined with the Evangelical United Mennonites to form the Mennonite Brethren in Christ.

Dedication services were held on Christmas Day, 1882, for the new Breslau Mennonite Church which had been built during the year. Henry Goudie was minister to the congregation from 1881-1884. He was followed by Peter Geiger (1884-1885) and Frank Moyer (1885-1886). Solomon Eby, a member of the congregation who was minister from 1886-1889, had been one of the organizers on May 15, 1874 of the Reforming Mennonites.

On May 6, 1959 a decision was made to construct an 1800 square foot addition to the church. The sanctuary was enlarged and new pews were installed in 1978; dedication was in September of that year. Rev. Leonard DeWitt, president of the Missionary Church was guest speaker on Sunday, November 21, 1982, when the church's 100th Anniversary service was held. Of interest: the sign eteched in the glass above the doors on the northwest side of the back section reads "United Missionary Church."

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

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Bethany Missionary Church

A congregation of Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites was organized at a meeting on May 15, 1874 by a group of church members who had been excommunicated from their former church. A conference at Bloomingdale on March 23, 1875 resulted in the union of Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites and New Mennonites into a new group known as United Mennonites. In 1883, the congregation became a Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church and was to remain as such for the next sixty-four years. In November 1947 the General Conference held in Potsdam, Ohio approved a change of name to United Missionary Church. During meetings held from March 12 to 16, 1969 the former United Missionary Church and the former Missionary Church Association joined together to form The Missionary Church.

Early meetings of what would become known as Bethany Mennonite Church were held in homes until the summer of 1877 when a church was built on the present site on Lancaster Street East, at the future corner of that street and Chapel Street. The church was the twelfth one to be built in Berlin. Completion and dedication of the new church was in late December, 1877. Services were held in German in the beginning with English-language services being introduced in the 1880s. In 1900 a decision was made to have German-language services every other Sunday morning. A vestibule, new platform, and altar rail were added to the 1877 building in 1900, but it wasn't many years later that the need for a new and larger church became pressing. The old church was torn down in 1908 to make way for construction of a new one on the same site. Dedication Sunday was September 20, 1908. Of interest is the fact that a large tent, pitched at the back of the church property, was used for church services in the interim. The new church was known as the Berlin Congregation of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. About this same time occasional references were made to the name of Bethany. A violent storm and high winds on the evening of November 29, 1919 caused the front part of the church roof to be lifted off. Major renovations to finish the basement and add a new heating system were made to the church in 1940, and in 1964 an Educational Wing was added.

The first pastor was Moses Weber. He was followed by Peter Geiger, John McNally and John Steckley. Pastor C.F. Krauth was minister in 1908 when the new red brick church was built. He was followed by Cyrus N. Good, Silas Cressman and Ephraim Sievenpiper. Of interest: annual Camp Meetings were held by the congregation in Samuel Schneider's woods through the years 1887-1910.

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

Peter married Mary Ann Wilson 1 Jan 1858. Mary was born 19 Feb 1840; died 25 Nov 1873. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Ann Geiger
• Eby ID Number: 00038-3062.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00038-3042
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

David Geiger, "the eldest, was born in Germany, March 17th, 1796. He was first married to Elizabeth Ludebihl. They resided near Wilmot Centre, Waterloo County, where she died. After her decease he was married to Barbara Steinacker. He died April 9th, 1870. His 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.].

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There is a marriage in the Wellington District Marriage Register of a " David Geiger to Maria Moser, both of Wilmot 13 Apr 1852, by Rev. Eby, Witnesses Magdalena Eby and Maria Benner". It is possible that this is the marriage to the third wife as she may have been a widow.

David — Barbara Steinacker. Barbara was born 17 Sep 1798, , Germany; died 17 Oct 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239013188
• Name: Barbara Geiger
• Eby ID Number: 00038-3042.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00038-3042.1

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Peter Geiger, "The three Geigers, David, Ulrich, and Daniel, sons of Peter Geiger, (Information received from the late John Ernst) were born in the Palatinate, Germany, and emigrated to this country about the year 1820.


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.].