Private Burkle Toman

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• Military: WW2
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-127486P

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78848P
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Salesman, General Store
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1945, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Ira — Ethel Kriesel. Ethel (daughter of Wilhelm "William" Kriesel and Elizabeth Hett) was born 4 Jul 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ethel Toman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75684P
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1945, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: 00059-3947.92
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Butcher
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Aaron drowned at the New Dundee Dam after a day at the market, he was with his brother-in-law Allan Bowman at the time.

Aaron married Samantha Hammacher 23 Feb 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Samantha (daughter of Jacob Hammacher and Nancy Jantz) was born 18 Aug 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Samantha Toman
• Eby ID Number: 00059-3947.91
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1922, 12 Benjamin St., New Dundee, Ontario

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233769929
• Name: William Kriesel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75676P
• Immigration: 1858, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tin Smith
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Naturalization: 1877
• Naturalization: 1877, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tin Smith
• Immigration: 1886, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Occupation: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Retired: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

William Kriesel

The death occurred at his home in New Dundee on Wednesday, Feb. 11th, of Mr. William Kriesel, in his 82nd year. The late Mr. Kriesel was in the hardware business in New Dundee for about 40 years and was well known in the neighborhood. Of late years he lived retired. Two sons and six daughters survive.

New Hamburg Independent, February 13, 1920

Residence:
Ledger for William Kriesel's hardware store, new Dundee. There is a series of eight ledger and account books for this hardware store dating from 1869-1949. The books includes many customers names as well as lists of items purchased and the cost of the goods.
Waterloo Historical Society

Wilhelm — Elizabeth Hett. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hett and Elisabeth Catharine) was born May 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jul 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Kriesel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75677P
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Family Photograph: Family of Samuel and Elizabeth Hunsberger Toman
• Name: Samuel Thoman
• Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00122-7517
• Occupation: 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Samuel Tohman, "was born March 28th, 1833. On October 6th, 1857, he was married to Lydia Hunsberger. He resides on his father's old homestead near New Dundee. They had a family of two daughters, Elizabeth and Lydia, when she died. After her decease of his wife he was married to Elizabeth Hunsberger, a cousin to his first wife. The second marriage took place May 14th, 1862. With his second wife he has fourteen 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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Toman. - Samuel Toman was born in the County of Waterloo, Ont., on March 28, 1833; died in the County of Oxford, Ont., on Oct. 29, 1922; aged 89 y. 7 m. 1 d. He was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church for sixty years or more, and it is confidently hoped by his many friends that he fell asleep in Jesus. He was the father of 16 children of whom 12 survive him. There are also 44 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 1 sister to mourn his loss. Funeral services largely attended at the Blenheim Mennonite Church on Nov. 1, 1922, conducted by the brethren M. H. Shantz and M. Hallman from Heb. 4: 9. Interred in the cemetery adjoining.

Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 34 - November 23, 1922

Samuel married Elizabeth Hunsberger 14 May 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of William B. Hunsberger and Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Hallman) was born 4 Jun 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Sep 1914, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Toman
• Eby ID Number: 00057-3864
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Elizabeth Honsberger, "was born June 4th, 1836. She was married to Samuel Tohman, a farmer. They reside near Bethel and have a family of fourteen 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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• Eby ID Number: 00049-3665
• Occupation: 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawmiller
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Jacob Hammacher, "was married to Mary Jantzen. They resided on the old "Hammacher Farm" east of Wilmot Centre for many years, then they moved to one of the Western States where he followed farming. They had a family of several children, but names were not received in time for publication."


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.].

Jacob married Nancy Jantz 28 Aug 1853, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of Henry Jantz) was born 11 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1922, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Jantz
• Name: Mary Jantzen
• Name: Mary Nancy Johnson
• Name: Nancy Hammacher
• Name: Nancy Jantzen
• Name: Nancy Johnson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121942
• Residence: 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist

Notes:

Died At Dundas, Ont., on Sunday, July 9th, 1922, Mrs. Jacob Hamacher Aged: 90 years, 11 months and 28 days. Funeral Will take place from the residence of her son, Mr. Emanuel Hamacher, Wilmot Centre, on Wednesday July 12th, at 1. 30 o'clock p m., to the Wilmot Centre Evangelical Church and Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

Funeral Card

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43145

Charles — Dora. Dora was born Abt 1805, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dora Kriesel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43146

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46108
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; mason
• Military: 1864; Civil War
• Residence: CA 1870, Baltimore, Baltimore (City), Maryland, USA

Notes:

Katharina Hett widow's pension application no.309279, certificate no. 237287 and combined with John Hett (Private Company E, 27th Michigan Infantry, Civil War) pension file, 1870; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications, 1861'961934; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C

John — Elisabeth Catharine. Elisabeth was born 1805, , Germany; died SUMMER 1855, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabeth Catharine Hett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46109

Notes:

(1) 14 Apr 1887 General Affidavit by [daughter] Anna McQuune - death summer of 1855 at Dundas, Ontario Affiant further states that she was about fifteen years of age at the time of her mothers death and she remembers distinctly all the proceeding of the time of her death and a record was made of the date which her father kept until he went away to the United States and joined the Army service that time. The record of the exact date of her mothers death has been lost and she cannot say positive the date but she knows it was very warm weather and she thinks it was in June or July 1855...

(2) 25 Apr 1887 General Affidavit by John B Hett, age 57 (born 1830) residing in Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "That he was well acquainted with John Hett for many years before he went as a soldier in the 27 Mich Regt in the ear, in the US and of his own personal knowledge he knows his first wife Elizabeth Hett died at Dundas in the summer of 1855 about the time of the great epidemic of cholera in that country and she was buried in one of the burying grounds near Dundas Ontario. Affiant futher states he went to Sundaso and got the children of John Hett who was left without a home when the mother died and that he got the old family Bible of said John Hett which had the record made in it of the exact date of the death of said wife Elizabeth but he is now unable to find said Bible to refresh his memory but he is quite certain the date was in July 1855 or it may have been 1854 but he knows positively that said wide Elizabeth died there at Dundas out about that time...

(3) 25 Apr 1887 General Affidavit by Casper Hett , age 54 of Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "That he was well acquainted with John Hett and his family for many years. That he has personal knowledge of the fact that Elizabeth Hett, the first wife of said John Hett died at and was buried at Dundas, Ontario about June or July 1855 and that he had not remairred at the time he went to the US and joined the army about 1862. Affiant further states that after the death of said John Hett at Dundas his relative John B Hett went and got some of his children and brought them to Berlin to live and of them (Henry Hett by name) learned the trade of a printer of him but he, Henry Hett is now away in the US now and he does not know his address. also he heard that the aforesaid soldier (John Hett) has again married and was living in Baltimore Md US that he cannot now give any date positive more than is above given as to the time said Elizabeth Hett died but he knows that is about the date is not the exact date."

(4) 27 May 1887 - General Affidavit by Elizabeth Kriesel, age 41 of New Dundee, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "That she is the daughter of the aboved mentioned John Hett and his first wife Elizabeth Hett, that she remembers distinctly her mother's death in 1855 while they lived in the town of Dundas Wentworth Co Ontario. That she was a young girl at home at the time and was present at the funeral and saw her mother buried in one of the burial grounds a little ways out of the Town of Dundas but the exact date she is unable to state. that a record was made which her father kept but a few years after he went away to the United States and joined the army and she thinks the record was then lost she saw her father when he made a visit to Ontario about 1870. he informed her that he had again married and that he then lived in Baltimore US when she has since learned he died."

Source: Katharina Hett widow's pension application no.309279, certificate no. 237287 and combined with John Hett (Private Company E, 27th Michigan Infantry, Civil War) pension file, 1870; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications, 1861'961934; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C

transcribed by Juliet Russell