Jacob Mahlon "Mahlon" Zurbrigg

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• Name: Mahlon Zurbrigg
• Eby ID Number: 000132-8136.6
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Apprentice Harness Maker
• Residence: 1930, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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J. MAHLON ZURBRIGG

A former resident of New Hamburg and London, J. Mahlon Zurbrigg, 86, passed away March 27 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel (Hope) Sivertz, New Haven, Connecticut.

Prior to 1929 when he operated a hospital supply firm in London, the late Mr. Zurbrigg taught modern languages in secondary schools at Galt, Parkhill, Glencoe and Winchester.

Surviving besides his daughter, Hope, a son, C. Marton of London; a sister. Miss M. Tusle Zurbrigg, New Hamburg; and one brother, Dr. D. Anton Zurbrigg of Philadelphia, Pa.; eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Mr. Zurbrigg was predeceased by his wife, the former Sadie Lacey in 1947; a son, D'arcy, a pilot with the RCAF in 1943, and a daughter, Mrs. Lorne (Jean) Roth of Exeter, in 1964.

The funeral service was held Saturday at Logan Funeral Home, London, with Rev. Dr. Water officiating. Burial was in Mount Pleasant cemetery, London.

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• Occupation: harness maker
• Eby ID Number: 000132-8136.1
• Immigration: 1846, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harnessmaker
• Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harness Maker
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harness Maker
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saddler
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

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Death of Jacob Zurbrigg

There passed away at his home here on Friday, December 31st, a highly esteemed resident in the person of Mr. Jacob Zurbrigg, after a short illness, in his 81st year. Deceased was born at Frutigan, Switzerland, on May 17th, 1846, and came with his parents to Canada at the age of about one year and spent the greater part of his life in Waterloo County. He followed the trade of harness-maker at New Dundee for some years, but for the past thirty-five years resided in New Hamburg, where he engaged in the grocery business, milling business and harness-making at different times. He was married in 1869 to Barbara Wing, who survives him, besides two daughters, Rebecca, (Mrs. Mussleman), of Kitchener, Thursday, at home, and three sons, Daniel, of Philadelphia, Mahlon, of New Hamburg, and Charles, of Lucan, also seven grandchildren, one brother and two sisters. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon from his late home to Riverside Cemetery, and was conducted by Rev. S.R. Knechtel, pastor of the Evangelical Church. A large circle of relatives and friends were in attendance.

New Hamburg Independent Jan 7 1927 pg 5

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Flour Mill Badly Damaged.

New Hamburg, On., Aug 9 - Fire in the New Hamburg flour mill last night did $20,000 damage. The was owned by Jacobd Zurbrigg and occupied by J. Clelens & Co., both losing heavily. There is insurance for $6,000.

Free Press Prairie Farmer, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 13 Aug 1902 pg 9

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The Mill Fire

Early on the warm August 8 evening in 1902, while local residents were enjoying a variety program staged by a Chautauqua group at the local school yard, cries of "fire" and the sounding of the town bell could be heard to signal for help to fight a blaze.

Little Elena Betzer, whose father, Isaac, had been head miller at the local flour mill, had been taken to the evening program to mark her ninth birthday day.

Soon a column of thick smoke arose over the downtown area. This was a spectacular fire, for it was at the local flour and grist mill in the heart of the village. The large three-storey frame building was soon engulfed in flames and in a short time was razed to the ground. This was the mill built by William Scott in 1848, a half century before. It had a colourful history, having passed through the hands of a succession of owners and operators, and had been extensively damaged in the 1889 boiler explosion.

The economic loss was to affect not only the owners and employees but also the community as well, for it drew farmers and their families for miles around who shopped and transacted business in town as well as at the mill.

Mrs. Edward Pfaff, bride of New Hamburg's newest barber, who had recently moved to town, stood at the window of the couple's temporary home in the Queen's Hotel, (now 73-77 Peel Street) just a hundred meters from the mill. She watched with a mixture of apprehension and awe at the scene as flames and smoke billowed into the air, carrying sparks and embers over the buildings nearby.

Embers and burning shingles settled on nearby roofs, some of which began to smoulder. Residents
and building occupants busily carried pails of water to douse flames. New Hamburg's steam-powered fire engine Chugged valiantly, but to little avail. The frame building was doomed, and it burned to the foundation. The loss of the mill would have a definite impact on its patrons and the economy of the village as well.

From: New Hamburg as it really was…. By Ernst E. Ritz

Jacob married Barbara Wing 28 Sep 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of Daniel Wing and Mary Luckebiehl) was born 10 Dec 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1952; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Zurbrigg
• Eby ID Number: 000132-8136
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

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Barbara Wing, "is married to Jacob Zurbrigg. They reside in New Hamburg, Ontario, and have 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.].

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• Name: Anthony Zurbrigg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144568
• Occupation: 1877, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper

Anton — Magdalena Traschel. Magdalena was born 1 Jun 1806, , Switzerland; died 9 Dec 1850; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Zurbrigg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29556
• Death: 1949

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• Eby ID Number: 000132-8135
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retired Farmer
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Daniel Wing, "was born in 1823 and was married to Mary Luckebiehl. Soon after their marriage they moved on a farm a little west of Petersburg where he resided until 1885, then he disposed of the farm and moved to New Hamburg where he still resides. His family consisted of five 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.].

Daniel married Mary Luckebiehl 8 Feb 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 1826, , Ontario, Canada; died Bef 1891. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Wing
• Eby ID Number: 000132-8135.1
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Interesting: story, pioneer
• Eby ID Number: 000132-8125.2

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George Wing, "George was married to Elizabeth Carsten, a native of Bavaria. After emigrating to America he settled temporarily near Baltimore, Maryland, and from there they moved to Rochester, New York. In 1832 they left Rochester and moved to Canada. They settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, a few miles south-east of Baden, at a place known as Wilmot Centre. Here they resided for a number of years, then the old pioneer sold his place and purchased a farm near New Hamburg, near Hostetler's and C. Christner's. When well advanced in years they moved to Hay Township, Huron County, where he died in 1874, aged 76 years, and she died about the year 1889, aged 86 years. To them was born a family of ten 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.].

George — Elizabeth Carsten. Elizabeth was born 1798, , , Germany; died 1889. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Wing
• Eby ID Number: 000132-8125.3