Mary Wanner

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• Name: Maria Wanner
• Name: Mary Reist
• Eby ID Number: 00090-5207.6
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Mary married John M. Reist 14 May 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of David Reist and Mary Mosser) was born 12 Mar 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Sep 1915, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Susannah Reist was born 18 Sep 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1895; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Mary Ann Reist was born 18 Feb 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 1923, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Levi Reist was born 7 Sep 1864; died 7 Feb 1865; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Solomon W. Reist was born 5 Mar 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jan 1939, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. John William Reist was born 21 Jan 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1955.
6. Noah W. Reist was born 26 Nov 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jan 1957, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Sarah Ann Reist was born 11 Mar 1873, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1952, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Ephraim W. Reist was born 21 Mar 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1934, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
9. Elizabeth Reist was born 11 Nov 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Nov 1876; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
10. Catharine Reist was born 15 Dec 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1960; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
11. Menno W. Reist was born 13 Mar 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1888, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
12. Matilda Reist was born 18 Jun 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: 00126-7627
• Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Henry M. Wanner, "a farmer, resided near Hespeler. He was married to Anna Fordney. Both are dead. Their 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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Wanner Mennonite Church
Begun: 1829

A small wooden meeting house was built in 1829 on a corner of the farm belonging to Samuel Bechtel which was located in the vicinity of the present-day regional headquarters of the Ministry of Natural Resources near the intersection of Highways 24 and 401. The site for this community meeting house, as well as a school and a burial ground, had been chosen on August 8, 1829. The land was donated by Samuel Bechtel and his wife Barbara (Baumann) on March 15, 1830. A new meeting house, of white brick, was built in 1837 on the east side of Henry Wanner's farm, somewhat north of the first meeting house. Meetings at first were held every eight weeks. The deed of land for the meeting house known as Wanner's was dated October 15, 1837. Early preachers were David Sherk, who had been ordained by Benjamin Eby in July 1837, Jacob Bretz, Jr., and Joseph Hagey.
Joseph Hagey was ordained bishop in 1851. During his time divisions occurred in the church by a surge of enthusiasm for a Methodist form of revivalism. Solomon Eby of Port Elgin, who announced his own conversion in December 1869, was leader of a group which believed that members could be converted through participation in revival meetings. John Baer of Wanner's became associated with Solomon Eby, and was compelled to leave the church in the spring of 1874, as were Eby and his other followers. The new church movement resulted in organization conferences which culminated in the conference on March 23, 1875 at Bloomingdale where New Mennonites and Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites joined together as United Mennonites. The United Mennonites favored revival meetings, Sunday Schools and prayer meetings, and were opposed to the use of alcohol and tobacco.
The date of construction of the meeting house which replaced the one built in 1837 is somewhat in doubt. It is possible that a new building was erected in the early 1870s; it is also possible that the 1837 building only underwent extensive renovations at that time. There is no doubt, however, that a new brown brick church was built in 1938. An education wing was added in 1969.
The earliest Mennonite Sunday School in North America was begun in 1842 and was held jointly by the Wanner and Hagey Meeting Houses. It was discontinued after a short time because of a division of opinion within the congregations. An attempt was made later, in the mid-1860s, to begin another Sunday School, but this, too, did not last long. Many years later, on June 10, 1896, a meeting was held to organize a Sunday School. Anson Groh was appointed superintendent..


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

Henry married Anna B. Fordney 29 Sep 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Jacob Fordney and Elizabeth Muma) was born 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna B. Mosser
• Name: Anna B. Wanner
• Eby ID Number: 00035-3008
• Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Anna B. Fordney, "was first married to Henry Wanner and after his decease to Peter Mosser. They resided near Hespeler where she died, leaving 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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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39022218
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7614
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 13, Waterloo County, Ontario

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John M. Wanner, "the eldest of the family, was born September 27th, 1775. He was married to Elizabeth Wecklin who was born December 7th, 1777, and died near Hespeler, Ontario, May 22nd, 1817. In 1810 they came to Canada with his parents and settled near Hespeler where he died February 1st, 1848. Their family consisted of eight 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 — Elizabeth Wecklin. Elizabeth (daughter of George Wecklin) was born 7 Dec 1777, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 May 1817, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39022320
• Name: Elizabeth Wanner
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7614.1

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• Name: Jacob Fordney
• Name: Jacob Fortney
• Name: Jacob Furtney
• Eby ID Number: 00035-3003
• Land: Bef 1831, Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Residence: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Jacob Fordney, "son of Michael Fordney, was born in Virginia, May 18th, 1781. When a young boy his parents moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. At about the close of the last century he was married to Catharine Baker and after her decease to Elizabeth Muma who was born December 12th, 1794, and died December 15th, 1840. Some time during the beginning of the present century they, with others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, on the west bank of the Grand River, (Their old farm is now in possession of Robert Bricknell) a little below the 'Toll Bridge' where he died May 14th, 1852. His family consisted of nine children, of whom the eldest two were born unto his first wife."


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.].

Residence:
Lived with Conrad and Elisabeth Gates.

Jacob — Elizabeth Muma. Elizabeth was born CALC 4 Apr 1789; died 15 Dec 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Betsy Muma
• Name: Elizabeth Fordney
• Eby ID Number: 00035-3003.2
• Birth: 12 Dec 1794, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario
• Death: 10 Dec 1841

Notes:

According to several informants, Betsy weighed over 300 pounds. When she died it was necessary to remove the door jam so the casket could be carried out. Michael was said to have been the smallest of the family and he weighed 250 pounds.^1
1 doug@mumma.org 2007

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39015312
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7613
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 11, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Henry Wanner, "the first by this name who settled in Waterloo County, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 12th, 1749. In 1774 he was married to Anna Mosser who was born February 8th, 1748. In spring, 1810, they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Hespeler, on the farm now in possession of John W. Martin. Here they resided until their death. He died February 12th, 1835, and she died May 8th, 1823. Their family consisted of eight children, all born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania"

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.].

Henry married Anna Mosser 1774. Anna (daughter of Peter Mosser) was born 8 Feb 1748, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151349147
• Name: Anna Wanner
• Name: Nancy Mosser
• Eby ID Number: 00082-4882.2

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• Name: George Wicklein
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48178

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• Eby ID Number: 00035-3002

Notes:

Michael Fordney, "a native of France and a descendant of the old Hugenots or French Protestants, was born probably as early as 1745. In 1768 he, with others moved to America and settled in Virginia while others of his father's family settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Not finding the new settlement altogether to his wishes, besides being far removed from his co-religionists, he, in later years, moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he died a middle aged man. Not much information pertaining to his family could be obtained. We know of two children who in later years came to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. Their names were Jacob and Elizabeth."


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.].