John S. Clemens

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• Land: Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 13, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: 4045 Maple Grove Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1709
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Retired: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Retired: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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John S. Clemens, "the third son of Abram C. and Elizabeth (Strohm) Clemens, was born June 1st, 1833. He was married to Rebecca Snyder, sister to his brother Aaron's wife. She was born April 10th, 1835. The were married November 26th, 1854. After their marriage they moved on his father's old place where they still reside. To them was born a large 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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Death Of Mr. Clemens

Mr. H.A. Clemens of Guelph received word Saturday of the death of his father John S. Clemens, an old and widely known resident of Waterloo county. He was in his 86th year, was born near Hespeler, and with the exception of a short time spent running a grist mill at Fisher's Mills with his brother, and another period spent in Guelph, assisting his sons while they were running the planing mill near the Eramosa bridge, deceased had spent his life farming. He was married about 60 years ago to Rebecca Snyder, who predeceased him some seven years ago. Ten children survive.

Sep 24, 1918-Berlin News Record

John married Rebecca Snyder 26 Nov 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rebecca (daughter of John C. Snyder and Catharine Shantz) was born 10 Apr 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Mar 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Abraham Clemens was born 23 Sep 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1931, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Nathaniel Clemens was born 5 Jul 1859, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Sep 1942, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Sep 1942, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Maria Clemens was born 31 Mar 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1939, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Clifford Public Cemetery, Clifford, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.
4. Isaiah Clemens was born 10 Jul 1862, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1907, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Caroline "Carrie" Clemens was born 30 Sep 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Nancy Clemens was born 28 Mar 1865, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Nov 1957, RR1 Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario; was buried 4 Nov 1957, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. John S. Clemens was born 3 Dec 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Apr 1868; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Adam Clemens was born 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Aaron Clemens was born 26 Jul 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Nov 1946, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Nov 1946, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
10. Levi Clemens was born 4 Apr 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
11. Catharine Malinda Clemens was born 22 Mar 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
12. Catherine Melinda "Linda" Clemens was born 22 Mar 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Oct 1960; was buried , East Lincoln Cemetery, Amery, Polk, Wisconsin, United States.
13. Ephraim Clemens was born 9 Apr 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
14. Herbert Allan Clemens was born 8 Jun 1876, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Oct 1930, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Oct 1930, Green Lawn Memorial Gardens, Oldcastle, Essex Co., Ontario.
15. Minnie Rebecca Clemens was born 8 Aug 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Nov 1946, Blackie, Alberta; was buried , Gladys Union Cemetery, Gladys, Alberta.
16. Mervyn Eldred Clemens was born 22 Jun 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Land: Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 13, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: 4045 Maple Grove Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1683
• Residence: 2 Dec 1838; elected deacon
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Abram C. Clemens, "the third son of Abraham and Rebecca (Miller) Clemens, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, February 7th, 1803, and when six years of age his parents moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near Hespeler where young Abram was raised. When a young man he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and Polly (Ruth) Strohm, who was born August 25th, 1802, and died October 8th, 1864. After their marriage they moved on the farm now in possession of their son, John who resides near Hespeler. After the decease of his first wife he was married to Nancy Bowman. When married second time he lived retired near the old homestead. Some twenty years before his death he was appointed deacon of the Mennonite Church. To him and his first wife were born 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.].

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Michael Bergy erected in 1830 the first saw-mill and small foundry which he located a little north of the present R. Forbes Co. site, near where a small spring creek joins the Speed. This streamlet was in those days considerably larger than its present volume. The writer's father told of having fished trout from it in his boyhood. The ruins of the old saw-mill, which has been described by some as a pail-factory and foundry, was a favorite playhouse for the boys a few decades back. Mr. W. A. Kribs, ex M. P. P. recalls the presence of old foundry patterns lying about the place of his boyhood days.

We must continue with the activities of Mr. Bergy who brought the second saw-mill in Bergy-town into existence. it was perhaps with the commencement of this second venture that the name of the place was changed to New Hope, but by the year 1840, Mr. Bergy's hope or interest in the second mill had faded to such an extent that he resold the property to Abram C. Clemens, from whom he had purchased the land. This second saw-mill was the one included in Jacob Hespeler's purchase. it was situated where another streamlet enters the Speed, the site being afterwards occupied by Mr. Hespeler's grist-mill near the stone dam which Hespeler placed in front of Bergy's wooden dam..


Tenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1922, pages 213 - 224.

Abraham married Elizabeth Strome 30 Mar 1824. Elizabeth (daughter of Christian Strome and Mary Rutt) was born 25 Aug 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Oct 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Oct 1864, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Clemens
• Eby ID Number: 00120-7461
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Elizabeth Strome, "the eldest daughter, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 25th, 1802, and came to Canada with her parents when eight years old. She was married to Abram C. Clemens, a deacon of the Mennonite body. They resided on a farm near Fisher's Mills, a little north of Hespeler, now in possession of their son John. Their 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.].

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On the 9th of October Waterloo Township, Waterloo Co., C. W. Elizabeth Clemens, wife of Abraham C. Clemens, whose maiden name was Strohm. She suffered from Palsy for more than a year,being unable to walk or speak and sometimes, as it seemed unconscious. Her pilgrimage in this world extended itself to 62 years, 1 mo. and 13 days. Her remains were laid to rest at Wanners Meeting house on the 11th, where a funeral sermon was preached in the English language from Rom. 8: 18. "For I reckon that the sufferings" &c., and in the German from Num. 23: 10. "Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his! JOHN BEAR.


Herald of Truth Volume I, No. 11, November 1864 Page 76

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• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 09, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Abraham Clemens, " was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1764. He was married to Rebecca Miller who was born in 1763 and died in 1819. They moved to Canada in 1809 and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. near Hespeler, where he died in 1819. To them were born 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.].

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WARNING: In my view (Jim McKane), the preponderance of the evidence suggests that at least the first 5 of Abraham's children were born to Rebecca Miller and the last one, two, or three of his children to Mary Custer. Hannah and Elizabeth could have been the last children of Rebecca (and I have listed them this way) or the first two children of Mary. Apparently all the children were born in Chester Co., PA before Abraham and his second wife moved to Canada. But I have no primary sources to confirm the dates of the two marriages or which wife was the mother of each child.

Abraham married Mary "Polly" Custer 18 Oct 1785, Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. Mary was born 15 Feb 1763, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Sep 1819, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary "Polly" Clemens
• Name: Polly
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82773

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"OCTOBER 18, Tuesday. United in marriage Abraham, the son of George Clemens, and [Molly] the daughter of Paul Custer, hitherto unmarried persons of Shippach, Montgomery County, on the written consent and bond of the parents."

THE JOURNALS of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg In Three Volumes

Vol 3, p689 1785 date; pg 690 MARRIAGE: OCT 18, 1785 Tues "The Journals of H M Muhlenberg" 3 Vol. Translated by Tappert and Doberstein. Publ: The Evangelical Luthern Ministerium of PA and Adjacent States and The Muhlenberg Press, Philadelphia, PA 1958.

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• Eby ID Number: 00120-7460
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 09, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Christian Strome, "son of Jacob Strohm, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, July 14th 1778. He came to Canada in 1810 and settled in Waterloo County, near Hespeler. He was married to Mary Rutt who was born April 10th, 1776, and died June 8th, 1831. After her decease he was married to Veronica Clemens, widow of Nathan Clemens. He died May 1st, 1850. His family consisted of six children, all of 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.].

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About the year 1822, Joseph Oberholtzer, a sawyer, and Cornelius Pannabecker, a blacksmith, both sound men, had come to the conclusion that, having regard to the fact that so many new buildings were being put up by the settlers, a saw mill in this locality would pay.

In 1823, Joseph Oberholtzer bought from Christian Strome (Strohm) 24 acres of land lying both sides of the River Speed at some distance below the present D. W. & W. Buildings and on it they erected a small saw mill building, installed sawing machinery and built a dam on the Speed to furnish power to operate it.

After it had been in operation for a time they discovered to their sorrow that their mill was not big enough to handle the huge logs the farmers were hauling in to be sawn, and so, later, when their frail dam went out in a flood it was not replaced; They salvaged what they could and wrote off the rest to profit and loss. They had made the mistake of building too small and they paid the shot.


Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

Christian — Mary Rutt. Mary was born 8 Apr 1776, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Jun 1831; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Rutt
• Name: Mary Strome
• Name: Polly Rutt
• Eby ID Number: 00120-7460.2

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• Eby ID Number: 00023-1618

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George Clemens, "eldest son of Abraham and Catharine Clemens, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1732. When a young man his father paid him his portion of legacy and he left Montgomery County and went to Chester County, same state, where he invested in real estate in both Pikeland and Charlestown Townships. In 1760-61 he erected a grist mill where he made quite a fortune. He was married to Elizabeth Carlisle. They lived retired for several years when he died in September, 1813, aged about 81 years. To him and his wife Elizabeth were born quite a family but the names of only two sons have been handed to the writer, namely: V Abraham and V George who both settled in the county of Waterloo, Ontario."


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.].


"(Elizabeth was of Quaker descent and was well educated. According to report she was skilled in medicines, proving herself to be the doctoress for miles around her home during the colonial days.)"


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 Carlisle. Elizabeth was born Abt 1732, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Clemens
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1618.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00120-7460.1

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Jacob Strohm, "Mr. Jacob Strohm's father was a native of Wurtenburg, Germany, and moved to America when Jacob was a lad of 9 years."

Jacob — Eva Seraphine Bliehm. Eva was born 6 May 1743; died 6 Apr 1829. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eva Seraphine Strohm
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25219