Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Henry Groh

Male 1825 - 1884  (59 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry Groh was born 9 Mar 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John Groh and Susannah Wanner); died 24 Sep 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Misfortune: "insane for years"
    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3414
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker

    Notes:

    Henry Groh, "was born March 9th, 1825, and died March 9th, 1884. He was unmarried and had his home with his brother, Isaac, where he died."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Groh was born 19 Jun 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Michael Groh and Elizabeth Witmer); died 15 Jan 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 18 Jan 1871, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47386041
    • Name: Johannes Groh
    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3406
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 07W, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 07, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 11, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunkard
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tunker

    Notes:

    John Groh, "the second son of Michael Groh, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, June 19th, 1788, and came to Canada in 1804. He and his brother, Jacob, assisted their mother in clearing up their new home. On December 1oth, 1811, he was married to Susannah, daughter of Henry and Anna (Mosser) Wanner. She was born in Pennsylvania, November 29th, 1791, and came to Canada with her parents in 1810. Soon after their marriage they moved on the farm now possessed by their son, Isaac. Here they resided until their deaths. His death took place January 16th, 1871, and she died March 30th, 1888. Their family consists 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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    Groh. - On the 15th of January, in Waterloo Township, Waterloo county, Ontario, John Groh, aged 82 years, 6 months and 20 days. He was buried on the 18th at Wanners Meeting-house where funeral discourses were delivered by Peter Holm in German and Rev. Williams in the English language. He was a member of the Tunker church

    Herald of Truth - Volume VIII, Number 2 - February 1871, page 30, 31

    John married Susannah Wanner 11 Dec 1811, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Henry Wanner and Anna Mosser) was born 29 Nov 1791, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 30 Mar 1888, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Susannah Wanner was born 29 Nov 1791, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Henry Wanner and Anna Mosser); died 30 Mar 1888, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47386029
    • Name: Susannah Groh
    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3406.1
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunkard
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunker

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Groh was born 6 Sep 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1882; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Catharine Groh was born 25 Nov 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jul 1891, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. Anna "Annie" Groh was born 28 Feb 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Aug 1887, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Susannah Groh was born 9 Oct 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1849, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Groh was born 12 Oct 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Mar 1897; was buried , Crossroads Brethren in Christ Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    6. Rebecca Groh was born 25 Nov 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1884; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. John Groh was born 14 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Apr 1824.
    8. 1. Henry Groh was born 9 Mar 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Sep 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. John W Groh was born 24 Nov 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1841.
    10. Reeve Isaac Groh was born 14 Mar 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 May 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Noah Groh was born 20 Oct 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Sep 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Michael Groh was born 1757, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania (son of Hannes Groh and Magdalena Bauman); died 20 Sep 1804, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3401

    Notes:

    Michael Groh, "the third son of old Hannes and Magdalena (Baumann) Groh, was born in 1757. In 1779 he was married to Elizabeth Witmer. In 1804 he, in company with others, came to Canada with the object of making a thorough inspection of the nature of the country. So well was Mr. Groh pleased with the appearance of the country (then all in its primeval state) that he took up a claim between Preston and Hespeler. He cleared about six acres and made it ready for fall wheat. On this clearing he erected a small log cabin into which he purposed moving on his return, with family, from Pennsylvania. In August of the same year he returned to his parental home in Montgomery County. During the first week of September (1804) he, (bidding adieu to his parents, brothers, friends and relatives, and not thinking of this being their last time of meeting here on earth) in company with his wife and family, set out on the journey for their Canadian home. They came as far as Buffalo where they crossed the Niagara River and proceeded on their journey to Mr. Boyer's who resided near the river on the Canadian side, where Mr. Groh, the father of the family, took sick and, after a few weeks suffering, died. The wife and two sons, John and Jacob, and one or two daughters, proceeded on their journey to Waterloo while the eldest daughter, Barbara, remained with her father to nurse him during his illness, and after his recovery they were to follow the family, but the mother and family had no sooner arrived at their new home when word came that the father was dead. He died about September 20th, 1804. Their family consisted 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.].

    Michael married Elizabeth Witmer 1779. Elizabeth was born Abt 1760, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Witmer was born Abt 1760, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Groh
    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3401.1
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 07, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 07, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 11, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Groh was born 1777, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna Groh was born Abt 1782, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Barbara Groh was born 28 May 1784, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Nov 1858, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Peter Groh was born Jul 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Esther Groh was born 5 Dec 1786, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 5 Mar 1862, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. 2. John Groh was born 19 Jun 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Jan 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 18 Jan 1871, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Jacob Groh was born 12 Aug 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 7 Nov 1845.
    8. Christina Groh was born 23 Dec 1796, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jun 1835.

  3. 6.  Henry Wanner was born 12 May 1749, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Johannes Wanner and Mary Kudig Weber); died 12 Feb 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • 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]


  4. 7.  Anna Mosser was born 8 Feb 1748, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Peter Mosser); died 8 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

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

    Children:
    1. John M. Wanner was born 27 Sep 1775, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Feb 1848, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna M. Wanner was born 9 Nov 1776, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Jan 1814, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Barbara M. Wanner was born 1778, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    4. Elizabeth M. Wanner was born 25 Jul 1781, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Nov 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Magdalena W. Wanner was born 12 Jul 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 Apr 1865, Near Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. Christian Wanner was born 1786, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    7. Henry W. Wanner was born 27 Feb 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 7 May 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Tobias W. Wanner was born 16 Mar 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jun 1845, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. 3. Susannah Wanner was born 29 Nov 1791, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 30 Mar 1888, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Hannes Groh was born 1708, , Switzerland; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Interesting: story
    • Name: Johannes Groh
    • Name: John Groh
    • Eby ID Number: 00045-3398

    Notes:

    Hannes Groh, "a native of Switzerland, came to America at a very early date. Tradition has it that he belonged to the company of emigrants whom the captain attempted to starve in order to gain possession of the supposed large sum of money held by these parties. The motive that impelled old Hannes, the ancestor of the Groh family of this county, to emigrate to Pennsylvania, was on account of religious persecutions which raged in his native country and which was the chief cause of the emigration of so many of the noble-hearted pioneers of Pennsylvania where no cruel persecutions were waged against these devout worshippers of the almighty God. Old Hannes Groh was born about the year 1708 and, if traditional report be true, came to America in 1725. He was married to Magdalena, only daughter of old Wendel Baumann, progenitor of the now numerous family scattered throughout every state of the Union and all the provinces of Canada. All efforts made to ascertain the names of their children together with their descendants proved, to a great extent, fruitless. The names of only three children have been received"


    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.].

    Hannes — Magdalena Bauman. Magdalena (daughter of Wendel Bauman and Annie) was born Abt 1725, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Magdalena Bauman was born Abt 1725, Of, Pennsylvania (daughter of Wendel Bauman and Annie); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Magdalena Groh
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-99

    Notes:

    Magdalena Baumann, "the youngest and only daughter of Wendel Baumann, was married to Jacob Groh. She was the mother of the late Abraham Groh, grandmother of John Groh, and great grandmother of Isaac Groh, near Hespeler, 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.].

    Children:
    1. John Groh was born 1753, Of, Pennsylvania; died , , Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Henry Groh was born 1755, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 4. Michael Groh was born 1757, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 20 Sep 1804, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Abraham Groh was born Abt 1760, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 12.  Johannes Wanner was born 1715; died 22 Mar 1798, Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69049270
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-105180

    Johannes — Mary Kudig Weber. Mary (daughter of Henry Weber) was born 1717, Blue Ball, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; died Mar 1780, Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Mary Kudig Weber was born 1717, Blue Ball, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (daughter of Henry Weber); died Mar 1780, Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69049418
    • Name: Mary Kudig Wanner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-118866

    Children:
    1. 6. Henry Wanner was born 12 May 1749, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Feb 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  Peter Mosser died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00082-4882.1

    Children:
    1. 7. Anna 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.
    2. Jacob Mosser was born 1751, , Switzerland; died Yes, date unknown.