Leah W. Groh

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• Eby ID Number: 00045-3421
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Leah W. Groh, "was born July 17th, 1857. She is unmarried and resides at home with her parents."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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• Interesting: pioneer, story, politics
• Eby ID Number: 00045-3416
• Residence: 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Elected Office: 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councilor, deputy reeve, reeve - Waterloo Township
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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Isaac Groh, "the second youngest son of John and Susannah (Wanner) Groh, was born on the farm on which he now resides, situated a little more than a mile south-west of Hespeler, March 14th, 1829. He is the possessor of over 200 acres of land. Upwards of nearly half a century Mr. Groh's name has been connected with those whose object is to elevate and advance the cause of their fellow citizens. During the years 1877-78 he served the municipality of Waterloo Township as councilor. In 1879 he was first deputy reeve, and for the years 1880-83 he was reeve for the township. At the close of the year 1883 he, not wishing to be re-elected, retired from taking any interest in municipal matters. By the request and urging of his numerous friends, he again allowed himself to be elected as reeve for the township for the year 1889, at the close of which he again retired. He is still quite healthy and active, and could, if required, give a strong helping hand in managing municipal matters pertaining to the township. In politics he advocates the principles of the Reform party. On May 9th, 1848, he was married to Mary, daughter of Tobias and Catharine (Stryker) Wanner. She was born November 10th, 1828. They have had a family 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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Isaac Groh, Reeve of the Township of Waterloo, was born on the farm where he now resides, in the south-eastern portion of the township, fifty-two years ago. His ancestors were among the pioneers of the township, the family first coming hither from Pennsylvania in 1804, since which date they have been closely identified with the material affairs of this part of Waterloo, and of the community in general. Mr. Isaac Groh's entire life has been spent amid the scenes which now surround him, where, since attaining to man's estate, he has held a place of prominence among those whose efforts have been directed to the furtherance of local interests. He has served five years in the township Council, during the past two of which he has occupied the Reeve's chair.


Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsell & Co., Toronto, Ont. 1881

Elected Office:
During the years 1877-78 he served the municipality of Waterloo Township as councilor. In 1879 he was first deputy reeve, and for the years 1880-83 he was reeve for the township. At the close of the year 1883 he, not wishing to be re-elected, retired from taking any interest in municipal matters.

Isaac married Mary S. Wanner 9 May 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Tobias W. Wanner and Catharine Strycker) was born 10 Nov 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary S. Groh
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7644
• Residence: 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Mary S. Wanner, "the fifth daughter of Tobias W. Wanner, was born November 10th, 1828. On May 9th, 1848, she was married to Isaac Groh. They reside on a farm a little more that a mile south-west of Hespeler."

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/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

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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]

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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

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• Bible: Wanner Family Bible
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39020144
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7639

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Tobias W. Wanner, "was born March 16th, 1790. He was married to Catherine Strycker who was born March 10th, 1798, and died May 21st, 1882. They resided on the farm now in possession of David Pannebecker, near Hespeler, where he died June 28th, 1845. Their family consisted of seven daughters"

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.].

Bible:
Hespeler Heritage Centre

Tobias — Catharine Strycker. Catharine (daughter of Arnold Strycker and Unknown) was born 7 Mar 1798, , Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania; died 21 May 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Wanner
• Eby ID Number: 00045-3416.3
• Immigration: 1809, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonie
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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WANNER.- On the 21st of May, near Hespeler, Waterloo county, Ontario, Sister Catharine, widow of Tobias Wanner, aged 84 years, 2 months and 11 days. She was the mother of 8 daughters, two of whom have gone before her, 83 grand-children, and about 65 great-grand-children. She was a widow about 37 years, and a member of the Mennonite Church about 63 years. She came with her father from Cumberland county, Pa., in 1809.

\bHerald of Truth - Volume XIX, Number 13 - July 1, 1882 - p 205, 206

Immigration:
Came from Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania

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• Eby ID Number: 00045-3401

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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]

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• 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

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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

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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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• Name: Anna Wanner
• Name: Nancy Mosser
• Eby ID Number: 00082-4882.2

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• Name: Arnold Stricker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73843P
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 12, Waterloo County, Ontario

Arnold — Unknown. Unknown was born CA 1765; died Bef 1810. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Unknown Strycker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97173