Anna Weber

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• Name: Anna Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7924
• Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Anna Weber," the only daughter of Henry Weber, and sister to Samuel Weber, was born November 19th, 1824. On October 22nd, 1845, she was married to Joseph ("Schwam Joe Weber"), son of David B. and Mary (Lyons) Weber of Strasburg. He was born August 9th, 1822, and died March 2nd, 1876. After their marriage they lived with her parents for nearly a year. He purchased part of lot No. 64, German Company's Tract, where he had a small clearing made and a log dwelling erected into which they moved in 1846. Here they resided until their deaths. He was deacon of the Mennonite Church for quite a number of years. They had no family of their own but they adopted four children, three of whom they raised. The first one was Susannah, daughter of old Joseph Kinzie. She was married to Joshua Snyder. The second one was Anna Edy, born March 24th, 1854. Her father died on mid-ocean, in February, 1854, and has found a watery grave. Her mother came to Berlin. After being here for a few weeks Anna was born, and when she was two weeks old her mother died. Mrs John Eby of Berlin brought her to Mrs Joseph Weber. She is married to John S. Brubacher. The third child was Jane Elbert who was born April 1st, 1863, and died August 26th, same year. The last one was Catherine Magdalena Murphy. She was a daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Klob) Murphy. She is married to Samuel K. Brubacher. They reside on a farm about two miles north of Conestogo Village."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

Anna married Joseph L. Weber 22 Oct 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Joseph (son of David B. Weber and Mary "Polly" "Pauline" Lyons) was born 9 Aug 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1876; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Susannah Kinsie was born 24 Apr 1847, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Nov 1922, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Anna Ede was born 24 Feb 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 5 Mar 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Feb 1936, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Jane Elbert was born 1 Apr 1863; died 26 Aug 1863.
4. Catharine Magdalena Murphy was born 27 Dec 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Dec 1934; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Name: Henry Weaver
• Name: Henry Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7910
• Occupation: 1824, Bloomingdale Mennonite Church, Bloomingdale, Waterloo, Ontario; minister
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 066, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Henry Weber," the fourth son of Henry Weber, was born near Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Feb 14th, 1793. In 1816 he, in company with Joseph Clemmer and family, Dilman Ziegler and family, Samuel Eby and family, and John Brubacher and his mother, came to Canada and settled in Waterloo County. He had his home with his brother, Abraham, until the following spring when he was married, March 11th, 1817, to Salome, daughter of Preacher Joseph and Mary (Bear) Baumann. After their marriage they located on lot No. 65, German Company's Tract, where they resided until their deaths. He was ordained a minister of the Gospel and served the church of his choice, the Mennonite, faithfully until his death which took place May 9th, 1862. His wife was born April 8th, 1771, and died September 6th, 1868. They had a family of two 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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Bloomingdale (Schneider or Snyder) Mennonite Church

Services began in 1824, and in 1826 a first meeting house, known as Schneider's or Snyder's, was built northwest of Bloomingdale, and east of the Grand River, on land (part Lot 7) donated by Jacob Schneider. Henry Weber was the first minister to this congregation, from 1824 until 1854. He was followed by Moses Erb who was ordained minister to the congregation on April 14, 1854. The church building was primarily used as a school in the beginning; the first teacher was John Bauman from Pennsylvania. Church services were held in homes. Dorothy Sauder, in her 1972 history of the church, states that "Prior to 1860, Schneider's was the only [Mennonite] place of worship on the Grand River and, until the 1889 Martin schism, it was one with the Martin congregation with ministers serving both groups" (Sauder 1972: 8). Services were held on a two-week schedule, at one meeting house and then at the other.

Snyder's was affected by division in the church in the early 1870s. The majority of the congregation joined the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites, a group organized by Solomon Eby on May 15, 1874, and from 1875-1879 the meeting house was used almost exclusively by them. It was here that the conference was held on March 23, 1875 in which the New Mennonites and the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites joined together as the United Mennonites. However, because the original deed to the church property had been lost or perhaps never duly executed, a new deed was drawn up on January 15, 1879, giving ownership of building and property to the group of more conservative Mennonites in the congregation.

The present church was built in 1878 on approximately the same site as the first meeting house. Renovations to the church building were carried out in 1951. One main entrance, to replace the two separate entrances, was part of the changes made. Further improvements were made in 1985. The name of the church is now Bloomingdale Mennonite Church.

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

Occupation:
Services began in 1824, and in 1826 a first meeting house, known as Schneider's or Snyder's, was built northwest of Bloomingdale, and east of the Grand River, on land (part Lot 7) donated by Jacob Schneider. Henry Weber was the first minister to this congregation, from 1824 until 1854. <sup>1a

1a</sup>Ambrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

Heinrich married Salome Bauman 11 Mar 1817. Salome (daughter of Reverend Joseph O. Bauman and Mary Baer) was born 8 Apr 1791, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Sep 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sally Bauman
• Name: Salome Weber
• Name: Sarah Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-36
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Salome Baumann, "second daughter of Joseph Baumann, was born April 8th, 1791, died September 6th, 1868. She was married to Henry Weber, who was also ordained as a minister of the Mennonite body. They resided in Waterloo County, Ontario from 1818 until their deaths."

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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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7832.5

Henry — Veronica Hershey. Veronica (daughter of Hershey) was born Abt 1757, Of, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Veronica Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7832.4

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-34
• Land: Bef 1831, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Joseph Baumann, "the fourth son of Christian Baumann, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, July 19th, 1766. He was married to Mary Baer, who was born January 23rd, 1772, and died October 29th 1842. In 1802 he was ordained as minister of the Mennonite body. He was a good man, and his sermons always made a deep impression upon the audiences who assembled at places of worship on Sabbath days. In May, 1816, he with his family moved to Canada and settled near Blair, Ontario. The family consisted of thirteen 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.].

Joseph — Mary Baer. Mary was born 23 Jan 1772; died 29 Oct 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Baer
• Name: Mary Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-34.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7832

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Henry Weber," son of Heiner Weber and brother to old Christian Weber, was born in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1728. He was married to a Miss Hershey,† sister to his brother Christian's wife. They resided in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on the old Weber homestead. To them were born several children, namely: III Henry, III Daniel, and three daughters whose names were not received. We shall here follow the descendants of III Henry Weber who was born in 1757 and was married to Veronica Hershey.* They resided on the old Weber homestead near Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. To them was born a family of seven children, namely: IV Benjamin, IV Abraham, IV David, IV Henry, IV Franklin, IV Daniel, and IV John. Of the named family the three sons, David, Franklin, and John, never lived in Canada. Their descendants are to be found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, while the remaining four sons, namely, Benjamin, Abraham, Henry, and Daniel, moved to Canada during the beginning of the present century and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, where their numerous descendants are to be found. We shall now give their descendants in their proper order."

From 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.].


† It seems the Webers took an extra fancy for the Hershey women.

* A niece to the two Hersheys married to the two elder Webers.

Henry — Miss Hershey. Miss (daughter of Hershey) was born Abt 1728; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Miss Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7832.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7832.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-3

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Christian Baumann, "eldest son of old Wendel Baumann, was born August 13th, 1724, and died July 25th, 1790. Resided in Alleghany Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania. In 1749 he erected a log dwelling the timber of which was quite sound upwards of one hundred years, and was so far always owned by his descendants. He was married to Elizabeth Baumann who was born August 27th, 1724, and died Feb. 2nd, 1791. They had a family of five children,. (information from S. P. Bowman of California, U. S.)".


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.].

Christian — Elizabeth Oberholtzer. Elizabeth was born 27 Aug 1724, Of Alleghany Valley, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Feb 1791, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; was buried , Allegheny Mennonite Cemetery, Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-3.1