William Herbert Ramseyer

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6731.83
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

William — Gladys Viola Salzmann. Gladys (daughter of Joseph Saltzmann and Veronica "Frances" Litwiller) was born 26 May 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Nov 2004; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Joseph Woodrow "Woodrow" Ramseyer
2. Donald Ray Ramseyer was born 7 Apr 1932; died 12 Apr 2003; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Clare Laverne Ramseyer was born 16 Mar 1933, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 2004, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Robert Bruce Ramseyer was born 19 Aug 1934; died 31 Jan 2000; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Shirley Magdalene Ramseyer was born 15 Oct 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Nov 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14328446
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33795
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Death of Joseph L. Ramseyer

A prominent and well known resident of this community passed away early on Tuesday morning when Mr. Joseph L. Ramseyer was called by death at the age of 58 years. He had been seriously ill for some weeks and the news of his death, though expected, caused deep grief among a large number of friends. The deceased was a son of the late Peter Ramseyer and resided on the farm all his life. He was a kindly and friendly neighbor and his cheerful spirit made him a host of friends. He was a devout christian throughout his life's career and took art active part in all matters pertaining to his church. There are left in deep bereavement his sorrowing widow, who before her marriage was Mary Roth, and a family of ten children. The children are: Jeremiah, William and Edna, of Kitchener, (Ada) Mrs. Nelson Litwiller, Missionary at Pehuajo, Argentine Republic, South America, and Aaron, Mahlon, Anna May, Armand, Reta and Dorcas at home. One daughter, Nancy, died about three years ago in India where she held a missionary post, and another daughter died several years ago at the age of seven years. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from his late home to the Pentecostal Tabernacle at Kitchener where the funeral service was held after which the earthy remains of the departed were laid to rest in Woodland Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a large circle of sorrowing relatives and friends. The sympathy of the whole community is extended to the bereaved ones in their sad loss.

New Hamburg Independent, January 24, 1930

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In Memoriam. Died In Wilmot, on Tuesday, January 21st, 1930, Joseph L. Ramseyer Aged: 58 years, 8 months and 22 days. Funeral Will take place from his late residence on Thursday, January 23rd, at 1.45 o'clock p.m., to the Pentecostal Tabernacle, Kitchener, at 3 o'clock, thence to Woodland Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. All is over, hands are folded On a calm and peaceful breast; All is over, suffering ended, Now dear father is at rest.

Funeral Card

Joseph married Magdalena Gingerich 20 Mar 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph Gingerich and Magdalena Lebold) was born 19 Jan 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Apr 1911; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Ramseyer
• Name: Mattie Gingerich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33796
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Ramseyer.--Mattie (Gingerich), beloved wife of Joe Ramseyer, died Apr. 24, 1911, at the age of 41 y. 5 m. 3 d. In 1891 she was married to Joe Ramseyer and to this union were born 8 children; one boy preceded her to the glory world. She leaves to mourn her departure a sorrowing husband, 3 daughters, 4 sons, a mother, 2 brothers and a sister. She united with the Amish Church when young in years and was a faithful and active member to the time of her death. This was an unexpected call for friends and acquaintances but we all know that we have to go that way sooner or later. The last words that she spoke to her family were, "I'd like to stay with you longer, but the world I am going to is far nicer than the one we are living in now." Her remains were laid to rest Apr. 26, 1911, in the Steinmann cemetery. Services were conducted by Bro. Daniel Steinmann and Bro. Jacob Bender. Text, Psa. 55:22. The funeral was largely attended.

"Dearest mother, thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel,
But 'tis God that hath bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal."


Gospel Herald - Volume IV, Number 6 - May 11, 1911 - page 94,95

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-217831
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Peter married Anna Litwiller 24 Sep 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Rev. Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti, daughter of Rev. Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti) was born 26 May 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1915; was buried , Riverside Cem., Elkton, Huron, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Ramseyer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-217832
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121859
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Joseph married Magdalena Lebold 14 Feb 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Jacob Lebold and Magdalena Blank) was born 5 Mar 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1918, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Gingerich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33798P
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Gingerich.-Magdalena Lebold, relict of Joseph Gingerich, died Mar. 25, 1918 at Baden, Ont., aged 76 y. 20 d., after a lingering illness of several years. She bore her afflictions with Christian fortitude. She was consigned to the will of God, longing to be relieved of this worldly care and sorrow. In her youth she united with the A. M. Church and remained steadfast unto death. In 1867 she was united in matrimony with Jos. Gingerich, lived in matrimony 21 y. 20 d., and lived in widowhood 29 y. 7 m. 18 d. She leaves to mourn 1 daughter, 2 sons, 17 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, 1 brother, and 1 sister. She was laid to rest in the A. M. Cemetery near Baden, Ont. Husband, 1 daughter, and 1 grandchild have gone before her to their reward. Peace to her ashes.

"Mother, thou art sweetly resting
Here thy toils and cares are o'er,
Pain and sickness, death and sorrow,
Never can distress thee more."

Gospel Herald - Volume XI, Number 2 - April 11, 1918- pages 38, 39 and 40

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-7855

Joseph — Barbara Klopfenstein. Barbara was born CA 1823, Of, Ohio; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Ramseyer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-8542

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24854
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Religious leader

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Litwiller, Peter (1809-1878)

Peter Litwiller was born 8 January 1809, in Illfurth, Upper Alsace. His parents were Anna Maria (the name she went by) Maurer and Jacob Litwiller. Jacob died in 1814. Widow Maria, three married daughters and their families, two single daughters and Peter left France and arrived in New York on 12 July 1827.

On their arrival in Waterloo, they selected lots in the newly-surveyed centre block in Wilmot Township and set to work. Young Peter selected Lot 7, on the north side of Erb's Road, but did little work on his own lot until after his marriage to Elizabeth Lichti in 1830. By 1835, however, he had completed his settlement duties and received his patent for the front fifty acres from the Crown.

In 1838 Peter bought a little notebook which he called his "Notizbuch." It illustrates the settlers' system of bartering goods and services. Litwiller frequently hired persons by the day or to do certain tasks. This may have been the labourer's only way to get a little needed cash as much as Litwiller's need for assistance. Goods supplied in exchange for work might be yarn for stockings, material for a coat, a pound of "dubock" (tobacco), or postage for a letter. A study of the names appearing in Litwiller's notebook is a veritable "who's who" of new Amish-Mennonite arrivals in Canada. Litwiller also had dealings with his non-Amish neighbours, most of whom were Roman Catholic.

Peter's compassionate business acumen won for himself the respect of his co-religionists and, at the age of 28, he was chosen for the ministry in the Wilmot Amish Mennonite congregation in 1845. That was also the year that he served as one of the trustees who purchased the school site which the Amish had established at the site of the present St. Agatha Mennonite Church.

Peter's brother-in-law, Rudolph Roth, a gifted preacher, had been ordained minister in 1835 and bishop in 1843. Family relationships during the next few years must have been very trying for Peter and his sisters and in-laws when Rudolph Roth, his wife Maria (nee Litwiller), Jacob and Barbara (Litwiller) Gardner, and Veronica (Litwiller) Gingerich (but not her husband) joined the Reformed Mennonites . Rudolph's early demise in 1853 removed him from any conflict which Peter might have had with him.

Rudolph's leaving the Amish-Mennonite fold and the deaths of both Bishop John Oesch in Hay and Bishop Christian Miller in Wilmot, left the aged Bishop Christian Wagler, recent immigrant from Alsace, as the only bishop for the whole Amish-Mennonite constituency. It must have been Bishop Wagler who ordained Peter Litwiller that same year, and after Wagler's death the following year, Peter was left with bishop oversight over the whole Amish-Mennonite community from Wilmot to Lake Huron.

Joseph Ruby was ordained bishop for the South Easthope-East Zorra congregation in 1853 and John Jantzi for the North Wilmot-Wellesley congregation in 1859. The Hay congregation, however, did not ordain a bishop, and were served by those in East Zorra or Wilmot for the next 100 years.

Peter Litwiller's farm buildings were across the street and up the road a short distance from the Catholic Church. In 1857, a dedicated young man by the name of Eugene Funcken arrived in St. Agatha to serve in the Congregation of the Resurrection. Father Funcken was full of zeal and energy. These two men might have had good reasons to ignore each other, at best, or engage in a running feud, at worst, but they did neither. According to family tradition, they met with each other regularly to discuss topics of a religious nature. They set the stage for a peaceful community, rather than one where various factions are in conflict.

Peter Litwiller died 7 July 1878. It is said that when the funeral cortege passed the Catholic church on its way to the Amish cemetery, Father Funcken had the bells tolled. A broadside printed at the time of his death is also attributed to Father Funcken. In it he extolled the bishop's character and his ministry.<sup>1

1</sup>Roth, Lorraine. "Litwiller, Peter (1809-1878)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. October 2004. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 Nov 2005

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Herald of Truth - Volume XV, Number 8 - August 1878, pages 141, 143 and 144

LITZWILER.-July 8th, of long suffering with rheumatism, PETER LITZWILER, bishop of the Amish Mennonite church, at the age of 69 years, 5 months and 27 days. He was beloved by all who knew him.

Peter married Elizabeth Lichti 1830. Elizabeth (daughter of Johannes F. "John" Lichti and Magdalena Joder) was born 2 Oct 1808, , France; died 25 Feb 1882; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Litwiller
• Name: Lizzie Lichty
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24855
• Immigration: 9 Jul 1825, New York City, New York, USA.
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Immigration:
Departed Le Harve, France on the passenger ship "Elizabeth" arrived New York City 9 Jul 1825"
John Leichy, age 67, farmer, from France
Madelina Leichty, age 52
Joseph Leichty,, age 26
Maria Leichty, age 18
Elizabeth Leichty, age 16
Nicholas Leichty, 1

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87411
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Jacob married Veronica "Fanny" Litwiller 1828. Veronica (daughter of Jacob Litwiller and Anna Maria Maurer) was born 6 Dec 1801, Illfurth, , Alsace, France; died 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Fanny Litwiller
• Name: Veronica "Fanny" Gingerich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24861
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Land: Wilmot Township - Concession South of Bleam's Road Lot 27, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: Wilmot Township - Concession South of Bleam's Road Lot 28, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; south half of lot
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36018

Notes:

Misfortune - On the 30th of last November, Mr. Jacob Lebold, residence on the Lower Road [Bleams Road] in Wilmot, had the misfortune of falling from the upper threshing floor in his barn, from which he suffered such internal injuries that he died of them on the 6th of December, leaving behind a sorrowing widow and 7 children. [translated from German]


Deutscher Canadier 14 Dec 1849

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It is reported that Jacob is buried in the Christner Cemetery.

Jacob — Magdalena Blank. Magdalena (daughter of Blank) was born 10 Aug 1804, Lodriagerscher, France; died 24 Dec 1872, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Lebold
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36019
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite