Allen B. Litwiller

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200037
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1925, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labor Man

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ALLEN LITWELLER

Allen Litwiller, 58, RR 1, Waterloo, died Monday in K-W Hospital.

Mr. Litwiller was born at Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Moses Litwiller. For 20 years he was an employee of Bauer's Ltd., Waterloo.

Surviving are his wife, formerly Barbara Gascho; a son, Kenneth of Waterloo; three daughters, Mrs. Walter (Eileen) Hanley, Miss Doris, both of Waterloo, and Mrs. Leonard (Shirley) Prang of Kitchener; four brothers, Clayton of Waterloo, Anson of Toronto, Gordon of Kitchener, Wilbert of Waterloo. There are 10 grandchildren. One brother predeceased him.

The body was at Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home after noon on Wednesday until noon on Thursday when removal was made to the Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church.

Allen married Barbara Gascho 24 Jun 1925, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of David E. Gascho and Barbara Lichti) was born 21 Feb 1904, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jan 1987, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Eileen Margaret Litwiller was born 1 Jun 1926; died 15 Dec 1988, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Kenneth Leroy Litwiller was born 1927; died 27 Mar 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Shirley A. Littwiller was born 10 Oct 1934; died 31 Oct 2006, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46683
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Litwiller. - Moses Litwiller, son of Christian and Maria Litwiller, was born in St. Agatha, Waterloo Co., Ont., July 1, 1876 and died in Petersburg, Ont., Sept. 24, 1916; aged 40 y. 2 m. 24 d. He was married to Lydia Brenneman about 15 years ago. To this union were born 6 sons.
Bro. Litwiller accepted Christ when a young man and united with the A. M. Church, and was faithful until the end. He was sick only three weeks. First he had enlargement of the heart, after which he got pneumonia. We thought he was getting better, then gangrene set in.
Bro. Litwiller expressed hope in the home beyond and desired the services of the Word and prayer and the singing during his days of sufferings. We can hardly understand why he was taken. We miss him so much. We have lost him. Heaven has found him, and we know that everything God does is well done. May we all take comfort in the thought that he now rests in the Savior.
He leaves to mourn his departure his wife, 6 sons, parents, 3 brothers, and 5 sisters; also many relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at the St. Agatha A. M. Church on Tuesday, Sept. 25, conducted by Bros. Chr. Kropf of Tavistock and Eli Frey of Archbold, O. Text, II Tim. 4: 7, 8, and Isa. 38, last clause of first verse. "Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die and not live." Interment in cemetery near by.

Around your sick bed, dear brother
We watched with our tenderest care,
Through the weary hours you suffered,
While our hearts were uplifed in rpraye.
Your life work is ended, dear brother,
Youíre with the loved ones gone before,
May we all prepare to meet you
On that bright celestial shore.
By his sister

Gospel Herald - Volume IX, Number 28 - October 12, 1916 - Pages 526 & 527

Moses married Lydia Brenneman 11 Dec 1900. Lydia (daughter of John S. Brenneman and Catherine Lebold) was born 22 Apr 1874, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 26 Nov 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lydia Litwiller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46684
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Litwiller.-Lydia, daughter of the late Bro. and Sister John Brenneman, was born in Perth Co., Ont., April 22, 1874; died Nov. 26, 1941 at the K. & W. Hospital, following an illness of five weeks; aged 67 y. 7 m. 4 d. She was married to Moses Litwiller on Dec. 11, 1900. Her husband predeceased her 25 years ago. Surviving are 6 sons (Allen, Irvin, and Clayton of Waterloo; Anson of Toronto, Gordon of Kitchener, and Wilbert of Waterloo), 4 brothers (Moses of Waterloo, Daniel of Kitchener, Aaron and John of New Hamburg), 3 sisters (Mrs. John Schwartzendruber of Tavistock, Mrs. M. Wagler of Baden, and Mrs. P. Schwartzendruber of Petersburg), and 13 grandchildren. Sister Litwiller was a faithful member of the Erb St. Mennonite Church. She loved her Lord and was a loyal worshiper in the church. Her falling asleep in Jesus is to depart to be with the Lord which is far better. Funeral services were held at the Mennonite Church, Waterloo, Ont., in charge of Bro. J. B. Martin. Text, Psa.

GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XXXIV, No . 38 - December 18, 1941 - pp 806, 807

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14865159
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-124973
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1889, Baden, 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
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish

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Litwiller.--Chr. Litwiller was born in St. Agatha, Ont., Sept. 13, 1848; died of heart failure at his home in Petersburg, Ont., Aug. 27, 1924; aged 75 y. 11 m. 14 d. He had been in good health till about six months ago when he began to fail. Seven weeks before his death he had a desire to go to church and said, "It will be the last time" (which it also was), and after that he thought he wasn't able to go any more. He gradually got weaker and was bedfast for only five days. Bro. Litwiller united with the Amish Church when yet a young man. He was ordained to the office of deacon when yet in his twenties, and in the same year was ordained to the ministry, which place he filled whenever possible. He was married to Maria Miller, who preceded him in death three years on the day that he was buried. He leaves 7 children (Barbara, Jacob, Annie, wife of M. O. Jantzi, Samuel, Mary, wife of Jac. Mussselman, Lydia, wife of Irvon Block, and David). He also leaves 32 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters, and 1 brother. We believe that father has gone to be with Jesus. May we all prepare our hearts to meet him. He was buried on Aug. 30. Funeral services were conducted at the house by Daniel Steinman and at the church by Dan Jutzi and Eli Frey. Text. "For what is your life?" Buried in adjoining cemetery. "Weep not for me, children, I have passed all grief and pain: But live and labor for Christ the Savior, That we may meet in heaven again." A Daughter.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XVII, No. 28 - October 16, 1924 - pages 575

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In Memoriam Died On Wednesday, August 27^th, 1924, at the Family Residence, Petersburg, Ontario, Rev. Christian Litwiller, aged 75 years, 11 months, 14 days. The Funeral Will take place from his late residence, on Saturday, August 30^th, at 1. 30 p. m, to St. Agatha A. M. Church for services. We miss him - oh! How sadly None but aching hearts can tell; We have lost him, Heaven has found him, our Father doeth all things well^.

Funeral Card

Christian married Maria "Mary" Miller 27 Sep 1870. Maria (daughter of Christian S. Miller and Maria Roth) was born 13 Dec 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1921, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14865206
• Name: Maria "Mary" Litwiller
• Name: Mary Miller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-124984
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Amish

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Litwiller.-Maria Litwiller, nee Miller, was born in Wilmot, Ont., Dec. 13, 1851; died Aug. 30, 1921; aged 69 y. 8 m. 17 d. Sept. 27, 1870, she was married to Pre. Chr. Litwiller. To this union were born 9 children-4 sons and 5 daughters. One son and 1 daughter preceded her. She leaves husband, 7 children, 30 grandchildren and one great-grandchild, 1 brother, 3 sisters, and many friends and acquaintances. Mother was sick for nearly two years when the last 3 months she suffered much pain but was very patient during her afflictions. She united with the A. M. Church in her teens and remained faithful to the end. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Bro. P. Boshart and at the church by Bros. C. Z. Yoder in English and Jonas Snyder in German. Texts, Isa. 35: 8-10; Phil. 1: 21. Buried in adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XIV, Number 27 - October 6, 1921 - p. 527

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78440

John — Catherine Lebold. Catherine (daughter of Jacob Lebold and Magdalena Blank) was born 7 Oct 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Dec 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Brenneman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45733
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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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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• Residence: 130 Queen St., Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Caanda
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77975
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• 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
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Miller. - Christian S. Miller was born Feb. 22, 1830, in the township of Wilmot, where he lived until the time of his death. He was married to Maria Roth Feb. 2, 1851, with whom he lived in matrimony 40 y. 8 m. 27 d. To them were born 8 children (Maria, Jacob, Barbara, Rudy, Mattie, Katie, Fannie, Christian) all are living in Waterloo Co. except Jacob, who lives in Alberta. After fighting the battles of a widower's life for 24 y. 3 m. 27 d. he departed this life on Feb. 25, 1916, at the ripe old age of 86 y. 3 d., leaving to mourn his departure 6 children (1 adopted), 48 grandchildren, and 56 great-grandchildren. Funeral Feb. 29 conducted at the house by Bro. D. Steinman and at the Steinman Church by Bro. E. J. Berkey in English (text, II Cor. 5: 1) and Bro. Eli Frey in German (text, Jno. 3: 36; 5: 24). Burial in cemetery near by.

"His face on earth we see no more,
But hope to meet on other shore."

Gospel Herald - Volume VIII, Number 51 - March 16, 1916 - pages 828, 831, 832

Christian married Maria Roth 2 Feb 1851. Maria (daughter of Rev. Rudolph Roth and Maria Litwiller) was born 1826, , Germany; died 1891; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Miller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-120924
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: John Brenneman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-124962
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Johannes married Magdalena Schultz 1827. Magdalena was born 1804, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Brenneman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134446
• 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

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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