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

Roger Allan Clemens

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Roger Allan Clemens

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Osborne Bricker Clemens was born 3 Mar 1905, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Lewis Edwin "Edwin" Clemens and Laura Georgina Bricker); died 7 Feb 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-323811
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
    • Residence: 1921, 17 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1979, 72 Brentwood Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    CLEMENS, Osborne B. At St. Mary's Hospital, on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1979, following a brief illness, Osborne Bricker Clemens, age 73 years, of 72 Brentwood Ave. A member of Benton Street Baptist Church for 48 years. He was employed for many years with the Kitchener Water Commission, until his retirement in 1971.

    Beloved husband of the former Charlotte Sternaman; dear father of Rev. Earl of Burlington, Roger Allan and Mrs. David (Joan) Buchner both of Kitchener; seven grandchildren also survive; predeceased by his parents and twin brother Watson.

    Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 620 King St. W., Kitchener. Funeral service in the chapel on Friday at 3 p.m., with Rev. Arnold McNeill officiating. Interment Memory Gardens.

    Donations to the Ontario Heart Foundation or the Gideons may be made as expressions of sympathy

    Osborne — Elizabeth Charlotte "Charlotte" Sternaman. Elizabeth was born 6 Sep 1910, Rainham Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Charlotte "Charlotte" Sternaman was born 6 Sep 1910, Rainham Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Charlotte "Charlotte" Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208599
    • Residence: 1979, 72 Brentwood Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Rev. Earl Clemens
    2. 1. Roger Allan Clemens
    3. Joan Clemens


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lewis Edwin "Edwin" Clemens was born 4 Jan 1865, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Joel Clemens, Esq. and Magdalena Shoemaker); died 31 Jan 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Louis Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1858
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dry Goods Clerk
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk, Dry Goods
    • Residence: 1921, 17 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1942, 223 Frederick St, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Lewis Edwin Clemens, "was born January 4th, 1865. He resides in the city of Brantford where he is engaged with Mr. Codwell in an extensive dry goods business. He is unmarried."


    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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    Lewis Edwin Clemens, 77, died today at his residence, 223 Frederick Street. Born in Preston on Jan. 4 1865, he was a son of the late Joel Clemens and Magdalena Shoemaker. In Kitchener on June 24, 1903, he married Laura Bricker, who survives together with twin sons, Osborne B. of Kitchener and Watson B., of St. Catharines and a sister, Mrs P. E. Shantz of Preston. Six grandchildren also survive. Remains are resting at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home from where a public funeral service will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev E. O. Seymour will officiate.


    The Kitchener Daily News 31 Jan 1942

    Lewis — Laura Georgina Bricker. Laura (daughter of Ephraim K. Bricker and Ellen Roselia "Rosy" Cook) was born 15 Aug 1869, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Laura Georgina Bricker was born 15 Aug 1869, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Ephraim K. Bricker and Ellen Roselia "Rosy" Cook); died 14 Feb 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Laura Georgina Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: 00016-1313.2
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk B. Goods
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Keeper
    • Residence: 1921, 17 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1942, 223 Frederick St, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. 2. Osborne Bricker Clemens was born 3 Mar 1905, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Watson Bricker Clemens was born 3 Mar 1905, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1975, St. Catharines, Welland, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Lincoln Co., Ontario.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joel Clemens, Esq. was born 18 Dec 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Deacon Abraham L. Clemens and Magdalena "Molly" Miller); died 11 Aug 1905; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35281928
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1850
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lumber Man
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Retired: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Joel Clemens, "was born December 18th, 1823. On July 2nd, 1846, he was married to Magdalena Shoemaker who was born June 6th, 1828. Soon after their marriage they moved on his father's old homestead where they resided for about forty years, thence they moved to Preston where they still reside. To them were born nine 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.].

    Joel married Magdalena Shoemaker 2 Jul 1846. Magdalena (daughter of Jacob S. Shoemaker and Elizabeth Schneider) was born 6 Jun 1828, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1924; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Magdalena ShoemakerMagdalena Shoemaker was born 6 Jun 1828, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob S. Shoemaker and Elizabeth Schneider); died 13 Feb 1924; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35282037
    • Website: Photograph
    • Name: Lena Schuhmacher
    • Name: Lena Shoemaker
    • Name: Magdalena Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7010
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Magdalena Shoemaker, "was born in the town of Waterloo June 6th, 1828. She is married to Joel Clemens and resides near Preston, Ontario. They have had quite a large family but a few of their children 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.].

    Website:
    Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection


    Description: Black and white, studio portrait of Jacob S. Shoemaker's (1798-1875) sisters and daughters. They are identified as follows: back row from left to right: Aunt Barbara Huber (Mrs. Henry), Aunt Mary Ann McNally (Mrs. John), Aunt Lena (Magdalena) Clemens (Mrs. Joel); middle row from left to right: Aunt Mary Myers (Mrs. Michael), Aunt Magdalena (Mrs. Barnabas Devitt), Aunt Veronica Eby (Mrs. Isaac); and front row from left to right: Aunt Hannah Hett (Mrs. Caspar), Aunt Elizabeth Shoemaker (Miss).

    The women in the front and back rows have been identified as the daughters of Jacob S. Shoemaker. The women in the middle row have been identified as sisters of Jacob S. Shoemaker and the daughters of John Shoemaker and Mary Shantz, according to Ezra Eby's book.

    Children:
    1. Clemens died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Isabella Clemens was born 30 Apr 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1920, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Clemens was born 20 Mar 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1853; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Susannah Clemens was born 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Louanna Shoemaker Clemens was born 1 Feb 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1917, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 24 Mar 1917, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Lucena Clemens was born 26 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 May 1902, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
    7. Jacob Solon Clemens was born 30 Mar 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Cornelia Clemens was born 8 Apr 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1956; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Nelson Byron Clemens was born 24 May 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Mar 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 7 Mar 1882, Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. 4. Lewis Edwin "Edwin" Clemens was born 4 Jan 1865, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jan 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Odo Eby Clemens was born 5 Jun 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Ephraim K. Bricker was born 22 Jul 1848, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of David Bricker and Hannah Kolb); died 3 Sep 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 17 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00016-1313
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1868, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Black Smith
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Methodist
    • Elected Office: 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor, Deputy Reeve, Reeve, Warden
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Liveryman
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Livery
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Retired: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1921, 17 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Ephraim Bricker," was born July 22nd, 1848. He is married to Rosa Cook and resides in Berlin where he is engaged in the livery business. Their family consists of five 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.].

    Elected Office:
    Municipality . Berlin Years on local council Councillor 1883-84, 1892, 1894, 1897, 1901-03; 3 D-Reeve 1896; 2nd Deputy Reeve 1898
    Years on Waterloo County Council 1896

    Ephraim married Ellen Roselia "Rosy" Cook 15 Oct 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of James Cook and Elizabeth Williams) was born 5 Jun 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Sep 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Ellen Roselia "Rosy" CookEllen Roselia "Rosy" Cook was born 5 Jun 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Sep 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Cook and Elizabeth Williams); died 1 Jan 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ellen Roselia "Rosy" Bricker
    • Name: Rosa Cook
    • Name: Rosalie Cook
    • Name: Rose Cook
    • Name: Roselia Cook
    • Name: Rosy Cook
    • Name: Rozelia Cook
    • Eby ID Number: 00016-1313.1
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Methodist
    • Family Photograph: 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1921, 17 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Mrs. Eph. Bricker

    The death took place at Kitchener on New Year's Day of Mrs. Eph. Bricker, mother of Mrs. A. H. Snyder of Waterloo and Mrs. L. E. Clemens of Kitchener. Two sons, one sister, Mrs. J. b. Weber, also survive. Deceased was a daughter of the late James Cook and was born in Waterloo. The funeral took place Thursday.

    Waterloo Chronicle 3 Jan 1929

    Family Photograph:
    Standing, left to right: Alice Elvira, Margaret Angeline, Elizabeth Jane, Cordelia Diana, Melinda Caroline
    Middle Row: Jacob Cook
    Seated, left to right: Ellen Roselia, Hannah Maria, Mary Jemima, Anna Christina, Henrietta Josephine. Taken at Preston, Ontario in 1882

    Children:
    1. 5. Laura Georgina Bricker was born 15 Aug 1869, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Lawrence F. Bricker was born 2 Jan 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Florence L. Bricker was born 2 Jan 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Oct 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Geneva Edna Bricker was born 24 Feb 1875, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jun 1947, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 3 Jun 1947, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Lorne Douglas Campbell Bricker was born 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Harvey James Bricker was born 25 Apr 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jul 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Harley David Bricker was born 25 Apr 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Mary Gertrude "Gertrude" Bricker was born 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Oct 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Gordon Bricker was born 6 Nov 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.