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

Harold Shiry

Male 1892 - 1892  (0 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Harold Shiry was born 13 Jan 1892 (son of Menno Shiry and Melvina Gehl); died 5 Feb 1892; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Harold Scheirich
    • Eby ID Number: 00100-5579.345


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Menno Shiry was born 5 Apr 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel Scheirich and Susannah Snyder); died 25 Oct 1946, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Menno Scheirich
    • Eby ID Number: 00100-5579
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Menno Scheirich, "was born April 5th, 1865. He is a farmer and resides home with his father and manages the farm. He is married to Melvina Gehl and has a family of two children, namely: Harvey (dead) and Ida."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

    Menno — Melvina Gehl. Melvina (daughter of Richard Gehl and Rebecca B. Tohman) was born 27 Jan 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Melvina Gehl was born 27 Jan 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Richard Gehl and Rebecca B. Tohman); died 25 Sep 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Melvina Shiry
    • Eby ID Number: 00100-5579.1
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    In/ Memoriam// Died/ At Riverbank, on Sunday, September 25th, 1921,/ Melvina Gehl/ beloved wife of Menno Shiry in her 54th year.// The Funeral/ Will take place on Wednesday, September/ 28th, at 2 p.m., from her late home at/ Riverbank to the Hagey Cemetery, Preston./ Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation


    Funeral Card

    Children:
    1. Harvey Shiry
    2. 1. Harold Shiry was born 13 Jan 1892; died 5 Feb 1892; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Ida Shiry was born 22 Jan 1894, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1953; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Alfred Shiry was born 11 Nov 1896, Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1963; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Herbert Shiry was born 27 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1988; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Samuel Scheirich was born 9 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of David Scheirich and Mary Ringler, son of David Scheirich and Elizabeth Reist); died 11 Jan 1895; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Samuel Shiry
    • Eby ID Number: 00100-5574
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • 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

    Notes:

    Samuel Scheirich, (He and all his family spell their name 'Shiry' not Scheirich) "was born April 9th, 1826. He resides on his father's old homestead where he was engaged in farming until lately. He now lives retired while his son is managing the farm. In May, 1850, he was married to Susannah Schneider."


    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.].

    Samuel married Susannah Snyder 14 May 1850, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of John Snyder and Judith Bingeman) was born 18 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Apr 1894; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Susannah Snyder was born 18 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Snyder and Judith Bingeman); died 11 Apr 1894; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Susannah Scheirich
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6288
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Susannah Snyder, "was born April 18th, 1829. On May 14th, 1850, she was married to Samuel Scheirich, a farmer"


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Elias Scheirich was born 3 Dec 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Noah Shiry was born 24 Jan 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Aug 1926, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Aug 1926, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Henry Scheirich was born 17 Apr 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1862; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Judith Ann Scheirich was born 13 Jul 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 2. Menno Shiry was born 5 Apr 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Oct 1946, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. John Shiry was born 28 Jan 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Nov 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Susannah Scheirich was born 20 Apr 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1941; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Lizzie Scheirich was born 27 Feb 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1956; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Richard GehlRichard Gehl was born 16 Mar 1825, , Prussia, Germany (son of Johannes "John Gehl); died 8 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 555 Riverbank Dr. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7515.1
    • Immigration: 1850
    • Naturalization: 1850
    • Occupation: 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
    • 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: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • 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

    Richard married Rebecca B. Tohman 19 Mar 1850, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rebecca (daughter of Abraham Tohman, Sr. and Mary Bricker) was born 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1904; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Rebecca B. TohmanRebecca B. Tohman was born 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham Tohman, Sr. and Mary Bricker); died 28 Feb 1904; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Rebecca B. Gehl
    • Name: Rebecca Toman
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 555 Riverbank Dr. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7515
    • Residence: 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • 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

    Notes:

    Rebecca Tohman, "was born April 11th, 1829. On March 19th, 1850, she was married to Richard Gehl, a farmer. They reside on her grandfather's (old Samuel Bricker) old place near Freeport, Ontario. To them was born a family of four children".1

    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.].

    Children:
    1. George Gehl was born 3 Aug 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Marian Gehl was born 20 Jul 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Isaac Gehl was born 19 May 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Oct 1935; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.
    4. Abraham "Abram" Gehl was born 30 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 May 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Levi Allen Gehl was born 5 Sep 1865, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Oct 1942, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Oct 1942, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 3. Melvina Gehl was born 27 Jan 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  David Scheirich was born 24 Dec 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Mathias Scheirich and Catharine Mooney); died 15 Dec 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205666437
    • Name: David Shiry
    • Eby ID Number: 00100-5571
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    David Scheirich, "second son of Mathias and Catharine (Mooney) Scheirich, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1790. He was nearly fifteen years of age when he came to Canada with his parents. In 1820 he was married to Mary Ringler. After his marriage he moved to lot No. 116, German Company's Tract, now in possession of his son, Samuel. Here she died about the year 1834. Afer her decease he was married to Elizabeth Reist who was born February 13th, 1803, and died July 22nd, 1876. He died December 15th, 1862. With his first wife he had a family of six children and with the second wife there were four 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.].

    David married Mary Ringler 1820. Mary was born Abt 1790, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Abt 1834. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Ringler was born Abt 1790, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Abt 1834.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Scheirich
    • Eby ID Number: 00100-5571.1

    Children:
    1. John Scheirich was born 23 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1891, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Polly Scheirich was born 12 Apr 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.
    3. 4. Samuel Scheirich was born 9 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1895; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jacob Scheirich was born 29 Mar 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Catharine Scheirich was born 7 Sep 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Veronica "Fannie" Scheirich was born 10 Nov 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1918; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States.

  3. 10.  John Snyder was born 1 Mar 1800, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Yost Schneider and Maria "Mary" Erb); died 19 Feb 1893, North Of Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John Snider
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6281
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of John Snyder
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • 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
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John Snyder, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, March 1st, 1800. In 1806 his parents, Jacob and Mary (Erb) Schneider moved to Canada and settled near Bloomingdale where Mr. Snyder was raised. On May 14th, 1826, he was married to Judith (No. 1045), daughter of John and Hannah (Bergey) Bingeman. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, December 8th, 1807, and died January 28th, 1880. After their marriage they moved several miles north of Bloomingdale where they resided until their deaths. He died February 19th, 1893. "

    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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    SNIDER - Feb. 19th, 1893, in Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ont., near Conestoga, Bro. John Snider, of infirmities of old age, aged 92 years, 11 months and 18 days. Bro. Snider was born in Franklin Co., Pa., in 1806 he emigrated with his parents to the neighborhood where he died. Entered into matrimony with Judith Bingeman in 1826 who preceded him to the spirit world 13 years. They had a family of 11 children, of whom 9 survive them, also 31 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. Buried on the 22d at Snider's meeting house where a large number of relatives and friends met to pay their last tribute of respect. Appropriate remarks were made by Bish. Elias Weber and Noah Stauffer.

    Herald of Truth , Vol. XXX, No. 7, April 1, 1893 - Page 117, 118, 199

    John married Judith Bingeman 14 May 1826. Judith (daughter of Johannes "John" Bingeman and Hannah S. Bergey) was born 8 Dec 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jan 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Judith Bingeman was born 8 Dec 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Johannes "John" Bingeman and Hannah S. Bergey); died 28 Jan 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Judith Snyder
    • Eby ID Number: 00009-1045
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Judith Bingeman
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Judith Bingeman, " the eldest in the family, was born December 8th, 1807. On May 14th, 1826, she was married to John Snider who was born March 1st, 1800, and died February 19th, 1893. They resided on a farm north of Bloomingdale, adjoining the township line. She died January 28th, 1880. To them was born 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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    Jan. 29th, in Waterloo Co., Ont., of palsy, Sister JUDITH, wife of Bro. John SCHNEIDER, aged 73 years, 1 month and 20 days. Buried in Schneider's burying-ground the 31st, in the presence of many relatives and friends

    Herald of Truth - Volume XVII, Number 4 - April, 1880, page 76, 77, 78

    Children:
    1. Jonas B. Snyder was born 26 May 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 5. Susannah Snyder was born 18 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Apr 1894; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Hannah Snyder was born 12 Jul 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Esther Snyder was born 22 Feb 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Sep 1919; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Henry B. Snyder was born 12 Jul 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1898; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary "Polly" Snyder was born 28 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1933, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Magdalena "Lena" Snyder was born 1 Jun 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1914; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Judith Snyder was born 28 Mar 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 May 1929, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. John Snyder was born 25 May 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jan 1850.
    10. Jacob B. Snyder was born 17 Aug 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jun 1922; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Elias B. Snyder was born 20 Oct 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  Johannes "John Gehl was born CA 1800; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John Gehl
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-408873

    Children:
    1. 6. Richard Gehl was born 16 Mar 1825, , Prussia, Germany; died 8 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Henry Gehl was born 1835, , Prussia, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John Gehl was born 1840, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

  6. 14.  Abraham Tohman, Sr.Abraham Tohman, Sr. was born 7 Jan 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA (son of Valentine Tohman and Sarah Derstein); died 12 Dec 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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    • Name: Abram Toman
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7513
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 111E, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Historic Building: Abt 1845, Abraham Thoman's Relocated Barn, 10 Huron Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bricker Barn
    • 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

    Notes:

    Abram Tohman, "the eldest, was born in 1804. He was married to Mary, eldest daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker. She was born November 3rd, 1806. After their marriage they resided on her father's old homestead near Freeport, Ontario, until February 25th, 1846, when the moved to Wilmot Township, a little west of New Dundee where they resided until his death which occurred December 12th, 1867. After his death the widow had her home with her son, Samuel, who now possesses the old homestead. She died December 27th, 1893."


    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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    On the 12 of Dec, in Waterloo County; Ontario, of palsy, Abm. Toman, aged 62 years, 11 months and 5 days. He was buried at the Blenheim meeting-house Burying-ground, where appropriate funeral discourses were delivered.


    HERALD OF TRUTH, Feb 1868, page 31

    Residence:
    Home of Abram and Mary Tohman Lot 14 Concession 3 Wilmot Township. right side is the original left side was addition. House is now demolished.

    Historic Building:
    Bricker Barn originally located in Waterloo Township, Waterloo County. Constructed around 1845. Original owner, Abraham and Mary Thoman. Gift of John Steckley, 1976

    Abraham — Mary Bricker. Mary (daughter of Samuel Bricker and Rebecca Eby) was born 1805, , USA; died 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  7. 15.  Mary Bricker was born 1805, , USA (daughter of Samuel Bricker and Rebecca Eby); died 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Tohman
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00016-1324
    • Birth: 3 Nov 1806, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mary Bricker,"the eldest child of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker, was born November 3rd, 1806. She was married to Abraham Toman who was born in Pennsylvania in 1804, and died in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, December 12th, 1867. She died December 27th, 1893. 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.].

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    TOMAN.-Mary Toman (maiden name Bricker), widow of the late Abraham Toman, was born in Waterloo township, Waterloo Co., Ont., November 3, 1806, and died in the township of Wilmot, December 26, 1893, aged 87 years, 1 month and 23 days. She survived her husband for over 26 years. She leaves a posterity of 9 children, 65 grandchildren, 79 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. Funeral on Dec 29th, 1893, on which occasion M.S. Bowman preached in German from John 14: 3, and Noah Stauffer in English from Isaiah 28: 29. Buried in Blenheim cemetery. Her end was peace.

    HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 2, January 15, 1894 - pp 29,30,31

    Children:
    1. Toman
    2. Amos B. Tohman was born 11 Nov 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1907, Harrison, Clare, Michigan, United States.
    3. 7. Rebecca B. Tohman was born 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1904; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Leah Tohman was born 18 Apr 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1902; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. Samuel Bricker Toman was born 28 Mar 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Oct 1922, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. Abraham Tohman, Jr. was born 29 Jan 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Sarah Tohman was born 1 Jul 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Joseph Toman was born 12 Oct 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Mar 1920, Richmond, Osceola, Michigan.
    9. Mary Tohman was born 18 Jan 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1919; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Susannah Tohman was born 14 Jan 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Nov 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Nov 1935, Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.