Johanna K. Zimmer

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• Name: Hannah Zimmer
• Name: Johanna K. Wilhelm
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68922P
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Notes:

Mrs. Johanna Wilhelm - Maryhill - Mrs. Johanna Wilhelm, 89, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold (Ida) Fromm, Maryhill, after a week's illness. The former Johanna Zimmer, she was born March 16, 1871, in Kitchener, daughter of the late Adam Zimmer and Catherine Knechtel. She was a member of St. Boniface RC Church. Her husband, Charles Wilhelm, died 10 years ago. Surviving are three sons, Edgar of Kitchener, Harry of Maryhill and Anthony of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. William (Grace) Kloepfer of Galt and Mrs. Fromm; a sister Mrs. Allen (Margaret) Knechtel of Kitchener; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Gruhn Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8: 30 pm. Prayers will be said at the funeral home Wednesday at 9 am, followed by requiem high mass at St. Boniface Church at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

Johanna married Charles M. Wilhelm 14 Apr 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charles (son of Anthony Wilhelm and Mary Regina "Regina" Moser, son of Anthony Wilhelm and Regina Moser) was born 27 Jun 1871, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1951; was buried , Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Harvey Wilhelm died Yes, date unknown.
2. Edgar Zimmer Wilhelm was born 23 Nov 1896, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Jun 1981, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Henry Z. "Harry" Wilhelm was born 11 Sep 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1980, RR1, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Anthony M. Wilhelm was born May 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died 1964; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Grace E. Wilhelm was born 14 Apr 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 30 Dec 1991; was buried , Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Albert Wilhelm was born 7 Nov 1911, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario; died 1951; was buried , Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Ida Wilhelm was born 23 Nov 1915, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Mar 2011, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario; was buried , Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Name: Adam Zimmer
• Name: John Adam Zimmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31243
• Land: 1853, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• 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; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Johann married Catherine Knechtel 5 Sep 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Johann Philip "Philip" Knechtel and Anna Eva Jung) was born 13 Jul 1837, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Sep 1837, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Mar 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Zimmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46140
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42639
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Land: Bef 1853, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Michael Zimmer: Last Will and Testament of Michael Zimmer, of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman.

…I Michael Zimmer, of the township of Waterloo, Yeoman, do make, constitute and publish these presents, dated the 26^th December 1853, my Last Will and Testament, ordaining and directing concerning my worldly estate as follows ;

(1) I desire my hereinafter named Executors in due time and times to collecty, receive, demand and me[sic] for my outstanding debts, dues, notes and bonds, and also to pay and discharge in due times all the debts due and owing by me.

(2) My farm, consisting of the north half of Lot Number forty eight of the German Company Tract of the said Township of Waterloo, is to be carried on by my family unitedly as hitherto until it shall have been fully paid and freed from the incumberance resting thereon in favor of Christian Fray. After this be effected all my chattels and goods with the exceptions as hereinafter mentioned and provided shall be sold by public auction to the benefit of my estate, and then my eldest son Adam Zimmer is to have and take the farm, containing in the whole two hundred and twenty four acres - with exceptions for my second son Jacob as hereinafter provided at the price or payment and conditions as hereinafter mentioned, such exceptions to my son Jacob to contain about seventeen acres.

(3) My son Adam is to give and pay out of the said farm to my beloved widow Margareth annually her regular widow third and allow her and the younger children in the free indwelling in our present dwelling house, but in case that circumstances arise which cause her to desire a dwelling place apart for herself, my said son Adam Zimmer is to build one for her on this place, in a suitable situation and in suitable dimensions on his own sole expenses and costs, and which she shall and may inhabit as long as she shall and doth remain my widow, but ceasing to be such, she shall have no further claim therein and in case she intermarries again, her widow third shall be computed and such computed sum be paid over to her by my said son Adam Zimmer, and she thus pay off all her further claims in and against my estate.

(4) On my son Dadam Zimmer taking the farm as aforesaid, my beloved widow Margareth is to have and take as and for her own property for ever all and singular the house and kitchen furniture which she wants and doth desire to have, also two beds, bedding and bedsteads for herself and the younger children, also one cow, with the free run and pasturage and stabling on the place, along with the cattle of my son Adam. And my said son Adam is to have for his own property free out of my erstate, one span horses, one cow, one plough, one harrow, one wagon, one double horse harness, and one good fanning mill, and my half share in the threshing machine which I conjointly hold with Eli Clemens. And my son Jacob shall have and take out of my estate as his own property one horse and harness, one cow, one wagon, one plough and the old fanning mill. All the remainder of my chattels and goods is to be sold and the proceeds be laid up for my younger two children, and in case of need to be paid for and to them as occasions shall and may arise, and the balance thereof, each, his or her own share, be paid over to them when they do come on age, my daughter Louise Zimmer, when an age of twenty years, and my son Daniel Zimmer twenty one years old. My said son Adam Zimmer is further to pay out of the said place the sum of nine hundred dollars to my said two younger children, when they shall come on age…the first share to my daughter she being now about sixteen years old, and my said son Daniel being now about ten years old, is to receive his share after his said sister, but each of them shall receive her and his first installment of her or of his on their respective day of maturity, and from hence in yearly instalments, until the whole be paid, but without interedst until due, but in case either of them, or both, do die and depart life without leaving legal bodily issue, before she, or he, shall have received her or his respective share, in part of in full, then such unpaid portion and portions thereof shall fall back upon my estate, to be divided in equal shares amongst my surviving heirs, but the portion or portions which they, she or he actually had received, they may dispose of after their own mind and will, even if leaving no bodily issue and this shall be their respective portions out of my place.

(5) My said son Jacob Zimmer shall have as his own property for ever free out of my land and estate all the parcels of land and premises which belong to this said lot number forty eight, - first, that which were formerly occupied by Franz Kraft and his wife, containing five acres, situate on the north side of the road leading to the Township line of Waterloo and Wilmot, with house and stable thereon. Secondly that field of eight or nine acres on the south side of the said road, adjoining Eli Clemens, as it is fenced in, and thirdly that piece of cedar land or swamp, adjoining Jacob Clemens land, containing about three acres, and which is butted and bounded - described as follows, viz: Commence at Jacob Clemens' land, thence along the south side of the said road eastward as far as one rod (or twenty five links) beyond the spring going amongst as by the name of "Krafts' Spring" thence backwards from the road to the fence bordering this cedar swamp, thence along this fence to the land and fence of Jacob Clemens aforesaid, and then this fence along to the beginning and of which lands he is to give and pay annually to my said Widow the sum of five shillings in place and lieu of her widow dower…My said daughter Louise shall after my demise go and try to earn her bread herself, but all her wages she shall and may keep and use herself. My said son Daniel shall be put out to learn a trade after his own liking my Executors to bind him out to some tradesman to the best of his advantage and interest, after he shall have attained his sixteenth year, up to such age he is to remain with my widow, or my son Adam, and be held to industry and work according to his abilities, not to forget however sufficient schooling. As Executors to my estate I hereby constitute and make my beloved son Adam Zimmer and my trusty friend Jacob Zoeller, of the said Township of Waterloo, Yeoman.

Witnessed by Eli Clemens and Jacob Zimmer
Will date 26 Dec 1853
Proved and Insinuated 1^st March 1854
No Inventory amount

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 partial transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber. A-1-27

Michael married Margaret Stuber 28 Nov 1824, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Margaret was born 10 Jul 1804, , Germany; died 19 Aug 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Zimmer
• Name: Margaretha Stuckhardt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-148685
• Birth: CALC 7 Aug 1804
• Residence: 1825, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Another Old Resident Gone

Says the Berlin News of Saturday: - "Another very old citizen of this locality \endash Mrs. Michael Zimmer \endash residing with her son Adam, about two miles from Berlin, died yesterday at the advanced age of 84. She has been in this country over forty years, and leaves a large number of children, grand children and great grand children.

Galt Reporter Aug 26 1887 pg 1

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• Name: Philip Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31720
• Occupation: 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• 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; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Extract from the Christening Files of the Ref. Parish Spesbach Year 1800 Church record No. 2

There was christened Knechtel, Johann Philipp
born on 26 December 1800 in Hitschenhausen
christened 30 December 1800 in Hitschenhausen

Parents: Valentin Knechtel, of Hitschenhausen and Maria Eva nee Gluck

Godparents: Philipp Knechtel unmarried, Johann Nikel Rink of Hitschenhausen, Philippine Gluck, unmarried of Hitschenhausen, Philippine Diez unmarried of Hutschenhausen.

Fee: DM 2.
A genuine abstract
Speyer 10 July 1975
Protestant Episcopal Church Archive of the Palatinate
( Dr. Rger )
Archive director

Johann — Anna Eva Jung. Anna was born 1807, , Bavaria, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Eva Knechtel
• Name: Anna Jung
• Name: Eva Young
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31721
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Valentine Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133626

Notes:

Extract from the Christening Files of the Ref. Parish Spesbach Year 1776 Church record No. 1

There was christened Name and first name Knechtel. Johann Valentin
born on 22 January 1776 in Hütschenhausen
christened 25 January 1776 in Hütschenhausen

Parents
Johann Jacob Knechtel of Hütschenhausen and wife Elisabeth Magdalena

Godparents
Valentin Dietz, legitimate son of Martin Dietzen Hütschenhausen Lutheran religion, Johann Peter legitimate son of Georg Knechtel
of Katzenbach and Maria Margaretha surviving daughter of Nikel Strachen of Hütschenhausen.

Residence at the time of the birth: Hütschenhausen

A genuine abstract
Speyer 10 July 1975
Protestant Episcopal Church Archive of the Palatinate
( Dr. Eger ) Archive Director

Johann married Maria Eva Klick 9 Apr 1799, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Maria was born 1783; died 1873, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Eva Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133738