Christian Rosenberger

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00095-5344
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Furniture Finisher

Notes:

Christian Rosenberger, "was born in 1862. He is married to Mary Gibson and resides in Berlin, Ontario, where he is engaged in Krug & Co's furniture factory as painter. They have one son named Louis Roy."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

Christian — Mary Gibson. Mary was born 2 May 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Louis Roy Rosenberger
2. Louis R. Rosenberger was born 14 Oct 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00095-5337
• Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawyer
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Joseph Rosenberger, "was born January 25th, 1825. He was married to Hannah Sherk. They reside in Preston, Ontario, where he died April 10th, 1893. To them were born eight 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

______________________


ROSENBERGER - On the 10th of April, 1893, in Preston, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Bro. Joseph Rosenberger, aged 68 years, 3 months and 16 days. Bro. Rosenberger had been suffering of dropsy for some time. He had spent nearly all his life in self-righteousness, yet during his sickness and the many severe spells, he experienced his lost condition and repented of his sins, and five days previous to his death he united with the church by baptism, from that time on he had peace and joyfully awaited death to make an end to his suffering. He remained conscious till the very last. He left a bright hope for the future. He was buried on the 13th in Hagey's graveyard. Funeral services by _____ Pomeroy and Jacob B. Gingrich from Isa. 38: 1.


Herald of Truth , Vol. XXX, No. 9, May 1, 1893 - Page 149, 150, 151

Joseph married Hannah Sherk 9 Mar 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Jacob Sherk and Hannah Bechtel) was born 2 Feb 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Hannah Rosenberger
• Eby ID Number: 00101-5633
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Hannah Sherk, "was born February 2nd, 1828. She was married to Joseph Rosenberger. They resided in Preston where he 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00095-5335
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; laborer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

John Rosenberger, "son of Benjamin Rosenberger was born 1797 and died in 1863. He was married to Margaret, daughter of Cornelius Pannebecker. She was born October 12th, 1805, and died March 28th, 1880. They resided on his father's place a little north of Preston. Both died in Preston. They had a family of twelve 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.].

John married Margaret Pannebecker 1822. Margaret (daughter of Cornelius Pannebecker and Anna Detweiler) was born 12 Oct 1805, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Mar 1880, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Margaret Rosenberger
• Eby ID Number: 00087-5118
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Margaret Pannebecker, "was born October 12th, 1805, and died March 28th, 1880. She was married, in 1822, to John Rosenberger and resided north of Preston. To them were born twelve 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00101-5612
• Epidemic: 6 Aug 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cholera

Notes:

Jacob Sherk, "was born August 18th, 1795. He was married to Hannah Bechtel (No. 753). They resided on the farm now in possession of Noah Betzner on the west side of the Grand River, near Breslau. Here he died of cholera, August 6th, 1834. His family consisted 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.].

Jacob — Hannah Bechtel. Hannah (daughter of Deacon Jacob Bechtel and Elizabeth Gabel) was born 24 Oct 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 25 Sep 1874; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Hannah Sherk
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0753
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Hannah Bechtel "the fourth member of old Jacob Bechtel's family, was married to Jacob Sherk. They resided on the farm now the property of Noah Betzner, where he died of cholera, August 5th, 1834. She was born October 24th, 1799, and died September 25th, 1874. They had a family of ten 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.].

Residence:
Lived with her son Abraham.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00095-5334
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 29, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Benjamin Rosenberger, "son of Abraham Rosenberger, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. About the year 1796, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Barbara (Fried) Biehn. In 1801 they with others moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, a little north of Preston, on the farm where the late Henry Hagey resided. Here they had a family of six 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.].

____________________________


**** Other sources indicate that Abraham is not his father but is the son of John Rosenberger and Elizabth Landis.

Benjamin married Elizabeth Biehn Abt 1796. Elizabeth (daughter of John Biehn and Barbara Fried) was born 1775, Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Rosenberger
• Eby ID Number: 00008-974

Notes:

Elizabeth Biehn, " was born in 1775. She was married to Benjamin Rosenberger in 1796. He was born in 1769 and in 1801 they with others moved to Canada and settled near Preston, Ontario, where they died. Their family consisted of six 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.].

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29726013
• Historic Building: 655 Blackbridge Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; 2 story stone house
• Military: War of 1812
• Eby ID Number: 00087-5083
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 128, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 09, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 08, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

"The Pannebeckers (To have a complete history of the Pannebecker family, write to Mr. Samuel W. Pennypacker, Philadelphia, Pa., and get the book, "Historical and Biographical Sketches of the Pannebeckers", edited by Pennybecker. It is well worth the money and one of the most complete works of its kind in existence) were of the first settlers of German origin who settled in Pennsylvania over two hundred years ago. We find them to have been a prominent family in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania as early as 1709."

Cornelius Pannebecker, "a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was born December 8th, 1770. In April, 1792, he was married to Anna Dettweiler, sister to old Rudolph Dettweiler who resided near the Wanner Meeting House at Hespeler. She was born November 16th, 1775, and died October 27th, 1855. In 1810 they, in company with Christian Shantz and family, Jacob Shantz and wife, and others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near the present village of Hespeler, on the farm now occupied by Peter Wier. Here they resided until their deaths. He died June 22nd, 1855. To then was born a family of thirteen 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.].

____________________

About the year 1822, Joseph Oberholtzer, a sawyer, and Cornelius Pannabecker, a blacksmith, both sound men, had come to the conclusion that, having regard to the fact that so many new buildings were being put up by the settlers, a saw mill in this locality would pay.

In 1823, Joseph Oberholtzer bought from Christian Strome (Strohm) 24 acres of land lying both sides of the River Speed at some distance below the present D. W. & W. Buildings and on it they erected a small saw mill building, installed sawing machinery and built a dam on the Speed to furnish power to operate it.

After it had been in operation for a time they discovered to their sorrow that their mill was not big enough to handle the huge logs the farmers were hauling in to be sawn, and so, later, when their frail dam went out in a flood it was not replaced; They salvaged what they could and wrote off the rest to profit and loss. They had made the mistake of building too small and they paid the shot.


Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

__________________________

Unwilling participants in the War of 1812

About 20 Mennonite men were conscripted to haul supplies for an 1813 engagement

...No one was exempt from non-combatant duties, although some resisted at times. Some were fined heavily in court. Cornelius Pannebecker removed the wheels from his wagon to save it, although his horse and son were still conscripted. Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel was threatened at sword-point by an officer who knew she was hiding oxen, which he sought for a massive-scale transport operation to the Detroit River.

Waterloo Region Region 23 Jun 2012 Jonathan Seiling

_________________________________

About the year 1840, the third saw-mill in New Hope was erected. It was located just below the Forbes Mill site by a partnership composed of another great-grandfather of the write, the late Cornelius Pannebecker, and one Joseph Oberholtzer, whose sister was married to Bergy.

Cornelius Pannebecker arrived from Montgomery County, Pa. in 1810 and was the son of a Mennonite minister who lived on the Schuylkill River at the present site of Spring City. Joseph Oberholtzer was evidently a native of the same county in Pennsylvania and located here probably in 1826 and information in hand also points to his having been the son of a Mennonite preacher. The family was of Swiss descent, while Pannebecker was descended from a Dutch family which had migrated for a few years into Germany about Kriegaheim near Worms, before participating in the exodus of Quakers and Mennonites to Pennsylvania, about the year 1700.

It would appear that Bergy's first saw-mill was too far up the river and the partnership mill too far downstream to quite meet the tastes or requirements of the times, for within a few years Cornelius Oberholtzer erected the fourth saw-mill about midway between these two points, and with it a small foundry or shop, probably for mill repairs etc. Some particulars of this fourth mill are available.

It continued in operation until sometime in 1864, although it evidently changed ownership, September 27th, 1863, to a partnership composed of George Randall, then of Berlin, Herbert M. Farr of Waterloo and Shubel H. Randall of New Hampshire, the purchase price according to the Galt Reporter files of that time being $8,000. The old mill was used to saw the timber and lumber for the Randall-Farr Woolen Mills, two stone structures erected in 1864, but as the saw-carriage had capacity only for logs up to 16 feet in length, the large timbers for the new Woolen Mills had to be hewn and were not sawn. It had been said with perhaps some little exaggeration, that the process of sawing logs of large diameter with the vertically operated drag-saw then in use was so slow that the operator after starting to log, had time to walk up town a half mile or more to the hotel, for liquid refreshments and return before the cut was finished.

The timbers of white-pine, taken out of this Oberholtzer mill when the woolen-mill buildings crowded it out of its place were used in the construction of the Lewis Kribs saw-mills which in 1865 were located close to the old public school site. When Mr. W. A. Kribs erected his present manufacturing buildings alongside the G. T. R. lines in 1902, these same old timbers were for the third time used and are at the time of writing, as sound as when first used in 1840.


Tenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1922, pages 213 - 224.

Historic Building:
In 2009 this 2 story fieldstone house was in good condition, still used as a residence and their are still farm buildings on the site. There is a great deal of new construction not far from the house and soon the house will be surrounded with new housing.

Cornelius married Anna Detweiler Apr 1792. Anna (daughter of Abraham Detweiler and Elizabeth Kolb Ziegler) was born 16 Nov 1775, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 27 Oct 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29726056
• Name: Anna Pannebecker
• Eby ID Number: 00087-5083.1

Other Events:

• Name: Joseph Schörg
• Name: Joseph Sherk
• Name: Joseph Shurick
• Eby ID Number: 00101-5597
• Residence: CONSTRUCTED 1830, 381 Pioneer Tower Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 11, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Joseph Schorg, "was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, February 3rd, 1769. He came to Canada in fall of 1799, and in spring, 1800, he with his wife and family of five children settled on lot No. 11, B.F. Beasley Block, S. R., on the banks of the Grand River, opposite Doon. Here they raised a family of ten children. He died February 17th, 1853."


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.].

_____________________________


February 17, 1855 - Joseph Schorg. The first settler of Waterloo township. 86 years, 14 days.


Death Announcement - Deutsche Canadier, March 1, 1855

___________________________

Joseph Sherk

It was 100 years on Monday since the first settler came to Waterloo County. His name was Joseph Sherk; after he visited the area in 1799, he and his family settled on Lot 11, Beasley Block, on the banks of the Grand River opposite Doon. He died February 17, 1853.

Berliner Journal 3 Mar 1904 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk October 28, 2005 for the Kitchener Public Library

_________________________


A-1-60 Joseph Sharick: Last Will and Testament of Joseph Sharick of Waterloo, Yeoman, ..

I Joseph Sharick the Elder, of the Township of Waterlooo, Yeoman, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, but being of sound mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say : I will and desire that all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expensees be paid by my Executors hereinafter named, as soon as conveniently may be after my decease, and as to my worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to blessw me, I give and dispose of the same as follows, that is to say, I give and devise to my beloved wife the Bedstead and bedding and the bureaus which she brought with her at her marriage with me, and my will is, that my executors do support and maintain my said wife Barbara out of my estate hereinafter named in such manner as shall be ample and sufficient for her proper maintenance during the time of her natural life. And my will is further, that all the proceeds out of my real and personal estate hereinafter named shall be divided unto and among my hereinafter named children, viz: Catharine, the wife of John Brubacher, John, David, Elizabeth the wife of Peter Woods, Joseph, Magdalena the wife of David Codlin, Susanna the wife of John Thornton, Lidia[sic] the wife of Morgan Thompson, share and share alike, subject nevertheless to the following conditions, that is to say that Magdalena shall have the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars in addition to the different sum and articles which she already has received, over and above her equal share as aforsaid, and said one hundred and fifty dollars and the different sums and articles which she already has received, shall be in lieu of wages for the time she has worked for me over age, and the said Susannah shall have the said one hundred and fifty dollars less than her equal share as aforesaid. And my will is further, that the said Magdalena shall only be entitles to draw one half of the amount of her share and the one hundred and fifty dollars, and for the other half the Executors shall pay her the lawful interest, provided always that if it shall appear to said Executors that the said interest shall not prove sufficient at any time for the support of the said Magdalena, the said Executors then shall have power to pay over to the said Magdalena such sums out6 of the said remaining half share, as they may think sufficient, and my will is further that if my said daughter Magdalena should die without leaving lawful issue, that then my Executors shall divide the remainder of her share unto and among the other of my above named children share and share alike. And my will is further that my Executors in dividing the proce3eds of my estate, shall take my Book wherein I have made charges to my said children as and for their guide and divide accordingly to said charges already made, and before any of my heirs shall receive his full share, my will is that all the above named heirs are placed on an equal footing according to the above named charges in the book, and none of my heirs shall have any right to demand their respective shares of my Executors during the lifetime of my said wife Barbara….I nominate my trusty and worthy friends Jacob Hagey of the said Township of Waterloo, Blacksmith, Abraham Kinsey, of the same place, Yeoman, and my son David Sharick of the same place Yeoman, to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament.

Witnessed by John Betzner, Aaron Biehn, Otto Klotz, Notary Public
Will dated 6 March 1852
Will proven 26 February 1855
No Inventory amount
Died 17 February 1855

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

Residence:
The Schoerg Homestead is a classic representation of the Mennonite Georgian style. The house is a two-and-a-half-storey dwelling, constructed of hand-made red-brick, with a two-storey wood frame wing to the rear. The structure is in sound condition and has been altered very little from its original appearance. The brick portion of the home is set upon a foundation of rough squared granite stone. The fieldstone foundation of the two-storey rear wing suggests an earlier farmhouse may have existed at this location.
The barn, constructed circa 1830, was a classic example of a Pennsylvania Mennonite bank barn and the remains of the granite and limestone foundations can be seen just west of the farmhouse.<sup>1a

1a</sup>381 Pioneer Tower Road, Heritage Property Report, City of Kitchener, December 7, 2004.

Joseph — Elizabeth Betzner. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Betzner and Maria Detweiler) was born Abt 1773, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Schoerg
• Name: Elizabeth Schoerg
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0915

Notes:

Elizabeth Betzner "was born about 1773, and was first married to John Schörg who was born in 1761, and resided in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1792. After his death she was married to Joseph Schörg who was born February 3rd, 1769. They came to Canada in 1800 and settled near Doon where he died February 17th, 1853. She died many years ago. To her were born 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00007-0737
• Residence: Abt 1817, 1490 Blair Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Beside the many hardships, labors and sufferings in getting here and making themselves homes, quite a few settlers along where Blair is now situated were visited by a fire this spring of 1806.

On the 6th of May fire was set to a Job [a tract of land with timber slashed down ready to be burned so that the land could be farmed later] of 10 or 15 acres, soon after which a great wind arose, and swept through the new clearings and destroyed fences, houses and barns.

Abraham Stauffer had his barn burnt.
Abraham Bechtel had his house and barn burnt.
Jacob Bechtel's house was saved but his barn and everything else were consumed.
Nathaniel Dodge who was the last of the settlers along the river, had two barns with all their contents burnt.

The fire went on making the most fearful destruction of all kinds of valuable timber. Thus those settlers who were probably the most advanced with their new homes were suddenly left without house, food or clothing, and were obliged to go below Dundas through mud, water, swamp and forest for provisions and other necessaries, which were not obtainable from their neighbors.

MENNONITE IMMIGRATION TO WATERLOO COUNTY - THE MOYER JOURNAL

Attributed to Samuel S. Moyer 1849 - 1941

Jacob — Elizabeth Gabel. Elizabeth was born CA 1775, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00037-3022.3

Notes:

Unwilling participants in the War of 1812
About 20 Mennonite men were conscripted to haul supplies for an 1813 engagement

...No one was exempt from non-combatant duties, although some resisted at times. Some were fined heavily in court. Cornelius Pannebecker removed the wheels from his wagon to save it, although his horse and son were still conscripted. Elizabeth (Gabel) Bechtel was threatened at sword-point by an officer who knew she was hiding oxen, which he sought for a massive-scale transport operation to the Detroit River.

Waterloo Region Region 23 Jun 2012 Jonathan Seiling