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Clara Fortney

Female 1878 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Clara Fortney was born 25 Apr 1878, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of David D. Fortney and Catherine R. Schwartz); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82037
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woollen
    • Occupation: 1925, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Housework

    Clara married Daniel Schaus 26 Jan 1925, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Daniel (son of Jacob Schaus and Caroline Hollinger) was born 26 Aug 1877, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1931, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David D. Fortney was born 14 Oct 1837, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John B. Fortney and Anna Maria "Mary" Diemert); died 24 Dec 1913, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: David Furtney
    • Eby ID Number: 00035-3007.2
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    David married Catherine R. Schwartz 1860. Catherine (daughter of Peter Schwartz and Anna Maria Rummelhardt) was born 27 Mar 1838, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Dec 1915, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Catherine R. SchwartzCatherine R. Schwartz was born 27 Mar 1838, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Peter Schwartz and Anna Maria Rummelhardt); died 16 Dec 1915, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catherine R. Fortney
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74916
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Children:
    1. Anthony Fortney was born 18 Jun 1867, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 Dec 1897, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Cemetery, Deemerton, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Theresa Fortney was born CALC 10 Oct 1872, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Deemerton, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.
    3. Pauline Catherina Fortney was born 13 Mar 1875, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1923, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 1. Clara Fortney was born 25 Apr 1878, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John B. Fortney was born 20 Sep 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Fordney and Elizabeth Muma); died 1 Jan 1878, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Cemetery, Deemerton, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Johann Fordny
    • Eby ID Number: 00035-3007
    • Residence: 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Notes:

    John B. Fordney, "was married to Mary Diemer. They reside in Carrick Township, Bruce County, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. They had a family"

    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 Anna Maria "Mary" Diemert 20 Sep 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna was born 24 May 1815, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France; died 24 Jun 1875, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Cemetery, Deemerton, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Anna Maria "Mary" Diemert was born 24 May 1815, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France; died 24 Jun 1875, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Cemetery, Deemerton, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Maria "Mary" Fortney
    • Name: Mary Diemert
    • Eby ID Number: 00035-3007.1
    • Residence: 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Children:
    1. 2. David D. Fortney was born 14 Oct 1837, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1913, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. Elizabeth Furtney was born 11 Nov 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jan 1928, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elisabeth Fortney was born 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Daniel Fortney was born 18 Apr 1844, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1872, Deemerton, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.
    5. Jonas Fordney was born 1845, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Andrew Fortney was born 26 Jun 1847, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1927, Deemerton, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; was buried , Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Cemetery, Deemerton, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    7. Catharin Fortney was born 1850, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Catharine Fordney was born 15 Dec 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1937, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    9. Mary Anne Fordney was born 20 Nov 1856, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Peter Schwartz was born 12 Dec 1804, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 5 Mar 1884, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74913
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC

    Notes:

    did Peter die in Bruce County in 1884?

    Peter — Anna Maria Rummelhardt. Anna (daughter of Franz Joseph "Joseph" Rummelhardt and Annatasia "Anna" Meyer) was born 1813, , France; died 26 Dec 1890, Sherman, Huron Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna Maria Rummelhardt was born 1813, , France (daughter of Franz Joseph "Joseph" Rummelhardt and Annatasia "Anna" Meyer); died 26 Dec 1890, Sherman, Huron Co, Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Maria Schwartz
    • Name: Maria
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74914
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC

    Children:
    1. Nicholas Victor Schwartz was born 6 Dec 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1928, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Catherine R. Schwartz was born 27 Mar 1838, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Dec 1915, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Erasmus Schwartz was born 5 Aug 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Apr 1927, Sherman, Huron Co, Michigan.
    4. Peter Schwartz was born 20 Jun 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Theresia Schwartz was born 6 Jan 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Nov 1900, Paris Township, Kent, Michigan; was buried , St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ruth, Huron, Michigan, United States.
    6. Lana Schwartz was born 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Helene Schwartz was born 15 Aug 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob Fordney was born 18 May 1781, Virginia (son of Michael Fordney); died 14 May 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Jacob Fordney
    • Name: Jacob Fortney
    • Name: Jacob Furtney
    • Eby ID Number: 00035-3003
    • Land: Bef 1831, Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Residence: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Jacob Fordney, "son of Michael Fordney, was born in Virginia, May 18th, 1781. When a young boy his parents moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. At about the close of the last century he was married to Catharine Baker and after her decease to Elizabeth Muma who was born December 12th, 1794, and died December 15th, 1840. Some time during the beginning of the present century they, with others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, on the west bank of the Grand River, (Their old farm is now in possession of Robert Bricknell) a little below the 'Toll Bridge' where he died May 14th, 1852. His family consisted of nine children, of whom the eldest two were born unto his first wife."


    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 Conrad and Elisabeth Gates.

    Jacob — Elizabeth Muma. Elizabeth was born CALC 4 Apr 1789; died 15 Dec 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Muma was born CALC 4 Apr 1789; died 15 Dec 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Betsy Muma
    • Name: Elizabeth Fordney
    • Eby ID Number: 00035-3003.2
    • Birth: 12 Dec 1794, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario
    • Death: 10 Dec 1841

    Notes:

    According to several informants, Betsy weighed over 300 pounds. When she died it was necessary to remove the door jam so the casket could be carried out. Michael was said to have been the smallest of the family and he weighed 250 pounds.1
    1     doug@mumma.org 2007

    Children:
    1. Lydia B. Fordney was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Joseph B. Fordney was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Christian B. Fordney was born 1802, , USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Sophia M. Fordney was born 26 Nov 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Sep 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Samuel B. Fordney was born 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , , Kent Co., Michigan.
    6. Anna B. Fordney was born 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 4. John B. Fortney was born 20 Sep 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1878, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Cemetery, Deemerton, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Franz Joseph "Joseph" Rummelhardt was born CA 1785; died 31 Mar 1848, St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Joseph Rummelhardt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31691
    • Citizenship: 9 May 1842

    Notes:

    West of Waterloo Town on the Upper Road, as it was formerly called, and called the little settlement Rummelhart, after one of the principal early immigrants. Frieburger, Schwartz and others bought land here from the Mennonites. Carl Schaefer, a shoemaker from Baden, began the first tavern here, and kept it till his death, making and mending shoes at the same time. Martin Hergott, came with his father, when nine years old. His father bought the last farm on the north side of the Upper Road on the west end of the Township at about 1830. His son Martin grew up on the farm and remained on it till called by death at the age of about 94 years, in 1915.


    The Catholic Church in Waterloo County Book 1

    Franz — Annatasia "Anna" Meyer. Annatasia was born 24 Dec 1786, , France; died 27 Dec 1874, Rummelhardt (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Annatasia "Anna" Meyer was born 24 Dec 1786, , France; died 27 Dec 1874, Rummelhardt (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Meyer
    • Name: Annatasia "Anna" Rummelhardt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31692
    • Birth: CALC 27 Sep 1788
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC

    Notes:

    1871 - Anastasia Rummelhardt is staying with Ignatz Freiburger.

    Children:
    1. Catherine Rummelhardt was born 26 Nov 1810, , France; died 13 May 1884.
    2. Magdalene Rummelhardt was born 17 Nov 1812, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 9 Oct 1881, Rummelhardt (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 7. Anna Maria Rummelhardt was born 1813, , France; died 26 Dec 1890, Sherman, Huron Co, Michigan.


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