Bernhard Schwantz

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• Name: Barney Schwantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82877
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Hand

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242599473
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82875
• Occupation: 1878, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; teamster
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer

Paul — Elisabeth Grody. Elisabeth (daughter of Daniel Grody and Elizabeth Wildfong) was born 17 Sep 1855, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1934; was buried , St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabeth Schwantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82876

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96134
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC

Blasius — Maria Eva Steinmiller. Maria was born 1813, , France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Effie Steinmiller
• Name: Maria Eva Schwantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96135
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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• Eby ID Number: 00042-3330

Notes:

Daniel Grody, "was married to Elizabeth Wildfong. They resided in North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, where he died in 1889, leaving a family of fourteen children, but names were not received"

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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GRODY. - On the 30th of June, in Perth Co., Ont., Daniel Grody. He was born in the state of Pensylvania*, in 1816. In 1830 he came with his parents to Canada. In 1839 he was married to Elizabeth Wilfang, with whom he lived in matrimony over 50 years. He was the father of fourteen children. He leaves a widow and twelve children, 30 grand-children and 2 great-grandchildren. he suffered severely for about five months with dropsy, though he bore it all with great patience, for he had peace with God. Several days before his death he said to his family that he could already see the beautiful road he was to go: he saw the door of heaven standing open. He also saw the beautiful city of Jerusalem gleaming in its beauty. Also many other testimonies he had that his soul was in peace with God. So we need not mourn as those who have no hope, but feel assured that he is at rest. He was a member of the old Mennonite Church, and was buried on the 2d of July at the Hamstead meeting-house. Services by Tob. Bowman and Noah Stauffer, from Rom. 5: 1.

Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVI, Number 14, July 15, 1889, page 222, 223

Daniel — Elizabeth Wildfong. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Wildfong and Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher) was born 6 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1904, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States; was buried , Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Grody
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8099.5

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• Eby ID Number: 00042-3325
• Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Jacob Grody, "the original settler of this family, was a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he was born June 24th, 1785. He was married to Elizabeth Shoemaker who was born May 18th, 1789. In 1830 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. After their arrival in this county they settled temporarily a little north of Waterloo, on the farm now possessed by Franklin Shuh. From here they moved to Wilmot Township, near the Schmidt Mennonite Meeting House where he was engaged in farming. He died July 21st, 1867, and she died November 24th, 1879. 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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On the 21st of July, 1867, in Wilmot, Waterloo Co., Ont., Jacob Grody, aged 82 years and 27 days. He was buried at Shantz's Meeting-house, upon which occasion the brethren Moses Bowman, Enoch Detweiler, and G. R. Smith preached appropriate discourses from Job 16: 22 and 17: 1, which were selected by the deceased himself. He was a member of the Mennonite Church.

Herald of Truth, February, 1868, page 31

Jacob — Elizabeth Shoemaker. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Mary Tyson) was born 18 May 1789, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Nov 1879. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Grody
• Eby ID Number: 00042-3325.1
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 000131-8099

Notes:

Benjamin Wildfong, "was married to Polly Hammacher. They resided in Wellesley for a number of years, then moved to Perth County, near Listowel, Ontario. To them were born seven 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.].

Benjamin — Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher. Maria (daughter of Peter Hammacher and Elizabeth Shaefer) was born 16 Aug 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1872, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Caroline "Polly" Wildfong
• Name: Polly Hammacher
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3673

Notes:

Polly Hammacher, "was married to Benjamin Wildfong. They resided in Wellesley County Township, Waterloo County, thence they moved to Perth County, near Listowel.


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.].