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

Menno Russel Bean

Male 1871 - 1874  (3 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Menno Russel Bean was born 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Menno G. Bean and Mary Reddaway); died 12 Sep 1874; was buried , Bethel United Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-8854


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Menno G. Bean was born 24 Feb 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Biehn and Charlotte Green); died 25 Jun 1913; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74633231
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-1010
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1862, , Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; P. Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Retired: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income

    Notes:

    Menno G. Bean, "was born February 24th, 1840. On November 20th, 1860, he was married to Mary Reddaway and resides near Haysville, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. To them were born 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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    Died - Another of the pioneers of this district passed away at his home here on Wednesday evening the 25th inst in the person of Mr. Menno Bean. He bad been a sufferer from rheumatism for several years and for the past year had been fined to bed. The late Mr. Bean was born in Wilmot Township 73 years ago where he spent the greater part of his life at farming. About fourteen years ago he retired and came to this town, since which time he has resided here. Ile was married to Mary Reddaway and their union was blessed with five children. One son Russel predeceased him. He is survived by his sorrowing widow and four children, namely: Richard of Brantford, Jacob of West De Pere Wis., William R. of Prince Albert, Sask., and Mrs. Andrew Munay of Innerkip. The funeral took place from his late residence on Jacob St, on Saturday afternoon at two o' clock to the Methodist church for service thence to Stauffer's Cemetery for interment.

    The Chronicle Telegraph 3 Jul 1913, p. 6

    Menno married Mary Reddaway 20 Nov 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Richard Reddaway and Elizabeth Langley) was born 16 Dec 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1929, Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Reddaway was born 16 Dec 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Richard Reddaway and Elizabeth Langley); died 6 Aug 1929, Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74633231
    • Name: Mary Bean
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-1010.1
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; P. Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. Richard Bean was born 19 Sep 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Apr 1917, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Jacob Bean was born 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. William Bean was born 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Mary Hannah Bean was born 3 Sep 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1953, Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Chesterfield United Cemetery, Chesterfield, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. 1. Menno Russel Bean was born 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1874; was buried , Bethel United Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob Biehn was born 10 Mar 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johannes "John" Biehn and Anna "Nancy" Bechtel); died 27 Dec 1881; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Jacob Bean
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-1000
    • Residence: 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    Jacob Biehn, "the fourth member in the family, was born in 1809. He resided in Wilmot Township, not far from Haysville, where he was engaged in farming. He was married to Charlotte Green who was born October 10th, 1810, and died September 9th, 1884. 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.].

    Jacob — Charlotte Green. Charlotte (daughter of John Green and Elizabeth Glasby) was born 10 Oct 1810, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 9 Sep 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Charlotte Green was born 10 Oct 1810, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of John Green and Elizabeth Glasby); died 9 Sep 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Charlotte Biehn
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-1000.1
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. John Bean was born 25 Nov 1831, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1878, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. Sarah Ann Bean was born 18 May 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 1872, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Gorrie Cemetery, Huron Co., Gorrie, , Ontario.
    3. Isaac G. Bean was born 5 Sep 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Oct 1870; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Henry S. Bean was born 18 Aug 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Aug 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Alvin Bean was born 1839, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Mary Bean was born 1839, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 2. Menno G. Bean was born 24 Feb 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jun 1913; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Rachel Bean was born 11 Oct 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Oct 1887.
    9. Cyrus Bean was born 8 Apr 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Sep 1863; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Henry G. Bean was born 12 Aug 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Richard Reddaway was born CALC 24 Sep 1812, , Devonshire, England; died 27 Mar 1893, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245501890
    • Name: Richard Raddaway
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-217254 
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retired Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Reddaway - On March 27th, at New Hamburg, Richard Reddaway, aged 80 years, 6 months and 3 days.

    Waterloo County Chronicle, 6 Apr 1893, p. 8

    Richard — Elizabeth Langley. Elizabeth was born CALC 16 Aug 1816, , Maryland; died 3 Oct 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Langley was born CALC 16 Aug 1816, , Maryland; died 3 Oct 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245501928
    • Name: Elizabeth Reddaway
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-123923
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    HAYSVILLE.

    DEATH OF MRS. REDDAWAY.-On Monday, the 3rd of October, Mrs Reddaway, wife of the late Richard Reddaway, passed away. The deceased was in ber 83rd year, over sixty years of her life being spent in Wilmot township. She leaves behind her a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, all of whom survive her. Four of the sons reside in the United States, two in Manitoba and the remaining one in Stratford. The four daughters are all married and reside within a short distance of home. The high esteem in which Mrs. Reddaway was held by her friends and neighbors was shown by the large number that followed her remains to the grave. During the last few years of her life she resided with her son-in-law, Mr. Menno Bean.

    Waterloo County Chronicle 13 Oct 1898, p. 1

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Reddaway was born 16 Dec 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1929, Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. James Reddaway was born 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Sarah Raddaway was born 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Berthina Reddaway was born 14 Aug 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Sep 1922, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Richard Reddaway was born 1845, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. William Reddaway was born 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. John Reddaway was born 1849, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Arthur Reddaway was born 1851, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Anna Reddaway was born Mar 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jun 1933, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; was buried , Wingham Cemetery, Wingham, Huron Co., Ontario.
    10. David Reddaway was born 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Gordon Reddaway was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. George Reddaway was born Abt 1860; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johannes "John" Biehn was born 1776, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of John Biehn and Barbara Fried); died 19 Dec 1823, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41603273
    • Name: John Biehn
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-976
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    John Biehn, " the eldest son of John and Barbara (Fried)Biehn, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1776. In 1799 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel. In 1800 they with his parents and family, and others moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County where now is the village of Doon. Here they resided until their deaths. Their family consisted of 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.].

    Johannes married Anna "Nancy" Bechtel 1799. Anna (daughter of Abraham Bechtel and Mary Hoch) was born CA 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died , Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Anna "Nancy" Bechtel was born CA 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Abraham Bechtel and Mary Hoch); died , Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67850383
    • Name: Anna "Nancy" Biehn
    • Name: Nancy Bechtel
    • Eby ID Number: 00007-0810

    Notes:

    Anna Bechtel "daughter of IV Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel, was married to John Biehn. They resided at Doon, Ontario, where they had a family of 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.].

    Children:
    1. Sarah Biehn was born 26 Feb 1799, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 23 Aug 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Mary Biehn was born 24 Apr 1800, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Oct 1889, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Abraham Biehn was born 28 Feb 1804, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1858, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blandford Mennonite Cemetery, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    4. Barbara Biehn was born 6 Jan 1806, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Aug 1888; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 4. Jacob Biehn was born 10 Mar 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Dec 1881; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elizabeth Biehn was born Abt 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. John Biehn was born 12 May 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1898, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Anna Biehn was born 6 Nov 1816, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1905; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  John Green was born 22 May 1781, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 22 Apr 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-140814

    John — Elizabeth Glasby. Elizabeth was born CA 1785; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Glasby was born CA 1785; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Elizabeth Green
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208984

    Children:
    1. 5. Charlotte Green was born 10 Oct 1810, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 9 Sep 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. John Green was born 5 Feb 1812, , Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1884, Norwich, North Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Anne Green was born 9 Mar 1814, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1905, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, USA; was buried , Sylvan United Cemetery, West Williams Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    4. Cyrus Green was born 2 Jan 1816, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Mar 1905, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.