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

Robert H. French

Male Abt 1923 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert H. French was born Abt 1923, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Harold M. French and Anna Christina Katherine Steen).

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90096


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harold M. French was born 1886, Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Nationality: , USA
    • Name: H. M. French
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-316883
    • Immigration: 1920, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
    • Residence: 1921, 16 Pine St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Church of [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

    Harold married Anna Christina Katherine Steen 24 Nov 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Isaac Britz Steen and Isabella Hachborn) was born 15 May 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 25 Dec 1879, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Anna Christina Katherine SteenAnna Christina Katherine Steen was born 15 May 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 25 Dec 1879, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Isaac Britz Steen and Isabella Hachborn); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Anna Christina Katherine French
    • Name: Anna Christina Katherine Peppler
    • Name: Annie Steen
    • Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.42
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shirt maker
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
    • Residence: 1943, Walled Lake, Oakland, Michigan, United States

    Children:
    1. 1. Robert H. French was born Abt 1923, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Isaac Britz Steen was born 17 Feb 1848, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John Steen and Catharine Bretz); died 20 Jan 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 23 Jan 1943, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.38
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Residence: 1876, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Church
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; nursery stock agent
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant Hardware
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, ? Factory
    • Residence: 1921, 11 Mary St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Church of [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1943, 86 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Isaac Steen, "was born February 17th, 1848. He is married to Isabella Hackburn. They reside in the town of Berlin. Their family consists of 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.].

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    ISAAC B. STEEN - Isaac B. Steen, one of the Twin City's oldest residents, died at his late residence at 35 Church Street, Waterloo, yesterday, in his 95th year. Born at Kossuth, he was a member of Carmel Church, and was a well-known florist In Kitchener-Waterloo. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Steen. His wife died 16 years ago. Surviving are three sons and two daughters: Lambert G., and Fred W. Detroit; Alfred H., Kitchener; Mr. F. Lang, Kitchener; Mrs. H. French, Walled Lake, Mich. There are 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home to the Carmel Church. Rev. Alan Gill will officiate. Burial will be to Mount Hope Cemetery.

    Kitchener Daily Record - 21 Jan 1943

    Isaac married Isabella Hachborn 16 Feb 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Isabella (daughter of George Hachborn and Anna Catherine "Catherine" Kuhl) was born 7 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Isabella Hachborn was born 7 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of George Hachborn and Anna Catherine "Catherine" Kuhl); died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Isabella Steen
    • Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.39
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1876, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1876, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Church
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
    • Residence: 1921, 11 Mary St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Church of [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

    Children:
    1. Albert Steen
    2. Herbert Steen was born 3 Feb 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 18 Nov 1877, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Apr 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Daisy Lavinia Steen was born 12 Apr 1878, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 20 Oct 1878, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 3. Anna Christina Katherine Steen was born 15 May 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 25 Dec 1879, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Lillia Augusta Steen was born 20 Feb 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Sep 1882, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jun 1921, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Adna Louisa Steen was born 23 Jan 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 25 Nov 1885, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Lambert George Steen was born 17 Apr 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 6 Jan 1884, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 May 1946, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried , Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Cemetery, Deemerton, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada.
    8. Edna Steen was born 1885, , Ontario, Canada; died 20 Oct 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Alfred Hachborn Steen was born 16 Jan 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 17 Mar 1889, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Frederick William Steen was born 19 Sep 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 27 Nov 1890, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Mar 1960, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John Steen was born 28 Jul 1802, , Pennsylvania, USA (son of George Steen and Margaret Steen); died 27 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.1
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite

    John married Catharine Bretz 1 May 1828. Catharine (daughter of Jacob Bretz and Maria Strickler) was born 7 Nov 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 26 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Catharine Bretz was born 7 Nov 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Jacob Bretz and Maria Strickler); died 26 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Catharine Steen
    • Eby ID Number: 00015-1216
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite

    Notes:

    Catharine Bretz, "youngest daughter of Jacob and Maria (Strickler) Bretz, was born November 7th, 1805. She was married to John, son of George and Margaret Steen, May 1st, 1828. He was born July 28th, 1802, and died January 27th, 1888. She died January 26th, 1888, a few hours before her husband. They resided a little south of Tuck's Hill, in the township of Waterloo. Their family consisted of eleven children, of whom the two eldest and two youngest died in infancy. Their names, but no dates were 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.].

    Children:
    1. Polly Steen was born Abt 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Margaret Steen was born 29 Dec 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Feb 1920, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Nancy Steen was born 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Apr 1841; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Catherine Steen was born 14 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1919, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Lydia Steen was born 27 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Nov 1914, Caradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario; was buried , Cook's United Cemetery, Carradoc Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    6. Elizabeth Steen was born Abt 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Mar; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Mary Steen was born 20 Aug 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Apr 1915; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    8. Amos Steen was born 29 Oct 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. John Steen was born 6 Jul 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Feb 1854; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. 6. Isaac Britz Steen was born 17 Feb 1848, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 23 Jan 1943, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. George Steen was born 14 Nov 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1940; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  George Hachborn was born 1818, , Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Hachborn); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26696
    • Occupation: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Residence: 1841, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1848, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Jerusalam
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

    George married Anna Catherine "Catherine" Kuhl 26 Aug 1841, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna was born 1821, , Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Anna Catherine "Catherine" Kuhl was born 1821, , Germany; was christened 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Anna Catherine "Catherine" Hachborn
    • Name: Catherine Kuhl
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31809
    • Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1841, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Jerusalam

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Hachborn was born 1842; died 16 Aug 1847.
    2. George K. Hachborn was born 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1898, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Theodore Hachborn was born 31 May 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 7. Isabella Hachborn was born 7 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Johann "John" Hachborn was born CALC 19 Nov 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Mar 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Henry K. Hachborn was born 11 May 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 29 Jul 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Oct 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Sarah Hachborn was born 19 Aug 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 4 Oct 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Augusta Hachborn was born 28 Aug 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Anna Katharina Hachborn was born 21 Feb 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 25 Jun 1865, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.