Lydia Ellenbaum^[1]

1813 - 1874  (61 years)

• Name	Lydia Ellenbaum
  Born	1813	Tremont, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1861	Kinloss, Huron Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  House of Industry and Refuge	1871	House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Inmate of Poor House
  Residence	1871	House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mennonite
  House of Industry and Refuge	1874
  		HouseofIndustryandRefugeca1869.JPG The House of Industry and Refuge. In 1868, 141 acres was purchased on Frederick Street in Berlin (now Kitchener) and the house opened on June 15, 1869. The original building housed 100 and operated as an industrial farm, which raised crops and livestock. The residents worked for their keep if possible, those most did not. The House eventually became a strictly a residence of the aged and later relocated and renamed Sunnyside.
  Name	Lydia Stauffer
  Name	Lydia Stauffer
  Eby ID Number	00117-7355.1
  Died	12 May 1874	House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cause: Epilespy
  Buried	House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I10110	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Ellenbaum,   b. 1790, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1827, , Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Maria "Polly" Gensemer,   b. 13 Nov 1791, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F12282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joel Eli "Eli" Stauffer,   b. 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jul 1887, Kinloss, Huron Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. Abraham Stauffer,   b. 25 Dec 1830, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jan 1922, Kinloss, Huron Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   2. William Stauffer,   b. 28 Aug 1834, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Sep 1911, Kinloss, Huron Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   3. Samuel Stauffer,   b. 1835, Of, Lucknow, Bruce Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Nancy Stauffer,   b. CA 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. May 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 12 years)   5. Maria Stauffer,   b. 3 Sep 1837, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Aug 1913, Carberry, , Manitoba, Canada  (Age 75 years)   6. Joel Stauffer,   b. 1840, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Hannah Stauffer,   b. 1842, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. John Stauffer,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1911  (Age 63 years)   9. Eli Wesley Stauffer,   b. 1852, Of, Lucknow, Bruce Co., Ontario ,   d. 22 Apr 1906, , Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)   10. Catherine Louise Stauffer,   b. 16 Aug 1854, Kinloss, Huron Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jul 1937, Hadley, Lapeer, Michigan, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F2920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In "Descendants Meet Again, Two Centuries Later" by Deborah Gilbert in the Ontario Genealogical Society's Magazine "Families" Feb 2009, it states, Lydia was taken to an asylum in Berlin, Waterloo Co where she died. Her husband was Joel Eli Stauffer ____________________ Lydia was the daughter of Samuel Ellenbaum and Polly Geismer

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 508. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 3. [S1848] House of Industry and Refuge Burial Register - Kitchener. Lydia Shauffer 12 May 1874 64 Cause: Epilespy Tier 2 Grave 7 [S2433] Census - Canada - 1861, Canada, Ontario, Bruce, Kinloss Township Roll: C-1011.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1813 - Tremont, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States Residence - 1861 - Kinloss, Huron Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada House of Industry and Refuge - 1871 - House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Inmate of Poor House - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Epilespy - 12 May 1874 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth