Benjamin Stauffer^{[1, 2, 3]}

1840 - 1927  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Benjamin Stauffer
  Born	May 1840	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195725186
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1865	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	00117-7360
  Died	9 Jan 1927	Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
  Buried	Quincy Cemetery, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
  Person ID	I10134	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John Stauffer,   b. 3 May 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1898, Elkton, Huron, Michigan, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Hannah Schlichter,   b. 15 Apr 1814, , Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Jun 1890, Near Haysville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria "Mary" Betzner,   b. 4 Aug 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jun 1924  (Age 80 years)
  Married	23 May 1865	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6, 7]
  Children	1. Isaac Stauffer,   b. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lena Stauffer,   b. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Zalinda Stauffer,   b. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Magdalena Stauffer,   b. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ellen Stauffer,   b. 25 Jul 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 May 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)   6. Sulinda Stauffer,   b. 28 Feb 1868, , Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   7. Rev. Norman B. Stauffer,   b. 30 Dec 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Sep 1927, Aldersyde, Alberta  (Age 55 years)   8. John J. Stauffer,   b. 21 Aug 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1907  (Age 35 years)   9. Lieutenant Joseph Emmett Stauffer,   b. 29 Oct 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Apr 1917, , France  (Age 42 years)   10. Mary Magdalena "Lena" Stauffer,   b. 3 Dec 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Dec 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   11. Frederick Stauffer,   b. 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F2810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Stauffer, "was married to Mary Betzner. They had a family 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.]. ______________ Family Deserter Dies Alone At Quincy Sunday Benjamin Stauffer, an inmate of the Plumas County hospital for the past fourteen years, died in that institution Sunday morning following a stroke of paralysis. He was buried Monday in Quincy cemetery. Stauffer, who was born in Canada, left his wife and six children in that country and came to the United States thirty-five years ago. Following an absence of ten years he communicated with his family for the first time, writing them from Crescent Mills, where he had settled. After a few letters were interchanged however, the family again lost all trace of him. Mrs. Stauffer died in Canada about two years ago. Recently two sons came to the United States from Canada, one, Fred Stauffer, locating in Sacramento, from where he wrote to the postmaster at Crescent Mills and learned his father was confined in the County hospital near Quincy. He came to the hospital and, for the first time since he was a little boy, met and visited with his father.. Sunday the County officials wired him of his father's death and he returned to Quincy to attend the funeral. Coroner J. F. Moody had charge of the remains. The pall bearers were Roy Droedge, L. C. Remick, Will Johnson and Chas. Myers. Feather River Bulletin Thu, Jan 13, 1927 Page 1

  
  

• 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..., 509. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 248. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 Jun 1865. Married 23 May 1865 By Rev. Wurster, Benjamin Staufer was married to Maria Betzner, both of Waterloo. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 3. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 15. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Benjamin Staufer, 24, res. Waterloo, b. Wilmot, son of John and Hanna (Schlichter), married 23 May 1865 Mart Betzner, 22, res.Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Jacob and Mathi [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 10, 1924. Obituary of Mary Betzner

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - May 1840 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1865 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 May 1865 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Jan 1927 - Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth