Jacob Benner

1808 - 1890  (81 years)

• Name	Jacob Benner
  Born	25 Aug 1808	, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	story, mill
  Land	Bef 1831	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Land	1831	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 120, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Occupation	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Universalist
  Occupation	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	blacksmith
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Blacksmith
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	U. Brethren
  Eby ID Number	00141-8460
  Died	17 Mar 1890	West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 9]
  Buried	West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I12281	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Philip Benner,   b. Jun 1780, , Baden, Germany ,   d. 20 Oct 1870, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Mary,   b. Abt 1781, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Bef 1861  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Family ID	F3412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Annie "Nancy" Bear,   b. 29 Apr 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Aug 1867, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1830  [1]
  Children	1. Maria Benner,   b. 25 Dec 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1910, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   2. Catharine Benner,   b. 9 Jun 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   3. John Baer Benner,   b. 10 Feb 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jan 1916, Derby Township, Grey Co., Ontario  (Age 81 years)   4. William Benner,   b. 17 Apr 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Annie Victoria "Victoria" Benner,   b. 18 Jun 1838, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1926, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   6. Joseph B. Benner,   b. 30 Mar 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Joseph B. Benner,   b. 30 Mar 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F43128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Benner, "was born August 25th, 1808. In 1825 he came to Canada and settled in Berlin where he was engaged in blacksmithing (His old shop stood where now is built the Central Hotel) until 1839 when he went to West Montrose where he erected a saw mill and woollen mills, and also was proprietor of a beautiful farm. He was doing quite an extensive business for many years. He was married to Nancy Bear, March 13th, 1830. She was born April 29th, 1808, and died August 22nd, 1867. He died March 17th, 1890. To them were born six 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.]. _____________________ German To be German is my pleasure, For I'm German to the core; Those who fill the German measure, Are the ones whom I adore. German I shall be forever, Since a German I was born. Reading, writing German ever, Shall my heart and hand adorn. German customs, German manners, German prayer and sermon too, Wave o'er German ways their banners, Since in them they're ever new. German press and German learning, Held aloft the German name. Who can cease his German yearning, Forever it exerts its claim. German drink and fare I favor, German dress is unsurpassed: It's the German way I long for, From the first until the last. What is German, let us cherish, We whose German blood runs true, So that German here may flourish, And from age to youth renew. May then German seeds be growing, In our North America; Might its joys to us be flowing, Here in Upper Canada. Herbert Karl Kalbfleisch, The History of the Pioneer German Language Press of Ontario, 1835-1918, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press), pp.117-118 ________________________ As we go farther up the river road we pass the 'Big Ridge, There the roadway has been cut through a gravel hill and then we come to a cross road, where, on the south east corner, Jacob Zuber has lived so long that it is now called Zuber's Corners. The road to the west, winding down the hill, passes the West Montrose school house and on through one of the prettiest woodland roads in this locality, crosses the river to the village of West Montrose. The bridge which here crosses the Grand River was long called Benner's Bridge, after Jacob Benner, who for a number of years had a store, a saw mill and a woollen mill at that place. The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon ______________________ King Street Kitchener Benton to Eby Etreet.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner. This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence.. Vacant lot. A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen. This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door. A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector. A lane. A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. 1 he store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building. . A lane. A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker. Open space. Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house. A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later. frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop. In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along Kmg Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level. A dwelling. A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen. A driveway. A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery. A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there. In the early years a garden. A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840. Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard. About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use. A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin. A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

  
  

• 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..., 704. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 4 Page 16. [S349] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - West Montrose United CC#4596 Internet Link. In Memory of / JACOB BENNER / Who Died / March 17, 1890 / Aged 83 Years / "I shall go to Him, But He shall not return to me. / Text:2.Sam.XII:23 / [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, div 3. Jacob lived in Wellesley Township with his son Joseph. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 59. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 6 Page 55. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 11. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, div 3. [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..., 188.

  
  

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  Born - 25 Aug 1808 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Land - Bef 1831 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Land - 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 120, Waterloo County, Ontario Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Universalist - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - blacksmith - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmith - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - U. Brethren - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Mar 1890 - West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth