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

John S. Woolner[1, 2]

Male 1855 - 1925  (69 years)


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  • Name John S. Woolner 
    Born 23 Aug 1855  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 748 Old Zeller Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The Woolner Farmstead buildings, located at 748 Zeller Drive, are situated in the north end of the City of Kitchener on 6.47 acres off scenic Zeller drive. The original Mennonite Georgian farmhouse and outbuildings were constructed in 1830. The farmhouse addition was built circa 1858, and the barn and concrete silo were built circa 1870.
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 000136-8361 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Gravestone of John S. Woolner 
    Died 29 Mar 1925  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I13607  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Rev. Jacob Hembling Woolner,   b. 25 Sep 1826, , Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1917, Natchez (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Hannah Schiedel,   b. 15 Mar 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1897, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 30 Sep 1849  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 12, 13
    Family ID F1103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Clemmer,   b. 24 Feb 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1878  [2
    Children 
     1. Irvin Woolner,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Sarah Woolner,   b. 1879, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Malinda Woolner,   b. 28 Oct 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     4. Elmina Woolner,   b. 2 Aug 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     5. Addison Woolner,   b. 28 Aug 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     6. Nelson C. Woolner,   b. 7 Mar 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1977, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     7. Luanna Woolner,   b. 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1889  (Age 0 years)
     8. Unnamed Baby Woolner,   b. 1891, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Irena Woolner,   b. 26 Mar 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     10. Abraham Vernon "Vernon" Woolner,   b. 18 Jun 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F2697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Woolner, "was born August 23rd, 1855. He is married to Hannah Clemmer. They reside near Chicopee, on the farm formerly owned by Peter M. Weber, and have had 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.].

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      Woolner. - John S. Woolner was born near Kossuth, Ont., Aug. 23, 1855; died at the home of his son-in-law, Geo. A. Weber, near Kitchener, Ont., on March 20, 1925; aged 69 y. 6 m. 28 d. In 1878 he was married to Hannah Clemmer, who with three sons (Addison, Nelson, and Vernon) and three daughters (Mrs. Geo. A. Weber, Mrs. Levi Cressman, and Mrs. Herbert Burkhart), together with 26 grandchildren and three brothers (Jacob, Martin, and Solomon) are left to mourn his departure. Bro. Woolner united with the Mennonite Church in 1885, of which he remained a consistent member. During the last number of years his mental powers failed him, having been deprived of speaking for nearly three years. Funeral services were held on the 23rd at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, with the brethren, C. F. Derstine and Oscar Burkholder, in charge. Interment in the cemetery adjoining the church.


      Gospel Herald - Volume XVIII, Number 2 - April 9, 1925, pages 46, 47.

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 687.

    2. [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..., 451.

    3. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 7.

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page.

    5. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 40.

    6. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 28.

    7. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 9.

    8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 9, 1925 - Obituary of John S. Woolner.

    9. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 16.

    10. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 49.

    11. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Woolner / in loving memory of / John Woolner / died Mar.20, 1925 / in his 70th year / at rest / also his beloved wife / Hannah Clemmer / died Aug.31, 1931 / in her 75th yr

    12. [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..., 685.

    13. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Mennonist Society, Berlin #148.
      Jacob WOOLNER, to Hannah SCHIEDEL, both of Waterloo. 30 Sept. 1849. Rev. EBY

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Aug 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - 748 Old Zeller Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Mar 1925 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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