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Abraham S. Moyer

Male 1853 - 1927  (74 years)


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  • Name Abraham S. Moyer 
    Born 9 Nov 1853  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mount Forest Carriage Works 
    Business Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Victoria Flour Mills 
    Residence 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Business 1877  Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Maitland Valley Roller Flour Mills 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37089583 
    Occupation agent - Massey-Harris Company 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Agent, Agriculture 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Methodist 
    Residence 1915  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1927  117 David St., Kitchener Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number 00081-4842 
    Died 19 Dec 1927  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I14902  Generations
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2026 

    Father Abraham Moyer,   b. 14 Jul 1803, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1893  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Barbara Shantz,   b. 6 May 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 28 Nov 1830  [8, 9] 
    Family ID F4012  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann Daum,   b. 13 Jun 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 8 Aug 1878  Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10] 
    Children 
     1. Clara D. Moyer,   b. 20 Feb 1879, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Malissa Moyer,   b. 26 May 1880, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Clinton Moyer,   b. 20 Mar 1882, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1958, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     4. Byron Moyer,   b. 20 Apr 1885, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1954  (Age 69 years)
     5. Ella Viola Moyer,   b. 15 May 1889, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1976, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Stanley Moyer,   b. 20 Jan 1891, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     7. Edna Moyer,   b. 20 Aug 1893, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Wilfred Moyer,   b. 9 Dec 1900, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1902, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2026 
    Family ID F4029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Abraham Moyer, "was born November 9th, 1853. On August 8th, 1878, he was married to Mary Ann, daughter of Adam and Doratha (Herman) Daum. She was born June 13th, 1858. In 1877 Mr. Moyer left Breslau and went to Listowel, Ontario, where he and John W. Meyer went into partnership and purchased the Maitland Valley Roller Flour Mills. In 1889 they leased the Victoria Flour Mills (Since then they have purchased the mills) in Palmerston, to which place Mr. Moyer then moved where he is doing a well paying business. His family consists of 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.].

      _________________

      Abraham Meyer

      Death came with startling suddenness to Abraham Moyer at his residence, 117 David street yesterday owing to heart failure. He had been In good health up to yesterday when be was seized with heart attack after returning from a walk up town Death came less than an hour after be had been talking with his son and before the latter could be called home.


      The deceased was the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Moyer, Sr., and was born November 9, 1853 on the old Moyer homestead near the present Kitchener Junction. On Aug. 8, 1878 he was married to May Ann Daum daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Adam Daum. As a young man the late Mr. Moyer learned the flour milling trade at the old Breslau mill, then operated by his brother. the late Moses Moyer. In 1877 he left Breslau, going to Listowel where he formed a partnership with John W. Meyer and purchased the Maitland Valley Roller Flour Mills. They conducted this business until 188[] when the deceased purchased Victoria Flour Mills in Palmerston. Some years later he erected the Mount Forest Carriage Works. resided in Mount Forest only two years and then moved to Holstein where he cleared a 100 acre bush farm. He lived there only two years then coming to Kitchener in 1907. He was the district agent for the Massey-Harris Co. for 12 years, retiring from this business in 1921. Since then he has lived a more or less retired life, altho he was ways active. In 1922 and 1923 he was a foreman on pavement and sidewalk construction work in Kitchener.

      The late Mr. Moyer was widely known by reason of his varied business experience. Consequently he had many friends, gained thru his cheery, jovial disposition and kindness. His wide circle of relatives and friends will be greatly grieved to learn of his sudden passing. He was a faithful member of Trinity United Church.

      His sudden departure is mourned by his sorrowing widow and three sons and three daughters. They are Mrs. T. M. Stephens, Hamilton, Mrs E. Bartlett, Hamilton. Mrs. W. Musselman, Montreal, Clinton Camrose Alta., Byron Detroit, Mich., and Stanley of this city. Two sisters. Mrs. Hettie Eby, Rochester, N. Y. formerly of Kitchener. Mrs. Sarah Moyer, Elmira, formerly of Breslau. Ont., and one brother, Samuel Anderson, Ind., formerly of Kitchener also survive.

      The funeral will be held on Thursday afternon from his late residence 117 David street, at 2 o'clock. Trinity United church for service Interment will be made in the East End Mennonite cemetery.

      The Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tue, Dec 20, 1927 Page 15

  • 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..., 106.

    2. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Moyer / in memory of / Abraham Moyer / died Dec.19, 1927, aged 74 years / his wife / Mary Ann Daum / died May 21, 1939, aged 80 years / at rest

    3. [S432] Census - ON, Wellington, Palmerston - 1901, Palmerston (Town/Ville) K-3 Page 7.

    4. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 66.

    5. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 42.

    6. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 8.

    7. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers, Attestation papers of son Stanley.
      Moyer, Stanley - Attestation Papers pg 1.gif      		 Moyer, Stanley - Attestation Papers pg 1.gif
      Moyer, Stanley - Attestation Papers pg 2.gif      		 Moyer, Stanley - Attestation Papers pg 2.gif


    8. [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..., 418.

    9. [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..., 101.

    10. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Mary Ann Daum
      Age:20
      Birth Date:abt 1858
      Birth Place:Berlin
      Marriage Date:8 Aug 1878
      Marriage County or District:Perth-Listowel
      Father:Adam Daum
      Mother:Dorthea Daum
      Spouse:Abraham Moyer
      Spouse's Age:24
      Spouse Birth Date:abt 1854
      Spouse Birth Place:Berlin
      Spouse Father:Abraham Moyer
      Spouse Mother:Barbara Moyer

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Nov 1853 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - Victoria Flour Mills - - Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - Maitland Valley Roller Flour Mills - 1877 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Aug 1878 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agent, Agriculture - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1915 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Dec 1927 - Kitchener, 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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