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

Owen Bean[1, 2, 3]

Male 1856 - 1941  (85 years)


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  • Name Owen Bean 
    Born 14 Jul 1856  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218903794 
    Name Owen Biehn 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Factory Hand 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Tool Maker 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    tool sharpener 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    workes at Shantz's 
    • Bean Owen : Works Shantz's [Current Address 2023] 78 Francis St N [Historical Address] 44 Francis N
    Residence 1901  78 Francis St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • Bean Owen : Works Shantz's [Current Address 2023] 78 Francis St N [Historical Address] 44 Francis N
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Tool Sharpener, Button Factory 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1921  78 Francis St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Methodist 
    Residence 1941  78 Francis St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number 00008-1029.11 
    Died 9 Dec 1941  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 12
    Person ID I15618  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Moses Biehn,   b. 24 Jul 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Detweiler,   b. 28 Oct 1814, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F5489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thomson,   b. 27 Apr 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1878  Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mabel Viola Bean,   b. 23 Sep 1879, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F184440  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Thomson,   b. 1857,   d. 1944  (Age 87 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mabel Bean,   d. Oct 1957
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F297158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Owen Bean, 83?, died today at his residence, 78 Francis Street north. Born in Wilmot Township in the Huron Road district, a son of the late Moses S. Bean and Margaret Detweiler, he was on the Board of Directors of the Dominion Button Limited for more than 25 years. Mr. Bean was an active member of Trinity United Church and of Grand Union Lodge, IOOF. He came to Kitchener at the age of 16 years.

      Surviving are his wife and daughter, Mabel, Mrs. Harry F. Cornish of Kitchener"

      Waterloo Chronicle, 12 Dec 1941, p. 3

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 262.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    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..., 506.

    4. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 12.

    5. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 40.

    6. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div 35 Page 6.

    7. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 24 Page 4.

    8. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 31.

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218903794/owen-bean.

    10. [S3226] Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener.
      Bean/ Cornish/ At Rest
      [A] Father/ Owen Bean/ 1856-1941
      [B] Mother/ Elizabeth Thomson/ 1857-1944/ Wife Of Owen Bean
      [C] Mabel Bean/ July 1957/ Wife Of/ Harry Cornish

    11. [S3193] Directory - Historical Vernon City Directories Mapped - Kitchener - 1901-1903.
      Bean Owen : Works Shantz's [Current Address 2023] 78 Francis St N [Historical Address] 44 Francis N

    12. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218903794/.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Jul 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Jun 1878 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Factory Hand - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Tool Maker - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - tool sharpener - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - workes at Shantz's - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Tool Sharpener, Button Factory - 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 MapsOccupation - ? - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Dec 1941 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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