Ezra Edward Biehn^[1]

1887 - 1964  (77 years)

• Name	Ezra Edward Biehn
  Born	1887	Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00008-1035.7
  Died	3 Feb 1964	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Elma Centre Cemetery, Elma Township, Perth Co., Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I15656	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian S. Biehn,   b. 16 Oct 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jan 1926, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mary Kummer,   b. 14 Jan 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jul 1904  (Age 47 years)
  Married	2 Dec 1873	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F4223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Jane Mitchell,   b. 1888, Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jan 1975, Smithville, Lincoln Co., Ontario  (Age 87 years)
  Married	11 Dec 1907	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Annie Alberta "Alberta" Bert" Biehn,   b. 1 Oct 1908, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Apr 1992, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   2. Graham Moore Biehn,   b. 8 Sep 1911, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1991, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   3. Mary Beatrice Biehn,   b. 24 Feb 1915, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1939, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 23 years)   4. Corporal Earl Kitchener Biehn,   b. 17 Dec 1917, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 2002, Calgary, Alberta, Canada  (Age 84 years)   5. Thelma Jean Biehn,   b. 11 Feb 1921, Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2003  (Age 81 years)   6. Lucille Elizabeth Biehn,   b. 19 Mar 1926, Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 2005, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F47893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ida Klemmer,   b. 10 Mar 1877, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1905, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 28 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1902	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Irene Maria Biehn,   b. 16 Dec 1904, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Feb 1994  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F232978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Ezra Edward Biehn, 86,of 190 Clayton West, Listowel, died at the Barnes nursing home here on Monday. He had been in failing health for some time. Born in Germany (Note: this info. is incorrect) on Oct. 5, 1877 he was a son of the late Mr.& Mrs. Christian Biehn. He farmed in Elma Tp. until retiring to Listowel in 1944. He was a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters, the Loyal Orange Lodge, and was a staunch Conservative in politics. " Stratford Beacon Herald obit, Feb. 4, 1964 __________ Ezra Edward Biehn, 86, of 190 Clayton W. Listowel died at the Barnes Nursing Home here Monday. He had been in failing health for some time. Born in Germny (sic) Oct. 5, 1877 he was a s/o the late Mr.&Mrs. Christian Biehn. Her came to Canada as a boy. He farmed in Elma Township until retiring to Listowel in 1944. He was a member of the Canadian Orange Lodge and was a staunch Conservative in politics. His marriage to Elizabeth Jane Mitchell took place Dec. 11, 1907 in Wallace Tp. She survives along with three sons, Clayton of Listowel, Graham of Goldstone and Earl of Smithvills; four daughters, Mrs. Clayton (Irene) Roth of Toronto, Mrs. Alberta Girodat, Mrs. Russel (Thelma)Mewhinney, both of Kitchener and Mrs. Lloyd (Lucille) Spieran of RR3 Listowel; one brother Wesley Biehn of Seattle, Washington; and two sisters, Mrs. Barbara Kunkel of Davidson, Sask. and Mrs. Susan Weir of Milverton; 12 grandchildren and 3 gr-grandchildren. One daughter and one brother predeceased him....Fairview Cemetery, Listowel." KW Record obit. of Tues., Feb. 4, 1964 _______________ See also his will, made 2 Dec. 1954: THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me Ezra Edward Biehn of the Town of Listowel in the County of Perth and Province of Ontario made this second day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four. I revoke all former wills or other Testamentary Dispositions by me at anytime heretofore made, and declare this to be and contain my last Will and Testament I direct that all my just debts, Funeral and Testamentary expenses to bepaid and satisfied by my executors hereinafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my decease I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my Real and personal Estate of which I may died possessed in the manner following, that is to say 1.I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH AND APPOINT all my real and personal estate of which I may died possessed of or over which I may have any power of appointment unto my wife Elizabeth Jane Biehn. ALL THE residue of my Estate not hereinbefore disposed of I give devise and bequeath unto (left blank) AND I nominate and appoint my wife Elizabeth Jane Biehn and my sons Graham Moore Biehn and Clayton Ezra Earl Biehn to be executors of this my last Will and Testament.

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 263. [S257] Census - ON, Perth, Wallace - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 31 Household Number 122. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210214882/ezra-edward-biehn. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012797-73. Christian BIEHN, 27, farmer, Waterloo Twp, Wallace Twp Perth Co., s/o Aaron & Anna married Mary KUMMER, 17, Waterloo Twp, Wallace Twp, d/o Sebastian & Susanne, witn: Abraham & Mary BIEHN both of Waterloo Twp, 2 December 1873 in Preston [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 18 Dec 1873. 02 Dec 1873 By Pastor Wurster in Preston, Christian Biehn was married to Maria Kummer, both of Wallace Township.

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 16 Oct 1902 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Dec 1907 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Feb 1964 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elma Centre Cemetery, Elma Township, Perth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth