Hannes Groh^[1]

1708 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Hannes Groh
  Born	1708	, Switzerland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	story
  Name	Johannes Groh
  Name	John Groh
  Eby ID Number	00045-3398
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1624	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Magdalena Bauman,   b. Abt 1725, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. John Groh,   b. 1753, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. , Pennsylvania, USA   2. Henry Groh,   b. 1755, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Michael Groh,   b. 1757, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Sep 1804, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)   4. Abraham Groh,   b. Abt 1760, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hannes Groh, "a native of Switzerland, came to America at a very early date. Tradition has it that he belonged to the company of emigrants whom the captain attempted to starve in order to gain possession of the supposed large sum of money held by these parties. The motive that impelled old Hannes, the ancestor of the Groh family of this county, to emigrate to Pennsylvania, was on account of religious persecutions which raged in his native country and which was the chief cause of the emigration of so many of the noble-hearted pioneers of Pennsylvania where no cruel persecutions were waged against these devout worshippers of the almighty God. Old Hannes Groh was born about the year 1708 and, if traditional report be true, came to America in 1725. He was married to Magdalena, only daughter of old Wendel Baumann, progenitor of the now numerous family scattered throughout every state of the Union and all the provinces of Canada. All efforts made to ascertain the names of their children together with their descendants proved, to a great extent, fruitless. The names of only three children have been received" 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 76. [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..., 729.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1708 - , Switzerland  = Link to Google Earth