Michael Groh^[1]

1757 - 1804  (47 years)

• Name	Michael Groh
  Born	1757	Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00045-3401
  Died	20 Sep 1804	, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I1627	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Hannes Groh,   b. 1708, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Magdalena Bauman,   b. Abt 1725, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Witmer,   b. Abt 1760, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1779  [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Groh,   b. 1777, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 24 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   2. Anna Groh,   b. Abt 1782, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. , Pennsylvania, USA   3. Barbara Groh,   b. 28 May 1784, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Nov 1858, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   4. Peter Groh,   b. Jul 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Esther Groh,   b. 5 Dec 1786, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 5 Mar 1862, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   6. John Groh,   b. 19 Jun 1788, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Jan 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   7. Jacob Groh,   b. 12 Aug 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Nov 1845  (Age 55 years)   8. Christina Groh,   b. 23 Dec 1796, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Jun 1835  (Age 38 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Michael Groh, "the third son of old Hannes and Magdalena (Baumann) Groh, was born in 1757. In 1779 he was married to Elizabeth Witmer. In 1804 he, in company with others, came to Canada with the object of making a thorough inspection of the nature of the country. So well was Mr. Groh pleased with the appearance of the country (then all in its primeval state) that he took up a claim between Preston and Hespeler. He cleared about six acres and made it ready for fall wheat. On this clearing he erected a small log cabin into which he purposed moving on his return, with family, from Pennsylvania. In August of the same year he returned to his parental home in Montgomery County. During the first week of September (1804) he, (bidding adieu to his parents, brothers, friends and relatives, and not thinking of this being their last time of meeting here on earth) in company with his wife and family, set out on the journey for their Canadian home. They came as far as Buffalo where they crossed the Niagara River and proceeded on their journey to Mr. Boyer's who resided near the river on the Canadian side, where Mr. Groh, the father of the family, took sick and, after a few weeks suffering, died. The wife and two sons, John and Jacob, and one or two daughters, proceeded on their journey to Waterloo while the eldest daughter, Barbara, remained with her father to nurse him during his illness, and after his recovery they were to follow the family, but the mother and family had no sooner arrived at their new home when word came that the father was dead. He died about September 20th, 1804. Their family consisted of seven 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 680. [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..., 730. [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..., 731.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 20 Sep 1804 - , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth