Margaret Steen^{[1, 2]}

1831 - 1920  (88 years)

• Name	Margaret Steen
  Born	29 Dec 1831	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32284630
  Name	Margaret Bear
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00015-1216.6
  Died	11 Feb 1920	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 10]
  	Cause: Senility (1 year) - Dropsy (14 days)
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 11]
  Person ID	I16307	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	John Steen,   b. 28 Jul 1802, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Catharine Bretz,   b. 7 Nov 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 26 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1 May 1828  [12]
  Family ID	F4314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Bear,   b. 30 May 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 13]
  Children	1. Jonah Steen Baer,   b. 11 Oct 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1946, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   2. Josiah Bear,   b. 19 Aug 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Apr 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 12 years)   3. Mary Ann Bear,   b. 9 Jun 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   4. Catharine Baer,   b. 18 Dec 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   5. Elizabeth Bear,   b. Aug 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1954  (Age ~ 88 years)   6. John Henry Bear,   b. 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F2852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret Steen, "was born December 29th, 1831. She is married to John Bear. They reside at Doon, Waterloo County. They have had a family 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 303. [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..., 186. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 47. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 1. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). Bear / in memory of / John Bear Jr. / born May 30, 1832 / died Feb.24, 1908 / aged 75 yrs. 8 mos. 24 dys / The pains of death are past, labor and sorrow cease / and life's long warfare closed at last, his soul is found in peace / his wife / Margaret Steen / died Feb.11, 1920 / aged 88 yrs. 1 mo. 13 dys. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 43. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 56. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. BEAR/ in memory of/ John BEAR Jr./ Born May 30, 1832/ Died Feb. 24, 1908/ Aged 75 yrs. 8 mos. 24 dys/ The pains of death are past, labor and sorrow cease/ And life's long warfare closed at last, his soul is found in peace/ His wife/ Margaret Steen/ Died Feb.11, 1920/ aged 88 yrs. 1 mo. 13 dys./ [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 68. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 038560 (1920). Name:Margaret Baer Gender:Female Age:88 Birth Date:abt 1832 Birth Place:Waterloo County, Ontario Death Date:11 Feb 1920 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). [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..., 302. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Dec 1831 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Oct 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Senility (1 year) - Dropsy (14 days) - 11 Feb 1920 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth