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Menno Christner[1]

Male 1848 - 1929  (81 years)


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  • Name Menno Christner 
    Born 19 Jun 1848  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Maker Cheese 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1927  Seattle, King, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Eby ID Number 00022-1606 
    Died 12 Sep 1929  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Buried Riverside Cem, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I16664  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Peter L. Christner,   b. 10 Dec 1817, , Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1901  (Age < 83 years) 
    Mother Catharine Nahrgang,   b. 29 Apr 1828, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 12 Oct 1847  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 9] 
    Family ID F4397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Merner,   b. 1847, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1891, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F4398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Menno Christner, "the eldest, resides in Cleveland, Ohio where he is engaged in the carpet and wall paper business. He was married to Susannah Werner who died about four years ago, leaving no family."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 
    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..., 391.

    2. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 1 Pg 6.

    3. [S1068] Vit - Ohio - Ohio Deaths 1908-1953, GSU film number 1991910 Digital GS number 4019641 Image number 747 Reference number fn 57294.
      Menno Christner Death date 12 Sep 1929 Death place Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Birth date 19 Jun 1848 Birth place Canada Age at death 81 years 2 months 24 days Gender Male Marital status Widowed Race or color Caucasian Street address 2970 Carlton Road Occupation Retited Residence Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.A. Burial date 14 Sep 1929 Burial place Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, U.S.A. Cemetery name Riverside Spouse name Susan Christner Father name Peter Christner Father birth place Ontario, Canada Mother name Christner Mother birth place U

    4. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Wilmot Twp. 1871 Div. 2 Page 29.

    5. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 4 Page 22.

    6. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Death of Isaac Christner - Jun 10 1927 pg 5.

    7. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituart of Menno Christner - Sep 20 1929 pg 5.

    8. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

    9. [S38] Vit - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register loose sheets, Frederick W. Bindemann, minister of the Evangelical Protestant Lutheran and German Reformed Church at Greenbush, marriages 6 July 1847 to 1 Apr 1848.
      Peter L. Kristner, carpenter of Wilmot to Catharine Nahrgang of the same place, Wilmot Township, witnesses: John Zinkan, carpenter of Wilmot, Daniel Weber, farmer of Waterloo Township

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Jun 1848 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Maker Cheese - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1927 - Seattle, King, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Sep 1929 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Riverside Cem, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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