George Clemens^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1777 - 1863  (86 years)

• Name	George Clemens
  Born	17 Jul 1777	Pikeland Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 08, Waterloo County, Ontario   [12]
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 09, Waterloo County, Ontario   [12]
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario   [12]
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 02, Waterloo County, Ontario   [12]
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 02, Waterloo County, Ontario   [12]
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00023-1730
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	George Clemens
  Died	10 Aug 1863	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13]
  	Cause: Thrown from buggy
  Buried	Limerick-Cornell Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I16919	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	George Clemens,   b. 1732, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Sep 1813, , Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Carlisle,   b. Abt 1732, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esther Stauffer,   b. 18 Sep 1790, Near Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Aug 1836, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Clemens,   b. 3 Aug 1806, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jul 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 6 years)   2. Levi Clemens,   b. 5 Apr 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Apr 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)   3. Mary Clemens,   b. 10 May 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jul 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)   4. Harriet Clemens,   b. 14 Jun 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jul 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)   5. George S. Clemens,   b. 20 Sep 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   6. Isaac S. Clemens, MPP,   b. 21 Jan 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   7. Mary Ann Clemens,   b. 16 Aug 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Mar 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   8. Wilhelmine Clemens,   b. 27 Oct 1817, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jan 1881, Bosanquet Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario  (Age 63 years)   9. Stauffer Clemens,   b. 1 Jan 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Aug 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   10. Maria C. Clemens,   b. 26 Mar 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Apr 1901, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States  (Age 81 years)   11. Nancy Clemens,   b. 16 Jun 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Oct 1861, Near Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)   12. John Clemens,   b. 7 May 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   13. William Clemens,   b. 26 May 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   14. Daniel Clemens,   b. 27 Feb 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jun 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)   15. Oliver Clemens,   b. 20 Apr 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Sep 1904, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   16. Rachel Clemens,   b. 14 Oct 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Dec 1902  (Age 71 years)   17. Lewis Clemens,   b. 29 Jun 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Aug 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   18. Amos S. Clemens,   b. 12 Jan 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jan 1906, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F2934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Bechtel,   b. 8 Aug 1792, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 21 Jul 1885, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1844  [1, 6]
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F4143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Clemens, "younger son of George and Elizabeth (Carlisle) Clemens, was born in Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1777. His boyhood days were spent on his father's farm and during the winter months he attended the public school and received such an education as the times afforded. It is well known that the facilities for obtaining a good common school education were at that time far inferior to what they now are. While visiting friends in Montgomery County during the winter of 1799 and 1800, Mr. Clemens was informed that numerous families intended to move either to the western part of the state or to Ohio, and even some were meditating of moving to Canada, the way-out-of-the-world country. No sooner was he in possession of this information than he hunted up such parties who were making preparations to move to Canada in order to receive all the information that could be obtained of this country at that time. Upon his return home he informed his father of what he had heard in regard to Canada. After listening to his son for some time, his father said: 'Well George, if all be true that you have heard in regard to Canada, it truly must be a good country to go to in order to seek one's fortune, but take my advice, first go and see the country for yourself.' During the winter of 1800-1 seven families of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, made arrangements for moving to Canada which company Mr. Clemens joined. He drove one of the teams (see Historical notes on pages 22, 23, and 24 in regard to Mr. Clemens)and in May, 1801, he arrived where now the village of Blair is situated. After making a thorough inspection of this country he found everything beyond his expectations and immediately selected his land on which he settled. This was about one mile east of Preston, near Speedsville, on the farm now owned by his grandson, Isaac B. Clemens. After having cleared several acres of his land he erected a small log house and commenced housekeeping. In course of time he found the words recorded in Genesis 2: 18 to be true, he therefore amended or improved his condition in life by taking to himself a wife in the person of Esther Stauffer who was born December 18th, 1790, and died August 17, 1836. After her decease he was married to (October 27th, 1840) Elizabeth, the widow of David Histand. She was a daughter of old George Bechtel and was born August 8th, 1792, and died July 21st, 1885. old Mr. George Clemens died August 10, 1863. To him and his first wife was born a family of eighteen 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..., 413. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 511. [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..., 637. [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..., 795. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Jul 1885. 21 July 1885 Elisabeth Clemens, nee Bechtel, widow of George Clemens and mother of George Histand, died in Kossuth, Waterloo Township, at age of 92 years, 11 months and 13 days. She came with her parents to Waterloo County in the year 1800 from Pennasylvania, where she has lived ever since and she was one of the first Pennasylvanian settlers [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..., 225. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. [S287] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Limerick-Cornell CC#5417 Internet Link. In / memory of / George Clemens / born July 17, 1777 / died Aug. 10' 1863 / aged 86 years & 25 d's / Death's but a path that must be trod / If men would ever pass to God: / A port of calm / a state of ease / From the rough rage of swelling seas [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Aug 1863. Georg Clemens died 10 Aug 1863 near Preston, 86 yrs, 24 days, one of the first settlers in Waterloo Twp. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 4 Page 28. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 40. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 19. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 19 Aug 1863. Clemens, George Sr. died 8 Aug 1863 At res, Waterloo Twp. In his 86th year. Thrown from his buggy. One of the oldest settlers in Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 08, Waterloo County, Ontario Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 01, Waterloo County, Ontario Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 02, Waterloo County, Ontario Occupation - farmer - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Thrown from buggy - 10 Aug 1863 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Limerick-Cornell Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth