Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Magdalena "Lena" Clemens[1, 2, 3]

Female 1855 - 1925  (69 years)


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  • Name Magdalena "Lena" Clemens 
    Born 25 Mar 1855  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Female 
    Name Lena Clemens 
    Name Magdalena "Lena" Eschleman 
    Name Magdalena "Lena" Stauffer 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Methodist 
    Residence 1911  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00023-1759 
    Died 9 Feb 1925  [7, 10
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10
    Person ID I17015  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Oliver Clemens,   b. 20 Apr 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1904, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Helrigel,   b. 26 Jul 1831, Katzweiler, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1913, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 25 May 1852  Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11
    Family ID F4454  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joseph Eschleman,   b. 8 Jun 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Children 
     1. Oliver Gerald Eschleman,   b. CALC 5 Apr 1877,   d. 4 May 1881, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 4 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Joseph B. Stauffer,   b. 9 Aug 1852, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1936, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Claud Clemens Stauffer,   b. 13 Jun 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1947  (Age 64 years)
     2. Clive Bowman Stauffer,   b. 13 Jun 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1946  (Age 62 years)
     3. Elsie Stauffer,   b. Oct 1892, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Joseph Stauffer,   b. 13 May 1896, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Joseph Stanley Stauffer,   b. 16 May 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1978, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdaline Clemens, "was born March 25th, 1855. She was first married to Joseph Eshelman and after his decease to Joseph Stauffer. They reside in the town of Galt. She had one son with her first husband named VIII Oliver (dead), and with the second husband she has twin boys named VIII Clive and VIII Claude."

      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.].

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      Mrs. Joseph Stauffer-born Lena Clemens, Mar 25 1855 Mannheim, Waterloo Co. ON, daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth Clemens, married 1882 to Joseph Stauffer, died Feb 9 1925, buried Feb 11 1925 Mausoleum, Mountainview Cemetery, Galt ON. Survived by husband and children: Clive B., Claud C., Joseph S., and Mrs. Alex Logan. Husband presented Wesley Church with silver communion set in her memory, children presented walnut communion table.

      Christian Guardian Newspaper, May 20, 1925

  • 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..., 418.

    2. [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..., 510.

    3. [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..., 662.

    4. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-6 Page 3.

    5. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 12.

    6. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 15 Page 20.

    7. [S60] News - Christian Guardian, Obituary of Magdalena Clemens - May 20, 1925.

    8. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 5 Page 31.

    9. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 103.

    10. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21530045/magdalena-stauffer.

    11. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852.
      Oliver CLEMENTS, to Elizabeth HELLRIGLE. 25 May 1852, Ayr. Rev. RITCHIE. Wit. George HELLRIGLE and Daniel STAUFFER.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Mar 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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