Magdalena "Lena" Clemens^{[1, 2, 3]}

1855 - 1925  (69 years)

• Name	Magdalena "Lena" Clemens
  Born	25 Mar 1855	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [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   [8]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00023-1759
  Died	9 Feb 1925  [7, 10]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 10]
  Person ID	I17015	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Elizabeth Helrigel,   b. 26 Jul 1831, Katzweiler, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 3 Feb 1913, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	25 May 1852	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 11]
  Family ID	F4454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joseph Eschleman,   b. 8 Jun 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jun 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 28 years)
  Children	1. Oliver Gerald Eschleman,   b. CALC 5 Apr 1877,   d. 4 May 1881, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 4 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F1372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph B. Stauffer,   b. 9 Aug 1852, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1936, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Claud Clemens Stauffer,   b. 13 Jun 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Nov 1947  (Age 64 years)   2. Clive Bowman Stauffer,   b. 13 Jun 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Mar 1946  (Age 62 years)   3. Elsie Stauffer,   b. Oct 1892, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Joseph Stauffer,   b. 13 May 1896, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Joseph Stanley Stauffer,   b. 16 May 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jun 1978, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  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.]. __________________ 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

  [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. [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. [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. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-6 Page 3. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 12. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 15 Page 20. [S60] News - Christian Guardian, Obituary of Magdalena Clemens - May 20, 1925. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 5 Page 31. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 103. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21530045/magdalena-stauffer. [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

  Born - 25 Mar 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth