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

Magdalena Clemens[1, 2, 3]

Female 1784 - 1859  (75 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Clemens 
    Born 17 Jan 1784  Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42094641 
    Name Magdalena Clemmer 
    Eby ID Number 00023-1780 
    Died 2 Sep 1859  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17064  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Abraham Clemens,   b. 31 Dec 1752, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1808, Lederach, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Mary Steiner,   b. Jul 1754, Of, Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1823  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 1778  [9
    Family ID F4459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Heinrich H. "Henry" Clemmer,   b. 18 Jul 1780, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1851, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1805  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Maria Clemmer,   b. 21 Jan 1807, Bedminster, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1866, Nithburg, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     2. Elizabeth Clemmer,   b. 8 Sep 1808, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Henry Clemmer,   b. 13 Jan 1810,   d. 24 Dec 1814  (Age 4 years)
     4. Catharine Clemmer,   b. 25 Jan 1812, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1885, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     5. Joshua Clemmer,   b. 9 Sep 1813,   d. 1823, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
     6. Abraham C. Clemmer,   b. 17 Sep 1815, Bedminster, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1893, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     7. Anna "Nancy" Clemmer,   b. 30 Jul 1817, Bedminster Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1887, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Clemens, "was born January 17th, 1784. She was married, November 17th, 1805, to Henry Clemmer who was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 18th, 1780. They moved to Canada in 1825 and settled two miles east of Berlin where they both died. He died in May, 1851, and she died in September, 1859"

      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..., 422.

    2. [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..., 454.

    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..., 335.

    4. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 20 Sep 1859.
      02 Sep 1859 In Waterloo, on the 2d instant, Magdalena Clemmer, widow of Mr. Henry H. Clemmer, in the 76th year of her age

    5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 16.
      Magdelena CLEMER Birthplace: Canada F. Age 70 Mennonite b. 20-Jan
      Lived with son Abraham

    6. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 14 Sep 1859.
      Magdalena Clemmer died 2 Sep 1859 At res of her son, Waterloo Twp; in 76th year; widow of Henry H. Clemmer

    7. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 2 Sep 1859.
      Clemmer: At the residence of her son, on the 2nd inst., Township of Waterloo, Magdelena Clemmer, Widow of Henry H. Clemmer, in the 76th year of her age.

    8. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 9 Sep 1859.
      "Clemmer: At the residence of her son, on the 2nd inst., Township of Waterloo, Magdelena Clemmer, Widow of Henry H. Clemmer, in the 76th year of her age."

    9. [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..., 421.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Sep 1859 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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