Abraham O. Clemens^[1]

1815 - 1859  (44 years)

• Name	Abraham O. Clemens
  Born	1 Apr 1815	, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00023-1781.1
  Died	16 Aug 1859	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Cause: drowning
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I17067	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	George Clemens,   b. 1786, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Feb 1843  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Catherine Oberholtzer,   b. 4 Jan 1791, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Nice,   b. Abt 1814, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Susannah Clemens,   b. 23 Jan 1840, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Catherine Clemens,   b. Abt 1844, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth Clemens,   b. Abt 1853,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Abraham Clemens,   b. 27 May 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1857  (Age 2 years)   5. John Clemens,   b. 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F4481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Clemens: Death by Drowning - "It is our painful duty to record te sudden death of Mr. Abraham O. Clemens, of Waterloo Township, by drowning, On Tuesday last., It appears that he and several others were stretching a net across the Grand River, nearly opposite Mr. Joseph Hagen's farm, at the point known as "the deep hole." when Mr. Clemens unfortunately got in the water beyond his depth; and although able to swim, for some unaccountable cause, with cramp, some description of fit, or more probably the encumbrance of his clothes and a heavy pair of boots, he sank to rise no more. A pole was handed to him when about sinking by Joseph Hagey, but he paid no attention to it. He was taken out of the river about an hour afterwards. An inquest was held the same evening by Coroner Bowlby, of Berlin, and a verdict of "accidental death," returned" The Berlin Telagraph 19 Aug 1859 _______________________ 16 Aug 1859 Fatal Occurrence in Waterloo - We regret to hear that Mr. Abraham O. Clemens, of the Township of Waterloo, met his death by drowning on Tuesday last. With several others he was engaged in stretching a net across the Grand River near Mr. Joseph Hagey's farm, when by some means he got out of his depth, and though able to swim, was drowned at once. His body was recovered about an hour afterwards, and Dr. Bowlby, Coroner, held an inquest upon it in the evening when a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned, pg. 2 col. 4 Berlin Chronicle 23 Aug 1859

  
  

• 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..., 422. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Hier ruhet / Abraham O.Clemmens / geboren am 1 April 1815 / starb am 16 August 1859 / Alt.44 J.4 M.und 16 Tag. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 23 Aug 1859 - Obituary of Abraham O. Clemens. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 19 Aug 1859. "Clemens: Death by Drowning - "It is our painful duty to record te sudden death of Mr. Abraham O. Clemens, of Waterloo Township, by drowning, On Tuesday last., It appears that he and several others were stretching a net across the Grand River, nearly opposite Mr. Joseph Hagen's farm, at the point known as "the deep hole." when Mr. Clemens unfortunately got in the water beyond his depth; and although able to swim, for some unaccountable cause, eith cramp, some description of fit, or more probably the encumbrance of his clothes adn a heavy pair of boots, he sank to rise no more. A pole was handed to him when about sinking by Joseph Hagey, but he paid no attention to it. He was taken out of the river about an hour afterwards. An inquest ws held the same evening by Coroner Bowlby, of Berlin, and a verdict fo "accidental death," returned"

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Apr 1815 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Died - Cause: drowning - 16 Aug 1859 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth