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Lydia Clemens[1]

Female 1848 - 1878  (29 years)


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  • Name Lydia Clemens 
    Born 8 May 1848  Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Lydia Grischow 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00023-1802 
    Died 3 May 1878  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7] 
    Buried Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I17117  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Abraham D. Clemens,   b. 17 Apr 1813, Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1877, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Veronica "Fanny" Shantz,   b. 23 May 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1887, Near Williamsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1833  [9, 10] 
    Family ID F4490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Henry Frederick "Frederick" Grischow,   b. 4 May 1837, , Mecklinburg Schwerin, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1923, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 12 Jan 1873  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Noah C. Grischow,   b. 20 Jun 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1914  (Age 40 years)
     2. Susannah Grischow,   b. CA 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary Lydia Grischow,   b. 6 Feb 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1917  (Age 39 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lydia Clemens, "was born May 8th, 1848. On January 12, 1873, she was married to Frederick Grischow. They resided two miles south-west of Berlin, near Wendel Shantz's farm where she died May 3, 1878, leaving a family of three 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 
    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..., 427.

    2. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 276.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Frederick Grischow Born: Mecklenburg Schwerin Age: 28 Father: Christoph Grischow Mother: Elizabeth Holz Born: abt 1845 Spouse: Lydia Clemens Age: 24 born: Williamsburg Father: Abraham Clemens Mother: Veronica Schall married 12 Jan 1873

    4. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 55.

    5. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 5 Page 36.

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 9 May 1878.
      Died 3 May 1878 Lydia Grischow nee Clemens, wife of Friedrich Grischow died at the age of 29 years, 11 months and 26 days

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27484782/lydia-grischow.

    8. [S136] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Weber Mennonite CC#5426 Internet Link.

    9. [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..., 401.

    10. [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..., 426.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 May 1848 - Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Jan 1873 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 May 1878 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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