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

Menno B. Clemens[1, 2, 3]

Male 1853 - 1926  (73 years)


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  • Name Menno B. Clemens 
    Born 27 Feb 1853  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1886  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    salesman 
    Occupation 1893  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    merchant 
    Eby ID Number 00023-1821 
    Died 20 Sep 1926  Grand Bay, Mobile, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Grand Bay Cemetery, Grand Bay, Mobile, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17203  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father George H. Clemens,   b. 25 Jul 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1892, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Salome S. Bowman,   b. 26 Jul 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1882, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 4 Feb 1851  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 9
    Family ID F2218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Phoebe Ann Weaver,   b. 1854, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1939  (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Marjory Cornell Clemens,   b. 24 Nov 1893, Of, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1973, Bel Air, Hartford Co., Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F4510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harriet Vestella "Vestella" Weber,   b. CALC 30 Jun 1860, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Married 8 Dec 1886  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Vestella "Stella" Clemens,   b. 15 Jul 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F224467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Menno B. Clemens, "was born February 27th, 1853, and is a resident of Knoxville, Tennessee, U. S. He was married to Stella Weaver and after her decease to Phoebe Weaver. To him are born two children, namely: VIII Stella (dead) of the first wife, and VIII Marjory of his present wife."


      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..., 430.

    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..., 103.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 Aug 1889.
      Aug 1, 1889 Harriet Vestella Clemens, nee Weber, wife of Menno B. Clemens, died in Berlin age age of 29 years, 1 month & 2 days. The burial took place on Sat. afternoon, with many people present, after her newborn child had been baptized beside her body in the family house & after a funeral service had been held in the English Methodist Church.

    4. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 60.

    5. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 51.

    6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11832-86.
      Menno B. Clemens, 33, Salesman, b. Ontario, res. Berlin, son of George H. Clemens and Salome Bowman, married H. Vestella Weaver, 26, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of Levi Weaver and Roxa Cornell, Witness: A.B. Clemens and Bella Weaver, both of Berlin, 8 Dec 1886 at Berlin

    7. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 43876 (1893), Marjorie Cornel Clemens.
      Marjorie Cornell Clemens Date of Birth: 24 Nov 1893 Gender: Female Birth County: York Father's Name: Menno B Clemens (merchant of Toronot) Mother's Name: Phoebe Weaver

    8. [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..., 429.

    9. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, July 15, 1892 - Obituary of George H. Clemens.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Feb 1853 - Waterloo Twp., 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 MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - 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 MapsOccupation - salesman - 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Dec 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - merchant - 1893 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Sep 1926 - Grand Bay, Mobile, Alabama, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Grand Bay Cemetery, Grand Bay, Mobile, Alabama, United States Link to Google Earth
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