Jacob M. Clemens^[1]

1813 - 1866  (53 years)

• Name	Jacob M. Clemens
  Born	6 Feb 1813	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	carpenter
  	Lived with Moses E. Schneider.
  Historic Building	Abt 1863	1188 Ottawa Street South, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	3 story house known as "Fair Acres"
  Residence	1863	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	00023-1833
  Died	22 Jun 1866	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 8]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Person ID	I17242	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Deacon Abraham L. Clemens,   b. 3 Jul 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 Jan 1845, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Magdalena "Molly" Miller,   b. 8 Feb 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Feb 1847, North Of Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	1807  [1, 10]
  Family ID	F734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria "Mary" Cressman,   b. 17 Dec 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1863	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 11]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Clemens, "was born February 6th, 1813. He resided in the town of Berlin. He was the owner of the farm now in possession of Samuel Y. Shantz, and while engaged in drawing wood from a newly cleared field on his farm, he had a stroke of paralysis causing instant death, June 22nd, 1866. He was married to Mary Cressman, widow of the late Rev. Christian Eby. He left no issue." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 432. [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..., 494. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div Pg 23. Jacob M. CLEMENS Carpenter Birthplace: Canada Age 39 Mennonite b. 6-Feb [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 28 Jun 1866. Jakob M. Clemens died 22 Jun 1866 near Berlin, 53 yrs, 5 mths, 15 days. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Jacob M. Clemens b. Waterloo res: Waterloo Age: 50 born abt 1813 father: Abram mother: Magdalene married Mary Eby Age:: 44 born abt 1819 b. Waterloo Spouse res: Waterloo father: A. Cressman mother: Mary Cressman married 25 Oct 1863 county: Waterloo [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div Pg 23. [S1046] Building - Heritage Building Inventory - Kitchener 1991, Report of 1188 Ottawa Street South - pg 42. Constructed about 1863 by Abraham M. Clemens. 3 stories, 12 rooms. After the death of Samuel Y. Shantz purchased it, then passing to Frederick Huether in 1905. During Shantz's ownership the Doddy house was built to the east of the house. The house passed to his son Melvin, William and daughter Emma [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..., 433. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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..., 94. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Jacob M. Clemens b. Waterloo res: Waterloo Age: 50 born abt 1813 father: Abram mother: Magdalene married Mary Eby Age:: 44 born abt 1819 b. Waterloo Spouse res: Waterloo father: A. Cressman mother: Mary Cressman married 25 Oct 1863 county: Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Feb 1813 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Historic Building - 3 story house known as "Fair Acres" - Abt 1863 - 1188 Ottawa Street South, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1863 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Oct 1863 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Jun 1866 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth