James U. Clemens^[1]

1861 - 1952  (90 years)

• Name	James U. Clemens
  Born	6 Aug 1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00023-1881
  Died	1952	Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA   [3]
  Buried	Imlay Cemetery, Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I17329	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Wendell B. Clemens,   b. 28 Dec 1823, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Aug 1897, Lapeer Co., Michigan, USA.  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Catherine Unger,   b. 16 Mar 1829, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jan 1917, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1845	, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F252470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dora Schaefer,   b. 29 Dec 1863, , Germany ,   d. 10 May 1927, , Lapeer Co., Michigan  (Age 63 years)
  Married	1885
  Children	1. Ervin Clemens,   b. 12 Apr 1887, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA ,   d. 20 May 1962, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, USA  (Age 75 years)   2. Harry Clemens,   b. 13 May 1889, Of, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA ,   d. 12 Dec 1957  (Age 68 years)   3. Adam Clemens,   b. Abt 1890, Of, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Child Clemens,   b. Abt 1892, Of, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F4543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James U. Clemens, "was born August 6th, 1861. He resides near Brown City, Michigan, where he is farming. He is married to Victoria Schaefer with whom he has a family of four 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. __________________ Brown City \emdash Funeral services for James U. Clemens, 90, resident of this vicinity some 74 years, were held at 2:30 p. m. Monday in the local Evangelical U. B. church. Rev. Murray Willard, Sebewaing, officiated, Burial was in Imlay township cemetery. Mr. Clemens was born in Kitchener, Ont., Aug. 6th, 1861. He and Miss Dora Schaffer were married in 1885. Mrs. Clemens died in 1927. Surviving are four sons. Ervin Clemens, Pontiac, Harry Clemens, San Antonio, Texas; Otto Clemens. lapeer, and Roy Clemens, Davison; two daughters, Mrs. Eria Geno, Imlay City and Mrs. Effie Howton, Rochester; ten grand-children and 15 great grandchildren.

  
  

• 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..., 441. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132305908/james-clemens. [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..., 439.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Aug 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1952 - Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Buried - - Imlay Cemetery, Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth