Mayor John S. Clemens^[1]

1869 - 1938  (68 years)

• Name	John S. Clemens
  Prefix	Mayor
  Born	27 Sep 1869	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	W. Methodist
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Church of England
  Elected Office	1904	Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada
  	mayor of Birtle, Manitoba
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179200303
  Eby ID Number	00023-1707
  Died	5 Feb 1938	Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada
  Buried	Pacific Heritage Cemetery, Burnaby, , British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I17589	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Aaron Clemens,   b. 26 Feb 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Mar 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Nancy Snyder,   b. 30 Apr 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1897, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1849  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F4394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John S. Clemens, "was born September 27th, 1869. He resides at Birtle, Manitoba, where he is engaged as miller and book-keeper." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. __________ FORMER POINT GREY ASSESSOR IS DEAD Clemens Had Long Civic Service Here. John Clemens, 6592 East Boule- vard, retired member of the civic assessment commission, and former assessor of Point Grey, died on Saturday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Mount Pleasant Funeral Chapel, with Rev. E. D. Braden officiating. Interment will be in the Masonic Cemetery, Burnaby. Mr. Clemens was born in Waterloo County, Ont., in 1869, and went to Birtle, Man., as a young man. He was active in town politics, and served as mayor from 1904 to 1907. He came to Vancouver in 1909, and in 1910 became first permanent assessor of Point Grey municipality. He held this position under every Point Grey reeve, and after amalgamation in 1929 he joined the city's assessment commission. He retired on April 1 1935. The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Monday, February 07, 1938

  
  

• 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..., 409. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 18. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 9. [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..., 408. [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..., 288.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Sep 1869 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - mayor of Birtle, Manitoba - 1904 - Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada Died - 5 Feb 1938 - Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Buried - - Pacific Heritage Cemetery, Burnaby, , British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth