Leah Weber^{[1, 2]}

1874 - 1944  (70 years)

• Name	Leah Weber
  Born	5 Mar 1874	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Leah Schmitt
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00127-7900.5
  Died	14 Aug 1944	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I18482	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Levi M. Weber,   b. 14 Mar 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Oct 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Susannah U. Bowman,   b. 8 Sep 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Sep 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Moses H. Schmitt,   b. 13 Aug 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Dec 1947, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	26 Feb 1902
  Children	1. Naomi May Schmitt,   b. 24 Oct 1903, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 11 Aug 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   2. Leighton W. Schmitt,   b. 27 Mar 1905, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 12 Feb 1995, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   3. Lloyd Elmer Schmitt,   b. 17 Mar 1913, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Apr 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F6306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Schmitt.-Leah B., daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Levi Weber, was born at Freeport, Ont., March 5, 1874; died suddenly Aug. 18, 1944; at her home near Rosebank, Ont.; aged 70 y. 5 m. 13 d. In her late teens she accepted Christ during the revival meetings conducted by the late J. S. Coffman at Kitchener, and remained faithful until the end. On Feb. 26, 1902, she was united in marriage to Moses H. Schmitt at Carstairs, Alta. To this union were born 4 sons and one daughter. Two sons died in infancy. She leaves to mourn her departure her sorrowing husband, 2 sons (Lloyd, Rosebank; Leighton, Petersburg), one daughter (Naomi-Mrs. Ozias Gingrich, Elmira), 10 grandchildren, 3 brothers (Jeremiah, Guernsey, Sask.; Abram, Tofield, Alta.; Burton, Lockport, N.Y.), and one sister (Susie-Mrs. S. S. Shantz, Markham), besides many other relatives and friends. She was a very devoted wife and mother, and will be greatly missed by all. Funeral services were in charge of her pastor, Bro. C. F. Derstine. Theme: "The homegoing of Believers." Brethren M. Hallman, J. B. Martin, and Isaac Miller assisted in the services. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVII, No . 22 - September 1, 1944, page 439, 440

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 608. [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..., 80. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 1, 1944 - Obituary of Leah Weber. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 5 Page 11. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 13, 1948 - Obituary of Moses H. Schmitt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Mar 1874 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Aug 1944 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth