Rev. Heinrich H. "Henry" Weber^{[1, 2]}

1793 - 1862  (69 years)

• Name	Heinrich H. "Henry" Weber
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	14 Feb 1793	Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37175806
  Occupation	1824	Bloomingdale Mennonite Church, Bloomingdale, Waterloo, Ontario
  	minister
  	Services began in 1824, and in 1826 a first meeting house, known as Schneider's or Snyder's, was built northwest of Bloomingdale, and east of the Grand River, on land (part Lot 7) donated by Jacob Schneider. Henry Weber was the first minister to this congregation, from 1824 until 1854. 1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 066, Waterloo County, Ontario   [6]
  Name	Henry Weaver  [4]
  Name	Henry Weber
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00127-7910
  Died	9 May 1862	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 7]
  Buried	Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I18538	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Weber,   b. 1757, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Veronica Hershey,   b. Abt 1757, Of, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Salome Bauman,   b. 8 Apr 1791, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Sep 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1817  [3]
  Children	1. Rev. Samuel Weber,   b. 26 Nov 1821, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Oct 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   2. Anna Weber,   b. 19 Nov 1824, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1886  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F2024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Weber," the fourth son of Henry Weber, was born near Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Feb 14th, 1793. In 1816 he, in company with Joseph Clemmer and family, Dilman Ziegler and family, Samuel Eby and family, and John Brubacher and his mother, came to Canada and settled in Waterloo County. He had his home with his brother, Abraham, until the following spring when he was married, March 11th, 1817, to Salome, daughter of Preacher Joseph and Mary (Bear) Baumann. After their marriage they located on lot No. 65, German Company's Tract, where they resided until their deaths. He was ordained a minister of the Gospel and served the church of his choice, the Mennonite, faithfully until his death which took place May 9th, 1862. His wife was born April 8th, 1771, and died September 6th, 1868. They had a family of two 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.]. ________________________ Bloomingdale (Schneider or Snyder) Mennonite Church Services began in 1824, and in 1826 a first meeting house, known as Schneider's or Snyder's, was built northwest of Bloomingdale, and east of the Grand River, on land (part Lot 7) donated by Jacob Schneider. Henry Weber was the first minister to this congregation, from 1824 until 1854. He was followed by Moses Erb who was ordained minister to the congregation on April 14, 1854. The church building was primarily used as a school in the beginning; the first teacher was John Bauman from Pennsylvania. Church services were held in homes. Dorothy Sauder, in her 1972 history of the church, states that "Prior to 1860, Schneider's was the only [Mennonite] place of worship on the Grand River and, until the 1889 Martin schism, it was one with the Martin congregation with ministers serving both groups" (Sauder 1972: 8). Services were held on a two-week schedule, at one meeting house and then at the other. Snyder's was affected by division in the church in the early 1870s. The majority of the congregation joined the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites, a group organized by Solomon Eby on May 15, 1874, and from 1875-1879 the meeting house was used almost exclusively by them. It was here that the conference was held on March 23, 1875 in which the New Mennonites and the Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites joined together as the United Mennonites. However, because the original deed to the church property had been lost or perhaps never duly executed, a new deed was drawn up on January 15, 1879, giving ownership of building and property to the group of more conservative Mennonites in the congregation. The present church was built in 1878 on approximately the same site as the first meeting house. Renovations to the church building were carried out in 1951. One main entrance, to replace the two separate entrances, was part of the changes made. Further improvements were made in 1985. The name of the church is now Bloomingdale Mennonite Church. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Martin's Mennonite CC#4521 Internet Link. [S64] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Martin's Mennonite CC#4521 Internet Link. name given as Heinrich Weber on tombstone. [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..., 610. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div3 pg 135. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 9 Page 71. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 59. [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..., 68.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Feb 1793 - Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Occupation - minister - 1824 - Bloomingdale Mennonite Church, Bloomingdale, Waterloo, Ontario Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 066, Waterloo County, Ontario Occupation - Gentleman - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 May 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth