Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Clara May Groff[1, 2]

Female 1882 - 1974  (~ 91 years)


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  • Name Clara May Groff 
    Born Sep 1882  Of, May City, Osceola, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6877.4 
    Died 1974  [3
    Buried Butte Cemetery, Butte, McLean, North Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I19892  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Henry Groff,   b. 20 Jul 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1935, Henning, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Veronica Shantz,   b. 16 Sep 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1929  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 23 Sep 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6
    Family ID F1305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 426.

    2. [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..., 724.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, B., America, N., Dakota, N., County, M., & Cemetery, B. (1882). Clara May Groff Overholser (1882-1974) - Find A... Retrieved 17 July 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16428947/clara-may-overholser.

    4. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
      Bridegroom Name: Heinrich Groff Age: 24 Res: Waterloo Place of Birth: Dumfries Names of Parents: Andreas Groff & Mary Bowman Bride: Name: Veronica Schantz Age: 19 Res: Waterloo Tp. Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: Moses Schantz & Sussana Schneider Witness(S): Name: Aaron Schantz Res: Waterloo Tp. Name: Laura Schneider Res: Waterloo Tp. Date of Marriage: Sept. 23, 1873

    5. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 2 Oct 1873.
      23 Sep 1873 Heinrich Groff was married to Veronika Schantz by Pastor F.W. Tuerk, in Berlin. Both are of Berlin.

    6. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12921 (1873), Groff-Shantz.
      Henry Groff, 24, Farmer, res. Waterloo, b. Canada, son of Andrew Groff and Mary Bauman married Veronica Shantz, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Canada, daughter of Moses and Susannah, witnessed by: Aaron Shantz and Laura Schneider both of Waterloo, 23 September 1873 in Berlin

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Sep 1882 - Of, May City, Osceola, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Butte Cemetery, Butte, McLean, North Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
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