Nicholas Schlegel

1833 - 1896  (63 years)

• Name	Nicholas Schlegel
  Born	30 Jul 1833	, Alsace Lorraine, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36808885
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-199991
  Died	12 Nov 1896	South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I199991	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Nicholaus Schlegel,   b. 17 Jan 1808, Froeningen, , Alsace, France ,   d. 10 Jun 1877, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Barbara Roth,   b. CA 1808, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F11842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Bender,   b. 16 Nov 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1927  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Katherine Schlegel,   b. 28 Jun 1874, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Apr 1956, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   2. Christian B. Schlegel,   b. 12 May 1872, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1908  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F55944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SCHLEGEL - On the 12th of Nov., 1896, in South East Hope Twp., Oxford Co., Ont., of stomach and heart trouble, Bro. Nicholas Schlegel, aged 63 years, 3 months and 12 days. He was born in Alsace, France (now Germany), on the 30th of July, 1833; he came with his parents to America, in 1839, was married to Barbara Bender with whom he lived in happy matrimony 38 years, 9 months, 10 days. Of their 9 children 7 survive with their mother to mourn his death. Buried on the 14th in the East Zorra graveyard. Funeral services by Chr. Litwiller and Jacob Bender to a large concourse of friends. Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIV, No. 6, March 15, 1897 - Page 93, 94, 95

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., Municipality, O., Zorra-Tavistock, E., & Cemetery, E. (1833). Nicholas Schlegel (1833-1896) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 23 June 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36808885/nicholas-schlegel.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Jul 1833 - , Alsace Lorraine, France Died - 12 Nov 1896 - South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth