Gottlieb Merner^[1]

1830 - 1924  (93 years)

• Name	Gottlieb Merner
  Born	11 Jun 1830	, Berne, Switzerland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Gottleib Muerner
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Evangelical
  Occupation	1871	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1881	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	farmer
  Eby ID Number	00010-1107.1
  Died	21 Apr 1924	Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Bronson Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I20546	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Emanuel Merner,   b. 20 Oct 1789, , Switzerland ,   d. 29 Dec 1869, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Susanna Schlueter,   b. CALC 9 Mar 1789, , Canton Berne, Switzerland ,   d. 9 Sep 1875, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Family ID	F11110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Bleam,   b. 27 Aug 1837, , Indiana ,   d. 2 Apr 1928, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1855	, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. W. Henry Merner,   b. 1858, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sary Merner,   b. 1867, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jacob David Merner,   b. 27 Jun 1869, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Rebecca A. Merner,   b. 1872, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1933  (Age 61 years)   5. George Merner,   b. 1875, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Edward Merner,   b. 1877, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. John Wesley Merner,   b. 18 Nov 1879, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1971  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F5094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Former Resident Dies at Advanced Age. Gottlieb Merner last of Pioneer Family called by Death. Gottlieb Merner son of the late Jacob and Susanna Merner died at Zurich on Monday aged 93 years. He was born in Berne Switzerland, July 12th 1830; immigrated with his parents to New Hamburg at the age of 7 years where he made his home until the year 1856, moving to Huron County. He founded the village of Berne in 1856 now called Blake. Here he carried on a mercantile business also a tannery besides other lines of trade. In the year 1867 he moved to his farm on the Bronson Line, Hay Township, where carried on extensive farming until 1899 when he retired to the village of Zurich where he resided until his death. In the year 1855, he married Mary Ann Bleam, daughter of Christian and Mary Campbell Bleam. To this union 10 children were born; W.H. and J.W. of Winnipeg; S.A. of Hensall; J.J. of Seaforth; J.D. of Detroit; G.A. of Dashwood; E.F. of Bayfield; also Mrs. C. Eilber of Crediton; Mrs. W. C. Calfas of Zurich; all of whom with his aged partner who has passed the 87th milestone survive. One daughter died in infancy. Besides his family he had three adopted children Mrs. Will Otto who died many years ago; Mrs. Fred Witwer, of Exeter; and Mrs. John Weber of Michigan. Forty seven grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren survive. He was of a family of seven brothers and three sisters who have all predeceased him. Late Senator Merner, Christian and Frederick Merner of New Hamburg were brothers. The funeral took place on Thursday at 2 o'clock to the Bronson Line cemetery on the corner of his old homestead.1a 1aNew Hamburg Independent Friday April 25, 1924

  
  

• 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..., 279. [S200] Census - ON, Huron, Hay Township - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 7 Household Number 29. [S468] Census - ON, Huron, Hay Township - 1871, Division: 3 Page: 16. [S216] Census - ON, Huron - 1901, Hay B-3 Page 6. [S740] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 - ), "Gottlieb Merner Last of Pioneer Family Called by Death," April 25, 1924. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Page 24. [S22] Vit - ON, Perth - Perth County Baptism, Marriage & Burial Register 1852 - 1859, Return of Rev'd Solomon Weaver, Minister of the Gospel in the Evangelican Associatiion pg 58 & 59. Gottleib Muerner, 21, to Maria Bleam, 17, 9 Jan 1855 by banns, witnesses Jacob Bleam and Wilhelm Vermitz

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jun 1830 - , Berne, Switzerland Occupation - Laborer - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Jan 1855 - , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1871 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1881 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Apr 1924 - Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth