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

Abraham Rosenberger "Abram" Strome[1, 2, 3]

Male 1833 - 1923  (90 years)


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  • Name Abraham Rosenberger "Abram" Strome 
    Born 21 Mar 1833  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Male 
    Name Abram Strome 
    Occupation 1855  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    joiner 
    Occupation 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Protestant 
    Occupation 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    E. Methodist 
    Occupation 1881  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    carpenter 
    Occupation 1881  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Carpenter 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1903  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    carpenter 
    Eby ID Number 00120-7467 
    Died 15 Nov 1923  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Person ID I20626  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John R. Strome,   b. 12 Feb 1810, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1865, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Nancy R. "Annie" Rosenberger,   b. 7 May 1812, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1831  [1
    Family ID F4247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Strohm,   b. Abt 1813,   d. Bef 1881  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Anna,   b. 1813, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F29031  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Strome,   b. Abt 1811,   d. Bef 1891  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Nancy Rosenberger,   b. 1811, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F247184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Esther Martin,   b. 17 Feb 1831, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1901  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 15 May 1855  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9, 14
    Children 
     1. Jeremiah M. Strome,   b. 27 Feb 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     2. Menno M. Strome,   b. 3 Aug 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1939  (Age 82 years)
     3. Almeda Strome,   b. 10 Jun 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1860  (Age 0 years)
     4. Mary Ann Strome,   b. 13 Jan 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1861  (Age 0 years)
     5. Clara Melissa Strohm,   b. 6 Mar 1862, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1888, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     6. Merritt Strome,   b. 8 Apr 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1862  (Age 0 years)
     7. Christian Strome,   b. 3 Dec 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1864  (Age 0 years)
     8. Lydia Ann Strome,   b. 28 Feb 1873, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1873  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lydia Faust,   b. Feb 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1903  Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F38828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Abram R. Strome, "was born March 21st, 1833. On May 15th, 1855, he was married to Esther Martin who was born May 29th, 1831. They reside in the town of Berlin, near the "Two Bridges". He is a contractor and builder. Their family consisted of six 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.].

  • 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..., 529.

    2. [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..., 27.

    3. [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..., 200.

    4. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 44 Household Number 198.

    5. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 3.

    6. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 44.

    7. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 32.

    8. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 4 Page 34.

    9. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 30.

    10. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: Abraham R Strohm
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 22 Sep 1903
      Event Place: Zurich, Huron, Ontario, Canada
      Sex: Male
      Age: 70
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1833 Hespeler
      Occ: carpenter - Berlin
      Father's Name: John R Strohm
      Mother's Name: Nancy Rosenberger
      Spouse's Name: Lydia Faust
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 47
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1856 Upper Woolwich
      Res: Berlin
      Spouse's Father's Name: Hy Faust
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Ruppel

    11. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Name: Abraham Rosenberger Strome
      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 15 Nov 1923
      Event Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Sex: Male
      Age: 92
      Age: 92
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Occupation: Retired
      Occupation: Retired
      Birth Date: 18 Mar 1831
      Birthplace: New Dundee
      Death Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Death Age: 92 years 9 months 3 days
      Burial Date: 18 Nov 1923
      Burial Place: Kitchener
      Father's Name: John Strome
      Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
      Mother's Name: Nancy Rosenberger
      Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania

    12. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225980706.

    13. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Abraham Strohm, joiner of Woolwich married 15 May 1855 in Berlin by banns to Esther Martin of Woolwich.

    14. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Abraham Strohm, joiner of Woolwich married 15 May 1855 in Berlin by banns to Esther Martin of Woolwich, wit: Christ. Rosenberger of Dumfries & David Strohm of Blenheim?

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Mar 1833 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - joiner - 1855 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 May 1855 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Protestant - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - E. Methodist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - carpenter - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - carpenter - 1903 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Sep 1903 - Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Nov 1923 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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