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

Henry Block[1]

Male 1844 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Henry Block 
    Born 1844  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Laborer 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number 00011-1121 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I3500  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father Jacob S. Block,   b. 1 Jun 1816, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Catherine Stauffer,   b. 1 Nov 1816, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 28 Feb 1837  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Bortz,   b. Abt 1844, Of, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F1140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Henry Block, "is married to Margaret Bortz. They reside in Kansas, U. S., where he is farming. The names of their children were not received"


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. [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..., 281.

    2. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 15.

    3. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 2 Page 12.

    4. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 2 Mar 1837:15.
      last Tuesday Rev Bindemann m. Jacob Block to Catharina Stauffer, all of Waterloo

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1844 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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