John K. Forler^[1]

1829 - 1866  (36 years)

• Name	John K. Forler
  Born	30 Nov 1829	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Yeoman
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Other Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-398630
  Died	2 Feb 1866	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Buried	Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I398630	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Johannes "John" Forler,   b. 21 Mar 1801, Bischholtz, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 5 Feb 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Catharine "Katie" Krieger,   b. 24 Jun 1796, Bischholtz, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 31 May 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F264648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker,   b. 2 Jul 1831, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 30 Sep 1915, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Catharina Forler,   b. 9 Jul 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1896  (Age 42 years)   2. John Forler,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. George D. Forler,   b. 31 Jan 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   4. Margaretha "Martha" Forler,   b. 1 Apr 1860, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   5. Jacob D. Forler,   b. 2 Sep 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Nov 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 37 years)   6. Mary Forler,   b. 19 Dec 1864, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jun 1917, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F264647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  How They Farmed Sixty Years Ago …I can well remember when Noah Bechtel, uncle of John B. Bricker our genial corn borer inspector for Waterloo county, shot a large black grizzly bear in October, 1863. They had seen the bear eight miles north where there was a large bush and swamp, called Queen's Bush, where the farmers had their pigs to get acorns and beechnuts, which were plentiful. Mr. Bear came out sometimes to help them to butcher. We had no selects, a pig was a pig. One day a squad went after him but did not get him. Later in October he came trotting along through Wilmot township. Moses Bechtel and Christian Hallman were ploughing beside Noah Bechtel's cedar swamp when he came walking right up to them. They went in and Bechtel brought his rifle with him. They followed the bear's tracks for a mile from the swamp, through John Forler's swamp, then across the road into another 400 acre bush. John Forler hitched his carriage team into the democrat, drove to Petersburg, and brought a man up with a hound, and John Ernst Jr. came along with his bulldog. Wm. Miller put his hound on the trail and in a short time found Mr. Bruin sound asleep. Miller fired a shot and the bear came trotting through the swamp with the dogs after him. When he saw that he was surrounded it did not take him long to climb a tree. Noah Bechtel, with a well aimed shot, brought the bear down. … Waterloo Chronicle, 5 Jul 1928, p. 9

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library, pg 29. Catharina Forler daughter of John P.. and Maria Durrbecker, born 9 July 1853, bapt 11 Sep 1853, sponsors: Heinrich Zinn of Wilmot, Catharine Durrbecker of Wilmot. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 4 Page 13. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 96. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2018). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 8 December 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121858113/john-k_-forler. John K. Forler BIRTH30 Nov 1829 Wilmot Township, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada DEATH2 Feb 1866 (aged 36) Wilmot Township, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada BURIAL Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Phillipsburg, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 12.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Nov 1829 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Yeoman - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Feb 1866 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth