Isaac Groff

1818 - 1850  (32 years)

• Name	Isaac Groff
  Born	2 Mar 1818	, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Isaak Graff
  Residence	1840	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00044-3342
  Died	2 Jun 1850	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I4026	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Andrew Groff,   b. 18 Apr 1793, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 May 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Annie Huber,   b. 15 Oct 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 19 Sep 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	1815	, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [5]
  Family ID	F1292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leah Bricker,   b. 24 Jul 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1869  (Age 46 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1840	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 4]
  Children	1. Fannie Groff,   b. 7 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Dec 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   2. Sarah Groff,   b. 2 Mar 1842, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1843  (Age 1 years)   3. Anna "Annie" Groff,   b. 29 Dec 1845, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Oct 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   4. Samuel Groff,   b. 14 Sep 1847, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 1930, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 82 years)   5. Mary Groff,   b. 13 Apr 1848, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1921  (Age 73 years)   6. Leah Groff,   b. 2 Jan 1851, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Isaac Groff, "the second in family, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, March 2nd, 1818, and came to Canada, in November, 1822. On February 4th, 1840, he was married to Leah, youngest daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker. She was born July 24th, 1822, and died March 11th, 1869. Some time after his marriage he and his brother Andrew went into partnership and purchased their father's extensive possessions near Galt where the continued in business until June 2nd, 1850, when Isaac, the senior member of the firm, died. To him and his wife was born a family 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

  [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..., 722. [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..., 332. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . [eroded] In/ memory of/ Isac [sic] Groff/ who died/ June 2, 1850/ ae. (32) yrs. 3 m's. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 29 Feb 1840:48. 4 Feb 1840 In Galt, Rev Bayne m. Isaak Graff, Dumfries, to Miss Lea Bruecker, daughter of Samuel Bruecker, senior, of Waterloo Twp. [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..., 720.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Mar 1818 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Residence - 1840 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 4 Feb 1840 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Jun 1850 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth