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

Nancy Groff[1, 2]

Female 1822 - 1897  (75 years)


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  • Name Nancy Groff 
    Born 5 Oct 1822  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Nancy Clemens 
    Name Nancy Eby 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00044-3350 
    Died 8 Nov 1897  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I4076  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Andrew Groff,   b. 18 Apr 1793, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Annie Huber,   b. 15 Oct 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 1815  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F1292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Bricker Clemens,   b. 2 Apr 1822, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1879, Portsmouth Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 31 Jan 1843  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Andrew Jackson Clemens,   b. 15 Nov 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1924, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Mary Ann Clemens,   b. 23 May 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Cyrus Clemens,   b. 19 Apr 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Sarah Ann Clemens,   b. 22 Sep 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1908, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     5. Nancy Ann Clemens,   b. 10 Oct 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. John Henry Clemens,   b. 6 May 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Susannah Clemens,   b. CALC 15 Jun 1853,   d. 16 Jul 1853  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Eby,   b. 7 Aug 1814, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 29 Jan 1880  [3, 6
    Children 
     1. Susanna Eby,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nancy Groff, "the third daughter of old Andrew Groff, was born October 5th, 1822. On January 31st, 1843, she was married to John B. Clemens who was born April 2nd, 1822, and died in the Toronto Asylum in 1879. After his decease the widow was married to John Eby, January 29th, 1880. They reside on Frederick Street, Berlin."


      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..., 438.

    2. [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..., 611.

    3. [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..., 723.

    4. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.
      Nancy CLEMENS Birthplace: USA Age 29 Mennonite b. 18-Oct

    5. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 58.

    6. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 64.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147500344/nancy-huber-clemens.

    8. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Oct 1822 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - 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 MapsDied - 8 Nov 1897 - 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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