Ephraim Groff^{[1, 2]}

1860 - 1913  (52 years)

• Name	Ephraim Groff
  Born	6 Jun 1860	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157663207
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1885	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Eby ID Number	00044-3356
  Died	18 Mar 1913	Milford, Dickinson, Iowa, United States   [7]
  Buried	Milford Cemetery, Milford, Dickinson, Iowa, United States   [7]
  Person ID	I4104	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Andrew H. Groff,   b. 26 Jul 1825, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Apr 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary W. Bauman,   b. 22 Sep 1830, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Feb 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	30 May 1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clementina "Clementine" "Tina" Stauffer,   b. 10 Feb 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1963, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States  (Age 97 years)
  Married	5 Aug 1885	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Children	1. Gertrude May Groff,   b. 11 Oct 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jul 1962, Ventura, Ventura, California, United States  (Age 75 years)   2. Violet Evaline Groff,   b. 7 May 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Aug 1918, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States  (Age 30 years)   3. Ephraim Roy "Roy" Groff,   b. 28 Aug 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 May 1950, Milford, Dickinson, Iowa, United States  (Age 59 years)   4. Clarence Groff,   b. CALC 23 Feb 1893, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Mar 1893, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ephraim Groff, "was born June 6th, 1860. He is married to Clementina Stauffer. They resided in Waterloo where he was engaged in dealing in fat cattle for the English market, but now they reside in Iowa, to which place they moved about a year ago. His family consists of four 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

  [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..., 515. [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..., 161. [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..., 724. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 21. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 9 Page 74. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 17. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157663207. [S2224] Berliner Journal Marriages 1885, 13 Aug 1885. 05 Aug 1885 Ephraim Groff and Clementina Stauffer, both of Waterloo Township, were married by Rev. Philips in Galt. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Revd Strang Presbyterian, Waterloo, Dumfries, Blenheim (pg. 117 - 119). Andrew Groff, of Dumfries, married Mary Bauman, of Waterloo. 30 May 1848, by banns, Witnesses: Isaac Groff and Fredrick Guggissberg. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 17.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Jun 1860 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1885 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Aug 1885 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Mar 1913 - Milford, Dickinson, Iowa, United States Buried - - Milford Cemetery, Milford, Dickinson, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth