Moses b. Groff^{[1, 2]}

1851 - 1927  (75 years)

• Name	Moses b. Groff
  Born	12 Sep 1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1880	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00044-3362
  Died	7 Aug 1927	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Cause: Arteriosclerosis-Pneumonia, 4 days
  Buried	Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I4120	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John H. Groff,   b. 29 Sep 1827, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Aug 1908  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Susannah Bowman,   b. 26 Sep 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	12 Nov 1850	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 8]
  Family ID	F1317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	John Groff,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Susannah Bowman,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F280936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdalena Eshleman,   b. 14 May 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1922  (Age 64 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5]
  Children	1. Emma Groff,   b. Dec 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Esther Groff,   b. Abt 1890, Of, South East Hope Township, Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sylvia Groff,   b. 31 Oct 1895, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Sep 1972, RR1, Ariss, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F30378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Moses Groff, "is married to Magdalena Eshelman. They reside in South Easthope Township, Perth County, near Tavistock, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. They have a family of two 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.]. ______________________ GROFF - Moses Groff was born Sept. 12, 1851; died near New Hamburg, Ontario, on Aug. 7, 1927; ages 75 y., 10 m., 7 d. On Nov. 11, 1880, he was married to Magdalena Eshelman who precede him five years. This union was blessed with three children (Emma, Sylvia, and Hattie), one who preceded him in death 16 years). Three brothers also survive (Abram, Aaron, and Ezra). In 1893 he united with the Mennonite Church, where he served his Lord faithfully until He took him. As a member of the Biehn congregation his place indeed is vacant. When health permitted he was seldom absent from the service. We shall ever remember him as an appreciative, attentive listener who loved to do his Master's will. During the last period of illness he often expressed a union blessed with three children; one desire to worship with God's people and was always appreciative of seasons of worship in the home. He bore his recent affliction and suffering with Christian fortitude, but longed to go and be with the Lord. In his death the home shall miss him as a loving, helpful father and the Church a faithful, active member. On Aug. 9 the funeral services were held from his late home near New Hamburg to the Biehn church and adjoining cemetery for interment. Services in charge of the brethren, Osias Cressman, Curtis C. Cressman, and Manasseh Hallman

  
  

• 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..., 725. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11235-80. Moses Groff, 30, Occ. Farmer, b. Canada, Res. Wilmot, son of John and Susannah, married to Madelena Eshelman, 22, b. Canada, Res. Wilmot, daughter of David and Esther, Witn: A. Wiegand and Susannah Kliphardt, both of Berlin, 16 Nov 1880 at Berlin [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 46. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 60. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 22, 1927 - Obituary of Moses Groff. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 7. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 1 Page 1. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 15 Nov 1850 Pg 46. BAUMANN, Susanna married 12 Nov 1850 To John GROFF. Both of Waterloo. minister Benjamin Eby

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Sep 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1880 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Nov 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Arteriosclerosis-Pneumonia, 4 days - 7 Aug 1927 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth