Leah B. Groff^[1]

1863 - 1954  (91 years)

• Name	Leah B. Groff
  Born	1863	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Female
  House of Industry and Refuge	Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario
  House of Industry and Refuge	1878	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Interesting	House of Industry, mental illness
  Misfortune	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mentally challenged lived in House of Refuge
  Eby ID Number	00044-3368
  Died	9 Aug 1954	Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario
  Buried	Huronia Regional Centre Cemetery, Orillia, Simcoe, , Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I4139	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  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   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Leah B. Groff Taken in October 1924. Image from Find A Grave submitted by Dennis Aman

  
  

• Notes

  Leah Groff, "is also at Orillia with Noah." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 726. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 46. [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. [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 - 1863 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada House of Industry and Refuge - - Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario House of Industry and Refuge - 1878 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - Mentally challenged lived in House of Refuge - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Aug 1954 - Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario Buried - - Huronia Regional Centre Cemetery, Orillia, Simcoe, , Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth