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

Magdalena Groff[1, 2]

Female 1832 - 1856  (24 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Groff 
    Born 8 Apr 1832  Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67212611 
    Name Magdalena Musselman 
    Eby ID Number 00044-3387 
    Died 21 Jul 1856  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Buried Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Person ID I4164  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 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  [7
    Family ID F1292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isaac Musselman,   b. 1 Sep 1833, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1884, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Children 
     1. Magdaline G. Musselman,   b. 25 Dec 1853, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1922  (Age 68 years)
     2. Israel Musselman,   b. 10 Jan 1856, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1872  (Age 16 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F1329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Groff, "was born April 8th, 1832. She was married to Isaac Musselman, a farmer. They resided in Woolwich Township, near Elmira, where she died, July 21st, 1856, leaving a family of two children, namely Magdalena, born December 25th, 1853, and Israel, born January 10th, 1856, and died January 25th, 1872."

      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. [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..., 20.

    2. [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..., 129.

    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..., 728.

    4. [S154] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Mennonite CC#4584 Internet Link.
      Magdalena/ Eheweib von/ Isaac Musselman/ geboren den 8 April 1832/ gestorben den 21 July 1856/ Alt 23 Jahre 3 Monate/ & 13 Tage/

    5. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), July 23, 1856.
      At West Woolwich on the 21st instant, the wife of Mr. Isaac Musselman,aged about 22 years.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, E. (1832). Magdalena Groff Musselman (1832-1856) - Find A... Retrieved 28 June 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67212611/magdalena-musselman.

    7. [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 - 8 Apr 1832 - Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Jul 1856 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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