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

Daniel Grody

Male 1816 - 1889  (73 years)


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  • Name Daniel Grody 
    Born 1816  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73170829 
    Eby ID Number 00042-3330 
    Died 30 Jun 1889  North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Hampstead, North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I4739  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob Grody,   b. 24 Jun 1785, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Shoemaker,   b. 18 May 1789, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1879  (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F1480  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Wildfong,   b. 6 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1904, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Aaron Grody,   b. 16 Nov 1850, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1930, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Elisabeth Grody,   b. 17 Sep 1855, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1934  (Age 78 years)
     3. Jacob Grody,   b. 1842, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     4. Ellen Grody,   b. 6 Mar 1863, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1929, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     5. Amanda Grody,   b. 19 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1937, Mayfield Township, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Daniel Grody
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  • Notes 
    • Daniel Grody, "was married to Elizabeth Wildfong. They resided in North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, where he died in 1889, leaving a family of fourteen children, but names were not received"

      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.].

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      GRODY. - On the 30th of June, in Perth Co., Ont., Daniel Grody. He was born in the state of Pensylvania*, in 1816. In 1830 he came with his parents to Canada. In 1839 he was married to Elizabeth Wilfang, with whom he lived in matrimony over 50 years. He was the father of fourteen children. He leaves a widow and twelve children, 30 grand-children and 2 great-grandchildren. he suffered severely for about five months with dropsy, though he bore it all with great patience, for he had peace with God. Several days before his death he said to his family that he could already see the beautiful road he was to go: he saw the door of heaven standing open. He also saw the beautiful city of Jerusalem gleaming in its beauty. Also many other testimonies he had that his soul was in peace with God. So we need not mourn as those who have no hope, but feel assured that he is at rest. He was a member of the old Mennonite Church, and was buried on the 2d of July at the Hamstead meeting-house. Services by Tob. Bowman and Noah Stauffer, from Rom. 5: 1.

      Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVI, Number 14, July 15, 1889, page 222, 223

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Daniel Grody - July 15, 1889, page 222, 223.

    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..., 718.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1816 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Jun 1889 - North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hampstead, North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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