Johannes Joseph "John" Stroh^[1]

1821 - 1905  (84 years)

• Name	Johannes Joseph "John" Stroh
  Born	4 Apr 1821
  Gender	Male
  Birth	9 Apr 1821	Spechbach, Baden, Germany   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Immigration	1844	, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Name	John Stroh
  Residence	1849	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Naturalization	1860  [2]
  Occupation	1861	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Tavern Keeper
  Residence	1861	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Catholic
  Occupation	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Innkeeper - British Crown Hotel
  		St.Clements,BritishCrownhotel-JohnStroh-1877advert.jpg The County of Waterloo Gazetteer and Directory for 1877-78. Published by Armstrong & Co., Toronto, Ontario 1878
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	RC
  Occupation	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Postmaster
  Residence	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1901	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-47866
  Died	3 May 1905	St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I47866	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Simon Stroh,   b. CA 1796, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Margaret Gleda Hechler,   b. CA 1799,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F55314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Magdalena "Maggie" Simmer,   b. 15 Nov 1831, , Baden, Germany ,   d. 23 May 1909, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1848  [5]
  Children	1. Theresia Stroh,   b. 8 Jun 1849, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1924, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, USA  (Age 74 years)   2. Mary Stroh,   b. 14 Jan 1854, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Catherine Stroh,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Stroh,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Christina Stroh,   b. 16 Nov 1860, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   6. William Valentine,   b. 1863, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Adeline Stroh,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. William Stroh,   b. 17 Nov 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Sep 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)   9. Henry Stroh,   b. 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Eleonora Stroh,   b. Nov 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Elenor Stroh,   b. Jan 1887, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F27555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  John Stroh and twin sister Maria Eva Stroh Karen Mawyer51 submitted to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Among the first Catholic settlers, early in the thirties, were Blasius Beysang and his brother William, a little west of Heidelberg. In the house of the former Mass was celebrated for some time. Adolph Schickler is deemed the first-comer in St. Clement's Village. Mr. Anselle one of the first in Heidelberg. He was a Frenchman and kept a tavern. John Stroh from Baden opened the first tavern in the Village of St. Clement's and kept it almost to his death a few years ago. He was also the first postmaster and justice of the peace. In this latter capacity, he always tried to reconcile litigants and mostly succeeded. He was always a friend and support to the priests. Bishop and priests wrote to him on matters concerning the affairs of the church until the Mission obtained a resident priest. The Catholic Church in Waterloo County, Book I, by Rev. Theobald Spetz ____________________ JOHN STROH. The father and pioneer of St. Clements is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Baden, Germany, in 1821, and landed upon the shores of America in 1838, being then fresh from the gay French capital, Paris, where he had been working at his trade as a cobbler. He had also worked in differ - parts of the Vaterland, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy. Being of a roving disposition and the slow- going countries of the Old World not being compatible with his energetic nature, he concluded to try his fortunes in the New World. He set sail on the good ship ...... from Havre, France, going direct to New Orleans, a portion of his route being on a boat down the Mississippi river. He worked at shoemaking in New Orleans for four years. Mr. Stroh describes that city as being about eight miles long at that time. From New Orleans he went to Pittsburg, Pa. But the Smoky City on the Ohio and Alleghany had no charms for him, and at the end of three months he returned to his first love, the city of Creoles, Italians and French. In 1845 he left New Orleans and came to Canada, his first place of residence being St. Clements, where he now resides, enjoying the declining years of his life. He built the first house in the village and in which he lived. It is now the private residence of Mr. John Burbach. It was used as a tavern by Mr. Stroh, where he dispensed liquid refreshments to the settlers and furnished accommodation to the travelling public. He bears the proud distinction of having been the first hotel keeper here, and followed that business for forty-four consecutive years. When he first opened his hostelry a license could be procured for $16 per annum and a better article of whiskey than is now on tap could be purchased for nine dollars per barrel. The chronic toper could get a good sized "jag" for nine cents; a bed could be had for ten cents, and a single meal for two shillings. Mr. Stroh was also the first postmaster of St. Clements, and after serving in this for over thirty years, retired in favor of the late Louis Kroetsch, Mr. Peter F. Schummer being now the encumbent. Mr. Stroh has also served as Magistrate for over thirty-three years, was Township Councillor four years and a member of the first Board of Health of Wellesley Township. He was married in 1849 to Maria Simmer. They had ten children, two being dead. William is the husband of a daughter of Mr. L Kuntz, and is working in his father's brewery; Christina is the wife of Mr. Joseph Mears [Miehm], of Berlin, who is employed in one as the shirt factories of that town. Five are living in Chicago, viz: John, Henry, Teresa, (married) Olema, (married) and Kate (single.) Mr. Stroh is an old time Tory, though he has voted occasionally for a good reform neighbor. When he came to this section the country was of yet sparsely settled, the wolf and the bear being still common. He was also the first merchant here and at which he was engaged for many years. He is still in prime physical condition, and will undoubtedly live to a grand old age. Waterloo County Chronicle, 24 Nov 1898

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 Aug 1869. Heinrich Simmer died 17 Aug 1869 in St. Clemens, father-in-law of John Stroh, 71 yrs. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-2 Page 19. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 1 Page 4. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 77. [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 11 Page 64. [S2611] Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1783-1875. Name:Johann Stroh Gender:männlich (Male) Event Type:Taufe (Baptism) Birth Date:4 Apr 1821 Baptism Date:4 Apr 1821 Baptism Place:Spechbach, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Deutschland (Germany) Father:Simon Stroh Mother:Margaretha Stroh Parish as it Appears:Spechbach City or District:Spechbach Page Number:156;152;157;153 Author:Evangelische Kirche Spechbach (A. Heidelberg) [S419] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot Twp - Roman Catholic minsters Lucas Caveng and Ruber Ebner. John Stroh & Margery b. Simmer. Res: Wellesley Born: 8 Jun 1849 Name of Child Theres [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Div 1 Pg 4. Peter GREYERBIEHL M M 29 German Ontario Farmer Roman Catholic Margaretha GREYERBIEHL F M 24 German Ontario Roman Catholic

  
  

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  Immigration - 1844 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - 1849 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tavern Keeper - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Catholic - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Innkeeper - British Crown Hotel - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - RC - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Postmaster - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 May 1905 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth