Salome Buehler

1909 - 1973  (63 years)

• Name	Salome Buehler
  Born	14 Dec 1909	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Salome Martin
  Residence	1911	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1973	509 Pinnacle St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-48311
  Died	17 Jan 1973	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I48311	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Abraham B. Buehler,   b. 29 May 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Sep 1919  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Anna "Nancy" Moyer,   b. 7 Jun 1863, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jun 1946  (Age 83 years)
  Married	1896  [4]
  Family ID	F3889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amos B. Martin,   b. 28 Sep 1908, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Apr 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1932  [1]
  Children	1. Martha B. Martin   2. Martin,   b. 5 Nov 1938, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1938, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F12515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Salome Buehler Martin
  		Salome Buehler

  
  

• Notes

  Martin, Salome, daughter of Abraham and Nancy (Mayer) Buehler, was born in Woolwich Twp., Ont., Dec. 14, 1909; died of leukemia at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Jan. 17, 1973; aged 63 y. 1 m. 3 d. On Oct. 9, 1932, she was married to Amos B. Martin, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Martha and Mary), one son (Glen), one sister (Maggie), and 3 brothers (Allen, Edwin, and Norman). She was a member of the Preston Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Jan. 20, in charge of Rufus Jutzi; interment in the Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge. Gospel Herald - Volume 66, Number 15 - April 10, 1973 - pages 325, 326 __________________________ Salome Buehler Martin 1909 - 1973 Whether working as a maid in a bank manager's home or serving as the wife of a pastor in a rural, emerging congregation on the fringes of the Mennonite Community, Salome modeled the virtues of a Christian woman. Reaching out to the Neighbourhood Salome Buehler was born near St. Jacobs, into the Old Order Mennonite family of Abraham and Nancy (Moyer) Buehler. When Salome was nine years old the family lost their father and provider, so the children had to work to help with the family finances. Among Salome's jobs were working in a canning factory in Vineland and as a live-in maid for a bank manager in Waterloo - complete with a maid's uniform and cap. In 1932 Salome was married to Amos B. Martin. In 1936, however, they left the Old Order community and moved to Preston where Amos became a foreman for a steel products company. Times were hard and Salome helped to supplement their scanty income by baking coffee cakes and chelsea buns and peddling them in Preston. She took in boarders, made craft items from driftwood, made artificial flowers, did sewing for other people and raised strawberries and raspberries as part of her efforts to help make ends meet. Amos and Salome joined the Preston Mennonite Church, where Salome became active in the women's sewing circle. In the days when there were few organized girls' clubs, Salome felt called to start a club in her home for friends of her daughters, Mary and Martha, including neighbourhood girls who did not attend church. Amos remodelled a chicken coop for their club house. The girls financed their club by bringing five or ten cents to each meeting and wore blue ribbons to their meetings, calling themselves the "Blue Ribbon Club." On one occasion, they even had their picture in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. Salome told Bible stories, taught songs, and planned their craft projects, which included stuffing teddy bears and making scrapbooks for hospitals and nursing homes. Salome related to and witnessed to her neighbours no matter what their financial status, colour, religion or mental stability. One of their neighbours had emotional problems and when he committed suicide, Salome was there to help the family in their time of grief. In 1950 Amos and Salome moved to Moorefield, Ontario to help with an emerging congregation, and Amos was chosen to serve as pastor. In the early 1960s Amos and Salome left Moorefield for Doon, and it was not long until Salome was diagnosed as having leukemia. When she passed away at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on January 13, 1973 many of the nurses and sisters at the hospital told Amos and the family how her life and cheerful witness had affected their lives. This story was adapted for Willing Service from "Salome (Buehler) Martin, Dec. 16, 1909 - Jan. 13, 1973" by Martha (Martin) Snyder From Willing Service: Stores of Ontario Mennonite Women by Lorraine Roth. Published September 1992 by Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, Waterloo, Ontario in cooperation with Women's Missionary and Service Commission of Eastern Canada, pp.13-15. With permission from author and publisher. Pg 19-21 ___________________ MRS. AMOS B. MARTIN Of Route 2, 509 Pinnacle Dr, Kitchener, at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1973, Salome Buehler, beloved wife of Amos B. Martin; dear mother of Glen of (Preston) Cambridge; Martha (Mrs. Paul Snyder), Route 1, Breslau; Mary (Mrs. John Stevenson), Cambridge (Galt); in her 64th year; sister of Allan of Cambridge (Hespeler), Edwin of Floradale, Norman of Elmira, and Mrs. Henry (Maggie) Metzger of Wallenstein; also survived by eight grandchildren. Mrs. Martin was born in Woolwich Township and had lived in Kitchener for the last 10 years, prior to that in Moorefield and Preston; member of Preston Mennonite Church. Resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Cambridge (Preston), until noon on Saturday, thence to Preston Mennonite Church for funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment in Hagey cemetery. The casket will remain open in the church from 1:30 until time of service. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Mennonite Central Committee would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Gospel Herald - Volume 66, Number 15 - April 10, 1973 - pages 325, 326 - Obituary of Salome Buehler. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . Martin / Amos B. / Martin / 1908-1997 / Salome / Buehler / 1909-1973 / peace perfect peace [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 16 Page 11. [S64] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Martin's Mennonite CC#4521 Internet Link. Anna Moyer mentions on her tombstone her husband Abraham B. Buelher

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Dec 1909 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Jan 1973 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth