David P. Baer^[1]

1828 - 1907  (78 years)

• Name	David P. Baer
  Born	5 Dec 1828	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Blacksmith
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	blacksmith
  Residence	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Occupation	1861	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	blacksmith
  Residence	1861	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Eby ID Number	00003-599
  Died	6 May 1907	Croswell, Sanilac, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Buried	Croswell Cemetery, Croswell, Sanilac, Michigan, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I5130	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. John G. Bear,   b. 15 May 1804, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Dec 1894, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Anna "Nancy" Pannabecker,   b. 23 Apr 1812, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1875, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Married	11 Feb 1827  [2, 8]
  Family ID	F261996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah Witmer,   b. 28 Jan 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1880, Colborne Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  (Age 47 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 9]
  Children	1. Edward Baer,   b. 6 Aug 1854, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1940, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   2. William H. Baer,   b. 26 Mar 1858, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1934, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   3. Rebecca Baer,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Nathaniel M. Baer,   b. 1 Dec 1859, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jul 1938, Colborne Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  (Age 78 years)   5. Franklin Baer,   b. CA 1860,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Walter Wesley "Wesley" Baer,   b. 22 Jul 1865, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1939, Victoria, British Columbia  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Kezia Lobb,   b. 4 Aug 1855, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Aug 1929, Croswell, Sanilac, Michigan, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F56277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David Bear, "was born December 5th, 1828, and resides in Huron County, Michigan, where he is engaged in blacksmithing. He was first married to Susannah Witmer, and after her decease he married again, but name of wife has not been received. With the first wife there are five sons, namely:...With the second wife there are three sons, but their 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.]. _____________________ The Blacksmithing needs of the first Mennonite settlers in this district appear to have been attended by Cornelius Pannabecker who came from Pennsylvania in 1810 and some time thereafter set up his forge on the farm at Beaverdale, now owned by Mr. Fred. Lindhorst. David Baer learned the smithing trade with this Cornelius Pennabecker who was his uncle and in 1855 he built the little shop on the Elias Pannabecker farm and started to ply his trade there. Both Samuel Pannabecker and Bernhardt Goebel learned their trades in that shop, and the former succeeded Baer as its proprietor. It is quite probable that David Baer ironed some of the waggons built by John Cober, the waggon maker. Although it is known that Samuel Pannabecker did some ironing for J. N. Cober after he bought his brother John out, and moved to the Tabbert place, it is not likely that this amounted to much because Mr. Cober had his own shop and employed a blacksmith permanently; at first, Thomas Hefferman and later, Barney Goebel. After J. N. Cober moved his carriage business to Hespeler, Mr. Sam. Pannabecker bought that place and continued blacksmithing there along with his farming operations. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 677. [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..., 185. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 16. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, C., America, N., County, S., & Cemetery, C. (1828). David Pannebecker Baer (1828-1907) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167518377. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. David Bear, blacksmith of Waterloo T., married 7 Nov 1852 Greenbush by license to Susanna Witmer of Waterloo T. witnesses: F. W. Hering of Waterloo & William Dekay of Waterloo [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, 11 Nov 1852 pg 46. BEAR, David married 7 Nov 1852 To Susanna WITNER. Both from Waterloo. minister F. W. Bindemann [S2433] Census - Canada - 1861, Puslinch Twp, Wellington Co. Roll: C-1084. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 68. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Dec 1828 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmith - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - blacksmith - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Nov 1852 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - blacksmith - 1861 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 6 May 1907 - Croswell, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Buried - - Croswell Cemetery, Croswell, Sanilac, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth