Amos Swartz^[1]

1843 - 1930  (86 years)

• Name	Amos Swartz
  Born	8 Apr 1843	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120778070
  Name	Amos Schwartz
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1868	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00108-6494
  Died	25 Jan 1930	Mount Pleasant, Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Mennonite Church Cemetery, Chesapeake, Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States
  Person ID	I5344	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Schwartz,   b. 1 Jan 1819, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 22 Apr 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" "Polly" Hunsperger,   b. 13 Jun 1821, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1896  (Age 74 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1840	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Veronica "Fannie" Huether,   b. 29 Dec 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1933, Mount Pleasant, Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States  (Age 83 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1868	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 7]
  Children	1. Sybilla Schwartz   2. Melinda Schwartz   3. Susannah Schwartz   4. Maud Schwartz   5. Wellesley Schwartz   6. Selida Swartz,   b. 29 Apr 1871, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, United States ,   d. 6 Feb 1959, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 87 years)   7. Salome Schwartz   8. Fannie Schwartz   9. Clarina Schwartz   10. Mabel Schwartz   11. Simon H. Swartz,   b. 8 Sep 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1964, Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F1678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Amos Schwartz, "was born April 8th, 1843. He is married to Veronica Huether and resides in Virginia, U.S., where he is engaged in farming. To the are born eleven children" 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________________ Amos Swartz -Funeral services for Amos Swartz, one of the first Mennonite farmers of the Mount Pleasant District of Norfolk County, and an outstanding figure in his colony, who died Sunday morning at his home in Mount Pleasant, were conducted yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Mennonite Church of that community. Rev. Clayton Bergy, and the Rev. S. H. Bunch, both pastors of the church, and the Rev. Daniel Shenk, of Warwick County Mennonite Church, conducted the services which were largely attended. "Silently They Pass Fast" Away" and "My Latest Sun Is Sinking were sung. The pallbearers were F. R. Clendenning, J. B. Jennings, H. A. Perry, B. S. Lehman, S. D. Kurtz and Sol King. Burial was in the family burial plot in the church yard. The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia Tue, Jan 28, 1930 Page 17

  
  

• 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..., 366. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 5. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Veronica Huther Born: Wilmot Township Res: Wilmot Township Age: 19 Est. Birth: abt 1849 Father: Nicolaus Huther Mother: Barbara Muller married Amos Swartz Age:: 26 Est. Birth: abt 1842 Born: Preston Res: Wilmot Township Father: Jacob Swartz Mother: Maria Hunsperger married 29 Dec 1868 Marriage Place: Preston [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 44. [S28] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Preston - Saint Peter's Lutheran. Jacob SCHWARTZ, of Waterloo, to Marie HUNSPERGER, of Wilmot. 27 Oct. 1840 [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister Of The Gospel Of The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston Jacob Schwartz, Of Waterloo, To Marie Hunsperger, Of Wilmot. 27 Oct. 1840. [S3297] Missouri Synod, U.S., Lutheran Church records, 1851-1973. NameAmos Swartz Marriage Age26 Record TypeMarriage Birth Dateabt 1842 Birth PlacePreston, Ontario Marriage Date29 Dec 1868 Marriage ChurchSt. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Marriage PlacePreston, Ontario, Canada Father Jacob Swartz MotherMaria Hunsberger SpouseVeronica Hüther Marriage Age19 Birth PlaceWilmot Township Father Nicolaus Hüther MotherBarbara Müller

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Apr 1843 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1868 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Dec 1868 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Jan 1930 - Mount Pleasant, Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States Buried - - Mount Pleasant Mennonite Church Cemetery, Chesapeake, Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth