Jonah Steen Baer^{[1, 2]}

1858 - 1946  (87 years)

• Name	Jonah Steen Baer
  Born	11 Oct 1858	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21665037
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1887	Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1911	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Laborer, on Farm
  Residence	1911	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1943	90 Blair Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00003-601.2
  Died	6 Aug 1946	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 11]
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 11]
  Person ID	I5878	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Bear,   b. 30 May 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Margaret Steen,   b. 29 Dec 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Feb 1920, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 12]
  Family ID	F2852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sulinda Stauffer,   b. 28 Feb 1868, , Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1887	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Children	1. Melvin Elma Baer,   b. 13 May 1889, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Nov 1971, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   2. Estelle May Baer,   b. 25 Jun 1890, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Dec 1917, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   3. Sylvia Luella "Luella" Baer,   b. 21 Sep 1892, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Sep 1977, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   4. Eldon S. Baer,   b. 8 Aug 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1973, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   5. Myrtle Lualice Baer,   b. 14 Nov 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jul 1983, Athens, Clark, Georgia  (Age 84 years)   6. Harvey Russell Baer,   b. 20 Nov 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Oct 1982  (Age 81 years)   7. Grace Helen Baer,   b. 9 Jul 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1982, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "A lifelong resident of the Galt district, Jonah S. Baer, 87, died yesterday following an illness o fthree months. Deceased was born near Hespeler and for many years farmed near Doon. The late Mr. Baer was farm manager of Langdon Hall, Blair for26 (?) years. In 1947 he retired and moved to Galt. His wife predeceased him in 1943 (?). Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.A. Brasche (SP?) of Galt, Mrs. B.Kennyon of Bronxville, N.Y. and Grace at home; three sons, Melvin of Clarkson, Eldon of Plattsville and Harvey of Galt; and three sisters,Mrs. Daniel Geiger, Mrs. Dillman Bowman and Mrs. Albert Coons of Preston....Blair Cemetery." KW Record obit. of Wed., Aug. 7, 1946

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 186. [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..., 303. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. Baer A. Jonah S. Baer / 1860-1946 B. Sulinda Stauffer / beloved wife of / Jonah S. Baer / 1868 -1943 C. Melvin E. Baer / 1889-1971 / Luanna Brubacher / 1890-1973 / infant son Robert [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 1. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 33. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 43. [S562] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1911, Div 2. Pg. 9. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 68. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21665037/jonah-steen-baer. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 3 Nov 1887. 26 Oct 1887 Jonah S. Bear of Doon and Sulinda Stauffer of Strassburg, were married by Preacher J.B. Bowman, Berlin. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Oct 1858 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1887 - Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Oct 1887 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, on Farm - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Aug 1946 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth