Jonathan Schmitt^[1]

1879 - 1949  (69 years)

• Name	Jonathan Schmitt
  Born	15 Jul 1879	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00048-3568.5
  Died	11 Feb 1949	Red Deer, Alberta
  Buried	West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I6307	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Becker Schmitt,   b. 30 Jun 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Hallman,   b. 13 Dec 1839, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1893, East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1872	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F1644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Schmitt.-Jonathan, son of John and Magdalene (Hallman) Schmitt, was born near Baden, Ont., July 15, 1879; died in the Municipal Hospital, Red Deer, Alta., Feb. 11, 1949; aged 69 y. 6 m. 27 d. A brother of the late Moses Schmitt, who was bishop of the Mennonite Church in Canada, he is survived by one brother, (Herman, Kitchener, Ont.), one sister (Lucinda-Mrs. Irwin Snyder, Guernsey, Sask.), and one half sister Elizabeth-Mrs. Joseph Weber, Didsbury, Alta.). As a young man he was baptized and received into the Mennonite Church in Ontario. He became negligent in his spiritual life and wandered away from his relatives, church, and God working in Calgary and Red Deer, Alta., for many years. When his health failed, he thought of his relatives and got in touch with a nephew, Lloyd Shantz, who from then on kept relatives and ministers visiting him from time to time. He expressed an earnest desire to be reconciled to God, and it is believed that by God's mercy he died in peace. Funeral services were held at the West Zion Church, near Carstairs, Alta., in charge of Henry Harder and Linford Hackman. In accordance with the request of the deceased, burial was made in the West Zion Cemetery, adjoining the church

  
  

• 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..., 763. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 45. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 49. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Magdalena Hallman Born: Tp of Dumfries Age: 32 Father: John Hallman Mother: Sally Hallman Born: abt 1840 Spouse: John B Schmitt Age: 36 born: Tp of Wilmot Father: George R Schmitt Mother: Salomy Schmitt married 19 Mar 1872 married: Waterloo, Mannheim

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Jul 1879 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Feb 1949 - Red Deer, Alberta Buried - - West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth