John Groh Stauffer

1824 - 1887  (62 years)

• Name	John Groh Stauffer
  Born	8 Dec 1824	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1860	Gaines, Kent, Michigan   [6]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Agent
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Agemt
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Protestant
  Eby ID Number	00117-7343
  Died	5 Dec 1887	near Bright, Oxford County, Ontario   [1, 2, 5]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I754	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel S. Stauffer,   b. 5 Oct 1782, Near Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Aug 1859, Speedsville, Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Esther Groh,   b. 5 Dec 1786, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 5 Mar 1862, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Hammacher,   b. 6 Sep 1834, Near Wilmot Centre, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Sep 1909  (Age 75 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1851  [1]
  Children	1. Mary Ann Stauffer,   b. 25 Jan 1853, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Levi Hammacher Stauffer,   b. 3 Aug 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Nov 1912, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   3. Foster H. Stauffer,   b. 26 Feb 1856, , Michigan, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1889, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 33 years)   4. Aaron H. Stauffer,   b. 29 Nov 1857, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA ,   d. 28 Oct 1914, Webster Groves, St. Louis, Missouri, United States  (Age 56 years)   5. Rosanna Stauffer,   b. 25 Aug 1860, , USA ,   d. 1919  (Age 58 years)   6. Lucinda Stauffer,   b. 24 Sep 1862, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Addison Stauffer,   b. 15 Mar 1867, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Apr 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   8. Rev. Byron Stauffer,   b. 27 Aug 1870, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John G. Stauffer, "was born near Preston, Ontario, December 8th, 1824. On December 3rd, 1851, he was married to Lucinda, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gabel) Hammacher. She was born near Wilmot Centre, Waterloo County, Ontario, September 6th, 1834. They resided in Oxford County, three miles south of Plattsville, Ontario, where he died December 5th, 1887. After his decease Mrs. Stauffer moved to Berlin where she is residing at present. Their family consisted of eight 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 506. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. John G. Stauffer/ 1824-1887/ (face of stone divides) (left side) Addison/ 1867-1931/ (right side) Rosanna/ 1860-1919/ [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 38. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 45. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Dec 1887. 05 Dec 1887 John G. Stauffer died near Bright, Oxford Cty., at age of 63 years. [S1635] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1860 8th Census, Gaines, Kent, Michigan; Roll: M653_550; Page: 99; Image: 104; Family History Library Film: 803550.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Dec 1824 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1860 - Gaines, Kent, Michigan Occupation - Agent - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agemt - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth