Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Levi Baer[1]

Male 1859 - 1924  (64 years)


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  • Name Levi Baer 
    Born 27 Nov 1859  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157483557 
    Occupation hardware merchant manager 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00003-604.2 
    Died 12 Oct 1924  Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I7878  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Samuel P. Baer,   b. 9 Dec 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Hannah Snyder,   b. 17 Feb 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1924, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 5 Jun 1859  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Family ID F3338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine "Katie" Stuebing,   b. 19 Dec 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1933, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1883  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F14497  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Hannah Snyder Baer with children
    Hannah Snyder Baer with children
    Hennah Snyder Baer centre, Carrie front left, Emmeline back left, Levi Baer back, Nancy Baer front right. from Brian Reed 2011
    Baer-Emmeline-Levi-Nancy-001-AncestryPublicMemberTree.JPG
    Baer-Emmeline-Levi-Nancy-001-AncestryPublicMemberTree.JPG
    Emmeline, Levi and Nancy Baer - reednh originally shared this on 27 Nov 2016 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  • Notes 
    • Levi Baer, 63, of Mancelona died while visiting at Petoskey. The widow, three daughters and one son survive.

      The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan Tuesday, October 14, 1924

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Levi Baer Born: Canada Age: 23 Father: Samuel Baer Mother: Hannah Baer Born: abt 1860 Spouse: Katie Stuebing Age: 21 born: Canada Father: August Stuebing Mother: Lizzie Stuebing married 21 Feb 1883 married: Waterloo, Berlin

    3. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 20.

    4. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 38.

    5. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 72.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157483557.

    7. [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..., 280.

    8. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 24 Jun 1859.
      "Bear - Snyder: At Berlin, on the 5th inst., by the Rev.'d Mr. Bindeman, Mr. Samuel Bear, to miss Hannah Snyder, of Waterloo."

    9. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Samuel Bear, aged 22, res. Waterloo, born Waterloo, son of John and Anna (Panebecker), married 5 Jun 1859 to Hannah Snyder, aged 20, res Waterloo, born Waterloo daughter of Levy and Elizabeth (Clement)

    10. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

    11. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 28 June 1859.
      5 June 1859 By the Rev'd F. W. Bindeman, at Berlin, on June 5, Samuel Bear, to Hannah Snyder, of Waterloo.

    12. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 29 Jun 1859.
      BEAR, Samuel married 5 Jun 1859 to Hannah SNYDER At Berlin by Rev F W Bindemann. Hannah, of Waterloo.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Nov 1859 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Feb 1883 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Oct 1924 - Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
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