David B. Betzner^{[1, 2]}

1863 - 1950  (87 years)

• Name	David B. Betzner
  Born	4 Mar 1863	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Son
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Commercial Traveller
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Manufacturer
  		Betzner,DavidB.-advert-property-1912.JPG
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Business	1912	11 Cameron St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Berlin Woodenware Company
  		Berlin-BerlinWoodenwareCo-Advert-1912.JPG
  Name	D. B. Betzner
  Eby ID Number	00006-0931
  Died	5 Jun 1950	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 12]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 12]
  Person ID	I8892	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	David Betzner,   b. 14 Nov 1833, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Oct 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Catharine Brubacher,   b. 5 Jul 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	3 Apr 1855	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 11, 13]
  Family ID	F249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fannie F. Hesse,   b. Dec 1871, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1968, Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 96 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1911  [5]
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F5397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  David B. Betzner Region of Waterloo Museums Online Collections Database (no date) Waterloo Region Museum - 1993.020.001 | Region of Waterloo Museums. Available at: https://waterloo.pastperfectonline.com/Webobject/F885D332-2CDA-4324-92FE-140840267315 (Accessed: 22 November 2023).

  
  

• Notes

  David B. Betzner "was born March 4th, 1863. He is in partnership with his brother Henry in the manufacture of slippers in Bluffton, Indiana. He is not married." 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.]. ____________________ Betzner - David Brubacher, fourth son of David and Catherine (Brubacher) Betzner, was born near St. Jacob's, Ont., March 4, 1863; passed away at his late residence in Kitchener, Ont., June 5, 1950; aged 87 y. 3 m. 1 d. On Jan. 11, 1911, he was united in marriage to Fannie Hess, of Lititz, Pa., who survives him. He is also survived by one daughter (Helen-Mrs. Isaac High, Vineland, Ohio). One son (David Leo) predeceased him in 1923. As a young man he was in business with his brother (Henry) in Bluffton, Ind. Later he returned to Kitchener, where he established the Ontario Woodworking Co., in which business he was engaged until his retirement in 1923. In 1915 he united with the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, of which he remained a faithful member until his death. For many years he served as a member of the trustee board of the church, and for several years as treasurer. He held staunchly to the fundamentals of the Christian faith and to the principles of the Mennonite Church. The funeral was held June 8 at his late residence and at the First Mennonite Church. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery. Ministers officiating were John H. Hess, S. F. Coffman, Merle Shantz and Oscar Burkholder. Text: Prov. 3: 1, 2. Gospel Herald, July 4, 1950 _____________________ First Mennonite Church The first church built in Waterloo County was erected in Berlin in 1813, and was known as Benjamin Eby's Meeting House. Benjamin Eby had come to Canada in 1807 and in 1809 was ordained preacher. Three years later, in 1812, he was ordained bishop. His "parish included sections of Waterloo, Wilmot and Woolwich" (Uttley 1937: 27). In 1818 a frame addition, which was to be used as a winter school, was built on to the church. The log meeting house was replaced in 1834 by a larger frame church, and the old building was taken to Breslau to become the first meeting house in that community. (The Breslau church was known as Cressman Meeting House, a name which was changed in 1968 to Breslau Mennonite Church.) A Sunday School was opened in the church in 1841. Benjamin Eby died in 1853. He was followed by Abraham C. Weber who served the congregation until his death in 1874. In that same year, a division in the church brought about the departure of a group who organized a congregation of Reforming (or Reformed) Mennonites, to become United Mennonites in 1875 and then Mennonite Brethren in Christ in 1883. Their church is the present-day Bethany Missionary Church on Lancaster Street East. Christian Eby was the next minister of the Berlin Mennonite Church, until 1879. The church was known over the years as Benjamin Eby's Church, Christian Eby's Church (from 1854-1904), and the Berlin Church (from 1904 until 1917.) The name of the church became First Mennonite Church in 1917. A new brick church was built in 1902. A Bible Study School was begun in 1907, and in 1928 a separate brick Bible Study School building was erected. Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church was formed by some members in 1924 as a result of a division in the church. Of interest: when the new church was built in 1902, the 1834 frame church was bought by D.B. Betzner who moved it to Cedar Street where it became a woodenware business and then a furniture factory. It was destroyed by fire in 1937. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

  
  

• 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..., 355. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 16. [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..., 244. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 11. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 4, 1950. Obituary of David B. Betzner [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Betzner / Fannie F. / 1871-1968 / David B. Betzner / 1863-1950 / He that believeth on the son / hath everlasting life John 3.36 / (A) Father (B) Mother [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2 Page 8. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2 Page 9. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 42. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 27 Pg. 2. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 25. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 12 Apr 1855 Pg: 15. BETZNER, David married 3 Apr 1855 Waterloo. To Chatharina BRUBACHER, Berlin. minister Joseph Hagey

  
  

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  Born - 4 Mar 1863 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Son - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Commercial Traveller - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manufacturer - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Berlin Woodenware Company - 1912 - 11 Cameron St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Jun 1950 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth