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

Salome "Sarah" Clemmer[1, 2, 3]

Female 1853 - 1932  (79 years)


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  • Name Salome "Sarah" Clemmer 
    Born 11 Jan 1853  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Female 
    Name Salome "Sarah" Zinkan 
    Name Sarah Clemmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1911  St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number 00024-1947 
    Died 16 Apr 1932  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Buried North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I9336  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Bergey Clemmer,   b. 16 Dec 1822, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Susannah Gingerich,   b. 5 Apr 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 29 Oct 1844  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12, 13
    Family ID F2707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John H. Zinkan,   b. 23 Oct 1850, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1919, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1872  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 10, 14
    Children 
     1. Dianna Zinkan,   b. 27 Jul 1872, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Bruin Zinkann,   b. 15 Oct 1876, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1944, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     3. Zion Grover Zinkan,   b. 13 Feb 1893, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Salome Clemmer, "was born January 11th, 1853. She is married to John Zinkan, merchant and postmaster of Bridgeport, Ontario. They have a family of three 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 
    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..., 453.

    2. [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..., 688.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 16919-1902.
      Bruin Zinkann, 25, Occ. Laborer, b. Bridgeport Ont., Res. Berlin, son of John Zinkann and Salome Klemmer, married Mathilda Mosser, 22, b. St. Clements Ont., Res. Berlin, daughter of Louis Mosser and Katherine Graff, Witnessed by: Casper Stumpf of Elmira and Mary Mosser of St. Clemens, 10 Feb 1902 at Berlin

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 7.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      John Zinkan Born: Germany Age: 22 Father: Conrad Zinkan Mother: Elizabeth Zinkan Born: abt 1850 Spouse: Salome Clemil Age: 20 born: Canada Father: John Clemil Mother: Susannah Clemil married 3 Dec 1872

    6. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 4.

    7. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, (St. Clements) Div. 7 Page 7.

    8. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Waterloo Township 1861 Div. 13 Page 92.

    9. [S2222] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township (North) - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 7.

    10. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 2.

    11. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, N., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, N. (1853). Salome “Sarah” Clemmer Zinkan (1853-1932) - Find... Retrieved 1 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185592855/salome-zinkan.

    12. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister of The Gospel of The Evangelical Lutheran Church At Preston report 39.
      John Clemer, to Sussana Gingerich, both of Waterloo. 29 Oct. 1844.

    13. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 31.

    14. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 12 Dec 1872.
      Dec. 3, 1872 Johann Zinken and Salome Clemil, both of Waterloo Tp.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Jan 1853 - 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 MapsMarried - 3 Dec 1872 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Apr 1932 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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