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

Elijah B. Clemens[1, 2, 3]

Male 1829 - 1911  (81 years)


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  • Name Elijah B. Clemens 
    Born 4 Apr 1829  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00023-1891 
    Died 24 Feb 1911 
    Person ID I17272  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry Lederach Clemens,   b. 25 Nov 1802, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Nancy Bricker,   b. 21 Nov 1802, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Family ID F3452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann "Maria" Hess,   b. 10 Nov 1837, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1913, Copenhagen, Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 18 May 1856  [1
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Clemens,   b. CALC 17 Mar 1857, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1861, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     2. Catherine A. Clemens,   b. 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1930  (Age 72 years)
     3. Rosanna Clemens,   b. CA 1860, Of, Copenhagen, Elgin County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1955, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 95 years)
     4. Janette Elaine "Nattie" Clemens,   b. 1869, Copenhagen, Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1941, Copenhagen, Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     5. Laura Idella Clemens,   b. 1870, Copenhagen, Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F28353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elijah B. Clemens, "was born April 4th, 1829. On May 18th, 1856, he was married to Mary, daughter of Adam Hess of Hespeler, Ontario. They reside near Copenhagen, Elgin County, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. To them was born a family of four 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..., 443.

    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..., 313.

    3. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 12533 (1913), Mary Clemens.
      Mary Clemens, aged 75y, 11m, 1d, d. 12 Oct 1912. b. Hespeler, died Copenhagen, Elgin, Ontario. widow d/o Adam Hess & Mary Frudrecker, informant L. W. Moedinger of Sparta, cause: old age a few years

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