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

Solomon E. Kaufman[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1833 - 1911  (77 years)


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  • Name Solomon E. Kaufman 
    Born 31 Jul 1833  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85670923 
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    clerk to Daniel Snyder 
    Occupation 1853  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    merchant 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Eby ID Number 00064-4037 
    Died 21 Jul 1911  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I19442  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Andrew Kaufman,   b. 1 Feb 1804, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1858, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Erb,   b. 18 Jul 1810, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1883, Near Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ann Groff,   b. 19 Nov 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1907  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1861  [9
    Children 
     1. Albert Edward Kaufman,   b. CALC 23 Nov 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1928, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth "Eliza" Bauman,   b. 24 Sep 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1859, Blumenthal, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years) 
    Married 25 Sep 1853  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Children 
     1. Eliza "Nancy" Kaufman,   b. 27 May 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     2. Nancy Selina Kaufman,   b. 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Solomon Kauffman, "resides at Plattsville, Oxford County, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. He was first married to Eliza Baumann (No. 561) who was born September 24th, 1836, and died December 21st, 1859, and after her decease to Mary Ann Groff (No. 3395). His family consists of three children, two of whom were born unto his first wife. The names are Nancy Selina, married to Noah Bowman, Eliza (dead) and Albert Edward."

      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.].

      ________________

      SOLOMON KAUFMAN.

      You may imagine that I have made a sudden jump from Waterloo four or five miles into the interior of Oxford county. But as I had met Mr. Kaufman on a previous occasion and he being a native of Waterloo county, I felt a desire to call at the home of one of the largest land owners in the Province. I had the satisfaction of being well repaid for the time occupied, though not in a dollars or cents point of view, as Mr. Kaufman is not the kind of man who desires newspaper notoriety through financial remuneration. And here it may also be added that such is not the case in regard to any of the farmers I have visited. The object is to give the rural readers of the most popular paper in the county among the farmers something that is interesting and probably beneficial to many, and in this particular I have striven to avoid exaggeration invariably.

      Mr. Kaufman lives in a brick residence convenient to the road on bis farm of 320 acres, but he has retired from farming, the farm being now under the entire management of his son, Albert E. Kaufman, and the fact that he thoroughly understands the handling of cattle and horses can not be disputed. He has for several years operated a creamery, but recently abandoned that branch, and has turned his attention to the breeding of thoroughbred cattle, his favorite breed being Polled Angus, and he lately purchased the splendid herd formerly owned by W. W. Ogilvie, of Montreal. If I am not mistaken there are about thirty-two in the herd, and there is not an inferior looking animal in the lot. The cows are exceptionally fine looking animals, and a number of them are first prize winners.

      "Royal Blackbird," of Cregston, as to necessary points in a thoroughbred animal, is bound to be an easy prize winner. He is the individual which carried off third prize at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. I also noticed three yearlings that are very promising animals, and will undoubtedly prove formidable rivals in the show ring. The grand dam of Royal Blackbird was sold for $2,300.

      Mr. Kaufman's favorite stock, previous to his introducing the Polled Angus breed, were Jerseys. A number of very fine animals he has yet on hand.

      The "King of Blenheim," a Jersey bull, four years old, has a coat as fine as silk. The latter, with a fine Jersey cow, he sold for a handsome figure a few days ago to Mr. Reid from near Berlin. He has several Jersey cows that average fifty pounds of milk per day. He has also a number of very promising Jersey calves. While his Jerseys are hard to beat, his herd of Polled Angus cattle will prove to be a profitable investment. He also has on hand quite a large number of fine stock cattle.

      In his stable are a number of handsome horses, and in the lot is a blooded pacer that possesses all the points of a record breaker.

      His stable room is 130x75, with stalls for one hundred head of cattle. All apparatus necessary for rapid and convenient feeding is supplied. A tramway is constructed through the entire length of the main gangway, and upon which a large trough on trucks containing the apartments needed for the different kinds of feed used, is propelled to any part of the gangway.

      H. N

      Waterloo County Chronicle 31 Mar 1898, p. 8

  • 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..., 842.

    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..., 173.

    3. [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..., 374.

    4. [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..., 628.

    5. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 10 Jan 1860.
      On the 21st ult, at Bloomingdale, Eliza Kaufman, wife of Solomon Kaufman, and daughter of Samuel Bowman, aged 23 years, 2 months and 27 days

    6. [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..., 729.

    7. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      KAUFMAN/ Solomon Kaufman/ died June 21, 1911/ in his 78th year/ Mary Ann Groff / wife of Solomon Kaufman/ died Feb 25, 1907/ aged 71 years/ 3 mos & 6 days/

    8. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div3 pg 127.

    9. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Solomon Kaufman Birth Place: Waterloo Residence: Woolwich Township Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833 Father Name: Andrew Mother Name: Magdalina Erb Spouse Name: Mary Ane Groff Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837 Spouse Birth Place: North Dumfries Spouse residence: Waterloo Spouse Father Name: Henry Spouse Mother Name: Anna Huber Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1861 Marriage County: Waterloo

    10. [S3231] Find A Grave.
      Name: Solomon Kaufman
      Sex: Male
      Age: 77
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Occupation: Retired Farmer
      Father's Name: Andrew Kaufman
      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 21 Jul 1911
      Event Place: Blenheim, Oxford Co., Ontario
      Occupation: Retired Farmer
      Birth Date: 31 Jul 1822
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1834
      Birthplace: Pennsylvania, Usa
      Death Place: Blenheim, Oxford Co., Ontario
      Death Age: 77 years 11 months 21 days

    11. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Solomon Kaufmann, merchant of Waterloo married 23 Sep 1853 in Greenbush by license to Elisa Baumann of Waterloo. wit: William Erb of Waterloo Twp., & Lydia Erb of Waterloo Twp.

    12. [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, 29 Sep 1853 pg 39.
      BAUMAN, Elisa married 25 Sep 1853 To Salomon KAUFMAN. Both of Waterloo. minister F.W. Bindemann

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Jul 1833 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - clerk to Daniel Snyder - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - merchant - 1853 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Sep 1853 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Jul 1911 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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