Leah Groff^[1]

1851 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Leah Groff
  Born	2 Jan 1851	Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Leah Grills
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00044-3348
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4064	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Groff,   b. 2 Mar 1818, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Jun 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Leah Bricker,   b. 24 Jul 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1869  (Age 46 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1840	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F1294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Grills,   b. 4 Dec 1842, , England ,   d. 13 Jan 1927, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	11 Dec 1872	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Sarah Jane Grills,   b. 17 Jul 1877, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alberta Maud Grills,   b. 15 Apr 1879, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Thomas M. Grills,   b. 1880, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Wilford Grills,   b. 6 Dec 1880, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Gabrella May Grills,   b. 13 May 1882, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Margaret Edna Grills,   b. 27 Jan 1885, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Abner Grills,   b. 12 Jun 1887, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Richard Franklin Grills,   b. 18 Jun 1889, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leah Groff, "was born near Galt, January 2nd, 1851. She is married to Thomas Grills, a farmer. They reside in Wellington County, near Harriston. Their family consists of seven 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 332. [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..., 723. [S312] Census - ON, Wellington, Harriston - 1881, Page Number 19. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 7. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 69. [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..., 722. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 29 Feb 1840:48. 4 Feb 1840 In Galt, Rev Bayne m. Isaak Graff, Dumfries, to Miss Lea Bruecker, daughter of Samuel Bruecker, senior, of Waterloo Twp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Jan 1851 - Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Dec 1872 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth