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

Isaac Moyer

Male 1834 - 1916  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Isaac Moyer was born 8 Mar 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1916, near, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, United States; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4814
    • Residence: 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Isaac Moyer, "was born March 8th, 1834. On March 20th, 1860, he was married to Barbara Shantz who was born August 25th, 1838. They resided on a farm near Kossuth where she died March 4th, 1885. To them were born 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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    1901 Berlin Census - Isaac is lodging with Ephraim and Lydia Schafer

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    Isaac S. Moyer Killed by Railway Team
    Was Well Known Resident
    The sad news of the death of Isaac S. Moyer reached Kitchener yesterday.

    The death took place near Brown City, Mich., Sept. 21st, through being run over by a run-away team, causing hemmorrhage of the brain. He lived only four hours after the accident. The diseased is well known throughout this country and is one of the oldest residents having lived with his daughter, Mrs. Ephraim Schafer, 305 Frederick St., for the last fifteen years.

    Last April he went to Michigan to visit his sick daughter, Mrs. Jacob. D. Erb, where he delayed his return on account of sickness. The diseased [sic] was born in this country 1834, aged 82 years 6 month, 14 days. He is survived by 2 daughters and 2 sons, viz., Mrs. J. D. Erb and Ephraim, of Brown City, Mich.; Oliver, of Rochester, N.Y. and Mrs. Ephraim Schafer. of this city. Surviving brothers and sisters are: Moses, of Toronto; Samuel, Abraham and Mrs. Amos Eby, of this citv, and Mrs. Abraham H. Moyer. of Breslau. The remains will be brought to this city Saturday morning and the funeral will be held at the Bethany Church Sunday afternoon. After services, the remains will be taken to Breslau for interment.

    Berlin News Record, September 22, 1916

    Isaac married Barbara Shantz 20 Mar 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of John Yost Shantz and Susannah Scheirich) was born 25 Aug 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Mar 1885, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Josiah Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Jan 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Aug 1904, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.
    2. 3. Sylinda Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jul 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1916, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA.
    3. 4. Ephraim Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Apr 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1964; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.
    4. 5. Dilman Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Apr 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1878; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 6. Susannah Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Jun 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jul 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 7. Lydia Ann Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Aug 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1953; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 8. Oliver Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Feb 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 9. Ida Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Josiah Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 28 Jan 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Aug 1904, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4815
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Josiah Moyer, "was born January 28th, 1861. He is one of the travelling agents for the Shantz Button Company of Rochester, New York. He is unmarried."


  2. 3.  Sylinda Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 12 Jul 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1916, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Solinda Moyer
    • Name: Sylinda Erb
    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4816
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite

    Notes:

    Sylinda Moyer, "was born July 12th, 1863. She is married to Jacob Erb. They reside at Brown City, Michigan. To them are born two children, namely: Flossie and Verne."


    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.].

    Sylinda — Jacob D. Erb. Jacob (son of Joseph H. B. Erb and Anna "Nancy" Detweiler) was born 1 Feb 1864, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Mar 1944, Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Flossie Erb  Descendancy chart to this point was born Oct 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 11. Vernon Erb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 May 1892, Maple Valley, Sanilac Co., Michigan; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 4.  Ephraim Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 29 Apr 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1964; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4817
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1953, , Michigan, USA

    Notes:

    Ephraim Moyer, "was born April 29th, 1866. He is married to Melissa Snyder and resides at home on his father's farm. To them are born 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.].

    Ephraim married Melissa Snyder 28 Mar 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Melissa (daughter of Ezra C. Snyder and Lucinda B. Shantz) was born 2 May 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1922, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Perlus Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 13. Lloyd Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Apr 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1942, Rose City, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.
    3. 14. Vera Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Dec 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Aug 1897; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 15. Olive Moyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1947; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.

  4. 5.  Dilman Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 12 Apr 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1878; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4818
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite


  5. 6.  Susannah Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 18 Jun 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jul 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4819


  6. 7.  Lydia Ann Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 25 Aug 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1953; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lydia Ann Shafer
    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4820
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1921, 305 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Lydia Ann Moyer, "was born August 25th, 1871. She is home with her father and is unmarried."

    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.].

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    Mrs. Lydia Ann Shafer, 81, died Monday at the Lydia Nursing Home, 17 Lydia St., Kitchener, following a lengthy illness. Born at Kossuth, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Moyer. She was a member of Bethany United Missionary Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Carl (Arlene) Hendrick, Elmira; two brothers, Oliver Moyer of Rochester, N.Y., and Ephriam Moyer of Michigan. One grandson also survives. Her husband, Ephriam Shafer, died March 12. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. Burial will take place at Cressman Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau. Rev. H. B. Wideman will officiate In the absence of Rev. H. S. Hallman.

    Lydia married Ephraim Shafer 30 May 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ephraim (son of John Schaefer and Elizabeth "Eliza" Shantz) was born 10 Aug 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Mar 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Arlene Marie Shafer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Apr 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Aug 1977, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 8.  Oliver Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 7 Feb 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4821
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1953, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

    Notes:

    Oliver Moyer, "born February 7th, 1875."


    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.].


  8. 9.  Ida Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Isaac1) was born 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146403
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite



Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Flossie Erb Descendancy chart to this point (3.Sylinda2, 1.Isaac1) was born Oct 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4816.2


  2. 11.  Vernon Erb Descendancy chart to this point (3.Sylinda2, 1.Isaac1) was born 27 May 1892, Maple Valley, Sanilac Co., Michigan; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4816.3


  3. 12.  Perlus Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ephraim2, 1.Isaac1) was born 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4817.2
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite


  4. 13.  Lloyd Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ephraim2, 1.Isaac1) was born 26 Apr 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1942, Rose City, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4817.3
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Brown City, March 18. - funeral services for Lloyd Moyer, 51, former resident of this community, who died unexpectedly Sunday morning in his home in Rose City, were held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday in the Mennonite church here with Rev. R. W. Herber officiating. Burial was made in the Brown City Evergreen cemetery.

    Besides his widow, the former Miss Susan Trollop, Mr. Moyer is survived by his father, Ephraim Moyer, of Brown City; two daughters, Mrd. Leona Arthur, of Detroit, and Miss Jean Moyer, of Rose City; a son, Donald Moyer, at home; four sisters, Mrs. Elmer Stimson and Mrs. John Bossard, both of Brown City, and Miss Lucille Moyer and Miss Verna Moyer, both of Detroit, and a brother, Newton Moyer, of Detroit.


  5. 14.  Vera Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ephraim2, 1.Isaac1) was born 7 Dec 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Aug 1897; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4817.4


  6. 15.  Olive Moyer Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ephraim2, 1.Isaac1) was born 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1947; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4817.5


  7. 16.  Arlene Marie Shafer Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lydia2, 1.Isaac1) was born 25 Apr 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Aug 1977, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Arlene Marie Hendrick
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-187746
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student, High School
    • Residence: 1921, 305 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1977, 214 Arthur St. S., Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    HENDRICK, Mrs. Carl A. On Friday, August 19, 1977, at University Hospital, London, Arlene Shafer, beloved wife of Carl A. Hendrick of 214 Arthur St. South, Elmira, age 72 years. Dear mother of Tom of Elmira and dear grandmother of Brian and Marcie. Friends may call at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, after Sunday noon, until Monday noon, when removal will be made to Trinity United Church for funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment in the Elmira cemetery.

    Arlene — Carl Hendrick. Carl was born 12 Feb 1906; died 1997; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]