William S. Moyer

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44676148
• Interesting: accident, pioneer, story
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4846
• Residence: 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Misfortune: 1877; killed by horse kick

Notes:

William Moyer, "was born within a few miles of Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, October 27th, 1809. In 1825 he came to Canada with his parents and made Waterloo County his home. His first years in this county were spent in following his trade, namely in contracting and building all kinds of mason work. During his time he constructed many a stone house and put up the stone foundations of mostly all the bank barns built in the township between the years 1826 and 1838. On December 15th, 1835, he was married to Mary, daughter of Peter and Susannah (Bomberger) Erb. She was born October 16th, 1818. After their marriage they resided in Preston, thence, in 1837, moved on a farm near Williamsburg where they lived for some years, then moved on the farm now owned by Isidore B. Snyder, a little east of Berlin. Here they resided until his death which took place June 23rd, 1877 (While unloading a load of gravel on Foundry Street, Berlin, one of the horses kicked him, causing instant death). Some time after his death his widow moved to Berlin where she still resides. To them was born a family of eight 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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June 23rd, in Berlin, Ontario, suddenly from the kick of a horse, WILLIAM MOYER, aged 67 years, 7 months and 26 days. Buried the 26th, in Eby's burying-ground.

Herald Of Truth - Volume XIV, Number 12 - December, 1877, page 196, 197, 198:

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King Street , North Side

Pandora Street

Pandora Street and next to it the site of Bishop Benjamin Eby's buildings and farm. A fine lawn surrounded a large frame house with spacious veranda between the house and King Street. There was a large barn and east of it a cider mill operated by Ely Eby, son of the Bishop. In later years the place was occupied by Rev. Moses Erb and his son Menno Erb, the cider mill long continuing. There was a large orchard between the farm buildings and the Mennonite Meeting House and cemetery. The Mennonites had at first no shed adjoining their church. Posts joined by a chain led along the King Street front, for tying horses. The sheds came later. In 1834 a frame building was erected for this Church. It was moved to Cedar Street in 1902 when the present brick Church was erected and is still used as a woodenware factory.

Eby school house was located at the easterly corner of the cemetery. A frame building, painted red, before 1830. In the rear and to the east of the cemetery was William Moyer's farm with his brick house still standing at the top of the slope from King Street.


REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

William married Maria "Mary" Erb 15 Dec 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Peter Erb and Susannah Bomberger) was born 16 Oct 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19365312
• Interesting: story, news
• Name: P. E. W. Moyer
• Name: Peter Erb William Meyer
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847
• Occupation: 1861; Student
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; (?)
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; publisher
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Publisher
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1901, 290 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Peter Erb William Moyer, M. A., "was born in the village of Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, October 3rd, 1836. When the subject of this notice was only about a year old his parents moved to a bush farm in what is now known as Williamsburg neighborhood, Waterloo Township, where his early years were spent, working on the farm in summer and going to school in winter. When only fifteen years of age he commenced to teach a public school and spent some four or five years between teaching in winter, helping on the farm in summer, and engaging in some minor business affairs.

When about twenty years old an event transpired which was the means of changing the whole tenor and ambition of his after life. Becoming convinced that life would be a great failure without the love of Christ in his heart, he gave himself to the Saviour of men and became a member of the Methodist Church of which he has been an active and zealous member ever after. He had a strong desire to do what good he could to his fellowmen and very soon commenced to perform the duties of a local preacher. He then attended Victoria University, at that time located in Cobourg, Ontario, for four years and graduated in arts, receiving the degree of B. A., and three years later that of M. A.

He spent three years as a travelling preacher, but owing to failing of health and other considerations, satisfactory to his own mind, he decided to devote himself to newspaper life, having for some years acted as correspondent of a number of leading religious and secular papers in Canada and the United States, all his articles being of more than ordinary ability and gladly accepted. In spring of 1866 he purchased the 'Waterloo Chronicle' which he conducted for some four years and greatly increased the number of its subscribers, the amount of its business and financial value.

During the first of these years he wrote a history or sketches of the early settlements and pioneers of Waterloo and published them in a series of articles in that paper. They were highly interesting and have been made the foundation for all succeeding attempts to write larger or shorter accounts of these early eventful times. Disposing of his Waterloo business, he purchased a daily paper in St. Catharines which he successfully carried on for eight years. Having a good offer to dispose of that establishment, he accepted it and then returned with his family to his native county and shortly after started the 'Berlin Daily News' of which he is still editor and proprietor. He is a fluent, independent and vigorous writer, intensely in earnest, thoroughly Canadian in all his feelings and aspirations, and never fails to make his readers understand what he means.

His domestic life has been unusually happy. In 1868 he was married to Elizabeth H., the eldest daughter of the late William Ardagh, alderman and contractor, Toronto, and they have been blessed with nine bright children who are all alive at this time of printing. Mr. Moyer has for many years been an efficient and able member of the municipal council of the town of Berlin and has never failed to use his best energies to advance its interests and promote its growth. There are few, if any, public improvements in the town which have not had his strong advocacy and help. He has also held a number of other offices of trust, the duties of which he has always faithfully attended to. He is a member of a number of benefit and fraternal societies, and in some of them from year to year a representative, officer and active worker in their supreme councils.

For nearly forty years he has been an official and active worker in the Methodist Church, and has been a lay delegate in a number of annual conferences and of the last general conference, the highest court and only legislative body of that great church. Mr. Moyer has had a very busy life, a large part of his work being done under the disadvantage of being a great sufferer for many years from feeble health and chronic rheumatism. The names of his children are as follows: Alice, Mary, William, married to Minnie Wagner, Ellen, Ada, Charles, Edward, Lillie, and Herbert."

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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PETER ERB WM. MOYER

M.A., editor and proprietor of the Daily News, Berlin, Ont., was born October 3rd, 1836, at Preston, Waterloo County. His parents were William and Mary (Erb) Moyer. His father was born in Pennsylvania in 1809, and came to Waterloo County in 1823, where he was a successful farmer and speculator. His mother was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. Mr. Moyer received his education at the public schools and Victoria University, graduating from the latter institution in 1865. He taught school successfully at the early age of fifteen, and continued it for some years. He afterwards attended Victoria College four years, and spent three years as a probationer, preaching in the Methodist ministry. In 1866 he purchased the Waterloo Chronicle, which he conducted with success for over three years, when he sold out for an advance over what he paid for it. He then purchased the Daily Times, St. Catharines, afterwards merged into the News. After conducting this paper for a number of years, he sold out, and in 1878 started the Daily News, Berlin, it being the first daily paper in the county. This paper has been a success from its establishment, which is entirely due to the proprietor's energy and ability. Mr. Moyer is a public-spirited citizen, and is active in all matters pertaining to the welfare of Canada. He has been the leading advocate in his town of street railways, electric light, water works, new factories, etc., and is usually successful bringing about all the reforms and enterprises he advocates. He was town councillor for some years. In religion he is a staunch Methodist, and in politics an active Conservative, but ever independent in the advocacy of right. He is a member of the A.O.U.W., R.A. and C.O.C.F., holding the office of Past Master in all except the Mr. Moyer was married in 1868 to Elizabeth Harriet, daughter of the late Wm. Ardagh, Toronto, who was alderman there some years. His family consists of four sons and five daughters.

The Canadian Album, Men of Canada Vol 1., 1891 pg 474

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Peter E.W. Moyer, publisher of the "Berlin Daily News", died on Thursday morning after a lengthy illness, at the age of 59 years, 9 months, and 6 days. He was born in Preston, and when he was 1 year old, his father moved to a farm in the still rather uncivilized area of Williamsburg, Waterloo township. At the age of 15 years, he began to teach school, then for a time, he took photographs, and was an employee in a store, and at the age of 20, he entered Victoria University in Cobourg, where he received an M.A. Thereafter, he was a Methodist preacher for several years, and then bought the Waterloo Chronicle in 1866, which he published for 4 years; then, he began a daily religious newspaper in Toronto, which however, did not last long. Then, he published a daily newspaper in St. Catharines for 8 years, took over his father's farm near Berlin in 1877 on the latter's death, and in the same year, began the "Daily News" here, which he directed up until his death. In politics, he was a strong Conservative; he advocated high protective tariffs years before the Conservative Party concerned itself with the matter, for which reason he was called the father of the N.P. He had already been , and became again in this year, a member of the town council. He had been married since 1868 and is survived by his widow and 9 children, 4 boys and 5 girls. His funeral took place on Saturday, with a large attendance, at the Mennonite cemetery in the east end of the city.

Berlin Journal - Thursday, July 16,1896. (p.4-col.5)

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Moyer, P. E. W, publisher Daily and Weekly News. Owns 86 acres within the corporation of Berlin. Was born in this county, 1836.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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Died, at his residence, "The Retreat" 82 Queen's Avenue, Berlin, on Thursday morning, July 9th, 1896. P.E.W. Moyer, M.A. Aged 56 years, 9 months and 6 days. The Funeral Will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. to Trinity Church, thence to the Old Mennonite Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. No Flowers.

Funeral Card

Residence:
Home of Peter Erb William Moyer, Queen Street South. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 24 November 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/3302982/data?n=17

Previously, the address was 82 Queen St. S. There seems to be a problem with the addressing, more research needed.

Peter married Elizabeth Harriet Ardagh 5 May 1868, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of William Ardagh) was born 20 Apr 1845, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 Feb 1904; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4848
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; (?)
• Residence: 1865, Victoria Park, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Elected Office: 1882, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Elected Office: 1884, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Real Estate Salesman
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; private broker
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Retired: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Samuel E. Moyer, "was born August 11th, 1839. His younger days were spent in the school room--teaching. Not finding this calling to his taste, he purchased a farm a little east of Waterloo where he was engaged in farming for a number of years. Some eight or ten years ago he disposed of his farm and moved to Berlin where he lives retired. He was fist married to Jennet Bigger and after her decease to Rebecca Service. To him and his first wife were born two daughters, Mary Jane and Louisa, and with second wife there are three children, Edith, Claude, and Allan."


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.].

Samuel married Jennet "Jane" Biggar 19 Sep 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jennet was born CALC 7 Jul 1842, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Sep 1872; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married Rebecca Ann Servos May 1873. Rebecca was born 16 Apr 1846, St. Catharines, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Ellen Snider
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4849
• Residence: 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Susannah Moyer, "was born August 25th, 1842. She is married to John B. Snyder, a manufacturer. They reside in the town of Waterloo and have 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.].

Susannah married John Bricker Snider 7 Aug 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of Jacob C. Snider and Anna "Nancy" Bricker) was born 25 Aug 1840, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Oct 1917; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hannah Kolb
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4850
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; (?)
• Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Hannah Moyer, "was born May 31st, 1846. She is married to Dilman Kolb. They used to live on the farm but some years ago they retired from farming and moved to Berlin where they still reside. To them were born five 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.].

Hannah married Dilman Kolb 28 Jan 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Dilman (son of Abraham Kolb and Elizabeth Ziegler) was born 15 Oct 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jun 1918; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4851
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; (?)
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Occupation: 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer
• Historic Building: 1876, 667 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hardware Merchant
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Cyrus E. Moyer, "was born July 11th, 1849. He is proprietor of one of the best paying hardware establishments in the town of Berlin, which he manages himself. He is married to Lizzie, daughter of Sheriff Springer. They have no family."

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.].

Historic Building:
Built in 1879 the original owner was Cyrus & Elizabeth Moyer. In 1978 it was listed in fair condition and much altered for the original design and is being used as the "Belvedere Rest Home". It is in the second Empire style.

Cyrus married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Springer 9 May 1872, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Mayor-Reeve-Sheriff Moses Springer and Barbara Shantz) was born 5 Jul 1851, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4852

Other Events:

• Name: Lizzie J. Moyer
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4853
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; (?)

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• Name: Mary Pamelia Betzner
• Name: Nellie Moyer
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4854
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1920, 14 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Mary Pamelia Moyer, "was born May 20th, 1862. She is married to Josiah Betzner, a book-keeper. They reside in Berlin. 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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Mrs. Mary P. Betzner

Mrs. Mary P. Betzner, 15 Church street, Kitchener, who has been in failing health for several years passed away at the K-W Hospital at 1 a.m. today. The deceased who was a member of the United Church and a member of the Ladies' Aid Society and Women's Missionary Society of that church was in her 68th year. She was predeceased by her husband, Josiah Betzner in 1927. Two sons, Hugh of Dallas, Texas, Orval of Kitchener, five daughters, Mrs. A. H. Holdsworth, Windsor, Mrs. H. W. Shoemaker, Mrs. Clayton Kraft, both of Kitchener, Mrs. Harry Forler, Peterboro, and Mrs. Carl Knechtel of Woodstock, one sister, Mrs. J. B. Snider of Waterloo, and seven grandchildren survive.
The funeral will be held from the residence on Church street, on Saturday at 2: 30 p.m. Internment will take place in the East End Mennonite Cemetery. Rev. W. D. Spence will be in charge


Obituary - Kitchener Daily Record, June 12, 1930

Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Mary married Josiah B. Betzner Nov 1881. Josiah (son of David Betzner and Catharine Brubacher) was born 4 Jul 1857, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.3
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.4
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methosist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Nurse, Private
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.5
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; journalist

William — Minnie E. Wagner. Minnie was born 2 Mar 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37384
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shirt Button Holes

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• Name: Ella Moyer
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.7
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.8
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.9
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; printer

Notes:

Occupation:
Lived with his brother William.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-325812
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Name: A. E. Moyer
• Name: Edward A. Moyer
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.10
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Glove Maker

Albert — Lottie Pearl Bailey. Lottie (daughter of Marwood John Bailey and Clara Darch) was born Aug 1886, Bowmanville, Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died 27 Feb 1936, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37388
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shirt Button Holes

Other Events:

• Name: Lillian Beatrice "Lilly" Lockhart
• Name: Lillie Moyer
• Name: Lilly Moyer
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.11
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher, Public School
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Lillian — Archibald "Archie" Lockhart. Archibald (son of Archibald Lockhart and Margaret Reid) was born 23 Oct 1875, Caldwell, East Renfrewshire, Scotland; died 26 Jan 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.12
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Helper, Shirt Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Jane Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6956.7
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1921, 50 Scott St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Shantz, Mary, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Moyer, was born in Waterloo Twp., Ont., Dec. 4, 1868; died at Likeholme Longe, St. Jacobs, Ont., Aug. 7, 1956, after a long illness; aged 87 y. 8 m. 3 d. Her husband, Benjamin Franklin Shantz, died in 1945. Surviving are 2 sons (Reuben and Roy, Kitchener, Ont.), 2 daughters (Ruth-Mrs. Vernon Nahrgang, of Port Elgin, and Rose, of Kitchener), one sister (Mrs. Louise Madlinger, of Brantford), 3 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. Funeral services on Aug. 9 at the First Mennonite Church were in charge of C. F. Derstine, with burial in the adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLIX , Number 35 - August 28, 1956-page 837, 838

Mary — Benjamin Franklin Shantz. Benjamin (son of Josiah K. Shantz and Anna "Nancy" Kolb) was born 22 Aug 1864, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 15 Apr 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Arthur Henry Moyer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-127147

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4848.3
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-411461
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23903

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151772
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4848.5
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151773
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4848.6
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Claude — Delphine Bovié. Delphine was born Abt 1880; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-14935

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4848.7
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant, ?
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Other Events:

• Name: Harriet "Hattie" Wegenast
• Name: Hattie Schneider
• Name: Hattie Snider
• Residence: 217 King St. S., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5893.2
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Harriet married George Wegenast 8 Sep 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. George (son of Matthias "Mathew" Wegenast and Salome Staebler) was born 29 Jun 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Martha Hallman
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5893.5
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Martha — Menno S. Hallman. Menno (son of Samuel Hallman and Mary Snyder) was born 26 Dec 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Nov 1933; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127661523
• Name: Elizabeth Georgiana "Lizzie" Simpson
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5893.3
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

SIMPSON - Passed away on April 28 at her residence, 4349 Beaconsfield Ave., Montreal, Mrs. Harry Simpson, dearly beloved mother of Mrs. Fred Marshall and Mrs. Elmer Myers, both of Montreal, and dear sister of Mrs. Martha Hallman, Waterloo

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 28 Apr 1953

Elizabeth married Henry Albert "Harry" Simpson 28 Oct 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of William Simpson and Elizabeth Aldous) was born 12 Jan 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1945; was buried , Urgel Bourgie Memorial Gardens, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-344710
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-411743
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Name: Annie Florence "Florence" Long
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5893.4
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Annie married William Edward Long 17 Oct 1917, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William was born 1862, Saint Marys, Blanshard Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Bef 1945. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Vivian O Schneider
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5893.6

Other Events:

• Name: Ida Florence Fischer
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4133.2
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Ida — George B. Fischer. George (son of George A. Fischer and Mary Schaefer) was born Jan 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died 1944, Irma, Alberta. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43418099
• Name: Alberta Kolb
• Name: Mary Alberta "Alberta" Bowman
• Name: Mary Alberta "Alberta" Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4133.3
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1921, 128 Lancaster St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1948, 10 Bingeman St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

partial obituary

Following a lengthy illness, Mrs. Alberta M. Shantz, 77, of 10 Bingeman St. died at St.Mary's Hospital, Saturday. The d/o the late Mr. and Mrs. Dilman Kolb, she was born at Kitchener Feb.6, 1871. She was a life member of Trinity United Church, the women's association and the women's missionary society. She was predeceased by her first husband, Simon E. Bowman, 23 years ago and by her second husband, Stauffer Shantz eight years ago. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. J. H. (Vera) Baetz and Miss Hazel Bowman, Kitchener; Mrs. T. C. (Mary) Thorpe, Montreal; Mrs. A. S. (Bessie) Oliver, Trenton; Mrs. P. A. (Olive) Meikle, Detroit; two sisters, Mrs. G. J. Lackner and Mrs. Henry Laidlaw, Windsor; and 9 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren....

The Kitchener Waterloo Record 1 Nov 1948

Mary married Simon P. Bowman 4 Dec 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Simon (son of Rev. Samuel S. Bowman and Elizabeth Ploch, son of Rev. Samuel S. Bowman and Elizabeth Ploch) was born 26 Sep 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Stauffer S. Shantz 2 Oct 1935. Stauffer (son of David Y. Shantz and Barbara Stauffer) was born 24 Jan 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 1938, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4850.4
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Name: Willie Amon Kolb
• Eby ID Number: 00068-4133.6

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-7835
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist

Other Events:

• Birth: , Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: scandal, story
• Name: Lottie Moyer
• Name: Tottie Clarabelle Springer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137058
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1900, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Residence: 1930, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
• Residence: 1940, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

Notes:

Tottie tried to claim a portion of the estate of a Samuel Church of Newfoundland as others had tried before.

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CARPENTER HEIR TO MILLIONS

Owner of Newfoundland Estate Located in Brooklyn.

NEW YORK Dec. 17.-(Special.)-The heir to an estate romantically rated at $85.000.000 which is alleged to have been causing the British government, the Duke of Marlborough and the Duke of Devonshire all sorts of trouble, has been found, It is said, in the person of Joseph Coila, a Brooklyn carpenter, 65 years of age. New York attorneys stated today that Coilas is beyond doubt the man sought.

The estate is in Newfoundland, and consists of several miles of water front, rentals, interest and a fishing industry. The income has been a source of much wrangling in England and some of it has been going to Lady Elizabeth Churchill.

It is explained that one Samuel Churchill went to St. Johns 75 years ago and laid the foundation of the great fortune. He had two daughters, Elizabeth and Clermont, and one son, Nicholas. Clermont married the captain of a fishing vessel and was disinherited. Nicholas was taken by pirates while on his way to London, and forced to walk the plank. He left a will bequeathing his share of the estate to Clermont. About that time Coilas married a Churchill and the two sisters dying without issue the Coilas became the direct descendants and heirs to the estate. Samuel Churchill was of the Marlborough-Churchill family and the Duke of Devonshire comes into the comes through a blood connection. Coilas family consists of his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Green of Rochester and Cora B. Coilas.

The Gazette Times 18 Dec 1911

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From Churchills in Newfoundland genealogy.com

I am trying to locate information about my great grandmother, Tottie Clarabelle Moyer Springer.She claimed in the Los Angeles Examiner and throughout her life to her children and grandchildren to be the granddaughter of Samuel Churchill of Newfoundland.

Los Angeles Examiner, January 28, 1912:

"It is explained that Samuel Churchill went to St. John's seventy-five years ago and there laid the foundation of the great fortune.He had two daughters, Elizabeth and Clermont, and one son, Nicholas.Clermont Churchill married the captain of a fishing vessel and was disinherited."The piece goes on to quote my great grandmother:"'I believe I am the daughter of Cleremont Churchill."It then goes on about her recollections as a child.[She claims her mother was killed and that she was kidnapped and sent to an orphanage in Galt where she was adopted by Cyrus Erb Moyer and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Springer.]

There is a similar piece in the New York Times, March 23, 1912:"Churchill Heirs to Meet."That article states that Samuel Churchill, d. 1785, had two daughters, Claremont Churchill (m. Thomas Bolin) and Elizabeth Churchill (m. John Haffyard).No mention of Tottie here, though.

Another source I found that I can't find again lists Samuel Churchill's daughter as "Clarimond" who married Maurice Bolan.

Does anyone have any information about children (documented or rumored) of Clermont, Cleremont, Claremont, or Clarimond Churchill and Maruice Bolan or Thomas Bolin?

Churchills in Newfoundland - Genealogy.com. (2016). Genealogy.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016, from https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/churchill/2501/

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Moses S. "Mose" Springer

This is really the story of Mose and his wife, Tottie--well, mostly her, because my great-grandfather, Mose, died young.

Orphaned as a young girl, Tottie Clarabelle Moyer, according to her own account, was born in England in 1873. (More on that in the Random Stuff I Learned tab.) She was taken into the home of Cyrus Moyer and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Springer, where she grew up in a well-to-do neighborhood in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario.

I haven't been able to locate guardianship records for Tottie and I don't know how old she was when she joined her new family, but she was living with the Moyers when she was 8 years old, according to census records. Tottie had a difficult relationship with Cyrus and Lizzie, especially as she grew older. At one point, probably as a teenager, she ran away and worked for awhile in a department store in Toronto before being brought back home.

Lizzie was Mose Springer's older sister, so Mose and Tottie probably knew of each other from the time she first entered the Moyer household. However, their age difference makes it unlikely that they would have known each other well. According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Mose immigrated to the United States in 1879 (seventeen years before Tottie would emigrate from Canada in 1896), where he worked as a telegraph operator for the Associated Press in California.

Mose and Tottie were married in 1896, in Sacramento, California. He was 36 years old; she was 23. In 1897, their first child was born, a son whom they named Lawrence Moses. During this time, Mose and Tottie moved from Sacramento to Los Angeles. A second son, Charles "Charlie" Christopher, was born in 1898. Their third son was born in 1900: Leonard Wood.

Photographs from this period and information in the 1900 U.S. Census (which states that Mose and Tottie had a live-in servant, Jinnie Bankhead) show a family living with comfortable economic means. However, all of this soon changed. Mose and Tottie were only married for six years before he died in 1902. He had been a heavy binge drinker for many years and died of what was thought to be a heart attack.

Upon the death of her husband, Tottie took her sons back to Canada, where they all lived for a time with the Moyers in Berlin. At some point, Tottie's strained relationship with Cyrus and Lizzie caused her to return to the United States, leaving her children behind in their care. However, the three young boys missed their mother and their native California and soon returned home to Los Angeles, despite the Moyers' attempts to keep them in Canada.

It was undoubtedly a difficult time for Tottie, a young widow and mother of three small children. She became involved with spiritualists who encouraged her to make unsound investments in dubious enterprises and the money that Tottie had been left upon Mose's death quickly disappeared. As a result, perhaps around 1908, she temporarily placed her sons in a Catholic orphanage in Los Angeles, managed by the Sisters of Mercy, called Home of the Guardian Angel, while she went to work in states as far away as Colorado and Washington for the Sunset Telephone Company as a chief long distance operator. In 1909, at the age of 12, Lawrence contracted polio and was nursed back to health by the sisters. All of Tottie's children stayed at the orphanage through 1910, although letters show that Lawrence and Leonard stayed on into at least the early part of 1911.

Tottie was unemployed in 1920, according to the U.S. Census of that year, but all three of her sons were still living at home with her. She never remarried. Voter registration records from 1922 to 1936 show that her occupation alternated over the years between "housewife" and housekeeper/hotel maid. She later worked for the Pacific Building Company for many years and lived with her son, Charlie, until she was 91 years old.

My great-grandmother died in 1966. Shortly before she died, Tottie is reported to have said, "How beautiful it is, and there's Mose."


Moses S. "Mose" Springer. (2019). Springer Genealogy. Retrieved 3 August 2019, from https://springergenealogy.weebly.com/moses-s-mose-springer.html

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"Springer Hoax"

Part of what got me interested in doing genealogical research was the fact that my father told me growing up that he was descended from a man named Charles Christopher ("Karrell Christofferson") Springer. Charles Christopher Springer was--according to his own account in a letter written to his mother--kidnapped on his way home to Sweden from London, England (where he had been studying), and taken to America. He worked as an indentured servant in Virginia before earning his freedom and heading north, where he was taken in by fellow Swedes who had settled along the Delaware River in what was then known as "New Sweden." There, he served as lay reader in the absence of a minister at Cranehook Church for several years and was instrumental in securing funds for the building of a new church, Holy Trinity ("Old Swedes"). He married and had a number of children. This is all very interesting and true.

Jumping ahead a few years to 1882: the enterprising duo of George W. Ponton and Charles H. Bierce--both aliases, it turned out--devised an inheritance scam in London, Ontario. This is it, in a nutshell: they drew up papers saying that Charles Christopher Springer's estate was valued at $100,000,000 and that the city of Wilmington, Delaware, had agreed to pay his heirs $20,000,000 to release itself from the claim. One of these men (Ponton) claimed to be an agent representing the Springer heirs, each of whom would receive $90,000; the other man (Bierce) claimed to be an heir. The whole scheme unraveled when it was revealed to be a scam to get people to loan money to the pair, with the promise of repayment once Bierce got his settlement. So, the men were arrested and that's the end of that story.

Except it isn't. The "Fabulous Springer Estate" remained alive and well in the imagination of Springers everywhere, not just among the Canadian Springers. People wanted to perpetuate the idea that they were somehow related to Charles Christopher Springer because...well, what if there was some truth to that huge estate claim? So, random Springers started making family histories that listed themselves as descendants of Charles Christopher Springer. Among my ancestors, my gg-grandfather, Moses Springer, appears to have been the main culprit. As a public figure, there was a lot written about him, most of which included a passing reference to Charles Christopher Springer as his gg-grandfather David's ancestor. Unfortunately, sometimes genealogists mistake--quite honestly--secondary sources for primary sources; however, just because something is published, doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

"Springer Hoax". (2019). Springer Genealogy. Retrieved 3 August 2019, from https://springergenealogy.weebly.com/springer-hoax.html

Tottie married Moses S. "Mose" Springer Jul 1896, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. Moses (son of Mayor-Reeve-Sheriff Moses Springer and Barbara Shantz) was born 22 Dec 1859, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1902, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; was buried , Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-326657
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Name: Cora May Holdsworth
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0929.2
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Cora — Ansel H. Holdsworth. Ansel was born 1875; died 1951; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Wanetta "Nettie" Shoemaker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36094
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Wanetta married Henry W. Shoemaker 18 Apr 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of Henry S. Shoemaker and Catharine "Katie" Weber) was born 25 May 1878, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Nettie Betzner
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0929.3
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Other Events:

• Residence: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0929.4
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Other Events:

• Name: Florence Ethel "Flossy" Kraft
• Name: Flossey Betzner
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0929.5
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1968, 250 Duke St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Obituary - Kitchener-Waterloo Record, September 1, 1982
Kraft, Mrs. Clayton (Florence) - At Pinehaven Nursing Home, Waterloo, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1982, following a lengthy illness, Florence Ethel Betzner, aged 94 years, of Pinehaven Nursing Home.
Mrs. Kraft was a member of Trinity United Church.
Beloved wife of the late Clayton Kraft; dear mother of Tom of Burlington and Robert of Vancouver, B.C.; sister of Mrs. Jerene Knechtel of Woodstock. Ten grandchildren also survive.
Predeceased by her parents; one son, Frank and several brothers and sisters.
Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. Thursday. Funeral and committal service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel on Friday at 3 p.m. with Dr. E. E. Kent officiating. Internment Woodland cemetery

Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Florence — Clayton Kraft. Clayton (son of William Kraft and Anna Shirk) was born 20 Aug 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jun 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Katie Melvina Betzner
• Eby ID Number: 00081-4854.6

Other Events:

• Military: WW1 - 34th Battalion
• Name: Orvi Betzner
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0929.7
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Book Keeper Assistant, Piano Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Military: 1914, WW1; Ww1, 34th Battalion, Service #402771
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 34th Battalion
• Residence: 1927, New York City, New York, USA.

Notes:

Obituary - Kitchener-Waterloo Record, January 30, 1970
Orval Betzner
Orval V. Betzner of 103 Church St. died today at K-W Hospital.
He was born in Kitchener. He was employed until his retirement with the Ontario Liquor Control Board.
He was a member of Trinity United Church and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 50.
Surviving are his wife; one brother, Hugh of Dallas Tex.; four sisters, Mrs. Henry Shoemaker, Mrs. Clayton Kraft and Mrs. Harry Forler, all of Kitchener, and Mrs. Carl Knechtel of Woodstock.
The body is at the Keffer Funeral Home where friends can pay respects after 2 p.m. Saturday. Service will be conducted at the funeral home Monday at 2 p.m. by Very Rev. F. G. Stewart. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery.
Donations to the Royal Canadian Legion will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.


Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Other Events:

• Name: Myrtle Viola Forler
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0929.8
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1920, 14 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Obituary - Kitchener-Waterloo Record, December 29, 1973

Forler, Mrs. Harry G. (Myrtle) - At her home, 247 Franklin St. N., on Friday, Dec. 28, 1973, after a lengthy illness, Myrtle Viola Betzner, age 79 years, a resident of the Twin Cities for many years and a daughter of Josiah Betzner and the former Nellie Moyer. Mrs. Forler was a member of Faith Missionary Church; wife of Harry G. Forler who predeceased her May 1, 1957; mother of Arthur J., Clinton; Douglas H., Guelph and the late Kenneth; sister of Wanetta (Mrs. Henry W. Shoemaker) and Florence (Mrs. Clayton Kraft), both of Kitchener and Jerene (Mrs. Carl Knechtel) of Woodstock; predeceased by two brothers Orval and Dr. Hugh L. Betzner and a sister Mrs. Cora Holsworthy; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.

Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. West, Kitchener, after noon on Sunday. Funeral and committal service in the chapel Monday at 3 p.m. with Rev. Willis Hunking officiating. Internment Woodland cemetery.

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FORLER-BETZNER

A pretty wedding was solemnized Saturday afternoon, Dec. 27, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Betzner, 15 Church Street, when their daughter, Myrtle Viola, was united in marriage to Mr. Harry Forler, of Cobourg, formerly of Kitchener. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Jennie Betzner and Mr. Arthur Kimmel, of Cobourg, acted as best man. Rev. J H. McBain officiated.

After a dainty wedding supper the happy couple left for Toronto and points east. They will reside in Cobourg

The Chronicle Telegraph 1 Jan 1920, p. 4


Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Myrtle married Henry George "Harry" Forler 27 Dec 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of Henry George Forler and Amelia Lantz) was born 18 Dec 1892, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1957. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Jerene Hallie Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40633
• Residence: 1901, 15 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Residence:
Betzner Josiah : Bookkeeper Piano Co [Current Address 2023] 15 Church St [Historical Address] 9 Church

Jerene — Carl Edward Knechtel. Carl (son of Carl "Charles" Knechtel and Ernestine Schlegel) was born 7 Jan 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Apr 1990, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00081-4847.4444

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24068

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24069

Other Events:

• Name: Margaret Schmidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67918

Margaret — Carl Balzer Schmidt. Carl (son of Carl Heinrich Eckhardt "Charles" Schmidt and Lydia Catharina Burkhardt) was born 6 Mar 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 2006, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158300
• Adopted: Bef 1911
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158302
• Adopted: Bef 1911
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-320722
• Residence: 1921, 50 Scott St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Name: Ruth Nahrgang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158296
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Ruth — Arthur Vernon Nahrgang. Arthur (son of Josiah Nahrgang and Esther Reist) was born 4 Mar 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Rosie Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158297
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: Bef 1990, 45 Stirling St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

SHANTZ, Rose - At St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, on Saturday, April 21, 1990, age 87 years, formerly of 45 Stirling Ave. S., Kitchener.

Miss Shantz was born in Michigan and was a daughter of the late Mary Jane Moyer and Benjamin Shantz. She was a member of Bethany Missionary Church, Kitchener.

Survived by one niece, Jean and her husband Clayton Ferguson of Port Elgin and two nephews, Lloyd Nahrgang of Owen Sound and Wayne Shantz of Kitchener.

She was predeceased by one sister, Ruth Nahrgang and two brothers, Reuben and Roy Shantz.

Miss Shantz's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, from 7-9 p.m. this evening (Monday) and on Tuesday from 10 a.m. 12 noon. The funeral and committal service will be held in the chapel of the funeral home, Tuesday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Colin Meikle officiating. Interment in First Mennonite cemetery, Kitchener.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Apr 23 1990 pg A11

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158298
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1921, 50 Scott St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Reuben — Elma Loraine Shantz. Elma (daughter of Alvin H. Shantz and Rachel A. Snider) was born Aug 1906, , Ontario, Canada; died 1984; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-158299
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Name: Tottie Edith Russell
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179750
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Tottie married Edward Victor Russell 6 Dec 1921, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Edward was born 1896, Orangeville, Mono Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179751
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179752
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-177277
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-143.2

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• Name: Elvera Maude "Vera" Baetz
• Name: Maude Bowman
• Name: Vera Maude Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-143.3
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1921, 187 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Elvera — Jacob H. "Jake" Baetz. Jacob (son of Jacob Baetz and Catherine Hoelscher) was born 25 Nov 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Sep 1981; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-143.4
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ledger Keeper, Felt Factory
• Residence: 1921, 138 Lancaster St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32536
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1948, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32537
• Residence: 1921, 138 Lancaster St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Book keeper, Felt Factory
• Residence: 1948, Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-177409
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Bank
• Residence: 1921, 138 Lancaster St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1948, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-449504

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-198273
• Residence: 1968, Kitimat, , British Columbia, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-198276
• Residence: 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Frank — Gloria Betty Gies. (daughter of Linus John Gies and Lena Anna Hintz) [Group Sheet]