Christian Burkholder

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1510
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 013, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 010, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Christian Burkholder, "the third son of Ulrich Burkholder, was born February 3rd, 1783. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bear) Baumann. She was born July 10th, 1788, and died September 18th, 1861. They moved to Canada in 1818 and settled in the county of Waterloo, one mile north of the town of Waterloo, on the farm now possessed by Christopher Huether. This farm Mr. Burkholder purchased from Old Peter Livergood for $1200. It contained 100 acres, 25 of which were cleared, and on it were erected a small log house and a log barn. They had a family of six 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Christian — Elizabeth Bauman. Elizabeth (daughter of Reverend Joseph O. Bauman and Mary Baer) was born 27 Aug 1788, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Sep 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Nancy Bauman
• Name: Nancy Clemens
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1511
• Residence: 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Nancy Burkholder, " the eldest daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Baumann) Burkholder, was born March 26, 1810. She was married to Samuel Bowman and resided in Bloomingdale where she died March 16th, 1882. They had a family of two children, namely: V Lydia who is married to William Erb, and V Eliza who was born September 24th, 1836 and died December 21st, 1859. She was married to Solomon Kaufman"


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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Did Nancy marry Abraham Clemens? Marriage in Waterloo County Marriage Register 1858-1869. Abraham Clemens aged 64, resident of Waterloo born Pennsylvania son of Abraham and Mary married 31 Mar 1867 to Nancy Bowman aged 57 resident of Waterloo born Pennsylvania daughter of Christian and Elizabeth Burkholder.

Nancy — Samuel B. Bauman. Samuel (son of Martin Bauman and Magdalena Baer) was born 19 Feb 1803, Alleghany Valley, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Feb 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Nancy married Deacon Abraham S. Clemens 31 Mar 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Abraham (son of Abraham Clemens and Mary Steiner) was born 7 Mar 1790, Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 25 Dec 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95437583
• Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 072, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 072, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 125, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Residence: Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1512
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Elected Office: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Waterloo Township
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Daniel Burkholder, "son of Christian and Elizabeth (Bauman) Burkholder, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 26th, 1812, came to Canada with his parents in 1818, and settled on lot No. 13, German Company's Tract, one mile north of the town of Waterloo where he was raised. On July 13th, 1834, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Susannah (Bomberger) Erb. She was born December 31st, 1814, and died January 12th, 1881. After their marriage they moved on a farm near New Germany, being composed of lot No. 72, German Company's Tract, where they resided until 1846, then they moved on this father's farm, one mile north of the town of Waterloo. Here they resided until 1856 when they moved on the farm now possessed by Dilman G. Moyer, one mile north of Bridgeport where she died. After the decease of his first wife he married again. The wife of his second choice was Sarah, widow of William Tohman. She was the daughter of David and Nancy (Eby) Erb, and was born December 10th, 1820. They resided in Bridgeport, in the home of the late David Erb. He died April 11th, 1891. His widow still resides in the home they possessed at the time of his death. He had a family of nine 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.].

Daniel married Elizabeth Erb 13 Jul 1834. Elizabeth (daughter of Peter Erb and Susannah Bomberger) was born 31 Dec 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jan 1881, Near Bridgeport, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Sarah Erb 12 Apr 1887, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of David G. Erb and Nancy W. Eby) was born 10 Dec 1820, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Mar 1912, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Interesting: news, story, slavery
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1531
• Business: 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Morgenstern newspaper
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; teacher
• Residence: 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Historic Building: Abt 1863, 883 Doon Village Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Nethodist
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Benjamin Burkholder, "the second son of Christian Burkholder, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, March 26th, 1814. When four years of age his parents moved to Waterloo County and settled on a farm a little north of the town of Waterloo, now in possession of C. Huether. Here he was raised. In 1835 he issued the first paper for the county. It was called 'The Morning Star' and was published at his father's residence. He was both editor and printer of the same. In later years he commenced to teach in our public schools and taught for more than thirty years. He was married to Barbara, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Moxley) Kinsie, August 15th, 1860. She was born May 2nd, 1830, and died November 6th, 1866. They resided near Doon, on the place now in possession of Thomas Sherrington. At present he resides in Strasburg, Ontario, and is quite well and active yet for a man of his age. They had a family of three 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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Benjamin Burkholder and Elias Eby were among the first teachers who received their licenses to teach, from the commissioners at Freeport in 1843, the commissioners being Dr. Fulsom, James Phin, William Tilt, Jacob Lutz, and a Church of England clergyman from Guelph, who presided.

Waterloo's second school was built of stone, in 1842, and was in use for about twenty years. It stood on the central school grounds, about midway between the present brick school and King Street. This was known as School Section No. 10, Waterloo Township. When Waterloo was incorporated as a village in 1857, it automatically became a village school.

An old account book of School Section No. 10, begins with an entry dated January 1, 1843, Benjamin Burkholder, Teacher. "To about a year's teaching during the past year (1842), and the latter part of 1841 - $171.44." As the teacher, in the old days, was an agriculturist also, he did not depend on teaching for a living, but did farm work in the summer, most of his teaching being done in the fall and winter months.

Sixteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1928, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Waterloo, Ontario, Clayton W. Wells, L.D.S., D. D. S.

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Benjamin Burkholder, the old school-master, died on Wednesday in Strassburg at the at of 83 years, 9 months and 10 days. He was born March 26, 1814 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and came to Canada with his parents at the age of 4 years and settled on a farm north of Waterloo town. In 1835, he published the first newspaper in Waterloo county, the "Morgenstern", which, after several years, was amalgamated with the "Museum", founded in the meantime in Berlin. After giving up the press, he devoted himself to teaching and taught for approximately 30 years. His wife, Barbara, nee Kinzie, died 31 years ago. He had 3 children. - Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

Berliner Journal 5 Nov 1903 pg 4 col 5

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Severing Doon landmark 'another mistake,' residents warn
Designated heritage property unique in its totality, say those in opposition

Kitchener's committee of adjustment has deferred a severance application for a designated heritage property at 883 Doon Village Rd. that predates our country's act of Confederation.

The property includes a two-storey brick house, circa 1863, that was originally owned by Benjamin Burkholder, one of the first four people to receive a teaching certificate in Waterloo County back in 1843.

The home is said to be a good example of Georgian-style architecture, with a symmetrical three-bay façade, a centrally located door with surrounding transom and sidelights, "six over six" paned windows with shutters, two chimneys and a gable roof.

At issue, however, is the interpretation of a consultant's heritage impact assessment that determined views of the 1.3-acre property from Bechtel Drive aren't historic, as they were only made available when the surrounding subdivision was built back in the 1980s.

Plans include moving a former coach house on the site to make way for four new development lots fronting onto Bechtel Drive. The old home and coach house would remain, with access maintained off Doon Valley Road as it's always been.

Yet, local residents and heritage advocates who appeared as delegates at the Feb. 20 committee meeting emphasized that the property, situated across the street from the Doon Retirement Village, was designated under Part 4 of the Ontario Heritage Act back in 1984.

One of its former owners, Tim Keller, made a severance inquiry back in 2007. He was told, in writing, that his proposal wouldn't be supported, partly because of the negative impact it would have on views of the heritage property.

Coun. Yvonne Fernandes said that fact could present legal implications for the city if it were to approve the severance application. Third-party analysis by one heritage expert determined the entire site falls under the provincial heritage designation, not just the house, she noted.

Juliane von Westerholt, a senior city planner and co-ordinator for the committee of adjustment, said the heritage designation bylaw references the entire property, but elaborates on the cultural heritage value in the statement of significance and the list of heritage attributes.

"Under the current bylaw, only the main house is identified as a heritage attribute," she said.

von Westerholt said staff required the heritage impact assessment under the Planning Act. It identified other heritage attributes, including the accessory building (referred to as the coach house or the hog and hen house). A number of heritage-related conditions are outlined in staff recommendations, including revising the heritage designation bylaw to include additional heritage attributes, as well as the requirement to relocate the accessory building to the same lot, so that it remains visually connected to the main house.

But, not everyone agrees with the move.

"If the owners are allowed to go ahead with this severance, they will alter the grandness of the site, probably take down numerous old and majestic trees, create more traffic and deny schoolchildren walking by an appreciation of the beautiful agricultural scene, a link to our early history and rural roots in Waterloo County," said Irene Hoffman, a Bechtel Drive resident who lives directly across from the historic property.

"If this whole property is not kept intact, then a cultural heritage design will be turned into an ordinary suburban lot," she said.

Irene's husband, Ross, said a past planning/surveying "mistake" resulted in the demolition of a heritage barn which stood on the southwest corner of the property until 1978.

"Let's not make another mistake that will conceal, behind a row of houses, the coach house that is currently a trademark in our Doon Pioneer Park community," Ross Hoffman told the committee.

He argued that the east view of the homestead would have been seen for more than 100 years by eastbound travellers going from the village of Strasburg to the village of Doon.

"At that time, this view - unobstructed by houses or industrial buildings - could have been seen from more than one kilometre away and would have been enjoyed for several minutes by travellers who would have only gotten a passing view of the front facade of the house."

Even though Kelli Kuzyk doesn't live in the immediate area, she was disturbed to hear of the application. She had always been under the impression that the property was fully protected under the heritage act.

"The heritage designation was very clear that it covered the house and the hen house, also fondly known as the coach house, along with the property itself and its mature trees and pleasant landscape, depicting life as it was in the 1860s and beyond," she said.

"This property, which measures about one acre in size, was severed off from the original farm of about 25 acres by a developer many years ago, with the intent that someone would buy the house and lot to preserve the look and feel of the cultural heritage depicted from its roots."

Kuzyk believes the current owners, who purchased the property in 2012, knew that it was designated heritage and there would be strict rules around what they could/couldn't do with the property.

"This application to sever the property appears to be a way to cash in on a property on the backs of the previous owners, all of whom respected the rules and decisions of the heritage committee and the city.

"Not asking for input from the public ahead of time is also a travesty, as we all consider this property a piece of our own Doon neighbourhood," she added.

According to the Hoffmans, local residents were only recently informed in a letter the city defines as "a courtesy" because they live within 30 metres of the property. They say the wider community has no idea what's being proposed.

The city staff recommendation to approve the severance with numerous conditions was deferred by the committee due to a lack of information, Fernandes said.

"I think that what struck me is that all three members were very concerned around the heritage of the site '97 not just the house, but the entire site," she said.

The ward councillor plans on meeting with local residents before the committee of adjustment reconsiders the recommendation.

"The challenge is that often when the committee of adjustment makes its decision, it often comes to council as a consent item and we don't discuss it any further," she said.

Jackson, B. (2018). Severing Doon landmark 'another mistake,' residents warn. KitchenerPost.ca. Retrieved 23 February 2018, from https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/8146448-severing-doon-landmark-another-mistake-residents-warn/

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THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE

An interesting meeting took place the Saturday before last in the old log cabin in Waterloo Park.

This house was, of course, the first schoolhouse in this area and stood originally on the school-house square at the corner of King and Church Streets in Waterloo. It was built in 1820 and served its purpose until 1842, when it was torn down and a 1-storey stone house was constructed on the site. The dismantled log house was erected again in Greenbush and served as a residence for a long time for the coloured man, Mr. Carroll and his family. In the course of this year, the Waterloo Park Commissioners purchased the house, moved it to their park and furnished it again as it was when it was a school-house.

At this gathering, in addition to many other ladies and gentlemen, the following (male and female) former pupils attended, took their places on the benches, and were called to order by the 82-year-old teacher, Benjamin Burkholder, who held the scepter, or rather, the switch, from 1831 to 1842 in the old log-house: Joel Guth, 80 years old; Abraham Scherk, Blair, 79; Jakob Bricker, Waterloo, 77; Sarah Burkholder, nee Erb, Bridgeport, 75; Amos Weber, Berlin, 73; John C, Bricker, Hawksville, 71; Maria Erb, nee Quickfall, Norwich 69; David B. Eby, Waterloo, 69; Wendel Baumann, Woolwich, 68; Henry Stauffer, Erbsville, 67; Simon Beatty, Elmira, 67; Jakob Ratz, New Hamburg, 67; Israel Baumann, Berlin, 65; George Elbert, Moorefield, 63; George H. Baumann, Elmira, 63; John Devitt, Waterloo, 62; Richard Quickfall, Bridgeport, 62; Isaak Hoffmann, Waterloo, 61; Robert Barkwell, Peel, 60; Diana McMahon, nee Dekay, Berlin, 60; Thomas Quickfall, Floradale, 60; Benjamin Devitt, Waterloo, 60; Isaak Devitt, Floradale, 58; John Longmann, Peel, 57. In addition, to these, the teacher read the names of 25 pupils from the roll; they were, however, absent.

Mr. Burkholder gave an interesting talk about the history of the old school-house, and after him, Rev. J.A. MacLachlan, Rev. J. McNair, Mr. J.E. Baumann, M.P., and Mr. Jakob Ratz spoke about the old days which brought many things out of the past to mind again. School was, as a rule, only in session in winter and the costs were borne by the parents of the children. There were few subjects taught, namely: Reading, Writing and Sums. The children heard little about language, and geography; no child had more than 2 or 3 books. The predominant language was German. The pupils learned to read and write English, but didn't understand a word of it. Among the teachers in the old school-house from 1820-1842, with the exception of Mr. Burkholder, were the following whose names are still recognized: Jephtha DeKay, Joseph Guth, John Herringer, Peter Otto, John Dobbin, Elias Eby, Robert Barber, & Joseph Eby.

After those present, on hearing the various speeches felt themselves transported back to the past, the school was closed at four o'clock and the pupils were gathered together in front of the school and photographed as a group. On their return into the school, they found it had been transformed into a dining room with heavily-laden tables, which the old-timers thoroughly enjoyed. After everyone had chatted cordially for a while longer, the gathering broke up. The company will not meet again in complete numbers, nor in such a way.

Berliner Journal September 26, 1895 Page 4 Column 4

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The Late Benjamin Burkholder.

Beneath a freshly made mound in the old Mennonite graveyard near Berlin, the center of his long and active school life, reposes the inanimate body of the subject of this sketch, one of the most familiar characters identified with public school life in Waterloo county.

It is because of failure to receive from the engraver in time the above representation of the features of the departed with which to appropriablely embellish this brief biography and tribute of respect that it appears at this late date.

While the grave has forever hidden from mortal view the natural body the noble elements that formed his chief characteristics will, as long as life lasts, linger fresh in the memory of all who intimately knew him for so many years while he lived.

It is customary to always speak well of the dead, and it is frequently that much fulsome flattery is indulged in; but I may say in the language of the poet, "Here was a man." For purity of character there was no one of his time to excel him and the features most conspicuous upon the surface were honor, charity and virtue. His aim was invariably to deal honorably with his fellow men. True, he was possessed of human frailties. Who is not? But his faults were of such as to be only detrimental to his own personal welfare. He was generous hearted in the keenest sense of the term, and to express it in the phrase of another, had everyone for whom he had done some act of charity or kindness during his life time brought a blossom to his grave his remains would have been consigned to the clay beneath a wilderness of flowers. His extreme generosity was apt to be taken advantage of by unscrupulous persons, and on this account he who was an entire stranger to dissipation and wilful extravagance was denied many of the comforts of life he had honestly earned during the latter years of his long earthly career.

He had retentive memory; his thoughts were pure and his countenance strong and expressive. He was eminently obliging to all with when he came in contact, and very sensible of honors thrust upon him. He readily forgave offences against himself, while none could be more careful to avoid offending others. He seldom courted the society of the wealthy or aristocratic elements, always preferring to mingle with the poor and needy where he thought his works and deeds would prove more effective for good He was a friend of the oppressed, and above all, maintained a most bitter attitude against human slavery. Of this we have eminent proof in his antipathy for the leaders of the Southern Confederacy during the late civil war the United States and caustic articles from his pen on the subject of slavery published as early as 1833 in the Religious Telescope of Circleville, Ohio, with which journal he was then connected.

He was an uncompromising advocate of temperance, even refusing to permit intoxicating liquor to pass his lips when offered him as a medicine to relieve physical distress.

He was a devoted member of the Evangelical Association and took an active part in Sunday school work up to the time of his becoming unable to leave his room.

Deceased was the second son off Christian Burkholder, the latter being of Swiss parentage and a native of Lancaster county, Pa, where he was born February 3, 1783. Benjamin was also a native of the same county and state, being born March 26, 1814.

At the age of four years he came to Waterloo, Ont, with his parents who settled on the farm now the property of C. Huether, in 1818. Here he was reared to manhood. His first public venture of note was in 1835 when he issued from the residence of his parent, the Morning Star, the first enterprise of the kind in the county, and of which he was both editor and printer.

In 1841 he first began to teach a public school in Waterloo, Ont. He held certificates of qualification from the Board of Public Instruction for the Counties of Waterloo and Wellington and one from the Waterloo Township Commissioners, granted in 1842. His last certificate was from the Waterloo County Board of Examiners on July 27, 1872 He taught school in Waterloo and Berlin and school sections Nos. 1, 2, 4, 10, 12, 20 and 21 of Waterloo Township, and section No. 3 of Woolwich Township. He retired from public school teaching in section No. 2, near Strasburg, the scene of his last days upon earth, on June 11, 1875. Having taught the fall term of thirty consecutive years he became entitled to a place on the list of Superannuated or Worn Out Teachers, and, at the time of h's death was drawing a pension of $170 per annum from the Government.

He took the oath of allegiance and became a British subject before Thos. Miller, Clerk of the Peace, on June 10, 1863. He was married to Barbara, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth (Moxley) Kinsey, August 15, 1860. She died October 19, 1866 They had three children, Asa, Adin and Sarah. The former and latter died in infancy. Adin, who was born May 1, 1863, is the only surviving member of the family and is at present an employee of the Michigan Central Railroad Company at Detroit.

The father died January 5, 1898, aged 83 years, 9 months and 10 days. The funeral and burial services took place at the old Mennonite meeting house on January 8, 1898, in the presence of a large concourse of people, many of them gray-haired sires who were his pupils during his early school teaching days. Upon his coffin were two beautiful floral wreaths, one from his son Adin and one from the members of Doon Lodge, R. T. of T., of which he was a worthy member at the time of his demise. H. N.

Waterloo County Chronicle 27 Jan 1898, p. 4

Occupation:
Lived with Daniel Stauffer.

Historic Building:
883 Doon Village Road is a good representation of Georgian style in the Region of Waterloo. Typical of Georgian style, the building is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-bay facade. The facade also demonstrates Georgian architecture with its centrally located door with surrounding transom and sidelights, as well as its six over six windows with shutters. In addition to the windows on the facade, there are small square attic windows and two chimneys at either end of the gable roof.

Benjamin married Barbara Kinzie 15 Aug 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of John Kinzie and Elizabeth Moxley) was born 2 May 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Oct 1866, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1535
• Residence: 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 1849, 7 Central Street, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Burkhardt House
• House: 1849, 7 Central Street, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; mason
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Samuel Burkholder, "the third son of Christian Burkholder, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 2nd, 1816, came to Canada when two years of age, and was raised at Waterloo where he resided until September, 1873 then moved to Marion County, Kansas, where he died March 13th, 1893. He was a mason and bricklayer by trade. He was first married, October 12th, 1845, to Susannah Diller who died January 2nd, 1848, at Waterloo, Ontario. On February 17th, 1850, he was married to Eva Reis who died in Kansas, March 29th, 1893. They had a family of six 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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Emmanuel United Church

The first Evangelical missionaries arrived in the Waterloo area in 1837. The first Waterloo class (congregation) was formed on August 29, 1839 by Bishop John Seybert during a camp meeting at David Erb's farm near Lexington. Jacob Hoffman was the Waterloo-Lexington class leader; his brother, John, was class leader in Berlin. A brick building which was erected by Samuel Burkholder in 1849 on Church Street, near King, was offered to the congregation for their use as a church, rent free, provided that they agreed to finish and furnish the building. Dedication of the new church was in 1851. The house, known as Burkholder House, is still standing, but Church Street in Waterloo is now known as Central Street.

In the early 1890s Waterloo was in the North District of the Canada Conference of the Evangelical Association, and was ministered to jointly with Bridgeport. Pastors in those years were Revs. C.R. Knechtel (1890-1891), F. Meyer (1892), D. Kreh (1893), and W.J. Yaeger (1894).

A new church, which was built in 1871 at the corner of Cedar and Water Streets (now Bridgeport Road and Dorset Street), was replaced in 1905 by the present structure. Dedication was in May, 1906. Emmanuel Hall was built in 1938. Changes made in 1963 included an addition, a new front entrance and renovation of the former Christian Education area.

On November 16, 1946 the Evangelical Church joined with congregations of the United Brethren in Christ Church to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church. When the Evangelical United Brethren Church joined the United Church of Canada as of January 1, 1968, Emmanuel became a United Church..


Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

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THE LATE S. BURKHOLDER

A Brief Biographical Sketch of a Former Well Known Resident of Waterloo Co.

Samuel Burkholder was born in Lancaster County Pa. on the second day of Jan. 1816, and died on the 12th day of Mar., 1893, at his home near Canada, Marion County, Kansas, aged 77 years 2 months and 10 days. He came with his parents to what is now the town of Waterloo in 1818, and was brought up on the farm directly one mile north of the Waterloo Mills, where in his rising boyhood he helped his father faithfully in clearing said farm. In the year 1837, then of age, he went to Southern Ohio, where he staid till 1840, and while there he learned the mason trade. He then returned to his old home in Waterloo, and at once began to work at his trade, which he followed about 33 years. So there are a goodly number of monuments of his mason work through the County of Waterloo.

Deceased was married twice, but with his first wife he did not live long, as he soon lost her by death. He then got married to his present surviving wife, with whom he has had six children, all sons, all grown up, married, and doing well. In 1873 deceased moved with his family to Marion County, Kansas, whereby he greatly improved his circumstances.

Deceased got about 15 months schooling in the old Waterloo log school house. He could read English and German fluently, and could write a fair legible hand in both languages. He was a man of more than common intelligence. He was a member of the Evangelical Church. His end was peace.

Waterloo Chronicle Newspaper, Ontario, Canada

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Biography of William M. Burkholder

William M. Burkholder is one of the younger native Kansans filling places of responsibility and action and recently became proprietor and editor of the Anthony Bulletin. He had one of the older papers of Harper County. The Bulletin had enjoyed an independent existence since 1891, but is a continuation of several earlier papers. The old Harper County Enterprise was founded at Anthony in 1884, was consolidated in 1891 with the Alliance Bulletin of Harper, and was continued under the name Weekly Bulletin. The editor and publisher prior to Mr. Burkholder's ownership was R. P. McColloch. The Bulletin is independent in politics and had a circulation all over Harper and surrounding counties and also in Oklahoma. The offices and plant are on North Jennings Avenue.

William H. Burkholder was born at Tribune, Kansas, October 10, 1890, and represents a family that had been identified with this state for over forty years. He is descended from one of eight brothers who came out of Switzerland and founded homes in Pennsylvania in 1754. These brothers were early members of the Mennonite sect, and it was owing to religious persecution in Switzerland that they sought new homes and freedom of worship in America. The great-grandfather of William Burkholder in 1816 moved with a party of people of similar religious views to Ontario, Canada, and the colony founded there the Town of Waterloo in Waterloo County.

Samuel Burkholder, grandfather of the Kansas editor, was born in 1816 at Bowmansville in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and in the same year was taken by the family to Ontario. He became a prominent contractor in Canada but in 1873 brought his family to Marion County, Kansas. He was a man of considerable property and owned much land in Kansas. He died in Marion County in 1893. His wife was a Miss Reis, who was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, and died in Marion County, Kansas.

Samuel Burkholder, Jr., father of William M., is a prominent attorney at Marion, Kansas. He was born in Waterloo County, Ontario, May 28, 1859, and was fourteen years of age when he came with his parents and his five brothers to Marion County, Kansas. Two or three years later he went back to Canada and attended the Academy at St. Catherines in Ontario. While there he was a member of the military organization known as the Queen's Guards. In 1886 he graduated from Kansas University in the classical course, taught a year at Bethel College then situated at Halstead, now at Newton, Kansas, and was then admitted to the bar and had now been in active practice for thirty years. For a time he had a law practice in Greeley County, Kansas, and was the first county attorney there. In 1891 he again located at Marion, and had enjoyed a practice which ranks him among the successful lawyers of the state. As a republican he had filled the office of county attorney of Marion County three terms and had also been mayor of Marion. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Masonic fraternity in which he had attained the Royal Arch degree, the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity, and is a member of the County, State and American Bar associations. Samuel Burkholder married Florence Miesse, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, December 23, 1864. William M. is the oldest of their four children. Arthur L. is at the experimental station at Hays, Kansas, working for the Kansas Agricultural College, of which he is a graduate. Margaret Lucile is a graduate of the Marion High School and of the State Normal at Emporia, and is now teaching in Marion County. Lieutenant Edwin had been a student at Kansas University but is now enrolled in the Federal service as a lieutenant in the Third Kansas Regiment of the National Guard.

William M. Burkholder was educated in the public schools of Marion, graduating from the high school in 1908, and in 1913 took his A. B. degree from Kansas University. He is one of the most scholarly editors in Kansas and had made himself familiar with a broad range of subjects. In 1915-16 he was a special student of economics and history in Harvard University. Mr. Burkholder had had considerable experience in educational work, taught a year in the rural schools of Marion County, one year in the Beloit High School and one year in the Wichita High School. He became editor and publisher of the Anthony Bulletin on January 1, 1917. Mr. Burkholder is, like his paper, independent in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. He is unmarried.

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Historic Building:
The Burkhardt House was built in 1849 by Samuel Burkholder. Only after the walls of the one-and-a-half-storey structure had been completed did he reveal that he intended the structure to be used as a church. At the time, he proposed to the local Evangelical congregation that, if they would complete the building, he would grant them free use of it for divine worship. When the construction was completed and the interior had been furnished, the building became home to the congregation.
The gable above the entrance with its decorative barge board and the Gothic window was added at a later date, probably when the structure was converted to a residence in 1870. The six-over-six windows and the central doorway with transom and side lights are evidence that the house was originally built in the Georgian Style. Recently the building was repainted in colours sympathetic to the original. The replacement cedar shingle roof has helped restore the house to its original appearance.
All of the exterior elevations of the Burkhardt house are deemed to be of both historical and architectural significance.<sup>1a

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House:
Samuel constructed this home in 1849 and allowed the Evangelical Association church to use it for church services. It was converted to a house in 1870.

Samuel married Susannah Diller 12 Oct 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of John Diller and Anna Eshelman) was born 23 Mar 1823; died 2 Jan 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married Eva Reis 17 Feb 1850. Eva (daughter of Reis and Catherine) was born 1822, , Germany; died 29 Mar 1893, Canada, Marion, Kansas, United States; was buried , Canada Cemetery, Canada, Marion, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Salome Vincent
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1542

Notes:

Salome Burkholder, "second daughter of Christian Burkholder, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, September 11th, 1817, and died at Waterloo, December 1st, 1844, leaving one daughter, Lovina, who was born February 19th, 1841, and died May 8th, 1891. The daughter was married to Benjamin S. Snyder"


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.].

Salome — John Vincent. John was born Abt 1815, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Maria "Mary" Schaefer
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1543
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; E, Methodist

Notes:

Mary Burkholder, "third and youngest daughter of Christian Burkholder, was born at Waterloo, Ontario, February 10th, 1822. She was married to William Schaefer. They resided a little north-east of Waterloo where she died October 31st, 1883. She left no heirs."

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.].

Maria — William Schaefer. William was born 20 May 1810, , Germany; died 29 Apr 1905, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00002-560
• Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

Notes:

Lydia Baumann, "is married to William Erb, dealer in lumber, etc., and resides at South River P. O. Muskoka, Ontario. They have 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.].

Lydia married William Lewis Erb 23 Feb 1851, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of Samuel Erb and Mary Lewis) was born 22 Aug 1828, About Two Miles South-East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Aug 1907, South River, Parry Sound District, Ontario; was buried , South River Cemetery, South River, Parry Sound District, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Eliza Bauman
• Name: Elizabeth "Eliza" Kaufman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-561
• Residence: 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Eliza Baumann, "was born September 24th, 1836, and died December 21st, 1859. She was married to Solomon Kauffman and resided at Plattsville, Oxford County, Ontario. They have had a family of two children, the oldest of which, named Nancy Selina, was born May 27th, 1855, and died November 24th, 1860, and Eliza.".


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.].

Elizabeth married Solomon E. Kaufman 25 Sep 1853, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Solomon (son of Andrew Kaufman and Magdalena Erb) was born 31 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jul 1911, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1513
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• 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; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Drover
• Residence: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Retired: 1901, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Driver, Livery Sable
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

Notes:

Moses Burkholder, "the eldest son, was born June 26th, 1836. On October 7th, 1856, he was married to Nancy, daughter of John and Susannah (Bergey) Bricker, of Roseville. She was born July 12th, 1837. At present they reside in the village of Elmira. They have a family of 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.].

Moses married Nancy Bricker 7 Oct 1856, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of John Bricker, III and Susannah Bergey) was born 26 Jun 1836; died 25 Sep 1902, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah Snyder
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1519
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United brethren
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenburg

Notes:

Susannah Burkholder, "eldest daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Erb) Burkholder, was born January 29th, 1839. On February 7th, 1856, she was married to Jesse B., son of Jacob and Magdalena (Baumann) Snyder. He was born September 14th 1836. After their marriage they moved to Bloomingdale, Ontario. In 1858 they moved on the old 'Burkholder Farm' one mile north of the town of Waterloo, where they resided until October 14th, 1875, when they moved to Woolwich Township, one mile north of Floradale. Here they still reside. Their family consisted 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.].

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Funeral of One of County's Pioneers

Elmira, April 22. - The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon of Mrs. Jesse Snyder. A service was held at the home of Mrs. Lehnen, Kitchener, after which the remains were taken to Zion church, Elmira. Interment followed in the Elmira Union cemetery. Rev. J. P. Hauch of Kitchener conducted the service in the absence of Rev. Mr. Brown of this town. The deceased was 82 years of age. She and the late husband, for over 45 years had resided on the homestead near Floradale and previously on a farm north of Waterloo. In 1901 they removed to Floradale. The husband passed away two years later. During the last fourteen years Mrs. Snyder had resided with her daughter, Mrs. Lehnen of Kitchener. Previous to her marriage she was known by the name of Susannah Burkholder. The children who survive are: Albert of Glenallen; Edward, who lives on the old homestead; Addison B., of Elmira, Jesse of Floradale; Mrs. Albert Lehnen and Mrs. Joseph Shantz of Kitchener. Twenty-three grand children and 5 great grandchildren are numbered among her descendants. Mrs. Snyder's brothers predeceased her but her three sisters survive. These are Mrs. Henry Erb, of Bridgeport; Mrs. Eliza Bricker of Yale, Michigan, and Mrs. Amos Erb, also of Michigan.

K-W Record, April 23, 1921

Susannah married Jesse B. Snyder 7 Feb 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jesse (son of Jacob J. Snider and Magdalena W. Bauman) was born 14 Sep 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Apr 1903, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 072, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1520
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Elected Office: 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Second Deputy Reeve

Notes:

Isaac B. Burkholder, "the second son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Erb) Burkholder, was born June 19th, 1841. In August, 1862, he was married to Harriet, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Bowers) Eby. She was born October 10, 1846. They resided on his father's farm, situated near New Germany, being composed of lot No. 72, German Company's Tract, until his death which took place September 23, 1872. They have had a family of four children"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Elected Office:
Municipality : Waterloo Tp Years on local council 2nd Deputy Reeve 1872
Years on Waterloo County Council 1872

Isaac married Harriet Louise Eby 18 Aug 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Harriet (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Eby and Elizabeth Bowers) was born 10 Oct 1846, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 May 1920, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Ann Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1525
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, , Michigan, USA

Notes:

Mary Ann Burkholder, "second daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Erb) Burkholder, was born August 12, 1845. On May 26th, 1863, she was married to Amos, son of Peter and Mary Ann (Clemens) Erb. He was born June 2nd, 1843. After their marriage they moved on the farm now possessed by Dilman G. Moyer, one mile north of Bridgeport, where they resided until 1883 when they moved to the United States. At present they own a beautiful farm near Elmsdale, Michigan. They have a family of 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.].

Mary married Amos Erb 26 May 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Amos (son of Peter C. Erb and Mary Ann Clemens) was born 2 Jun 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1904; was buried , Mennonite Cemetery, Bowne, Ionia, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Burkholder
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1526

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1527

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1528

Other Events:

• Name: Betsy Burkholder
• Name: Elizabeth "Betsy" Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1529
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Metrhodist
• Residence: 1921, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Elizabeth Burkholder, "was born November 23rd, 1857. On November 23rd, 1873 she was married to Henry, son of Peter and Mary Ann (Clemens) Erb. He was born February 8th, 1852. They reside in Lexington and have a family of two 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.].

Elizabeth married Henry Erb 23 Nov 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of Peter C. Erb and Mary Ann Clemens) was born 8 Feb 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Apr 1911, Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Louisa Bricker
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2946.10
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1900, Greenwood Township, St. Clair Co, Michigan
• Residence: 1921, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, USA

Louisa married Elijah B. Bricker 26 Nov 1878, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elijah (son of Benjamin R. Bricker and Esther Bechtel) was born 22 Jan 1858, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1532

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1533
• Occupation: 1909, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; railway clerk

Notes:

Adin Burkholder, "was born May 1st, 1863. He is unmarried and resides in Detroit, Michigan, where he is check-master in the services of the Michigan Central Railroad Company."


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.].

Adin married Emma Bell 7 Jul 1909, Salford, Oxford Co., Ontario. Emma (daughter of Abraham Bell and Margaret) was born 1873, Of, Ingersoll, Oxford Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1334

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1536
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Joseph Burkholder, "was born in Waterloo, Ontario, December 21st, 1850. He resides in Kansas and is married to Laura Graham. Their family consists of four children."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Joe Burkholder, 71, died Tuesday morning at his home near Aulne, after an illness of several months. Mr. Burkholder was one of the old settlers, having lived in this community thirty-six years. Funeral services will be held at the Aulne Methodist Church this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock and burial will be in the Claney Cemetery.

Peabody Gazette April 20, 1922, Pg 4 Peabody, Kansas

Joseph — Laura Graham. Laura was born 21 Dec 1861, , Indiana; died 28 Mar 1902; was buried , Claney Cemetery, Marion, Marion, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1537
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Benjamin Burkholder, "was born July 4th, 1852. He resides in Marion County, Kansas and is married to Christina Schniter. Their family consists of 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.].

Benjamin — Christina Schnitzer. Christina was born 6 May 1852, , Germany; died 11 May 1924, , Marion Co., Kansas; was buried , Canada Cemetery, Canada, Marion, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1538
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1887, , Marion Co., Kansas; merchant

Notes:

John R. Burkholder, "was born October 4th, 1854. He is also a resident of Marion County, Kansas. He is married to Augusta Flach and has a family of two 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.].

John married Augusta "Gussie" Flach 2 Mar 1887, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada. Augusta (daughter of Henry Gerhardt Flach and Henrietta Christina "Christina" Hoffman) was born 7 Feb 1861, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States; died 22 May 1922, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1539
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Ezra R. Burkholder, "was born in Waterloo, Ontario, November 14th, 1856. He is married to Vinnie Tubbs. Their family consists of three 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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Ezra Reis Burkholder was born in Waterloo County, Canada West, on 14 November 1856. He was the son of Samuel and Eva (Reis) Burkholder. Ezra's birthplace is not known: Samuel was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and came to Canada as a small child. Ezra was the fourth child in a family of six boys, which included: Joseph, Benjamin, John, Samuel, and Abraham. The Burkholders seem to have been a family in transition, rooted in a Mennonite society but associating easily with Waterloo's Evangelical Church and with Methodism in both Canada and the United States.

In September 1873, Ezra's parents and most of his brothers moved from Waterloo County, Ontario, to Marion County, Kansas. Ezra remained in Ontario to complete his education at the University of Toronto. In 1876, he travelled to Kansas to see his parents' place but returned to Canada for four more years of training, this time for the Methodist Ministry, which included two years as a probationary itinerant minister. In October 1883, suffering from ill health, Ezra left the ministry in Canada and joined his family in Kansas permanently, where he established a lumberyard, E.R. Burkholder Lumber Company, in Hillsboro. Later he acquired other yards in McPherson and Marion counties. In June 1885, Ezra married Vinnie Ream Tubbs, and together they had three children. He also involved himself in all aspects of community affairs, serving one term as county representative for Marion in the state legislature. He died in 1923, leaving a thriving business to two of his sons.


From the inside out the rural worlds of Mennonite diarists, 1863 to 1919 by Royden Loewen pg 29

Ezra — Vinnie Tubbs. Vinnie was born Abt 1856; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1540
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Samuel Burkholder, "was born May 28th, 1859. He is married to Florence Miesse. They reside in Marion County, Kansas. Their family consists of three 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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Biography of William M. Burkholder

William M. Burkholder is one of the younger native Kansans filling places of responsibility and action and recently became proprietor and editor of the Anthony Bulletin. He had one of the older papers of Harper County. The Bulletin had enjoyed an independent existence since 1891, but is a continuation of several earlier papers. The old Harper County Enterprise was founded at Anthony in 1884, was consolidated in 1891 with the Alliance Bulletin of Harper, and was continued under the name Weekly Bulletin. The editor and publisher prior to Mr. Burkholder's ownership was R. P. McColloch. The Bulletin is independent in politics and had a circulation all over Harper and surrounding counties and also in Oklahoma. The offices and plant are on North Jennings Avenue.

William H. Burkholder was born at Tribune, Kansas, October 10, 1890, and represents a family that had been identified with this state for over forty years. He is descended from one of eight brothers who came out of Switzerland and founded homes in Pennsylvania in 1754. These brothers were early members of the Mennonite sect, and it was owing to religious persecution in Switzerland that they sought new homes and freedom of worship in America. The great-grandfather of William Burkholder in 1816 moved with a party of people of similar religious views to Ontario, Canada, and the colony founded there the Town of Waterloo in Waterloo County.

Samuel Burkholder, grandfather of the Kansas editor, was born in 1816 at Bowmansville in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and in the same year was taken by the family to Ontario. He became a prominent contractor in Canada but in 1873 brought his family to Marion County, Kansas. He was a man of considerable property and owned much land in Kansas. He died in Marion County in 1893. His wife was a Miss Reis, who was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, and died in Marion County, Kansas.

Samuel Burkholder, Jr., father of William M., is a prominent attorney at Marion, Kansas. He was born in Waterloo County, Ontario, May 28, 1859, and was fourteen years of age when he came with his parents and his five brothers to Marion County, Kansas. Two or three years later he went back to Canada and attended the Academy at St. Catherines in Ontario. While there he was a member of the military organization known as the Queen's Guards. In 1886 he graduated from Kansas University in the classical course, taught a year at Bethel College then situated at Halstead, now at Newton, Kansas, and was then admitted to the bar and had now been in active practice for thirty years. For a time he had a law practice in Greeley County, Kansas, and was the first county attorney there. In 1891 he again located at Marion, and had enjoyed a practice which ranks him among the successful lawyers of the state. As a republican he had filled the office of county attorney of Marion County three terms and had also been mayor of Marion. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Masonic fraternity in which he had attained the Royal Arch degree, the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity, and is a member of the County, State and American Bar associations. Samuel Burkholder married Florence Miesse, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, December 23, 1864. William M. is the oldest of their four children. Arthur L. is at the experimental station at Hays, Kansas, working for the Kansas Agricultural College, of which he is a graduate. Margaret Lucile is a graduate of the Marion High School and of the State Normal at Emporia, and is now teaching in Marion County. Lieutenant Edwin had been a student at Kansas University but is now enrolled in the Federal service as a lieutenant in the Third Kansas Regiment of the National Guard.

William M. Burkholder was educated in the public schools of Marion, graduating from the high school in 1908, and in 1913 took his A. B. degree from Kansas University. He is one of the most scholarly editors in Kansas and had made himself familiar with a broad range of subjects. In 1915-16 he was a special student of economics and history in Harvard University. Mr. Burkholder had had considerable experience in educational work, taught a year in the rural schools of Marion County, one year in the Beloit High School and one year in the Wichita High School. He became editor and publisher of the Anthony Bulletin on January 1, 1917. Mr. Burkholder is, like his paper, independent in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. He is unmarried.

"Biography Of William M. Burkholder | Access Genealogy". 2011. Access Genealogy. https://accessgenealogy.com/kansas/biography-of-william-m-burkholder.htm.

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Samuel R. Burkholder was a prominent attorney in Marion County, Kansas. He was born in Waterloo County, Ontario, May 28, 1859, and was fourteen years of age when he came with his parents and his five brothers to Marion County, Kansas. Two or three years later he went back to Canada and attended the Academy at St. Catherines in Ontario. While there he was a member of the military organization known as the Queen's Guards. In 1886 he graduated from Kansas University in the classical course, taught a year at Bethel College then situated at Halstead, now at Newton, Kansas, and was then admitted to the bar. For a time he had a law practice in Greeley County, Kansas, and was the first county attorney there. In 1891 he again located at Marion, and enjoyed a practice which ranks him among the successful lawyers of the state. As a republican he filled the office of county attorney of Marion County three terms and had also been mayor of Marion. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Masonic fraternity in which he had attained the Royal Arch degree, the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity, and a member of the County, State and American Bar associations. Samuel Burkholder married Florence Miesse, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, December 23, 1864. They had four children, William M., Arthur L., Lucille, and Edwin.

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Samuel — Florence Miesse. Florence was born 23 Dec 1864, , Fairfield Co.., Ohio; died 27 Nov 1938; was buried , Marion Cemetery, Marion, Marion, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1541
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Abraham Burkholder, "the youngest son of Samuel Burkholder, was born in Waterloo, Ontario, May 7, 1861. He resides in Marion County, Kansas. He is married to Cylina Weber. There family consists of two 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.].

Abraham married Alice Cylina Weber 13 Nov 1887, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States. Alice (daughter of Jacob Lincoln Weber and Carolina Jacobs) was born 8 Mar 1869, Sebringville, Ellice Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1937, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lovina Snyder
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6167.1
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Lovina married Benjamin S. Snyder 13 Apr 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Benjamin (son of Christian J. Schneider and Magdalena Schantz) was born 2 Oct 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-560.2
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1879, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; store keeper
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Keeper
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer

Notes:

Solomon Erb, "travelling agent for The Berlin Shirt & Collar Co., Limited, is married to Frances Warner and resides in the town of Berlin. His family consists of six 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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Another well known resident of Berlin was removed by the hand of God this morning when Solomon Erb passed at his home on Church St., after suffering acutely with erysipelas for two weeks. Deceased who was a large strong man, the picture of health, was a traveller in the employ of the Berlin Shirt and Collar Co., and also of the Roschman Button Works, Waterloo. He was, until about 6 years ago engaged in general store keeping in Bloomingdale, at which place he was born 45 years ago, but gave that up the store to go on on the road. He was popular with those who knew him and was a member of the A. O. U. W. and it is understood carried insurance with them to the amount of $2,000. He also carried $1,000 in the Travellers' Association. A widow and seven children most of whom are small, are left to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father, and they have the sympathy of the community in their sad affliction.


Waterloo Chronicle 3 Aug 1899

Solomon married Mary Frances Warner 18 Dec 1879, Durham, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 1 Jun 1860, Durham, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1904, Cranford, Union, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Melissa Spiessman
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2804.3
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

Notes:

Melissa Erb, "is married to George Spiesman, a sawyer. They reside at South River, Parry Sound District. Their family consists of four children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Melissa married George Spiessman 13 Aug 1878, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. George (son of Henry Spiessman and Charlotte "Lottie" Cheshire) was born 2 Feb 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1925, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Melissa — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-560.16
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
• Residence: 1882, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1883, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; liveryman
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Trunk Maker, Trunk Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1914, South River, Machar Township, Ontario

Notes:

Urias Erb, "resides in Berlin where he is engaged as ironer in the Berlin Shirt and Collar Factory. He is married to Louisa Lang. His family consists of three 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.].

Urias married Louisa D. Lang 17 Jan 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Louisa (daughter of Heinrich S. "Henry" Lang and Salome Dunke) was born 17 Sep 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Apr 1946, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pine Hills Cemetery, Scarborough, York, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84703
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Son

Notes:

Nelson Erb, "is a veterinary surgeon and resides at Faribault, Minn., U. S. He 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.].

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Ann Hesse
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2804.6
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
• Residence: 1890, South River, Parry Sound District, Ontario
• Residence: 1929, 34 Kenwood Ave., Toronto, Ontario

Notes:

Mary Ann Erb, "is married to Jacob Hesse, a mason. They reside at South River, Parry Sound Districr. They have one child, a daughter named Pearl."


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.].

Mary married Jacob Henry Hesse 30 Jul 1890, South River, Parry Sound District, Ontario. Jacob (son of Henry Hesse and Anna Dorothy Fritzler) was born 24 Dec 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Maggie Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2804.7
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

Notes:

Maggie Erb, "is at home with her parents, and 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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Margaret never married and had a daughter Amy born in South River in 1893.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00002-560.26
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

Notes:

Adelaide Erb, "is also at home and 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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00032-2804.9
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

Notes:

Eliza Erb, "the youngest daughter, is also at home and 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.].

Other Events:

• Name: Nancy Kaufman
• Eby ID Number: 00064-4037.4

Other Events:

• Name: Nancy Selina Bowman
• Name: Selina Kaufman
• Eby ID Number: 00064-4037.3
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Nancy married Noah Unger Bowman 30 Sep 1877, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Noah (son of Joseph B. Bowman and Leah Unger) was born 5 May 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Sep 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144879
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1513.4
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1515
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• 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; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Milk Dealer, Leddley Milk
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: Abt 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, 160 Charon Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Ezra Burkholder, "was born February 21st, 1859. He is married to Hannah, daughter of David and Annie (Cook) Elesley. They reside on a farm two miles west of Elmira. They 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.].

Ezra — Hannah Elsley. Hannah (daughter of David Elsley and Annie Christina Cook) was born 2 Apr 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 8 Oct 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1516
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1517

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1518

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6221

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6222
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Confectionary Clerk
• Occupation: 1903, Glen Allan, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; merchant
• Residence: 1921, Glen Allan, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario

Notes:

Albert B. Snyder, "was born January 23rd, 1861. He is married to Lizzie Ruggle. They reside at Floradale where he is engaged as a clerk in his father-in-law's store. 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.].

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FORMER GLENALLAN MERCHANT IS DEAD
MR. A.B. SNYDER PASSED AWAY IN KITCHENER ON FRIDAY LAST
In the death of A.B. Snyder, which occurred in Kitchener last Friday night, one who had been closely associated with this countryside for many years passed away. The late Mr. Snyder suffered a stroke about three weeks ago, and again about three days before his death, the paralysis being due to hardening of the arteries.
The late Mr. Snyder was born near Waterloo sixty-two years ago. On his marriage to Miss Louisa Ruggle, sister of Mr. A. J. Ruggle of Floradale, he went to the state of Kansas and took up farming. On his return to this country he took a position in Mr. Ruggle's store at Floradale. Later he purchased a general store at Glenallan and for fifteen years he carried on business there where he was most favorably known to the entire community.
About a year and a half ago he moved to Kitchener to live in retirement, and here he resided until the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, but no children. There are two sisters and two brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Albert Lehman of Kitchener, and Mrs. Joseph Shantz of Kitchener. The brothers are Messrs. Edward and J. B. Snyder, both of Floradale, and Addison of Didsbury, Saskatchewan.
The funeral took place on Monday last from Kitchener to Elmira. Interment taking place in the Elmira cemetery.

Albert — Louisa Ruggle. Louisa (daughter of John Anton Ruggle and Louisa Verena Kistler) was born 7 May 1866, , Switzerland; died 13 Sep 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6223
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Edward B. Snyder
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Own Farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Edward B. Snyder, "was born April 22nd, 1865. He is married to Lizzie Schneider and resides near Floradale where he is engaged in farming."


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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The death occurred of the late Edward B. Snyder at his home near Floradale last Thursday, following a lingering illness. He was born near Waterloo, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Snyder. After his marriage to Elizabeth Schneider in 1894, he took up farming near Floradale. Surviving are his widow, four sons, Lloyd on the home farm, George of Montreal, Walter of Manheim and Howard of Bloomingdale, five daughters, Viola, Mrs. Irvin Mohr of North East Hope, Irla, Mrs. Orville Shantz of St. George, Nellie, Mrs. Amos Shoemaker of Kitchener, Vera, Mrs. Clayton Mohr of Philipsburg and Myrtle, Mrs. Eldon Kreuger of Kitchener, two brothers, Addison Snyder of Elmira, Jesse Snyder of Floradale, two sisters, Mrs. Susan Lehnan and Mrs. Martha Shantz, both of Kitchener, 23 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon with a short service at the house to the Floradale Evangelical church for services and burial was made in the Elmira cemetery. Rev. E. N. Mohr of Elmira and Rev. G. F. Barthel of Kitchener were in charge of the service. A very large number of relatives and friends attended the funeral.


Elmira Signet 10 Jul 1941

Edward married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schneider 1894. Elizabeth (daughter of George S. Schneider and Mary Wagner) was born 28 Feb 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died 1966; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6224
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Addison B. Snyder
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Elected Office: 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; treasurer - Woolwich
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1921, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Addison B. Snyder, "was born May 28th, 1866. He is married to Lizzie Ann Weber. They reside in Woolwich Township, east of Elmira, where he is engaged in farming."


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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Elmira - July 19, Addison B. Snyder died at the Elmira Private Hospital, Saturday a.m. after a short illness at the age 82 years.

A son of the late Mr. And Mrs. Jesse Snyder of Waterloo, Mr. Snyder was born May 28, 1866. He married Elizabeth Ann Weber who predeceased him in Jan. 1936.

In 1941 he married Helen Schwartz, who survives with two sons, Arthur D. Snyder of Woodbridge and Wilfred W. Snyder of Didsbury, Alta; one daughter Mrs. U. B. (Laura) Dengis of Buffalo, N. Y.; one brother, Jesse B. Snyder of Floradale; six grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

The funeral will be held Tues afternoon 2: 30 p.m., Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, Elmira. Rev. A. E. Pletch and Rev. E. M. Gishler will conduct the services. Interment will be made at the Elmira Cemetery. The body will rest at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor until Tues. afternoon, 1 p.m. o'clock when removal will be made to the church. Friends are requested to pay their respects prior to the service.


The Kitchener Record 19 Jul 1948

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Addison Snyder, treasurer of Woolwich Township, succeeded to this postion upon the death of his father, the late Jesse Snyder in 1901.

Chronicle-Telegraph Newspaper, 100 Years of Progress in Waterloo County Canada Semi-Centennial Souvenir 1856-1906 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Chronicle-Telegraph Newspaper, 1906), pg 31

Addison married Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Weber 21 Feb 1889, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John Schmaus Weber and Lydia Allendorf) was born 18 Mar 1867, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jan 1936, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Addison married Helena Diehl 1940. Helena (daughter of John Diehl and Eva Johnson) was born 12 Jan 1876, , Wayne Co., Ohio; died 5 Mar 1965, Campbellford, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6225
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Jesse B. Snyder
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Birth: 27 Feb 1871, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Own Farm
• Residence: 1921, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1948, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Jesse B. Snyder, "was born February 27th, 1871. He is married to Mary Ann Umbach and resides in Woolwich Township where he is engaged in farming"


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.].

Jesse married Mary Ann Umbach 8 Mar 1894, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Reeve Jacob Laschinger Umbach and Mary Edler) was born 4 Jul 1873, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1947; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah Lehnen
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6226
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenburg
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian

Notes:

Susannah Snyder, "was born January 3rd, 1873. She is unmarried and at present resides with one of her brothers."


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 Albert Lehnen 11 Mar 1896, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Albert (son of Gottfried Lehnen and Elizabeth Knarr) was born 4 Nov 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 5 Jan 1868, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1934, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Martha Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6227
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Martha E. Snyder
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1939, 61 Cameron St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Martha Snyder, "was born February 10th, 1876. She is home with her parents."


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.].

Martha married Joseph S. Shantz 16 Sep 1902, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Joseph (son of Isaac B. Shantz and Maria "Mary" Shantz) was born 21 Jun 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1521
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1880, Fort Gratiot, St. Clair Co., Michigan; editor

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1522
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1880, Fort Gratiot, St. Clair Co., Michigan; printer

Notes:

Funeral services will be held at the Union Congressional Church Friday for D. F Burkholder, 91, early prominent pioneer of South Dakota. Burial will be at Chamberlain. The deceased served as a receiver of the United States Land Office at Gregory, receiving the appointment in 1910. Previous to that he had published the Chamberlain democrat. A prominent Democrat he was a member of the State Legislature in 1896 and during Woodrow Wilson's campaign, had charge of the Democratic state headquarters in Yankton. Burkholder also served as Gregory's city auditor for more than 20 years.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1523
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1880, Fort Gratiot, St. Clair Co., Michigan; apprentice printing office

Notes:

Alfred Burkholder, "is in partnership with his brother, Daniel F., in the Printing business situated in Chamberlain, South Dakota. He is also married and has a 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.].

Other Events:

• Name: Alice Mary Barkley
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1524
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Notes:

Mary Alice Burkholder, "was married to Clinton Barkley who died at Fort Gratiot, Michigan, in November 1893. They had a family of two children, namely VII Ethel and VII Ruth. She resides with her mother in Port Huron, Michigan."


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.].

Alice — Clinton Barkley. Clinton was born 1864, Of, Fort Gratiot, St. Clair Co., Michigan; died 25 Oct 1893, Fort Gratiot, St. Clair Co., Michigan; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Clara Amelia Hallman
• Eby ID Number: 00048-3541.1
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1883, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1883, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Clara married Joseph S. Hallman 3 Jan 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Joseph (son of Abraham C. Hallman and Maria "Mary" Schmidt) was born 1861, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1525.5
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1525.6
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Name: Elsie May Brighton
• Eby ID Number: 00020-1525.7
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1898, Campbell Township, Ionia Co., Michigan; farmer

Elsie married John Wesley Brighton 30 Oct 1898, Logan, Kent, Michigan. John (son of William Brighton and Margaret Chapman) was born 23 Jan 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1525.8
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Addison — Katie. Katie was born 1880; died 1909; was buried , Mennonite Cemetery, Bowne, Ionia, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Ida Minerva Blough
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2920.2
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Ida — Jacob Blough. Jacob was born 17 Sep 1872, , Somerset Co, , Pennsylvania; died 22 Jan 1931, East Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA; was buried , Mennonite Cemetery, Alto, Kent, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00020-1529.5
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Zepheniah — Margaret Schmidt. Margaret (daughter of Henry H. Schmidt and Franziska Catharine "Frances" Sippel) was born 1 Nov 1882, , Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00016-1268.4
• Residence: 1900, Greenwood Township, St. Clair Co, Michigan

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6168

Other Events:

• Name: Louisa Bracey
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6169
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1921, Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Louisa Snyder, "was born February 4th, 1864. On September 10th, 1885, she was married to William Bracey, a carpenter. They reside in Lexington and have one child"


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.].

Louisa married William Nelson Bracey 10 Sep 1885. William (son of Robert Bracey and Agnes Ariss) was born 2 Sep 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Oct 1933, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Ann Bedford
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6170
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregational

Notes:

Lydia Ann Snyder, "was born November 21st, 1865. On January 3rd, 1888, she was married to William H. Bedford."


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.].

Lydia married William H. Bedford 2 Jan 1888. William (son of Charles Bedford, Sr. and Leah Bull) was born 21 Aug 1865, , England; died 30 May 1915, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6171
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Mary Ann Snyder, "was born February 2nd, 1868, and died happy in the Lord August 3rd, 1887."


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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6172
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Work, Private Family
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregation

Notes:

Alice Snyder, "was born November 18th, 1869, She is home and 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.].

Other Events:

• Name: Lissie Snyder
• Name: Melissa Wiegand
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6173
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregation

Notes:

Melissa Snyder, "was born September 19th, 1871, She is also home yet."

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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Pair Still Prefer Horse, Buggy After 50 Years

By Record Correspondent

PRESTON It was warm and sunny day 50 years ago today when Melissa Snyder of Bloomingdale became the bride of Mr. William S. Wiegand of Centreville. The wedding took place at Bloomingdale United Church, with Rev. R. H. Ibbitt officiating.

Mrs. Wiegand is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Snyder of Bloomingdale, and Mr. Wiegand is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wiegand of Centreville.

Mr. and Mrs. Wiegand came to their present home on Highway 8 by horse and buggy 50 years ago. Mr. Wiegand has never used any other transportation.

DOES OWN HOUSEWORK

Mrs. Wiegand still does her own housework. One of her hobbies is painting.

Mr. Wiegand makes the frames from old frames bought at auction sales. Mrs. Wiegand also works at making mats and beautiful quilts.

She is a life member in the Women's Missionary Society of Freeport United Church.

Mrs. Weigand came from a family of 10.

Still living are Fernando Snyder of Stratford and Miss Alice Snyder, living with Mrs. Wiegand.

Mr. Wiegand has been inspector for the Humane Society for 34 years.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Wiegand are members of the Preston Horticultural Society and Mr. Wiegand served as president for seven years and Mrs. Wiegand was a director.

Mr. Wiegand has been superintendent of the Freeport United Church Sunday school for 50 years.

Mr. Wiegand came from a family of nine. Still living are a brother, George, of Kitchener, and two sisters, Mrs. R. Matchenbacher, Klamath Falls, Ore., and Mrs. George Jardine of Port Huron.

HAD FOUR CHILDREN

Mr. and Mrs. Wiegand had four children, two of whom are surviving, Douglas of Preston and Eden of Welland. There are also four grandchildren.

A reception was held at their home on Sunday with approximately 100 guests. Refreshments were served from a table beautiful with a lace cloth, candelabra, silver appointments and centred with a lovely bouquet of gold roses.

Mrs. Clayton Eby of Freeport and Miss Pearl Bracey, who was one of Mrs. Wiegand's bridesmaids, poured tea. The beautiful wedding cake was displayed on the buffet, flanked by bouquets of spring.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Jun 1954, Tue Page 8

Melissa married William S. Wiegand 15 Jun 1904, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of Heinrich "Henry" Weigand and Adeline Stengel) was born 19 Sep 1873, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1961; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6174
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
• Occupation: 1904; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregrational
• Occupation: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Fernando Snyder, "was born April 4th, 1873. He is home, assisting his father on the farm."


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.].

_______________________

FERNANDO SNYDER

Fernando Snyder, 82, of R.R. 2, Waterloo, died suddenly early Monday. Born in Bloomingdale, he had farmed in the area all his life. A member of the United Church he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Snyder. His wife predeceased him. Surviving are two sons, Howard, Bridgeport; G. Raymond, Bloomingdale; two daughters, Mrs. Leslie (Aleda) Whittemore, Stratford; Mrs. Harry (Rhea) Kirch, Bridgeport; one sister, Miss Alice Snyder, Kitchener and 12 grandchildren. The body was at Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Kitchener, Wednesday when removal was made to Bloomingdale United Church for funeral services. Rev. T Rutherford officiated. Burial too place in Snyder Mennonite Cemetery.

Fernando married Clara Shelley 22 Jun 1904, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Clara (daughter of Jacob Cook Shelley and Maria Ann L. "Mary" Weber) was born 8 Apr 1877, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1940; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6175
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6176
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00106-6177
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Occupation: 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchants Clerk

Elmore married Ella Luella Strome 20 Sep 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ella (daughter of Menno M. Strome and Anna Peppler) was born 16 Mar 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]