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Benjamin B. Groff

Male 1850 - 1910  (59 years)


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  1. 1.  Benjamin B. Groff was born 21 Nov 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Nov 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40652000
    • Eby ID Number: 00044-3363
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, , Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1910, Wilmot St., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Benjamin Groff, "is married to Caroline Schmidt. He resides in Cavalier County, North Dakota, where he is engaged in farming. Their 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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    The death took place on Nov. 7th of Mr. Benjamin Groff at the age of 58 years. The deceased who had been in failing health for several weeks left a short time ago to visit his brother, Mr. Andrew Groff, near Philipsburg, where he passed away.

    The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon last form the family residence on Wilmot Street to Trinity Methodist Church and then to Riverside Cemetery - Rev. Mr. Wilson officiated. A widow and three children survive.

    Chronicle-Telegraph Nov 17 1910 pg 7

    Benjamin married Caroline Schmidt 31 Mar 1885, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Caroline (daughter of Giligan Schmidt and Mary Ringler) was born 20 Sep 1865, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Nora Groff  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1887, Of, Cavalier Co., North Dakota; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Mary Ann Matilda "Tillie" Groff  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Feb 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jan 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. William Neil Groff  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Jul 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1949, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Belva Groff  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Jun 1902, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jun 1968, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Nora Groff Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born Abt 1887, Of, Cavalier Co., North Dakota; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00044-3363.2


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Matilda "Tillie" Groff Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born 5 Feb 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jan 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42230074
    • Name: Mary Ann Matilda "Tillie" Merner
    • Name: Matilda Groff
    • Name: Tillie Groff
    • Eby ID Number: 00044-3363.3
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Mrs. Fred Merner

    Following an illness of three weeks, Mrs. Fred Merner, 63, of 60 Church St., died yesterday at the K-W Hospital. Born Feb. 5, 1889, in New Hamburg, she was the former Matilda Groff, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Groff. Her marriage to Fred Merner, who survives, took place Feb. 2, 1910, in New Hamburg. Also surviving are three sons, Vernon of Kitchener, Wallace of Vancouver and Kingsley (Sonny) of Chicago; one daughter, Mrs. Gilbert (Dorothy) Patterson of Sarnia; one sister, Mrs. Oscar Lobsinger of Hamilton and 11 grandchildren. One brother predeceased her..

    The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 29 Jan 1953

    Mary married Frederick Henry Merner 2 Feb 1910, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Frederick (son of Oscar Erastus Merner and Agnes Elizabeth Brodrecht) was born 11 Jun 1892, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; died 14 Dec 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Wallace Paul Merner  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Mar 1913, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jul 1982, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia.
    2. 7. Kingsley Merner  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 8. Dorothy Merner  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 9. Vernon Merner  Descendancy chart to this point was born Oct 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 4.  William Neil GroffWilliam Neil Groff Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born 6 Jul 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1949, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23160
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    William — Annie Margaret (Anna) Schneider. Annie was born 15 Jul 1900, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 24 May 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 5.  Belva Groff Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born 14 Jun 1902, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jun 1968, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46559747
    • Name: Belva Lobsinger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-180759
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1953, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada

    Belva — Oscar William Lobsinger. Oscar (son of Louis John Lobsinger and Catherine Stumpf) was born 14 Sep 1906, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Dec 1981, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Wallace Paul Merner Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mary2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 5 Mar 1913, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jul 1982, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232551771
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-250005
    • Residence: 1953, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada

    Wallace married Helen Margaret Forsythe 2 Aug 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Helen (daughter of Claude Newton Forsythe and Emma A. Wilhelm) was born 1913, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Kingsley Merner Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mary2, 1.Benjamin1)

  3. 8.  Dorothy Merner Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mary2, 1.Benjamin1)

  4. 9.  Vernon Merner Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mary2, 1.Benjamin1) was born Oct 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-180982
    • Residence: 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada



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