Bishop George Shupe

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00113-7171
• Residence: 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Bishop George Shupe, "was born December 25th, 1788. He was married to Elizabeth Scheirich who was born May 26th, 1795, and died June 21st, 1866. They resided in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee, where he died April 29th, 1870. To them was born 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

George — Elizabeth Scheirich. Elizabeth (daughter of Mathias Scheirich and Catharine Mooney) was born 26 May 1795, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 Jun 1866; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

George married Ursula Weitz 21 Dec 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ursula was born 26 Dec 1814, Altendon, Bavaria, Germany; died 26 May 1897; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Catherine Sararas
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7172
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

Notes:

Catherine Shupe, "the eldest in the family, was born September 10th, 1815. She was married to Nicolas Sararas who was born May 8th, 1808. They resided near New Dundee, where he died July 13th, 1893. To them was born a family of eight children"

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

Catherine — Nicolas L. Sararas. Nicolas (son of Andrew Sararas and Elizabeth Livergood) was born 8 May 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jul 1893, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Stauffer
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7178
• Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Magdalena Shupe, "is married to Abraham Stauffer. They reside in Michigan where he was engaged in farming. No information in regard to his 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.].

Magdalena married Abraham Groh Stauffer 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Abraham (son of Samuel S. Stauffer and Esther Groh) was born 21 Sep 1814, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1866, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States; was buried , Bennett Cemetery, Harrisburg, Ottawa, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00113-7173

Notes:

Benjamin Shupe, "was born July 27th, 1823. He was married to Anna Wismer who was born April 6th, 1829, and died January 11th, 1872. They resided near New Dundee, Ontario, where he was engaged in farming, but now lives retired and has his home with his son, George. Many years ago he was called into the ministry of the River Brethren denomination for which body he has been a diligent laborer up to the present time. His preaching is plain and practical and his sermons are always so worded that even the most unlearned can not fail but grasp the idea he wishes to convey unto his hearers. To them were born four children"


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

Benjamin married Anna Wismer 17 Oct 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Henry Wismer and Hannah Schlichter) was born 6 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1872, Near New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26544290
• Name: Fanny Shupe
• Name: Veronica "Fanny" Burkholder
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7181

Notes:

Veronica Shupe, "was married to Joseph Burkholder. They reside in Michigan where he was engaged in farming. No information in regard to 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.].

Veronica married Joseph G. Burkholder 10 Aug 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Joseph (son of David Burkholder and Elizabeth Gingrich) was born 13 Dec 1818, , Ontario, Canada; died 31 Oct 1886, Campbell Township, Ionia Co., Michigan; was buried , Mennonite Cemetery, Alto, Kent, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00113-7179
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1900, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA; farmer

Notes:

Moses Shupe, "is married to Charlotte Fischer. They reside in Kansas where he follows farming. No report in regard to 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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Moses Shupe was born in Waterloo county, Ontario, Canada, March 26, 1830, and died at Lost Springs, Kan., Dec. 14, 1912, aged 82 years, 8 months and 19 days.

He was married to Charlotte Fisher In 1849 and they lived together 63 years.

To this union 9 children were born, 7 boys and 2 girls, all of whom are living. There are now living 56 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

His sickness started with La Grippe and a slight stroke of paralysis from which he never recovered.

He was converted early in life and united with the River Brethren church of which he was still a faithful member at his death.

The end came in great peace, falling asleep in Jesus. He often praised God with a loud voice during the days of his sickness and often expressed the desire of having God's word read and to be prayed with. He left unmistakable evidence of his acceptance with God.

Funeral was held in the Evangelical church, services conducted by Bishop Engel. interment in I.O.O.F. cemetery.

The Herington Sun (Herington, Kansas) Thu, Dec 19, 1912

Grave Photograph - Find A Grave:
Gravestone of Moses Shupe

Moses married Charlotte Fischer 7 Aug 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charlotte was born 3 Apr 1829, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 27 Jul 1913, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA; was buried , Lost Springs Cemetery, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15852986
• Name: Mary Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7180

Notes:

Mary Shupe, "is married to Benjamin Bechtel, son of old Jacob Bechtel of Blair. No information in regard to this 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.].

Mary — Benjamin Hallman Bechtel. Benjamin (son of Deacon Jacob G. Bechtel and Maria Hallman) was born 26 Jul 1834, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Oct 1897, Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was buried , Fairview Cem., Manton, Wexford Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalene Hunsberger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25340

Magdalene — Amos Hunsberger. Amos (son of Amelia) was born 5 Mar 1834, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 13 Mar 1903; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00145-5512
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant (CE)
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

Notes:

George Sararas, "was born January 19th, 1842. He is married to Susannah Block. They reside near New Dundee, Ontario, where he is farming. They have one child named"


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.].

George — Susannah Block. Susannah (daughter of Jacob S. Block and Catherine Stauffer) was born 20 Jan 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Dec 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00145-5513
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant (CE)
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Noah Sararas, "was born June 25th, 1843. He is married to Hannah Burkholder. They reside in Michigan. No issue."


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.].

Noah married Hannah Burkholder 14 May 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Burkholder and Eva Strome) was born 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Becker
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5514
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Proteatant (CE)
• Residence: 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Elizabeth Sararas, "was born December 2nd, 1845. She is married to George Becker, a farmer. They reside on the old "Baumann Farm" at Centreville, near the Toll Bridge. To them were born 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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There is conflicting evidence for Elizabeth's parents. In her marriage record parents are listed as Enoch Sararas and Barb. Burkholder. Her death certificate and the Eby book state Nicholas

Elizabeth married George Heinrich Becker 26 Mar 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. George (son of Adam Becker and Anna Elisabeth Hermann) was born 10 Jul 1838, Mulan Kres Greenberg, Hesse Damstadt, Germany; died 25 Aug 1902; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Bock
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5515
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant (CE)
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

Mary Sararas, "is married to Isaac Bock. They reside at New Dundee and have 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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partial obitaury

Mrs. Mary Sararas, age 91, widow of the late Isaac Bock, died yesterday at the home of her son-in-law, Ervin Battler, RR2 Kitchener, after an illness of three weeks. Deceased was born in Wilmot Tp. on Jan. 1, 1849, a d/o the late Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Sararas. She was the last member of a family of 8 children. Following her marriage, Mrs. Bock farmed with her husband south of New Dundee until Mr. Bock's death in 1903. Since then she has made her home with her eldest daughter, Mrs. Battler. Surviving are two sons, Nathaniel of Kitchener and Addison of Petersburg; four daughters, Mrs. Ervin Battler, Mrs. J. W. Armstrong, RR1 Petersburg, Mrs. Andrew Angwin, Detroit, and Mrs. James Taylor, RR2 Kitchener, 18 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. . . .

Kitchener Daily Record 27 Feb 1940

Mary married Isaac Bock 29 Jan 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Isaac (son of Levi Bock and Rachel Rosenberger) was born 18 Jul 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1903; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lena Sararas
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5516
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant (CE)
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant

Notes:

Magdalena Sararas, "was born October 10th, 1850. She 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: Fannie Sararas
• Name: Fanny Sararas
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5517 
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant (CE)
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker

Notes:

Fannie Sararas, "was born November 7th, 1852, and died December 21st, 1889."


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: Waterloo-395975
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant (CE)

Other Events:

• Name: Sophia Becker
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5518
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Sophia Sararas, "was born September 10th, 1854. She is married to August Becker. They reside in New Dundee, Ontario, and have a family as follows"


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.].

Sophia — August Becker. August (son of Adam Becker and Anna Maria "Mary" Damm) was born 8 Aug 1859, , Germany; died 8 May 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00145-5519
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant (CE)
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Moses Sararas, "was born November 30th, 1856. He is unmarried and resides on his father's old homestead where he is engaged in farming. His mother and his sister have their home with him."


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: 00117-7338.8

Notes:

Rsrch. Note:
Samuel Stauffer was the first child born to Abraham and Magdalena Shupe Stauffer, apparently within a year of their marriage. Abraham had recently lost his wife Susannah, who died of rabies leaving him with five young children, including a baby. So Samuel joined a family of two step-brothers (Isaac and Jacob) and three step-sisters (Esther, Mary, and Susannah).



All Samuel's grandparents--Samuel and Esther Groh Stauffer and George and Elizabeth Scheirich Shupe--were alive during the ten years of his childhood that he lived in the Waterloo area of Canada. His grandfather Shupe was the Mennonite bishop of Waterloo for some time. Samuel and his brother George, born when Samuel was two, were part of the huge Stauffer extended family that had resulted from those who moved to Ontario from Pennsylvania in 1805.

We know there were two other baby brothers--Moses and Aaron, but we don't know when they were born nor how long they lived. Our guess is that both happened in the five years following George's birth before a fifth son, Noah, was born in 1851. Noah was not known to our family until 2004, though we had seen his grave near those of his parents and brother in the Bennett Cemetery northwest of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Read about our discovery of Noah and his brief life in Two Stauffer Mysteries.



When Samuel was ten, George was eight, and little Noah was just three, Abraham decided to join some of his siblings and move his family to Michigan (Migration: A Family Affair). Despite the fact that some aunts, uncles, and cousins had already made the move, it must have been difficult to part from the remaining members of the extensive Stauffer family, perhaps never to see them again. We don't know how they made the trip--perhaps, by 1854 it could be made by train rather than covered wagon as those two earlier generations had made the trip to Ontario. We can imagine the excitement the young brothers likely experienced in anticipation of the move to "new frontiers." We now have reason to believe that their mother, Magdalena, was pregnant during the journey and that one more baby brother was born in September after their arrival, only to die thirteen days later.



ROXY


Samuel



Silas Compton


The Author with her son at the well where Samuel died








You can just make out the inscription, "He died to save another" on his headstone.





Roxy

Sophronia Roxana Wells was born in Tyrone, Stueben County, in the southwest Finger Lakes area of New York state. She was born to Charles and Hannah Compton Wells on October 18, 1843. For a long time we weren't clear whether her name was Roxanne or Roxana, nor whether Sophronia (or Sophrona) was her first name or her middle name. Now that we have the Stauffer family Bible, we can see exactly what it was, written very possibly in her own hand. Apparently most of the time, at least in her later years, she went by Roxy, so we've chosen to call her that here. For more on her early years, see Wells family history.

Roxy was the third of four daughters. Her sister Marcia was four when she was born and Marion almost two. Roxy was the baby of the family until she was nearly five, at which time baby sister Mary Jane arrived. In 1854 when Roxy was 11 (the same year the Stauffer family left Ontario), the Wells family set out from Painted Post, New York, also for Michigan. The Stauffers didn't move to Chester Township, Ottawa County, however, until 1862; they were in the Caledonia area for eight years before that.



In August of 1860, two months before her 17th birthday and Abraham Lincoln's election as president, Roxy was certified to teach in the schools of Ravenna, Michigan. The document, handwritten on yellow lined paper, reads as follows:



It is hereby certified that Roxana Wells has passed a satisfactory examination in the following branches, that is: Reading, Writing, Spelling, Geography, Grammar, Arithmetic, and has moreover been found to be of a good moral character and we do hereby licensed her to teach in the primary schools of this township for one year. Given under our hands this 27th day of August, A.D. 1860. Signed, Davie T. Stafford, Inspector



Scanned Image of Roxy's Teaching Certificate





Roxy did not marry until five years later, six months after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Was she teaching school through the years of the Civil War? Perhaps, but no other one-year certificates have survived. What did survive is a picture of one of her cousins, Silas Compton, who fought in the Civil War. A picture of him in his uniform was among the things found in the Bible. Thanks to the Internet, we were in touch with one of Silas's descendants, and we thought she should have the original picture. (Five years after the war, Silas was killed in a terrible accident, crushed to death working on the Erie Canal.)



THE BIBLE AND THE WEDDING
Thanks to the family Bible, we now know more about Samuel and Roxy's wedding than just that they were married on September 24, 1865. According to the marriage page of the Bible, the wedding took place in the Wells home and their fathers, signed as C. E. Wells and Abraham Stauffer, were their witnesses. In the Bible were two scraps of fabric, one of ecru-colored lace (scanned immage) and the other of a dark, pinstripe (scanned image) that feels surprisingly fine, almost silky. We assume they were cut from her wedding dress and his wedding suit. Who might have cut them and at what point in time, we haven't a clue.

THE FAMILY
Their first child was born the following summer. On September 28, 1866, when baby Charles was three months old, Samuel's father Abraham died at the age of 52. He had been in Michigan just twelve years. Two months later, in late November, there was undoubtedly much ado in the family as Samuel's brother George (20) married Roxy's sister Jane (18).



To Samuel and Roxy were born four children over 14 years.

Charles Edward Stauffer (1866-1906) , married Blanche Averill on April 4, 1892; no children

Esther Sophronia Stauffer Porter (1868-1930) October 24, 1888, married Ferdinand W. Porter (1866-1944) Children: Effa Mildred Porter Wood (1890-1952) October 24, 1910, married Clyde Wood (1893-1955); Delilah Fern Porter Hawkins (1894-1951) December 13, 1913, married M.E. Hawkins (1880-1956)

Frank Abraham Stauffer (1876-1951) February 1, 1900, married Emma Preston (b. 1879) Children: Beatrice Stauffer Burgess (1904-1998); Ward Stauffer (1910-1989)

Lois Mabel Stauffer Averill (1880-1965); February 2, 1898 married Harvey Averill (1876-1940) Children: Forrest Glenn (1898-1986), Lois (1914- ), Vernon (1919-1982)



We don't have many clues to events in Samuel and Roxy's life during the years they were raising their children. In March of 1887, Roxy's parents celebrated their fiftieth anniversary. Hannah was apparently not well in her last years. A letter survives in the family written to Roxy by her father telling of her mother's ill health and saying how much he wished his daughter could come. A month following the writing of the letter, Hannah died on April 28, 1888, at age 67. Three months later, in July, her granddaughter Rose Stauffer died of consumption (tuberculosis). She was George and Jane's 18-year-old daughter and cousin of Samuel and Roxy's children.

On October 24, 1888 (their 23rd anniversary), the Stauffers' daughter Esther, age 20, married 22-year-old Ferd Porter. (Ferd and Esther's daughter Effa would be married on that same date in 1910.) Son Charley, as he is called in the 1880 census, married four years later in April 1892. Roxy's father, Charles, died April 27, 1893, at age 79. Son Frank did not marry until 1900, three months after his father's death.



TRAUMA
In the middle of the 1890s George and Jane (Samuel's brother and Roxy's sister) were divorced, after five children and nearly three decades of marriage. The cause, according to George's daughter-in-law Ruth Stauffer, was marital infidelity by Jane. Just what kind of trauma and grief that would have precipitated in the Stauffer household--in any household in those days--can be well imagined.

The brick farmhouse on 16th Street outside of Sparta was built late in the last decade of the 19th Century, and we believe the Stauffers were the first to live in it. It was there on November 6, 1999, not far from the back door and just seven weeks before the turn of the century, that Samuel died swiftly and unexpectedly in a tragic accident. He was 55 years old, and they had just marked their 34th wedding anniversary. The inscription of his headstone reads, "He died to save another."

As I was growing up, we heard often about Grandfather Stauffer's death, how he "succumbed to fumes" and "died in a well" trying to save another man's life. When I wrote the imaginary letter to him on the anniversary of his death after visiting the site, I had more questions than answers. Since then we have learned much more. (For a complete account of what happened, see " Note" following "Letter to Samuel Stauffer.") The most dramatic thing we have recently learned is that Roxy was not only present, but when her husband collapsed, she somehow attached a rope to his body and "he was drawn by the almost herculean efforts of the two women to the top" (see obit to right), the second woman being daughter Mabel. It is unclear whether Roxy herself went into the well, but this implied. But it was too late for Samuel. It is a scene painful to imagine.

ROXY'S LATER YEARS
Roxy lived another ten years. During that time, she experienced the death of her older son in a local flood in 1906. His body was not found for ten days. Esther's husband, Ferd, took over the farm and the brick house after Samuel's death, and we are sure Roxy simply stayed on. We know that she died there December 9, 1909. From her obituary we have a beautiful portrait of her-and more information about her death than we have on any other family member of previous generations.

To know Mrs. Stauffer was to love her. If she ever saw the dark side of life, she never told it. Always cheerful, she was a comfort to any home she went into, and they were countless. If there was trouble or sickness, Mrs. Stauffer was the first one to know it, and she always brought sunshine with her. She never spared self or means where they were needed for the comfort of others."



Her last words to her family gathered around her were: "We have been so happy together. You were all so good to me. I am so glad to go. Meet me over there." The obituary closes: "To us it is a loss never to be replaced, to her it is a gain for all eternity." Her funeral was conducted by Rev. I.B. Buffum, undoubtedly in the North Chester Baptist Church, north on 16th Street within site of the farmhouse.

Samuel married Roxana S. "Roxy" Wells 24 Sep 1865, , Michigan, USA. Roxana was born 18 Oct 1843, , New York State, USA; died 9 Dec 1909, , Ottawa Co., Michigan; was buried , Bennett Cemetery, Harrisburg, Ottawa, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00117-7338.9

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00117-7338.10

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25140

Notes:

Rsrch. Note:
TWO STAUFFER MYSTERIES -- SOLVED
Two Michigan Stauffers have been a mystery for me--one for several decades and the other only since the Internet came along. I knew about the first one from his cemetery headstone, while the other one kept popping up as I looked at links related to my ancestor Samuel Stauffer (1844-1899). A year or so ago I found out about the first one, and I just figured out about the second one as I studied some new sources and put together pieces of information.

LITTLE BROTHER NOAH
In the Bennett Cemetery in Ottawa County northwest of Grand Rapids, Abraham and Magdalena Stauffer are buried. Their son Samuel and his wife Roxy are buried on the other side of a large Stauffer monument. All four are my ancestors. Quite nearby is a sandstone obelisk headstone that intrigued me for many years. It is for a couple named Noah and Nettie Stauffer, who both died quite young. I remember many years ago my mother and I wondering who that young couple could have been, why they had died so young, and whether they were connected to our Stauffers.

When Jo Kelly sent me the descendency chart on Abraham, based on her work on the history of Chester township, I found on the very first page a Noah Stauffer listed as a son of Abraham and younger brother of Samuel and George. And his wife's name was Jennette! The data on him came from the Ottawa County Death Records, and it is confirmed in the 1860 census where Noah is listed as an 8-year-old in Abraham's household. He was born in Canada in 1851, so he would have been just three the year the family moved to Michigan.

He married his Nettie on October 22, 1876 when he was 25. Less than six months later, on April 4, 1877, she died of consumption (tuberculosis). What the gravestone hadn't told us was that six months later, on September 30, Noah married again, to a girl named Sarah Chase. And just a year after that--on September 20, 1878--Noah himself died of something called spinal fever, probably meningitis or typhus. We'll never know why we hadn't heard mention of him in the family, nor why he isn't listed in some family Bibles that contain data on that generation, except that he died about ten years earlier than anyone else of our then-known people in his generation.
COUSIN SAMUEL T.
So who in the world was this other Samuel Stauffer that I kept running into on the Internet? Despite the facts that he was born in Canada, that censuses place him in Chester Township, Ottawa County, and he is even buried in Bennett Cemetery quite near "our" Stauffers, he was clearly not my Samuel. For one thing, he was ten years older, and his name was always accompanied by a T. Most of all, in the censuses he had an entirely different family. So who was he?

It wasn't until recently when I began delving into the families of my Samuel's aunts and uncles who also moved to Michigan that I got some clues of who this other Samuel Stauffer might be. I now believe he was the fifth of Isaac and Jane Stauffer's eighteen children (Isaac was Abraham's oldest brother). So the two Samuel Stauffers were cousins!

How well did these cousins know each other? It is hard to say in the beginning. Samuel T. was 19 or 20 when his uncle Abraham moved his family away from Waterloo, Ontario, to Kent County, Michigan. After that, Samuel T. married someone named Mary and had two children. Somewhere between 1862 and 1867, his family also made the move to Michigan. We don't know if he went first to the Caledonia area south of Grand Rapids where others of the extended Stauffer family had settled, including three of his brothers. What we do know is that by the time of the 1870 census he was in Chester Township with his cousins Samuel, George, and Noah and his Aunt Magdalena (Uncle Abraham had died in 1866).

Why Samuel T chose to go there instead of where his brothers were (and eventually his parents) is one of those things we will doubtless never know. It is one of two things that suggest to me that in some way Samuel T had a bond with his uncle's family. I discovered another fact most interesting to me: October 24, 1865 my Samuel married Roxana Wells. Two years later when Samuel T. and Mary's third child was born a girl, they named her Roxana, which was definitely not a Stauffer-type name. So it appears our Roxy had a namesake!

In the years that followed, Samuel, who was a carpenter, and Mary had three more children--Emma, Willie, and Clara. Right between Roxana and Emma, in 1868, Samuel and Roxy had a baby girl whom they named for his Grandmother Esther. It's fun to imagine those three second-cousin girls having fun growing up together, perhaps attending the school on 15th Street where some of us present-day teachers in the family have sat on the steps and had our picture taken. (The Last time I was there, the school had been torn down and nothing was left but the chimney.)
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Sadly, Samuel T. died sometime in 1881 when he was only 46. His two Canadian-born sons were 19 and 23. Roxana and Emma were young teens, while Willie and Clara were just nine and seven. They laid Samuel to rest in the burial plot next to the one where his Uncle Abraham had been buried fifteen years earlier. I find in that simple fact another hint that by that time the families may have been close.

Abraham was the only Stauffer in the cemetery for a dozen years until his son Noah died at 27. Eighteen years after his cousin's death, just six weeks before the turn of the century, my Samuel would take his place on the other half of Abraham's plot. Magdalena would find hers beside Abraham not long into the new century, and Roxy would complete that quartet in 1909. Samuel T's Mary outlived them all, not dying until 1916 when she was 77.

After having that mysterious guy flirt with me around the Internet for several years, finding now that he is family--and was all along--is a strange feeling. But I'm delighted that my two mystery guys have indeed turned out to be family, and I can't wait for my next visit to Bennett Cemetery.
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• Eby ID Number: 00117-7338.11

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7174

Notes:

Isaac Shupe, "the eldest, died September 9th, 1849, aged about 1 year."


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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• Name: Hannah Srigley
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7175

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Hannah Shupe, "was born August 10th, 1850. She is married to Eri Shrigley, a farmer. They reside near Kurtzville, Perth County, Ontario, and have the following 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.].

Hannah married Eri Srigley 13 Mar 1881, Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. Eri (son of James Srigley and Ann) was born 1853, King Twp. York Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Elizabeth Shupe, "was born December 21st, 1852. She is married to George Eby, a farmer. They reside near Ayton P.O., Ontario, and have the following 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 George M. Eby 9 Apr 1878, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. George (son of Moses W. Eby and Maria "Mary" Miller) was born 23 Apr 1856, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 14 Feb 1931, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: thresher
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7177

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George Shupe, "was born April 6th, 1855. He is married to Elizabeth Becker. They reside on his father's old homestead, near New Dundee, where he is engaged in farming. To them are born the following 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.].

George married Elizabeth Becker 26 Mar 1878, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Johannes Heinrich S. "Henry" Becker, Sr. and Wilhelmine "Minna" Nispel) was born 11 Nov 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Mar 1931, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-22791

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144876

Benjamin married Nancy Bechtel 9 Sep 1896, Gaines, Missaukee, Michigan. Nancy (daughter of Moses Bechtel and Elizabeth Detweiler) was born 1865, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-19461

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• Family Photograph: Lydia Schuchter and Menno Shupe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215197
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1882, , Kansas; merchant

Menno married Lydia Schluchter 21 Mar 1882, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Jacob Schlueter and Anna Maria Windolf) was born 5 Oct 1861, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Dec 1950, , Marion Co., Kansas; was buried , Lost Springs Cemetery, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215199
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker

Notes:

ISAAC F. SHUPE

Funeral rites for Isaac F. Shupe, who died at the home of his daughter, over the week-end will be held at the HIII-Alberti funeral home in Newkirk. After a simple funeral service the body will be taken to Lost Springs, Kansas.

He is survived by his widow. Mrs. I. P. Shupe, two daughters. Mrs. J. K. Miller, and Mrs. T. H. Anderson of Montana, and four sons, E.G. Shupe of Benson, Saskatchewan, O. L Shupe of Carstairs. H. K Shupe of Montana, and W. E. Shupe of Wichita.

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• Name: Magdalena F. Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6952.1
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Magdalena married Rev. Christian Shantz 13 Nov 1877, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Christian (son of Henry Schantz and Lydia, son of Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz and Lydia Martin) was born 7 Feb 1856, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jan 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215201
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1882, Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, USA

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122431
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Moses F. Shupe, 80, resident of Huron county 46 years, died Tuesday in his home here [Bad Axe].

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Colfax Mennonite church, of which he had been a member many years. Rev. J. A. Avery and Rev. John E. Tuckey will officiate. Burial will be in Colfax cemetery.

Mr. Shupe is survived by his widow; six sons, Byron Shupe, New York; Ion Shupe, Battle Creek; Clyde and Andrew Shupe, both of Bad Axe; Lee Shupe, Flint, and Alfred Shupe, Owendale; four daughters, Miss Loretta Shupe, Kalamazoo; Mrs. Thomas B. Jackson and Miss Mae Shupe, both of Bad Axe; and Mrs. David Jardine, Ubly; 12 grandchildren and a brother, Menno Shupe, Lost Springs, Kans.

Mr. Shupe was born July 18, 1860 in Waterloo county, Ontario.

The Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) Wed, Feb 26, 1941

Moses married Sarah Ann Kreutziger 12 Feb 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Barnhardt Kreutziger and Phoebe E. Haberle) was born 4 Jun 1869, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 1943, Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, United States; was buried , Colfax Cemetery, Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Abram Shupe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215203
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122432
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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• Name: Maria Toman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48292
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Maria married Samuel H. Toman 29 Oct 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Samuel (son of Samuel Bricker Toman and Elizabeth Hunsberger) was born 13 May 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1954; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122434
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-15179

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-15181

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-177231

Notes:

Mrs. Lena Hunsberger, 83, step-mother of Glenn Hunsberger, Grand Rapids township supervisor, died early Wednesday at Butterworth hospital. She was taken to the hospital Tuesday after she suf- fered a stroke at her home, 620 Graceland-st., SE.

A native of Bowne Station, Mrs. Hunsberger resided in Manton before moving here in 1919. She was the widow of Cyrus Hunsberger and was a member of Plainfield Avenue Methodist church.

Surviving, besides the supervisor, are a son, Emmet L. Whiteford of Grand Rapids; two daughters, Mrs. Claude Williams of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Charles B. Northway of Detroit; four other step-sons, Lloyd, Eldon, Earl and Lorne Hunsberger, all of Grand Rapids; six grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Friday in Plainfield Avenue Methodist church. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
May 24,1950

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25341

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• Name: Elmina Catherine Taylor
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5512.2
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
• Residence: 1917, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Passed Away/ At the Sanitorium, Freeport, Ont., on Sunday/ October 2nd, 1932,/ Elmina Catharine Sararas/ Beloved wife of Mr. James Taylor,/ in her 59th year./ The Funeral/ Services will be held at the family residence, Huron Road, on Thursday afternoon, 6th inst., at 2 o'clock/ Interment will be made in Doon Cemetery,/

Elmina married James Taylor 7 Feb 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James (son of John Taylor and Agnes Ladbury) was born 4 Sep 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1954; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122091

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5514.2
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1899, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Emanuel married Maria Krempien 25 Oct 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Carl "Charles" Krempien, daughter of Carl "Charles" Krempien and Maria "Mary" Schultz) was born 6 Nov 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jul 1938; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Schnarr
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5514.3
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Magdalena married Joseph Schnarr 16 Dec 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Joseph (son of Daniel Schnarr and Elizabeth Hausman) was born 9 Dec 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died 24 Oct 1922; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5514.4
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5514.5
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son

Noah — Minerva Schmidt. Minerva (daughter of Casper H. Schmitt and Matilda Weber) was born 17 Oct 1889, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Apr 1925; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Martha Gimbel
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5514.6
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Martha married Abraham Gimbel 18 Feb 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Abraham (son of Henry Charles Gimbel and Sarah Catherine House) was born 8 Jan 1879, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5514.7
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5515.2
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1901, Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Nathaniel married Clara L. Schwalm 11 Oct 1905, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Clara (daughter of John Schwalm and Elizabeth Dengis) was born 14 Sep 1884, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Mar 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lucinda Battler
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5515.3
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic Servant
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

BATTLER, Mrs. Lucinda - At Freeport Hospital, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1985, Lucinda Battler, of Freeport Hospital, in her 105^th year. Loving mother of Bertha (Mrs. W. Auckland) of Sarnia, Reg and his wife Evelyn of Listowel, Ivan and his wife Betty, Ewart and his wife Beatrice, Ross and his wife Florence, Lloyd and his wife Mabel, all of Kitchener, Manson and his wife Bernice of Cambridge. Also survived by 16 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Ervin Battler; a son, Elmer and a daughter, Ethel. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel on Friday, Nov. 8, 1985 at 2: 30 p.m., with Pastor Keith Nicholson officiating. Interment Woodland cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

Lucinda — Thomas Ervin Hervy Battler. Thomas (son of Thomas Battler and Mary Ann Brydon) was born Feb 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eltruda Plate
• Name: Eltruda Taylor
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5515.4
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic, Private Family
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Eltruda — James Taylor. James was born Abt 1883; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Eltruda — Fred Plate. Fred was born Abt 1883; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Bernice Armstrong
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5515.5
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Bernice — John Wilfred Armstrong. John was born Abt 1890; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5515.6
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Name: Mary Bock
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5515.7
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5518.2
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Selina married Samuel Schwass 21 Jul 1914, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Samuel (son of Charles Schwass and Sophia Kaster) was born 1884, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elma Shupe
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5518.3
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Elma married Harvey Shupe 22 Sep 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Harvey (son of George Shupe and Elizabeth Becker) was born 20 Oct 1883, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5518.4
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Herbert married Eva Lovina Brown 5 Nov 1913, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. Eva (daughter of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Koehler) was born 22 Feb 1891, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jun 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Gib Becker
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5518.5
• Occupation: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Epidemic: 9 Jan 1919, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; spanish influenza

Notes:

The latest victim in this district is Gilbert Becker, son of Mr. August Becker, of the Waterloo-Wilmot town-line, 3 ½ miles North West of Roseville. The deceased succumbed on Monday from an attack of pneumonia after a short illness, aged 28 years. Mrs. Becker, who is a daughter of Mr. Fried, Roseville, is also ill. There are three small children in the family.

Ayr News Jan 9 1919 pg 1.jpg

Gilbert — Lauretta Fried. Lauretta (daughter of William Allan "Allan" Fried and Rachel Gehman) was born 18 Feb 1892, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 5 Apr 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rosella Becker
• Name: Rostella Spaetzel
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5518.6
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

Rostella — Gilbert W. Spaetzel. Gilbert (son of William Spaetzel and Emma Jane Witmer) was born 15 Oct 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 May 1964, Beamsville, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario; was buried , Vineland Mennonite Cemetery, Lincoln Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00145-5518.7

Notes:

Fatal accident near New Dundee

Run Over By a Wagon Lingered A Week

Sad death of August Becker's Sun

Particulars have to come to hand of an accident, attended by fatal results that occurred near New Dundee about a week ago. Victim was a six-year-old son of Mr. Aug. Becker. He and some other boys were on a wagon that was being used in doing statute labour on the road. The little lad fell off the wheel which passed over him causing injuries that resulted in his death on Saturday. The funeral took place on Monday.

The Berlin News Record 20 Jun 1904

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7175.2

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7175.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7175.4
• Occupation: 1924, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Melvin married Bertha Fretz and had Harold, Orlan, Glady (Rudy), Joy and Bruce.

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176.4
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176.2

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94439

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176.5
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

EDGAR S. EBY

For many years a farmer at Breslau, Edgar S. Eby, died last night at the K-W Hospital following an illness of six months' duration. He was born Dec. 8, 1882, to the late Mr. and Mr. George Eby at Gorrie, Ont. He was a member of the Breslau Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. He is survived by his wife, nee Beatrice Cressman; three sons, Pearson of Breslau, Grant of Bloomingdale and Perry of Fort Erie; three brothers. Ervin of Griddley, Calif.; Angus of Lindsay, Calif. and Clifford of London, Ont.; three sisters. Mrs. Francis Colt, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Harry Dobbs, Maple Creek. Sask., and Mrs. Norman Hipel, Preston. Ont. There are two grandchildren. The funeral will be held tomorrow from the M. B. C. Church, Breslau, at three o'clock with Rev. V. K. Snyder officiating. Burial will be in the Preston Cemetery. Remains will rest at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until noon on Thursday when removal will be made to the church in Breslau, where friends may pay their respects until the hour of the service.

Kitchener Daily Record 4 Jul 1945 pg 15

James married Beatrice Lenore Cressman 1 Nov 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Beatrice (daughter of Eli Cressman and Miranda Krupp) was born 11 Jul 1885, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 25 May 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 28 May 1956, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176.6

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204935
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Priscilla Dessler
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176.7
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Priscilla married Oscar Z. Dessler 25 Dec 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Oscar (son of Jacob B. Dessler and Phoebe Zeller) was born 9 Jun 1882, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jun 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Olive Victoria Hipel
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176.8
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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HIPEL, Olive Victoria

At the Sunnyside Home, Kitchener, in her 88th year, Olive Victoria Hipel, wife of the late Honorable Norman O. Hipel. Dear mother of George of Cambridge and Norma of Waubaushene. Mrs. Hipel was a resident of Preston for many years and an adherent of St. Paul's United Church. Private funeral service following. Cremation will be announced later. Arrangements by the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Cambridge, (P).

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 21 Mar 1978 pg 43

Olive married Norman Otto Hipel, MPP 18 Mar 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Norman (son of Henry Hipel and Louisa Peltz) was born 21 Mar 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Feb 1953, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Feb 1953, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Military: WW1
• Eby ID Number: 00113-7176.9
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1917, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; telegraph operator

Clifford married Vera Alice Atkinson 4 Sep 1918, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Vera was born 1897, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Clifford married Lilliam M. Messervy [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7177.2

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7177.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7177.4
• Occupation: 1909, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; Carpenter

Harvey married Elma Becker 22 Sep 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elma (daughter of August Becker and Sophia Sararas) was born 4 Sep 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00113-7177.5

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• Name: Minerva Toman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78858P
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian

Minerva — Abraham H. Toman. Abraham (son of Samuel Bricker Toman and Elizabeth Hunsberger) was born 5 Jan 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Samantha Maria Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6952.3
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Biblle Christian
• Residence: 1940, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: 1951, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada

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Mrs. Melanchton Shantz

DIDSBURY, Alta., Mrs. Melanchton Shantz of Disdbury, Alta., formerly of New Dundee, died Sunday, in Disbury Hospital. She was 90. The former Samantha Shantz, she was born in Waterloo County, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian Shantz. She was married in Wilmot Township in 1902 and moved west with her husband, to farm. She was a member of Didsbury Missionary Church. She was predeceased by her husband, in 1969 and is survived by two sons, Birtil Clarence of Kitchener and Emerson of Dids-,bury: three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Alfa ) Brado and Mrs. Ele ( Marie) From both of Didsbury and Mrs. Ruth Kasher of North Vancouver, B.C.: two brothers, Rev. Sidney Shantz of Preston and Harold of New Dundee; two sisters, Olive and Aida of New Dundee; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at Disbury Missionary Church, Wednesday. Burial will be in Didsbury cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 23 Nov 1970 pg 29

Samantha married Melanchton Shantz 25 Jan 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Melanchton (son of Rev. David S. Shantz and Susannah Elizabeth Erb) was born 6 Nov 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1969; was buried , Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Melvina Bock
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6952.4
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian

Melvina — Emerson K. Bock. Emerson (son of Moses Bock and Caroline Krupp) was born 20 Oct 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 Oct 1951; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6952.5
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Sidney — Susannah Weber. Susannah (daughter of Levi M. Weber and Susannah U. Bowman) was born 26 Apr 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-280733
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6952.6
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6952.7
• Occupation: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Elsie May Poth
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28421
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Elsie — Elmer Andrew Poth. Elmer (son of Philip Poth and Rosannah "Rosa" Quehl) was born 10 Jun 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Aug 1948, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28423P
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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SHANTZ, Olive

At St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, on Thursday, Nov. 11, 1982, following a lengthy illness, Olive Shantz, aged 86 years, of Nithview Home, New Hamburg. She was born in Wilmot township.

A member of Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden. Sister of Russell Shantz and Violet (Mrs. Noah Heater), both of Waterloo and Edna (Mrs. Clinton Habel) of Kitchener.

Predeceased by her parents, Herman Shantz and the former Sarah Ann Schmit;: two brothers, Lincoln and Lloyd; three sisters, Mrs. Alfreda Roth, Mrs. Lyla Roth and Mrs. Salena Cressman.

The funeral service was held at the Ratz-Bechtel funeral chapel, Kitchener on Saturday, with Chaplain Gerald Schwartzentruber (Nithview Home) officiating. Interment in Shantz Mennonite cemetery, Baden.

New Hamburg Independent Nov 17 1982 pg 18

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28422P
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1981, 59 Queen St., New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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SHANTZ, Harold V. - At his residence, on Saturday, May 9, 1981, following a brief illness, Harold V. Shantz, aged 82 years, of 59 Queen St., New Dundee.

Mr. Shantz was. a very active member of the Missionary Church and was also very active in many farming organizations. He was a director of Gay Lea Food Products and past secretary of the Federation of Agriculture for Waterloo county.

Husband of the former Gladys Betzner; father of Glenn of New Dundee, Darcy of RR 2, New Hamburg and Doris of RR 1, Nobel; brother of Rev. Sydney S. of Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge, Miss Elda and Miss Olive, both- of New Dundee. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Predeceased by his parents; his first wife, Greta Betzner; one brother and four sisters.

Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, until noon Tuesday, when removal will be made to the Plattsville Missionary Church for funeral service at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Don Pugh officiating. Interment New Dundee Union cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 11 May 1981 Pg 19

Harold — Mary Greta "Greta" Betzner. Mary (daughter of Oliver S. Betzner and Samantha Hallman) was born 15 Jun 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jul 1925; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Harold — Gladys Barbara Betzner. Gladys (daughter of Oliver S. Betzner and Samantha Hallman) was born 17 Jun 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Dec 1988; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92316
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Stove Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Percy — Lodeamie Krease. Lodeamie (daughter of Joseph Krease and Mary Catherine Hunsberger) was born 16 Apr 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Apr 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-381797
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Car Shop
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Charles Toman

PRESTON, Charles Toman, 70, of RR 1, Preston, died Tuesday, at his home. Mr. Toman was born in Waterloo Township and had lived at RR 1, Preston, since 1916. He was the last survivor of the immediate family of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Toman. He had been employed for 50 years at Clare Brothers Limited, Preston. He was a member of Bethany United Missionary Church, Kitchener. Surviving are his wife, the former Cora Kinzie, and two grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son, Earl, in 1958. The body is at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home until Friday noon, when removal will be made to Bethany United Missionary Church, where the service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Preston.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 14 Oct 1964 pg 31

Charles married Cora Belle Kinzie 3 Dec 1913, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Cora (daughter of Jacob H. Kinzie and Louisa Schmidt) was born 16 Jan 1894, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Apr 1966, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Apr 1966, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48289

Walter — Margaret Beitz. Margaret (daughter of Mathias "Matthew" Beitz and Margarete Heaverily "Margaret" Heberle) was born 13 Apr 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92318
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204037
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-349848

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HERBERT TOMAN

PREST0N, Nov, 1-- Funeral services for Herbert Toman, Kitchener highway, who was killed at Cherry's mill yesterday morning, will be held tomorrow. A short service will be held at 1 p. m., at the home of his brother, Charles Toman followed by a public service at Hagey's Mennonite church at 2: 30 o'clock. Interment will follow later in Preston cemetery. Remains are resting at H. K. Stager funeral home, Dover street, until ten o'clock Saturday morning,

Kitchener Daily Record 5 Nov 1937 pg 19