Samantha Hallman

Other Events:

• Name: Samantha Betzner
• Eby ID Number: 00048-3514
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

Notes:

Samantha Hallman, "was born February 7th, 1874. She is married to Oliver Betzner, a farmer. They have one son named Leighton."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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A Wedding Party

A very pleasing ceremony took place last Tuesday afternoon at the house of Mr. Samuel Hallman of Blenheim, when his youngest daughter Samantha was united in marriage, by Rev. Jacob Detweiler, to Mr. Oliver Betzner of Natchez. The bride was supported by her cousin, Miss Sylvia Bingeman, of Berlin, while Mr. Ephraim Betzner, the bridegroom's brother performed a similar duty for him. The ceremony was witnessed by some seventy of the nearest relatives and friends of the contracting parties, after which a sumptuous supper was served. During the evening the gathering was entertained by vocal and instrumental music, after which the bridal party drove to Berlin where amid showers of rice they boarded the midnight train intending to take a trip to Grand Rapids, in which place they will remain for a few days. We wish the newly married couple much joy.


Daily Record - 18 November 1893

Samantha married Oliver S. Betzner 14 Nov 1893. Oliver (son of Noah Betzner and Barbara Snyder) was born 14 Feb 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00006-0939.2
• Misfortune: 1898; killed by barn door - accident

Notes:

Crushed to Death
Fatality Near Berlin
A sad accident occurred on the farm of Mr. Oliver Betzner, on the Breslau road, on Monday evening, which has carried sorrow and mourning into the home. Mr. Betzner's four year old son, Leighton, was crushed to death by the large door of the driving shed. Just how the accident occurred is not known, as no one saw it happen, but it is supposed the little fellow was playing around or trying to close the heavy door, which was blown shut with great force, catching him a little below the stomach and inflicting an injury which proved fatal. The father had just returned from a trip to Waterloo, accompanied by the child, and set him down at the barn door while he went to put the rig away. The mother came out to get the boy. When she arrived the sad accident had occurred and her son was dead. The ground leading to the barn entrance slopes upward and apparently the child was walking out when caught by the door, knocked down, dragged a short distance on his back and finally pinned at the middle of the body and his life crushed out.

The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community. Their son was a particularly bright and winning child.

Berlin News Record, August 16, 1898

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Killed by a Bar Door - The three year old son of Mr. Oliver Betzner, on Breslau road, about two miles east of Berlin, was instatntly killed on Tuesday afternoon by a barn door. The door was broken loose from the fastenings by the strong wind, and swept around, knocking down the child, who was standing in its course, and pinning him to the ground.

New Hamburg Independent, August 19, 1898

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• Name: Mary Greta "Greta" Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-72089P
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mew Mennonite

Mary — Harold Vernon Shantz. Harold (son of Rev. Christian Shantz and Magdalena F. Shupe) was born 6 Jan 1899, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 May 1981, 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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• Name: Gladys Barbara Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-157926P
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

Gladys — Harold Vernon Shantz. Harold (son of Rev. Christian Shantz and Magdalena F. Shupe) was born 6 Jan 1899, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 May 1981, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-157927
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-298768
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

Notes:

Tombstone Entry: First name Royal from wife's obituary

Royal — Helen Beatrice Stauffer. Helen (daughter of Harvey Weber Stauffer and Sarah Adelaide "Addie" Cober) was born 9 Aug 1915, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 2008, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]