Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Elizabeth Jane "Jenny" Esson[1]

Female 1849 - 1899  (50 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Jane "Jenny" Esson 
    Born 11 Jun 1849  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59480046 
    Name Eliza Jane Esson 
    Name Elizabeth Jane "Jenny" Clemens 
    Name Jennie Esson 
    Residence 1851  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Episcopalian 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    NC Methodist 
    Residence 1891  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00023-1737.4 
    Died 19 Jun 1899  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I133914  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Father George Esson,   b. CALC 28 Mar 1816, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1893, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Jane Jordan "Jenny" Elliott,   b. CALC 30 Jun 1827, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years) 
    Family ID F252089  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William George Hamilton "George" Clemens,   b. 7 Jan 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1921, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
     1. George Edmund Clemens,   b. 5 Nov 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1950, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F33124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 414.

    2. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Siv. 2, Pg. 15.

    3. [S42] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Vol 9 Part 2 1852 - 1857, Rev. Chr. Fr. Hildebrand, minister of the Lutheran Church in Preston for the year 1849.
      Elisabeth Jenny, b. 11 June, daughter of Georg Esson & Jenny Ellert

    4. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.41.

    5. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 45.

    6. [S3297] Missouri Synod, U.S., Lutheran Church records, 1851-1973.
      NameElisabeth Fanny Eßon
      GenderWeiblich (Female)
      Record TypeBaptism
      Birth Date11 Juni 1849
      Baptism Date24 Juni
      Baptism ChurchSt. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
      Baptism PlacePreston, Ontario, Canada
      FatherGeorg Eßon
      MotherFanny Ellnot

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Jun 1849 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Episcopalian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - NC Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Jun 1899 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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