Abraham "Abram" Speicher

1810 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Abraham "Abram" Speicher
  Born	CA 1810
  Gender	Male
  Handicap	missing fingers
  Name	Abram Speicher
  Naturalization	30 Jul 1842
  	Speicher, Abraham Res: 1841 Waterloo, Date of Expiration of the 7 years Residence: Oct 1836, Whether Pary was no under 16 years of : not under 16 years 30 Jul 1842
  Occupation	Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	teacher
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-489370
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I489370	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

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  OBSERVES HIS EIGHTY SIXTH BIRTHDAY BORN IN WATERLOO TOWNSHIP AND SINCE RESIDED HERE. Interesting Reminiscences of Mr. Henry Lutz, An Aged Citizen Of the County Who Was a Good Carpenter. .... Some of His Teachers. Among the school teachers of the district where he attended school were Ben Burkholder, who taught at Centreville, after having been at Waterloo college; Abram Speicher who was such an excellent teacher that the Messrs. Erb engaged him to teach the school at Preston. Mr. Lutz remembers him very well. Two of his fingers on his right hand were missing, and he wrote with the other two and the thumb.... The Berlin News Record, Kitchener, Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Wed, May 13, 1914 Page 1 ____________________ At Centreville, the Rev. Joseph Bauman deeded part of GCT53 in March 1835 to trustees Henry Wismer, Benjamin Bowman and Philip Bleam for a new school- except for two days a month when it was needed for public meetings. In Preston, Isaac Salyerds, Otto Klotz and Jacob Beck were elected as trustees in 1838 and a stone schoolhouse, 32 x 26 feet on the north side of Queen Street, was opened in 1839 to fee-paying pupils, with Abraham Speicher as the first teacher. Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries.

  
  

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  Occupation - teacher - - Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth