Isaac Mickleborough Clemens^[1]

1861 - 1950  (89 years)

• Name	Isaac Mickleborough Clemens
  Born	27 Feb 1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243712943
  Name	I. M. Clemens
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Weslyan Methodist
  Occupation	1886	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	grain buyer
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Miller
  Eby ID Number	00023-1770
  Died	15 Oct 1950	Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada   [9, 10]
  Buried	Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, , British Columbia, Canada   [9, 10]
  Person ID	I17049	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Amos S. Clemens,   b. 12 Jan 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jan 1906, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Hannah Mickleborough,   b. 13 Sep 1835, , , England ,   d. 29 Apr 1894, Dickie Settlement, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	19 Apr 1855	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Family ID	F4457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Beattie,   b. 26 May 1861, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1934, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1886	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 6]
  Children	1. Wilbert Amy Clemens,   b. 22 Dec 1887, Newton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 21 Jun 1964, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 76 years)   2. Edna Isabella Clemens,   b. 2 Dec 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1954, Gibsons, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 63 years)   3. Agnes Beattie Clemens,   b. 1 Feb 1898, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F4477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Isaac Clemens, "was born February 27th, 1861. He resides near Preston, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. On November 10th, 1886, he was married to Annie Beattie" 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.]. _________________ The Mill Fire Early on the warm August 8 evening in 1902, while local residents were enjoying a variety program staged by a Chautauqua group at the local school yard, cries of "fire" and the sounding of the town bell could be heard to signal for help to fight a blaze. Little Elena Betzner, whose father, Isaac, had been head miller at the local flour mill, had been taken to the evening program to mark her ninth birthday day. Soon a column of thick smoke arose over the downtown area. This was a spectacular fire, for it was at the local flour and grist mill in the heart of the village. The large three-storey frame building was soon engulfed in flames and in a short time was razed to the ground. This was the mill built by William Scott in 1848, a half century before. It had a colourful history, having passed through the hands of a succession of owners and operators, and had been extensively damaged in the 1889 boiler explosion. The economic loss was to affect not only the owners and employees but also the community as well, for it drew farmers and their families for miles around who shopped and transacted business in town as well as at the mill. Mrs. Edward Pfaff, bride of New Hamburg's newest barber, who had recently moved to town, stood at the window of the couple's temporary home in the Queen's Hotel, (now 73-77 Peel Street) just a hundred meters from the mill. She watched with a mixture of apprehension and awe at the scene as flames and smoke billowed into the air, carrying sparks and embers over the buildings nearby. Embers and burning shingles settled on nearby roofs, some of which began to smoulder. Residents and building occupants busily carried pails of water to douse flames. New Hamburg's steam-powered fire engine Chugged valiantly, but to little avail. The frame building was doomed, and it burned to the foundation. The loss of the mill would have a definite impact on its patrons and the economy of the village as well. From: New Hamburg as it really was…. By Ernst E. Ritz _________________ I M CLEMENS & CO. This firm, which new in the business fraternity of New Hamburg, have had a long and thorough experience in the line they recently acquired here. They took charge of the New Hamburg Flouring mills on June 15 b, 1898 Mr. Clemens has had ripe experience in the grain business. About twelve years ago he was employed by Mr. William Snider of Waterloo, as a grain buyer at Milbank, where he remained for five years. He was also engaged in the same capacity at Preston for three years. He has also had a thorough training on the farm, an experience that will stand him in good need in his present calling as it will be mainly with the farmers he will be required to deal, being therefore capable of catering satisfactorily to their wants. Mr. Clemens was born in Preston in 1861, and has a wife and three children. His partner, Mr. Emanuel Hilborn, has had eighteen years' experience in flour milling, having received his first instructions from that veteran miller, Mr. Steinmiller, of Waterloo County, then engaged by Mr. E. W. B. Snider. Mr. Hilborn was born near Preston in 1863, and also support: a wife and three children. This mill is one of the oldest in Waterloo County, but to day it is equipped with modern mill machinery and has a capacity for the production of one hundred barrels of flour per day. Their special brands are "Reliance," "Perfection" and "Peerless." At present they ship to Quebec, Montreal and Halifax, and will probably manufacture for export in the near future. A new chopper was just recently put in, which will place them in better shape than ever to accommodate those who require anything in the chopped feed line. These mills have a reputation for doing first-class work, and the gentlemen who now have charge will undoubtedly maintain that reputation, they being in every way qualified for so doing. As to the origin of these mills, the reader will find reference to that subject in my introductory sketch of the village of New Hamburg. But it is generally known that they were built early in the forties by one William Scott. This firm also buys grain and will pay the highest market price. This is a feature that is also of great benefit to the community as it tends to induce farmers from a distance to come here and do a good deal of their trading with the merchants. New Hamburg, The Hub of Wilmot - Waterloo County Chronicle 18 Aug 1898, p. 2,3

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 420. [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-2 Page 5. [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 19 Household Number 83. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Isaac Clemens Born: Waterloo Township Age: 25 Father: Amos Clemens Mother: Hannah Clemens Born: abt 1861 Spouse: Annie Beattie Age: 25 born: Puslinch Father: William Beattie Mother: Isabella Beattie married 10 Nov 1886 [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Div. 1 Page 19. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 9. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 27. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 31. [S2629] British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1990. Name: Isaac Mickleborough Clemens Sex: Male Age: 89 Death Date: 15 Oct 1950 Death Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Birth Date: 27 Sep 1861 Birth Year (Estimated): 1861 Birthplace: , Ontario Marital Status: Widowed Father's Name: Amos Clemens Mother's Name: Mickleborough Spouse's Name: Annie Beattie [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243712943. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 25 Apr 1855. CLEMENS, Amos married 19 Apr 1855 to Hannah MICKLEBOROUGH By Rev Geo Kennedy, Wesleyan minister, Galt. Both of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Feb 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Weslyan Methodist - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - grain buyer - 1886 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 10 Nov 1886 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1901 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Oct 1950 - Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Buried - - Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, , British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth