Lewis Edwin "Edwin" Clemens^[1]

1865 - 1942  (77 years)

• Name	Lewis Edwin "Edwin" Clemens
  Born	4 Jan 1865	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Louis Clemens
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Dry Goods Clerk
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Clerk, Dry Goods
  Residence	1921	17 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1942	223 Frederick St, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00023-1858
  Died	31 Jan 1942	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 8]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 8]
  Person ID	I17506	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joel Clemens, Esq.,   b. 18 Dec 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Aug 1905  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Shoemaker,   b. 6 Jun 1828, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1924  (Age 95 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1846  [9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F1540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Georgina Bricker,   b. 15 Aug 1869, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Osborne Bricker Clemens,   b. 3 Mar 1905, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Feb 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   2. Watson Bricker Clemens,   b. 3 Mar 1905, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jun 1975, St. Catharines, Welland, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F41899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lewis Edwin Clemens, "was born January 4th, 1865. He resides in the city of Brantford where he is engaged with Mr. Codwell in an extensive dry goods business. He 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _________________ Lewis Edwin Clemens, 77, died today at his residence, 223 Frederick Street. Born in Preston on Jan. 4 1865, he was a son of the late Joel Clemens and Magdalena Shoemaker. In Kitchener on June 24, 1903, he married Laura Bricker, who survives together with twin sons, Osborne B. of Kitchener and Watson B., of St. Catharines and a sister, Mrs P. E. Shantz of Preston. Six grandchildren also survive. Remains are resting at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home from where a public funeral service will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev E. O. Seymour will officiate. The Kitchener Daily News 31 Jan 1942

  
  

• 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..., 436. [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..., 437. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-3 Page 7. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, ON WATERLOO (South/Sud) (#122) Subdistrict: Waterloo (South/Sud) g-3 Page 7. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Lewis Edwin Clemens - 31 Jan 1942. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 26 Page 3. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 42. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1865). Lewis Edwin Clemens (1865-1942) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 29 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173273408/lewis-edwin-clemens. [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... [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 13. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 80.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jan 1865 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Dry Goods Clerk - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk, Dry Goods - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Jan 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth