Magdelena Beaver

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The Beaver Family of Puslinch Township
By Edna (Beaver) Robertson 1969

MAGDALENA BEAVER - 2nd daughter of Peter II

She was born on June 3, 1834 at Morriston and died Aug. 25, 1929 in Crediton. She was a charter member of the Evangelical Church. On Nov. 16, 1852, she married Matthew Morlock, brother of John Christian. He was born Feb. 24, 1828 in Germany and came to Canada in 1831. Died Aug. 27, 1923. They purchased lot 17, concession 7 from the Canada Company on Oct. 22, 1852 for 69 pounds, 9 shillings, 6 pence. Their family consisted of 13 children.

1. Fredericka, born Dec. 27, 1853, married name Caufield

2. Louisa, born July 1, 1855, died 1927, married Peter Fahrner in 1874. They had 13 children.

3. Charlotte, born March 27, 1857, died Sept. 24, 1943. She married Bernhardt Brown., Crediton shoe merchant in 1874. He was born July 3, 1850 and died Nov. 13, 1921. They had 7 children, 5 died in infancy. Lorne went into the ministry. Levina married Harry Switzer - children, Karl, Earl and Ruth.

4. Mary, born May 7, 1859, died 1940. She married Joseph Haist, tile manufacturer, who was born in 1858, died 1926. Their children - Simon, Clara, Martha, Pearl (RN), Esther and Ruth. Ruth is now a widow living in Exeter.

5. Lydia, born Aug 3, 1860, died July 26, 1952. She married Samuel Switzer in 1881. He was born Sept. 22, 1857 and died Sept. 26, 1911. They had 8 children.


1. Simon John Switzer, born April 17, 1882, died 1930?
2. Louisa Fredericka, born Sept. 1, 1883, died 1889
3. Mary Anne, born Mar. 5, 1885, died 1885
4. William Henry, born Jan. 3, 1887, married twice, lives at Grand Bend.
5. Matthew Christian, born Aug. 28, 1888, died June 20, 1963. He married Laura Ratz who died Jan. 28, 1963.
6. Martha Matilda, born Feb. 7, 1890. She married a Mr. Smith, is now a widow living in Exeter. They had one son who lives in Chicago.
7. Ida E., born Sept. 12, 1891, died Sept. 24, 1968. She married David Lippert and had 7 children.
8. Victoria M., born May 24, 1895, died in infancy.

6. Ellen, born Sept 20, 1862, died March 29, 1959. She married Jacob H. Holtzmann who was born in Wilmot Township in 1866 and died in 1929. They were married on June 12, 1886. Mr. Holtzmann was a tailor in Crediton and they were both active in the Evangelical Church where he was Sunday School Superintendent for many years and Ellen taught a primary class. They had 6 children.

1. Olivia married Rev. M. Whiting. They were United Church missionaries in Japan and had 3 children, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Lloyd and Florence.

2. Pearl (RN), of Cleveland. She was unmarried and after her father died, her mother moved to Cleveland to live with her. She died shortly after her mother.

3. Arthur, of Chicago. He may still be living.

4. Dewitt Harvey died years ago.

5. Vera (RN), of Florida. She and her husband lived many years in Cleveland.

6. Lauretta (RN), married and moved to CA, died a number of years ago.

7. Rev. Matthew C., born Jan. 14, 1865, died in 1935, married Bertha Koeller, one son, Arthur and two daughters, Ada and Melva. At age 28 he went to Naperville College and later entered the ministry in MI.

8. William Henry, born Feb. 4, 1867. He owned the Wrapper Skirt Co. in Chicago.

9. Charles Thomas, born March 5, 1869, bachelor, died as a young man. He worked for his brother William.

10. Martha Matilda, born Feb. 28, 1871, married J. Arthur Whitmore, one son. They lived in Aurora, IL.

11. Joseph Peter, born Feb. 18, 1873, married Henrietta Schultz of Reed City, MI. He is still living in Canon City, Colorado.

12. Simon F., born Nov. 9, 1876, died 1954. He married twice, first to Mary Greb, no children and then to Elizabeth Wolfe with children, Burma and Charles.

13. Emma Magdalena, born April 1, 1879, married Charles W. Taylor, one son, Thomas W., still living in Boulder, Colorado.

Magdelena married Matthew Morlock on 16 Nov 1852. Matthew (son of Johannes Morlock and Fredericka "Maria" Louisa Bohler) was born on 24 Feb 1828 in Germany; died on 27 Aug 1923 in Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charlotte Morlock was born about 1857 in Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario; died in Date Unknown.
2. Mary Morlock was born about 1859 in Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario.
3. Lydia Morlock was born on 3 Aug 1860 in Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario.
4. Simon J. Morlock was born on 9 Nov 1876 in Crediton, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario.
5. Emma Morlock was born on 1 Apr 1879.

Notes:

The Beaver Family of Puslinch Township
By Edna (Beaver) Robertson 1969

Peter Beaver (II) - 1st son of Peter Beaver

He was the eldest son of Peter I and was born in Alsace on Oct. 21, 1806. When he came to Puslinch in 1832, he was 26 years old and unmarried. Old records state that he was a Lutheran in religion, then Evangelical and a Liberal in politics. He was given lot 25 and he cleared 50 acres of his farm. Peter’s tombstone in Crown Cemetery, Morriston, states that he died Dec. 21, 1876, aged 70 years, 2 months. This old white marker is near the newer marker of the Nicholas Beaver family. It is interesting to note that Crown Cemetery is on lot 28. The first burial was in the early 1830’s but no records of burials were kept for more than 50 years. Each time a plot was required, it was chosen at random.

His first wife was Christina Yantz whose sister, Charlotte, married Peter’s brother, Nicholas. They had two daughters.

1. Christina
2. Magdalena, born June 3, 1834.

After the death of his first wife, he married Catherine Saloma Motz, who was born in Germany in 1814. She died in Gagetown, MI on Sept. 11, 1899 and is buried in Grant Cemetery. They had five children.

1. Christian, born Dec. 1841

2. Henry (Big Jim), born Feb. 10, 1850

3. Michael, born 1852

4. Louisa, born Sept 26th, ?

5. Frederick, born March 12, 1859

Peter married Christina Yantz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1851, Brock Township, Ontario County, Ontario

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The Beaver Family of Puslinch Township

By Edna (Beaver) Robertson 1969
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PETER BEAVER I

He was born in the 1700’s in the Alsace-Lorraine, which is a province on the French-German border. Depending on the fortunes of war, this province sometimes belonged to France, and sometimes to Germany. Consequently, its inhabitants spoke both French and German. However, great, great grandfather was of German descent and old records show various spellings of the name - Biber, Beiber, Bieber.

When he emigrated to this continent, he was accompanied by his wife, daughter Mary and sons, Peter (II), Philip (I) and Nicholas (I). It is not known whether they had other children or not. They came by way of the port of New York, settling in Pennsylvania. Where, and how long they remained in Pennsylvania, are not known, but we do know that they moved to Toronto in 1827. It was called “Muddy York” at that time and the family had a 100 acre farm somewhere on what is Yonge St. today. An old map of York (Toronto) that I saw in the Municipal Library of the new city hall shows that in 1833, Toronto was divided into lots as far north as Queen St. and beyond that, 100 acre farms. Perhaps Eaton’s College St. store or Maple Leaf Gardens now stands on this property.

Learning that German settlers were beginning to come to Puslinch Township, they moved there in 1832 and took up 300 acres, from lots 25, 26 and 27, concession 8. These lots were 10 miles outside Guelph, near Morriston, on the Brock Road, now Highway 6. In the “Annals of Puslinch Township”, it states that the Brock Road was blazed in 1828. When they moved there it was all virgin forest with not a tree cut on the property. His sons, who were grown up, cleared the land. It is said that he gave 100 acres to each of his sons and a dowry to his daughter Mary.

Peter was a shoemaker by trade, but I have been unable to learn that he practised his trade in Canada, except, perhaps for his family. Apparently he was quite an old gentleman when he came to Puslinch, one record states that he was 74 in 1832 and another stated that he lived for 80 years. However, there is a possibility that these ages are incorrect, as it was Peter Beaver the Elder who received the Crown Deed for lot 26 on November 7, 1850, after his son Philip was killed in 1846. He was a Lutheran in religion and a Liberal in politics.

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Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, 1906 as posted on the Baiersbronn Website by Paula Chodacki on Jun 2, 2001

BEAVER, PETER (d.), was b. in Alsace, Germany. He was a shoemaker by trade, and emigrated to Penn. U.S., and then came to the vicinity of Toronto, where he farmed for about five years, and in 1832 came to Puslinch Tp. and bought 300 acres, front lots 25, 26 and 27, con. 8. Not a tree was cut on the
land when he bought it. He d. about 80 years of age, and his sons, who were grown up, cleared the farms. He was a Lutheran and a Liberal. Issue: Peter, Jr.; Philip, Nicholas, and
Mrs. Moatz, Huron Co.

Peter received lot 25. None of his family are left in the country.

Philip was about 21 years of age when he came to Puslinch Tp., with his parents. He took lot 26, and cleared about 40 acres of it. He was a great horseman and probably had the first team of horses in the section, which he brought with him from near Toronto. He was killed in 1846 from a kick from a horse. He m. Christina Prescottdore. Issue: Mrs. Andrew Trimbler, Ailsa Craig; Philip, Hay Tp. Huron Co.; Peter 3rd., and Christian, near Crediton, Huron Co.

Peter Jr. was 2 years old when his father was killed. At 22 he succeeded to half of the homestead, and later, in about 1870, the other half, and finished clearing it. He has handled
imported horses for over 20 years and had one of the first imported Clydesdale horses in the township. He has won numerous prizes with his horses. In religion he is an Evangelist, and a
Reformer in politics. Although asked several times, he has always refused office of any kind. He m. Mary Holtzman. Issue: William, tailoring in Embro; Crystal, tailor in Mich.; Mrs. Jacob Shultz, Mich.; Wesley, in Winnipeg; Mrs. Sheely, Mich.; Lydia, in Mich.; Peter, in Mich.; Norman, in N. W. T.; Nelson,
with his brother in Embro learning tailoring; Emma, at home, and Edmon at home.

Nicholas, b. in Germany 1806; d. 1880 at 74 years, came with his parents to Puslinch Tp. in 1832. He
received 100 acres, lot 27, front con. 8. After his brother Philip was killed in 1846, he farmed lot 26, until his nephews were of age. He cleared his farm, and also owned a farm in Steven Tp., Huron Co. He was a Lutheran and a Liberal. He m. Charlotte Yantz. Issue: Mrs. Wm. Schneider, Clifford, Mrs.
Gottlieb Morelock, Steven Tp.; Mrs. Martin, Steven Tp.; Mrs. Chas. Martin, and Louisa, Hamilton; Nicholas. in Steven Tp., and Henry.

Henry succeeded to the homestead at his father's death, and has since lived there. He carries on mixed farming, and keeps good horses. He is an Evangelical and an Independent Liberal. He m. Mary, dau. of John Winer, Brock rd. Issue: William, in Man.; Emma. Guelph; John N., at home; Lottie, at home; Nellie, Lena, David, and Harry.

Peter married Margret. Margret was born about 1773 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1851, Brock Township, Ontario County, Ontario