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1241	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_County,_Ontario In 1831 William Sergeant was given a lot by the Canada Company on the condition that he open an inn. In 1832 he erected the first frame building in the region by the Avon River and called it the "Shakespeare Hotel."	Sergeant, William (I36926)
1242	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clemens/Newspapers/1893/1893_apr.htm The Daily Record (Formerly the Telegraph) April 15 1893, Saturday: Killed By a Falling Limb Manneses Weber, a farmer living near Plattsville, was struck by a falling limb while engaged in the woods last evening about five o'clock, and rendered unconscious. His hired man conveyed him to his house, where he died from the effects of his injuries this morning at one o'clock. The unfortunate man is a son of Noah Weber of Strasburg. He was about 30 years of age and leaves a wife and five children to mourn his untimely end. His funeral will take place on Monday from his late home to the Strasburg Cemetery. The accident has cast a deep sorrow over the entire neighborhood where he was well known and highly respected.	Weber, Manasseh (I32591)
1243	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clemens/Newspapers/1942/jan_1942.htm January 31, Saturday, 1942: Lewis Edwin Clemens 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.	Clemens, Lewis Edwin (I32582)
1244	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clemens/Newspapers/1942/jan_1942.htm January 5, Monday, 1942: Dilman S. Bowman Dilman S. Bowman passed away at the home of his son, Leslie Bowman, 81 Jrug Street, early today after a short illness. Mr Bowman was 79 years of age. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Bowman he was born in Wilmot Township, Oct. 23, 1862. He was a member of Bethany Mennonite Church. Mr. Bowman was married May 27, 1883, at Doon to Catherine Baer who survives him with four sons, Leslie, Harvey, and Myron of Kitchener and Vernon of Toronto, one daughter, Mrs. T. H. Cochrane, Sunnyside, and three brothers, Levi Bowman of Kossuth, Tobias of Nut Mountain, Sask., and Enos, also in Saskatchewan. Seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at Bethany Mennonite Church at 2:14. Interment will take place in Hagey Cemetery, Preston. Rev. C. N. Good, pastor, will officiate. The remains will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.	Bowman, Dilman S. (I22649)
1245	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clemens/Newspapers/1942/mar_1942.htm March 10, Tuesday, 1942: Obituaries S. S. Hallman Simeon Schlichter Hallman, 77,died at his home, 238 Park Avenue, Toronto, early yesterday. Surviving are his wife, the former Jemima Detweiller, and a daughter, Mrs. H. R. Pannabecker of Toronto. Remains ar resting at his late residence until Wednesday at 11 a.m. Funeral services will be held in William Speers Chapel, Dundas Street West (near Keele) Toronto, on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto.	Hallman, Simeon Schlichter (I16828)
1246	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clemens/Newspapers/1942/mar_1942.htm March 13, Friday, 1942: Obituary Miss Louisa M. Eby The death of Miss Louisa M. Eby, daughter of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Menno Eby, occurred at her home, 32 Eby Street south, last night. Miss Eby was born in Kitchener and was 82 years of age. She was a member of Benton Baptist Church. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. George Erb of Winter Haven, Fla., and Miss Ilda Eby, with whom she had resided. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock from Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home. Interment will take place in First Mennonite Cemetery. Rev. C.M. Keen will officiate. The remains are resting at the funeral home.	Eby, Louisa Matilda (I32585)
1247	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clemens/Newspapers/1942/sept_1942.htm September 2, Wednesday, 1942: Obituary Rudolph B. Detweiler Rudolph B. Detweiler, 89, for 35 years a resident of Ingersoll, died at the home of his son Wilbert in Toronto yesterday morning after a week's illness. He was born near Bloomingdale. He lived in Toronto for a year after leaving Ingersoll. The only surviving raltive is his son Wilbert. The funeral will be held Thursday from Walker Funeral Home, Ingersoll, at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be at Ingersoll.	Dettweiler, Rudolph B. (I17752)
1248	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clemens/Newspapers/1942/sept_1942.htm September 9, Wednesday, 1942: Nathaniel Clemens, Sept 9 - Nathaniel Clemens, former resident of the Hespeler and Preston district, died at his home, 161 Admiral Road, Toronto, about 10:30 last evening. He was 83 years old. Deceased, son, of Mr. And Mrs. John Clemens, was born on July 5, 1859, at Fisher Mills, near Hespeler. As a young man he assisted his father in the operation of a flourmill at Fisher Mills, and later operated a farm on the Fishers Mills road. Retiring 20 years ago, Mr. Clemens lived in Preston for some eight years. He had resided in Toronto for the past 10 years. Deceased was a former member of the Methodist, now United Church in Hespeler and was associated with the United Church in Preston for many years. During his residence in Toronto he was a member of the Dovercourt United Church. His wife, Julie Ann Henry, predeceased him 16 years ago. Surviving is a daughter, Pearl, of Toronto, a son, Orval, Hespeler, and a daughter, Mrs. Charles Talbot, Preston; three brothers, Aaron, Fisher Mills, Levi, Plymouth, Michigan, and Mervyn of Wyandotte, Mich; three sisters, Mrs. I. W. Eaton, Hespeler, Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Roy Newman in Western Canada, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Remains are resting at the H. k. Stager Funeral Home, Preston, from where the funeral will be held on Friday at 2:30. Interment will be in the Preston Cemetery.	Clemens, Nathaniel (I32588)
1249	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~births/Fi_Fl_Surnames.htm 033779-97 (Perth Co) FISHER: Margaret Regina; f; 5 Jul 1897; father - Conrad FISHER, farmer; mother - Caroline RIEL; infm - Conrad FISHER: Wallace Twp	Fisher, Margaret Regina (I02609)
1250	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clemens/Newspapers/1893/1893_dec.htm The Daily Reporter December 27 1893, Wednesday: Roseville Items: Wedding Bells: - The residence of Mr. Ben Snyder, a short distance west of this place was the scene of a pretty wedding on Thursday afternoon the 12th inst. His daughter, Miss Tena, being married to Mr. Orlando Hallman of here, second eldest son of Menno Hallman, Esq. A large number of relatives and acquaintances were present. The Rev. Mr. Whittick of Plattsville was the officiating clergyman. That the bride was deemed a general favorite among a large circle of acquaintances was shown by the many handsome presents received, both from home and abroad. The following day Mr. And Mrs. Hallman left on a short honeymoon to Pennsylvania. [Orlando Groff Hallman]	Family: Rev. Orlando Groff Hallman / Arby Tena Snyder (F4490)
1251	http://grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mao/Manuscript%20Collections/HM1.43.htm Hist.Mss. 1.43 - Shantz, Jacob Y. Dates of creation: ca:1844-1988 68 cm. of textual records Jacob Y. Shantz was born near Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, in 1822. He was married three times. In 1843 he married Barbara Biehn. In 1853 he married Nancy Brubacher. In 1871 he married Sarah Sherk. Two sons and three daughters were born of the first wife, and three sons and four daughters were born of the second wife. Shantz died in 1909. He lived his entire life in the Berlin area. Shantz was an entrepreneur, civic leader and active church member (first of the Mennonite church, later of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ church). He is best known for his role in promoting the immigration of Mennonites from Russia to Manitoba in the 1870s. For further biographical information see Vicarious Pioneer: The Life of Jacob Y. Shantz / Samuel J. Steiner.- Winnipeg, MB : Hyperion Press, 1988. The fonds was created by Lawrence Klippenstein and Samuel J. Steiner. Klippenstein began collecting material for a biography of Shantz ca.1974. In 1984 he gave this material to Samuel Steiner who collected more material for a biography of Shantz. Steiner subsequently completed a biography of Shantz that was published in 1988. In 1988 Steiner deposited the fonds in the Mennonite Archives of Ontario. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found on Feb 25, 2005 at http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/0/D22EE171F2AA335185256B0A004D7B4C?OpenDocument JACOB Y. SHANTZ 1822-1909 Jacob Y. Shantz, who was born in Berlin in 1822, a farmer and operator of a sawmill, was responsible for the erection of a building for the market which became famous through the years. He built the 1869 Market House in which the basement was the market; the first storey the municipal office, the council chamber, the post office and the library and the second storey was a public meeting hall. In this building he served for one month as mayor in 1822. Shantz also carved a place for himself in Canadian history through his work in arranging settlement of the Russian Mennonites in the Canadian West. He was married three times. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Ezra Eby book: Jacob Y. Shantz, "was born near Berlin, May 2nd, 1822. On May 2nd, 1843, he was married to Barbara Biehn who was born April 7th, 1819, and died May 16th, 1853. He was again married, December 6th, 1853, to Nancy Brubacher who was born September 19th, 1832, and died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, while there on a visit, October 1st, 1870. On October 1st, 1871, he was married the third time to Sarah Shuh who was born June 9th, 1823, and died April 29th, 1893. After Mr. Shantz's first marriage he took possession of his father's farm, still known as 'Jacob Shantz's place', where he resided for upwards of some forty years, then he moved to Berlin where he is now residing. His family consists of twelve children, five of whom are of first wife and the remaining seven of second wife.	Shantz, Jacob Y. (I02933)
1252	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/brant85.htm 1285-85 ( Brant Co) Eugene MESSECAR, 27, farmer, Burford, same, s/o Silas & Mary, married Mary Ann BOWMAN, 20, Northfield, same, d/o Peter & Jane, witn: Wilby SMITH & Carrie BOWMAN both of Northfield, 16 Sept 1885 at Northfield.	Family: Eugene Messecar / Mary Ann Bowman (F8825)
1253	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce03.htm #004588-03 (Bruce Co): Wilhelm HOSFELD, 25, farmer, Carrick, same, s/o Conrad HOSFELD & Maria C. MILLER, married Susannah REHKOPF, 29, Normanby, same, d/o William REHKOPF & Sophia C. NICOLAI, witn: Henry HOSFELD of Carrick & Philip REHKOPF of Normanby, 15 Sept 1903 at Carrick (Lutheran).	Family: Wilhelm Hosfeld / Susannah Rehkopf (F9063)
1254	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce04p2.htm 4690-04 Alfred A. BURY, 24, photographer, Sarnia, same, s/o Alfred J. BURY & Mary LAFORGE, married Sarah DIPPEL, 23, Bruce Co., Chesley, d/o Dietrich DIPPEL & Elizabeth LERSCH, witn: William & Mary E. KRUG of Chesley, 28 Sept 1904 at Chesley.	Family: Alfred A. Bury / Sarah Dippel (F8181)
1255	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce04p2.htm 4692-04 Samuel H. HOLTZMAN, 27, cabinet maker, Zurich, Chesley, s/o Gabriel HOLTZMAN & Magdalene SURURUS, married Elizabeth BEESE, 25, Carrick, Chesley, d/o William BEESE & Elizabeth REINHARDT, witn: John & Mrs. John BEESE of Chesley, 23 Nov 1904 at Chesley.	Family: Samuel Henry Holtzman / Elizabeth Beese (F7764)
1256	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce05.htm 004943/05 (Bruce Co) Ezra REUBER, 26, farmer, Carrick, Carrick, s/o Ludwig REUBER & Catherine SCHMIDT, married Martha DIPPEL, 21, Carrick, Carrick, d/o Dietrich DIPPEL & Elisabeth BERSCHT, witn: William REUBER & Levi DIPPEL both of Carrick, 28 March 1905, Carrick.	Family: Ezra Reuber / Martha Dippel (F8179)
1257	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce05.htm 4870-05 Ephraim HALLMAN, 24, carpenter, Ontario, Listowel, s/o Isaac HALLMAN & Annie BIEHN, married Mary STOCKFISH, 19, Ontario, Listowel, d/o Simon STOCKFISH & Elizabeth WEDGER?, witn: Oscar RUPPEL of Wallaceville & Minnie STOCKFISH of Listowel, 15 June 1905 at Amabel.	Family: Ephraim Bean Hallman / Maryan Sarah Stockfish (F7951)
1258	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce07p2.htm 005723-07 (Bruce Co) Joseph WOOD, 27, farmer, Howick, Howick Twp, s/o James WOOD & Sophia BEESE (Besse?) married Sarah HOLTZMANN, 19, Carrick, Carrick, d/o George HOLTZMANN & Priscilla BILGER, witn: Mrs. F.B. MEYER of Mildmay & Cecilia HOLTZMANN of Carrick, 4 September 1907 in Mildmay.	Family: Joseph Wood / Sarah Holtzman (F7824)
1259	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce08.htm 005360/08 (Bruce Co) William WHITE, 27, farmer, Culross Twp., Culross Twp., s/o William WHITE & Annie JACKSON, married Mrs. Minnie WURN, 27, widow, Sault Ste. Marie Mich., Culross Twp., d/o Robert LINDSAY & Mary REID, witn: Mrs. L.G. SCOTT & Mrs. J.E. COOK both of Tiverton, 9 March 1908, Tiverton.	Family: William J. White / Mary Jane "Minnie" May Lindsay (F8225)
1260	http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce1918.htm 006920/1918 Thomas SPENCER, 30, cloth examiner, England, Guelph, s/o John SPENCER & Harriet PETHERBRIDGE, married Treva Bernice WURNE, 19, factory worker, Sault St Marie US, Cargill, d/o William WURNE & Minnie LINDSAY, witn: Jane NEWMAN of RR 1 Formosa & Samuel SCOTT of Lorne Ont, 6 Dec 1918 Salem Meth parsonage.	Family: Thomas Spencer / Treva Bernice Wurm \| Wurn (F10726)