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941	From Ezra Eby Book Isabella S. Cassel, "was born June 30th, 1855. She is married to John Snyder. They reside about three miles south-west of New Hamburg, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of five children.	Cassel, Isabella S. (I17383)
942	From Ezra Eby Book Isaiah Hallman, "was born September 10th, 1850, and resides in the town of Berlin where he and his brother are engaged in business. He is married to Nancy J. Hilborn and has five children.	Hallman, Isaiah (I16979)
943	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob (Yoch) Schneider, "the seventh member of his father's family, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 24th, 1764. In 1790 he was married to Mary, daughter of Christian and Mary (Scherch) Erb (No. 2777). She was born March 2nd, 1766 and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, near Bloomingdale, August 27th, 1835. In 1806 he, with his wife and family, his brother Christian and family, and others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County. Old Yoch, as he was generally called, settled on the east bank of the Grand River, near Bloomingdale, on the farms now possessed by Benjamin S. Snyder, Josiah S. Snyder, and Rev. Menno B. Bowman where he was engaged in farming and acquiring real estate so as to be able to give a large farm to each one of his children. His family consisted of ten children and were all married save one, and resided within the same neighborhood. He died February 6th, 1853.	Schneider, Jacob (Yoch) (I14347)
944	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob Allen Hallman, "a wood-worker and mechanist, is engaged at his trade in one of the large manufacturing establishments in Rochester, New York. He is married to Minnie Myers and has a family of two sons, namely: Bertram (dead) and Victor."	Hallman, Jacob Allen (I17022)
945	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob Bergey, "the second son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wagner) Bergey, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, September 1st, 1818, and came to Canada with his parents in 1822. They settled near Preston, on the farm known as "Henry Brower's." Here young Jacob was raised. On April 11th, 1844, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Moses and Barbara (Pannabecker) Eby. She was born January 27th, 1824. On May 2nd, 1849, they moved on Lot No. 4, Bleams Road, Wilmot Township, near Mannheim, where they have resided ever since. They are quite smart for their age. Their family consisted of ten children, of whom two died in infancy.	Bergey, Jacob (I02894)
946	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob D. Shoemaker, "the eldest son of George Shoemaker, was born on his grandfather's place near the old mills on Swamp Creek, Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, November 24th, 1799. His boyhood days were spent in assisting his father in the woollen mills, carding and dying wool and yarns. From his fifteenth to his eighteenth year he was engaged in the grist and oil mills and during the wool season he assisted his father in the carding mills. When eighteen years of age he hired himself to John Funk who during that time had the misfortune of having his dwelling destroyed by fire, Shoemaker losing all his earthly possessions except the clothing he wore at the time. After quitting at John Funk's in the fall of 1818, he obtained work for a short time in a tannery near Pottsgrove. In spring of 1819 he attended school for six weeks in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County. During the summer he labored for six months with David Allebach, in Skippack Township, at $12 per month. He paid out his wages $50 annually to his parents until he became of age. After having served his six months he attended school another six weeks in Lower Salford Township. His teacher's name was Mr. Borsch. This then finished his school days. In 1820 he engaged himself to Abraham Clemens where he remained for two years, receiving $80 for the first year's wages and $72 for the second year. During the year 1822 he worked for George Reiff of Skippack Township, for $80 per year. The following year he spent in working by the day among the farmers. On November 18th, 1823, he was married to Jane, daughter of Alexander Dunbar. She was raised by Jacob Merkley who resided on the Perkiomen Creek, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In spring of 1824 he, in company with his wife moved to Joseph Lowery in Skippack whose farm he managed for five years. He received one-third of the product of the farm as wages for his labor and management. The annual income thus derived generally amounted to about $80. In 1829 they with their family of two children, his parents, and two of his brothers and one sister, namely, Daniel, Joshua and Catharine, moved to Canada and came to what is now Bridgeport. Here he was engaged with Jacob S. Shoemaker who had come to Canada in 1820. During the fall of 1829 he worked on the sawmills erected the same year. While engaged here he purchased pine logs from Henry Erb who resided on lot No. 58, German Company's Tract, and had them sawed during the winter and drawn on his farm where he had a small shanty put up. Into this shanty they moved in April, 1830. The year previously he had purchased his farm, being south-west half of lot No. 19, Germam Company's Tract. containing 224 acres. During his first year on this extensive farm large clearings were made and a two-story log dwelling, 24x28 feet, erected. The log barn was erected the year following. In 1851 he erected the stone dwelling now occupied by his son, Alexander, and in 1842, he put up the large frame barn still standing. He is still living and enjoying good health and has his home with his son, Alexander who resides on the old homestead. His family consisted of ten children, of whom two died in infancy.	Shoemaker, Jacob D. (I14306)
947	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob Dettweiler," son of Jacob and Mary Margaret (Harley) Detweiler, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, March 27th, 1789. He moved to Canada in 1822 and settled near Blair, Ontario. On March 11th, 1813, he was married to Mary Gottwals. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, May 12th, 1790, and died April 10th, 1816, leaving two children. After his first wife's decease he was married to Esther Ziegler, December 31st, 1816. She was born November 15th, 1794, and died January 23rd, 1883. He died August 7th, 1875. His family consisted of ten children.	Detweiler, Jacob (I02526)
948	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob McKay, "was born January 30th, 1856. He is unmarried and resides at home with his parents."	McKay, Jacob (I14366)
949	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob S. Shoemaker, "was born June 15th, 1859. He was married to Barbara Wideman, March 5th, 1882. They reside in Pilkington Township, near the Grand River.	Shoemaker, Jacob S. (I14385)
950	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob Schneider "was born in the Palatinate, in 1727 or 1730, came to this (USA) country when a mere lad and was raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When some twenty years of age he was married to a Maria Herschi (now Hershey), a descendent of Andrew Hershey who settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1719. This marriage took place on April 1st, 1755. They had a family of fifteen children.	Schneider, Jacob (I14349)
951	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob Schuh, "one of the original settlers of York County, Pennsylvania, came from Holland with his wife and family in the year 1720. After spending several months in Germantown he went to Lancaster County where he resided for several years, thence moved to York County, near York, the county town. Here he settled in 1729. To whom he was married and what number of children he had could not be ascertained. The names of some of the children were Joseph, Philip, Henry, and Anna. No trace of the last three named nor their descendants can be given."	Schuh, Jacob (I15915)
952	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob Schuh, "was born in 1755 and resided on the old "Schuh Farm" in York County, Pennsylvania. It is not known to whom he was married, neither what number of children he had. We know the names of two sons, Henry and Jacob, and one daughter was married to John Keller. Of Jacob nothing is known."	Schuh, Jacob (I15912)
953	From Ezra Eby Book Jacob Strohm, "Mr. Jacob Strohm's father was a native of Wurtenburg, Germany, and moved to America when Jacob was a lad of 9 years."	Strome, Jacob (I17032)
954	From Ezra Eby Book Jairus Hallman, "is also home, working on his father's farm."	Hallman, Jarvis (I17184)
955	From Ezra Eby Book Jane McKay, "was born February 20th, 1858. She was married to George Nash, May 25th, 1885. They have one daughter named Catharine. They reside in Mosa Township, Middlesex County, Ontario."	McKay, Jane (I14367)
956	From Ezra Eby Book Jane Shoemaker, "was born June 30th, 1865. She is not married."	Shoemaker, Jane (I14387)
957	From Ezra Eby Book Jesse Hallman, "was born January 23rd, 1866, resides in the town of Berlin where he is in partnership with his brother, Isaiah, in the seed and mill-feed business. He is married to Martha N. Taylor and has a family of two children, namely: Orland Allan and Lillie May."	Hallman, Jesse (I17011)
958	From Ezra Eby Book John B. Cassel, "was born February 23rd, 1823. In October 1848, he came to Canada and arrived at Mr. Henry Clemens', Roseville, Ontario, where he had his home for some time. On September 9th, 1851, he was married to Rachel, daughter of David P. and Sarah (Biehn) Shantz. She was born July 15th, 1828. Soon after their marriage they moved on their farm near Haysville, Ontario, where they resided thirty-one years. In 1883 they retired from farming and moved to New Hamburg, Ontario, where they now reside. Their family consists of four children.	Cassel, John B. (I17381)
959	From Ezra Eby Book John Bean, "the fifth member in the family, was born about the year 1812. He was married to Annie, daughter of John and Barbara (Groh) Sheirich. She was born October 25th, 1818. After their marriage they moved to Wilmot Township, near Haysville, Ontario, where she died March 31st, 1881. To them was born a family of eleven children. ------------------------------------------------------------- Found at http://www.waterlooogs.ca/newsletters/1996/BNFEB96.htm on October 12, 2006 THE BEAN FAMILY CAIRN (This stone cairn is located southwest of Haysville, Wilmot Township, on the northwest corner at the intersection of Wilmot Twp. roads 8 and 13. The cairn was dedicated on Sunday, Sept. 24, 1995.) [Side One] GENERATION 1 -- John Biehn and his wife, natives of Switzerland, and their six year old son came to America in the year of 1742. After a long and perilous crossing of the Atlantic on an overcrowded ship, taking three months and battling sickness and starvation, they finally reached America. They settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. GENERATION 2 -- John Biehn came with his parents from Europe at six years of age and married Barbara Fried, raised a family in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, most of whom settled there. One son, John, and his bride, Nancy Bechtel, and one daughter, Barbara, married to Dilmon Kinzie moved to Upper Canada, Ontario in the year 1800. They purchased a large tract of fertile land along the Grand River to be cleared for agricultural purposes. Their journey took months in a covered wagon train of nine Conestoga wagons with neighbours and friends seeking a home in Canada. This journey through mountains, crossing the Niagara River and following trails where no roads existed took five months. GENERATION 3 -- John Biehn, who came to Canada from Pennsylvania in the year 1800, along with his father and brother-in-law, Dilmon Kinzie, purchased a large tract of land along the Grand River in the Doon area. They cleared the land and started farming. These pioneers are buried in the pioneer cemetery known as ?Biehn-Kinzie? near the banks of the Grand River. GENERATION 4 -- John Biehn, son of John Biehn -- 3, whose oldest sister, Mary, was the first white child born in Waterloo County, left his family settlement at Doon following the opening of the newly historic Huron Road to Haysville where he purchased 200 acres of wooded acres of land in the year 1833 from the Crown, located one mile southwest of Haysville. Constructed by Paul Obert Stone Mason Drumbo, Ont., August 1995 [Side Two] THE BEAN FAMILY This cairn is placed here by the descendants of the John Bean family. Originally spelled Biehn. John Biehn with his bride Anna Sheirich arrived in Wilmot Township from Doon, Ontario in 1883. He purchased a 200 acre block of wooded forest from the Crown -- Lot 24, Concession 3 -- for 125 English pounds... 1 mile south west of Haysville. As required by all pioneer families on Crown land, part of the purchase price was to build a log house and clear as many acres of land for agricultural purposes. Here they lived the rest of their lives. They were blessed with eleven children. Being strong in their religious faith, they early set aside a half acre of their farm for meeting house which was known for nearly a century as the Biehn Mennonite Church, now the Nith Valley Church. Anna Sheirich Bean died in 1881 -- age 63. John Bean died in 1898 -- age 86. They are buried in this cemetery with many of their descendants. Their children are as follows: One son, Simon, died in infancy. The eldest son, Levl [sic], died at 17 years of age as a result of a runaway team accident. A second daughter, Nancy married Charles Daniells residing in Virginia, USA, died in 1873. Those surviving at the time of their father?s death were: Barbara from Michigan. John from Detroit. Noah lives on part of the homestead. George lives on a farm south of Haysville. Henry lives on a farm west of New Hamburg. Isaac lives on the homestead. David lives in Waterloo. Editor and owner of Waterloo Chronicle. Elizabeth lives at home. At the time of John Bean?s death, there were 50 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The stones for the cairn have come from the original Bean homestead and the farms of their descendants. Erected in 1995	Biehn, John (I17326)
960	From Ezra Eby Book John Biehn, " the eldest son of John and Barbara (Fried) Biehn, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1776. In 1799 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel. In 1800 they with his parents and family, and others moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County where now is the village of Doon. Here they resided until their deaths. Their family consisted of seven children. ---------------------------------- Found at http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/Region.nsf/c56e308f49bfeb7885256abc0071ec9a/ca57fa5f7d869afb85256e1b005729a4!OpenDocument on October 12, 2006 Previous Names: Beck's Hill, Oregon, Tow Town History of Doon Before the village of Doon was conceived, there existed in its place an area of forested land near the confluence of the Grand River and Schneider’s Creek. The history of Doon, as with other communities in the Waterloo Township, begins with the story of Richard Beasley and Block Two land holdings. In 1800, John Biehn Sr. from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania bought 3,600 acres of land from Beasley along the west bank of the Grand River, which included the area that would become the village of Doon. Biehn’s relatives from Pennsylvania, including the Bechtels, Rosenbergers, and Kinzies, acquired lots subdivided from his large acreage and took up clearing the land for farming. John Biehn Jr. settled directly in the area of Doon where he eventually established a sawmill. Because other areas of land further out in the township had not yet been made accessible with roads and trails, for several years the general locality of Doon was one of the preferred places to settle. Although both John Biehn Jr. and Frederic Beck ran sawmills in the Doon area by 1830, early settlers were mainly Mennonite farmers looking to continue their agricultural way of life. These farmers were primarily German Mennonites from Pennsylvania.	Biehn, John (I17335)