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| 501 | Excerpts from "MEMORIES" by Wilfrid Knisley Bingleman - In June 1879 Dad was farming north-east of the Village of Forestville. 'Twas there Mother came as a bride to his farm-house. From their first farm home they moved to the old Mabee homestead on the Front Road where children Charles and Laura were born. Another move takes them to a farm "The Pines" in Mother's words, just east of the Village of Walsh or Charlotteville Centre as it was sometimes known. Henry and Leota I believe, were born when Mother and Dad were living on the outskirts of Walsh. From "The Pines" farm Mother and Dad moved to the 50 acres west of Walsh, known as the "Honey Place", where brother Herbert was born. Shortly before the 1900s, Dad bought 50 acres of slash and stumps and bush about one half mile west of Walsh and built the original house and barn. Clara and I were born there on what became known as "The Old Farm". Dad subsequently added 20 acres more, from the McCall farm, to the original purchase. Norfolk Marriages, Charlotteville - John H. Bingleman, Aged 23, Resides Charlotteville, Born Canada, Bachelor, Farmer, Son of John and Elizabeth, Lydda A. Stewart, Aged 20, Resides Charlotteville, Born Iowa, U.S., Spinster, Daughter of Charles and Gernedia C., Witnesses William Bingleman, Barbara F. Bingleman, Both of Charlotteville, 11th June 1879 at Charlotteville, Groom Baptist, Bride Baptist, Solemnized by W. G. Osborne (Minister), by License, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 26th May 1881, Charles, Male, Father John Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John Bingleman, Registered 20th June 1881, Accoucheur Dr. Kennedy, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 25th June 1883, Laura, Female, Father John Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant J. H. Bingleman, Registered 9th July 1883, Accoucheur None, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 7th September 1885, Henry Orland Bingleman, Male, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered 7th October 1885, Accoucheur None, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 25th February, 1888, Eola, Female, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered 3rd April 1888, Accoucheur None, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville - Twin Norfolk Deaths, Charlotteville - Eola Bingleman, 17th April 1888, Female, Aged 2 Months, Infant, Cause of Death Consumption of Bowels, Duration 10 Days, Physician None, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered April 28th 1888, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 25th February, 1888, Leota, Female, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered 3rd April 1888, Accoucheur None, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville - Twin Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - September 26th 1893, William Herbert, Male, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lyda Jane Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered December 6th 1893, Accoucheur Dr. Grassett, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - Bingleman Clara J (Changed to Clara Emma), Female, October 16, 1899, Father John Bingleman, Mother Lida Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Residence Charlotteville, Informant Dr. W. McInnes, Accoucheur Dr. W. McInnes, Registered October 25th , 1899 Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - May 2, 1902, Stillborn, Male, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother's Name Not Given, Occupation of Father Farmer, Residence Charlotteville, Accoucheur Dr. W. J. McInnes, Informant Dr. W. J. McInnes M. D., Registered May 3rd 1902 Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - Bingleman Wilford Knizley (Changed to Wilfrid Knisley), July 16, 1903, Male, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lydia J. Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Residence Walsh, Accoucheur None, Informant Dr. W. A. McIntosh, Registered 19th July 1903 On the 1891 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Bingleman John, Male, Aged 35, Married, Head, Born Ontario, Father Born Germany, Mother Born U. S., Baptist, Farmer Bingleman Lydia J., Female, Aged 32, Married, Wife, Born U. S., Father Born U. S., Mother Born U. S., Baptist Bingleman Charles, Male, Aged 9, Single, Son,Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born U. S., Baptist Bingleman Laura, Female, Aged 7, Single, Daughter, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born U. S., Baptist Bingleman Henry, Male, Aged 5, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born U. S., Baptist Bingleman Leota, Female, Aged 3, Single, Daughter, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born U. S., Baptist | Stuart, Lydia Jane (I03704)
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| 502 | Excerpts from "MEMORIES" by Wilfrid Knisley Bingleman - In June 1879 Dad was farming north-east of the Village of Forestville. 'Twas there Mother came as a bride to his farm-house. From their first farm home they moved to the old Mabee homestead on the Front Road where children Charles and Laura were born. Another move takes them to a farm "The Pines" in Mother's words, just east of the Village of Walsh or Charlotteville Centre as it was sometimes known. Henry and Leota I believe, were born when Mother and Dad were living on the outskirts of Walsh. From "The Pines" farm Mother and Dad moved to the 50 acres west of Walsh, known as the "Honey Place", where brother Herbert was born. Shortly before the 1900s, Dad bought 50 acres of slash and stumps and bush about one half mile west of Walsh and built the original house and barn. Clara and I were born there on what became known as "The Old Farm". Dad subsequently added 20 acres more, from the McCall farm, to the original purchase. Norfolk Marriages, Charlotteville - John H. Bingleman, Aged 23, Resides Charlotteville, Born Canada, Bachelor, Farmer, Son of John and Elizabeth, Lydda A. Stewart, Aged 20, Resides Charlotteville, Born Iowa, U.S., Spinster, Daughter of Charles and Gernedia C., Witnesses William Bingleman, Barbara F. Bingleman, Both of Charlotteville, 11th June 1879 at Charlotteville, Groom Baptist, Bride Baptist, Solemnized by W. G. Osborne (Minister), by License, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 26th May 1881, Charles, Male, Father John Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John Bingleman, Registered 20th June 1881, Accoucheur Dr. Kennedy, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 25th June 1883, Laura, Female, Father John Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant J. H. Bingleman, Registered 9th July 1883, Accoucheur None, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 7th September 1885, Henry Orland Bingleman, Male, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered 7th October 1885, Accoucheur None, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 25th February, 1888, Eola, Female, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered 3rd April 1888, Accoucheur None, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville - Twin Norfolk Deaths, Charlotteville - Eola Bingleman, 17th April 1888, Female, Aged 2 Months, Infant, Cause of Death Consumption of Bowels, Duration 10 Days, Physician None, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered April 28th 1888, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - 25th February, 1888, Leota, Female, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lydia Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered 3rd April 1888, Accoucheur None, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville - Twin Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - September 26th 1893, William Herbert, Male, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lyda Jane Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant John H. Bingleman, Registered December 6th 1893, Accoucheur Dr. Grassett, John Machon Division Registrar of Charlotteville Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - Bingleman Clara J (Changed to Clara Emma), Female, October 16, 1899, Father John Bingleman, Mother Lida Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Residence Charlotteville, Informant Dr. W. McInnes, Accoucheur Dr. W. McInnes, Registered October 25th , 1899 Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - May 2, 1902, Stillborn, Male, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother's Name Not Given, Occupation of Father Farmer, Residence Charlotteville, Accoucheur Dr. W. J. McInnes, Informant Dr. W. J. McInnes M. D., Registered May 3rd 1902 Norfolk Births, Charlotteville - Bingleman Wilford Knizley (Changed to Wilfrid Knisley), July 16, 1903, Male, Father John H. Bingleman, Mother Lydia J. Stewart, Occupation of Father Farmer, Residence Walsh, Accoucheur None, Informant Dr. W. A. McIntosh, Registered 19th July 1903 On the 1891 Census of Charlotteville, Norfolk South, Ontario are: Bingleman John, Male, Aged 35, Married, Head, Born Ontario, Father Born Germany, Mother Born U. S., Baptist, Farmer Bingleman Lydia J., Female, Aged 32, Married, Wife, Born U. S., Father Born U. S., Mother Born U. S., Baptist Bingleman Charles, Male, Aged 9, Single, Son,Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born U. S., Baptist Bingleman Laura, Female, Aged 7, Single, Daughter, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born U. S., Baptist Bingleman Henry, Male, Aged 5, Single, Son, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born U. S., Baptist Bingleman Leota, Female, Aged 3, Single, Daughter, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born U. S., Baptist | Bingleman, John Henry (I03703)
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| 503 | Ezekiel Dennis of Lincoln County made out his will on the 26 Feb 1797 naming his oldest son Obadiah Dennis and his third son Nathaniel Dennis, leaving them the rights and profits on Point Abino. He also names his other son and daughters, William, Julia, Sarah, Rachel, Elen, Hannah, and Catharine. | Dennis, Catherine (I01372)
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| 504 | February 3, 1770 - Jacob Huber, Strausburg Township, Lancaster County, Pa. granted land in York County. (From Historical Society of York County, Pennsylvania, 1978: We have found evidence of a Jacob Huber, Strausburg Township, Lancaster County, Pa. being granted land in York County on February 3, 1770, October 22, 1785 and April 18, 1786 : and a Jacob Huber, Manchester Township, York County, Pa., Yeoman and wife Barbara selling the same land on April 30, 1792, April 4, 1793 and August 5, 1802. We believe this to relate to your Jacob Hoover.) In 1785 Jacob and Barbara Huber sold their land in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and it's likely they moved to Manchester Township, York County at this time. Probably to join their older children who were already living and working there, and had been making the move gradually over the fifteen year period since the first land purchase there in 1770. They would do the same with the move to Upper Canada, making arrangements to buy land in 1791 and clearing land and building houses and barns until they were ready for the final move. Jacob and Barbara lived in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1758 Jacob Huber and his wife Barbara Schenk bought 132acres (half of her Grandfather Christian's land) from her Uncle Henry Schenk. This land was part of the Funk/Breckbill/Schenk tract at Strasburg. In 1770 Jacob & Barbara started purchasing land in York County, including two adjacent tracts from Christian Rathvon & Nathan Worley. They sold 210 acres in Springettsbury Manor to their son in law George Eyster in 1802, this being the last of their land in Pennsylvania, they having moved to Rainham, Ontario. From Hoover Ancestors: 1790 Census Manchester Township - Christian Huber 1-4-1; Jacob Huber 3-3-2; Henry Hoover 1-0-2; John Hoover 1-0-1 (This would be Jacob and his sons Christian and John, and either his brother or son Henry.) "The issue of the name of Jakob's father was resolved at the 1987 Hoover Reunion by the comparison of signatures. A photocopy of a 1757 document in which "Jakob Huber" had helped settle the estate of his father Ulrich had been obtained from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was believed, but not proven, that this was our Jakob Huber, patriarch of the Hoovers who first settled Selkirk. Luckily, another Hoover descendant had brought to the reunion an original indenture dated 1809 in which Jakob transferred land to his son Christian. The two signatures of Jakob, 52 years apart, were a perfect match, proving that our Jakob was the son of Ulrich. Jakob's signature on his 1807 will also matches the other two signatures. Ulrich's land was adjacent to parcels held by Barbara, widow of Jakob, and by John Huber, known to be her son. Ulrich's estate was settled in 1757 by "John Hoober, Jacob Hoober, John Hoober and Henry Shank." Jacob (ours) and one of the Johns were identified as sons of Ulrich. Henry Shank was his son-in-law. The extra "John Hoober" was almost certainly the one adjacent to Ulrich, and known to be a son of the late Jakob and his widow Barbara. The conclusion is almost inescapable: that the extra John was Ulrich's brother, which would mean that our Jakob was named for his grandfather (and coincidentally also married a Barbara). Apparently Jakob the elder and his family were in the first group (1717) of Swiss Mennonites to arrive in Lancaster Co. This Jakob died soon after his arrival, since his wife is referred to as "Widow Hoober" in early records. In fact the original grant of land to the family was given to her name by Wm. Penn's agents in 1717. She and her son John appear on the tax list of 1718. We are currently trying to link John, son of Widow Huber, as the older brother of Ulrich, father of our Jakob, and to confirm when Ulrich first appears on the tax list. Ulrich (our Jakob's father) is recorded in the earliest warrantee map of Old Conestoga Twp. showing the initial settlement (1715-1729). Supplementary findings: Ulrich's son John bought his father's farm from the other heirs and in 1758 John's brother, "our" Jakob (and wife Barbara) bought from his sister and brother-in-law Henry and Anna Shank half of their 260 acre parcel in Strasburg (about seven miles from his late father's land). There they raised their family and lived for 27 years. In 1770 they began to buy parcels in Manchester Twp. (York Co.) to the west, no doubt as future homesteads for their growing children. By 1785 they sold their Strasburg homestead and also moved to Manchester, perhaps to join their older children. By 1791 the family prepared for their migration to Ontario, probably because of an inclination to remain under English rule, and because of the opportunity to buy acreage at low prices in Upper Canada." Will of Jacob Huber (Hoover) In the Name of God Amen. I Jacob Huber of Rainham Township in the County of Norfolk and province of Upper canada being old and weak in Body but yet of Good Health and of a Sound and Disposing Mind and Memory blessed be Almighty Good for the Same, Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to Say)- First I give and bequeath unto my beloveth Wife Barbara Huber all my Housel and Kitching furniture and Impliments or Housel Goods of what kine or Nature they be all Whatsoever she tinks that she has need of and all our Beds and Bedsteads and all our Linen Cloth and Linen things and besides that the Sum of One Hundred Pounds of Good and Lawful Money of the State of Pennsylvania to be paid to her as soon after my decease as Conveniently can or may be and further my Said Wife Shall have for her Maintenance yearly and every year the Sum of fifty Pounds Lawful Money aforesaid which shall be taken or paid to her out of the Bonds which I have yet outstanding and my Will is that the Said Sum of Fifty Pounds shall be paid to her yearly During the time of her Natural Life. Item my Will is that then the Remainder of my Personal Estate what my Said Wife Doth not want for her use, that Shall then after my decease be Sold by way of publick Sale and then the Money there out arising and the remainder of my Personal Estate to be equally Divided between all my Children only observing that now Som is advanced in things and value received one before another, whereof they Shall all be Charged in their Share of Inheritance So that one Shall Inherit even like the other according to the account kept in my book aforesaid and further it is my Will that Wilst my son John have Departed this Life and only left one Daughter (or one Child) to Survive him, So his Share to go to his Said Child, and further Concerning the Lands which is yet under my Hand or Power I give and Devise the quantity of One Hundred and Twenty acres of land to my Daughter Ester now the Wife of Peter Stereman of that Tract of Land whereon they now Live to have the Same in use as long as one of them doth Live and to have the full use and benefit thereof also as long as one of them either my Said Daughter Ester or her now Husband Peter Stereman doth Live, but after their both decease the Said Lands Shall be Sold and the Money there from arising to be equally Divided between all their Childrings, Share and Share alike (that is to Say to go in equal Share among their Children) and further my Will is that by the time of my Decease Som more Lands Should be in my Hands or Possession my Will is that then after my Decease the Same Shall be Sold by my Executors here in after Named or by the Surviver of them I do also by this my Last Will and Testament Intitle and impower them or the Surviver of them to Execute, Signe, Seal and Deliver a Deed or Deeds of Conveyances for the Same to the Purchasor or Puchors thereof which I allow, Confess and Confirm to be as good and as Lawful as if I my Self has Signed Sealed and Executed the Same, and then the Money there from arising to go again in equal Share to all my Childrens or their Heirs to the meaning aforesaid. And Lastly I do here to appoint and Nominate my Two Trusty Sons Abraham and David Huber to be the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament here by revoking all former Wills by me made. In Witness Whereof I have here unto Set my Hand and Seal this First Day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven (1807) Jacob Huber Signed, Sealed , published and Declared by the above named Jacob Huber to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our Names in Witness in the presence and on the request of the Testator Christian Hoover Benjamin Hoover David Hoover Each of Jacob's children, or their surviving heirs, received 307 pounds, 1 shilling, 7 pence in October of 1811, and approximately 120 Dollars in 1821, 1822 or 1823 after the death of Jacob's wife and their mother Barbara Huber on November 2, 1818. Jacob's Will is filed in the London District Surrogate Registry (Francis L. Walsh, Registrar) 1800 - 1839. Jacob Huber's Will is No. 25 Huber (Hoover) Jacob, and includes Receipts for Inheritance, Inventories of Jacob's Estate Sale and Account Book for a total of 120 pages. These pages also contain the signatures of all twelve children and/or their spouses. | Huber, Jacob (I00005)
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| 505 | Feronica Vinecke apparently had a grandson Christian Horst, mentioned in her husband Christian Vinecke's Will. Also mentioned is John Horst, and the Will is witnessed by a Johannes Horst. "First I give unto my wife's Grandson Christian Horst the Sum of ten Dollars or the value thereof when he is the age of twenty one years......the rest is to be taken to the divide nor no Charge to be made against John Horst for that is in the book now as my family don't like to live hear I have no objections to sell and suit themselves better..... Subscribed our names John Byer Christian Harshe Johannes Horst" | Feronica (I01733)
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| 506 | Five children all died in infancy. Buried Hamilton Cemetery. | Fitzgerald, Estella G. (I18589)
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| 507 | Flumerfelt Zack, Male, Aged 35, Married, Head, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Scotland, Presbyterian, Shoemaker Flumerfelt Hattie, Female, Aged 30, Married, Wife, Born Ontario, Father Born England, Mother Born Scotland, Presbyterian Flumerfelt Ethel, Female, Aged 11, Single, Daughter, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Presbyterian Flumerfelt Annie, Female, Aged 9, Single, Daughter, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Presbyterian Flumerfelt Ivadell, Female, Aged 3, Single, Daughter, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Presbyterian Flumerfelt Zurie, Female, Aged 26, Single, Lodger, Born Ontario, Father Born Ontario, Mother Born Ontario, Presbyterian Pond W. H., Male, Aged 20, Single, Lodger, Born Ontario, Father Born England, Mother Born England, Methodist, Public School Teacher | Pond, Wesley Ainsley (I07527)
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| 508 | Friedrich Wilhelm was a German and he had not been naturalized to a Dutchman.Hence both his sons were Germans and they had to join the German army. | Küppers, Friedrich Wilhelm "Frits" (I04430)
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| 509 | Friendly Haven, Port Dover, Ontario, by Nicholas Hornyansky "Fishing craft and tugboats seek shelter from a fall blow in Port Dover’s ancient river mouth. Colourful cloud caravans cast their passing shadows over battered piers, fishers’ huts, and the manifold paraphernalia of a tough, often tragic, watercraft profession." Still only a village of 2,500 inhabitants, Port Dover is home to what is said to be the largest fresh water fleet in the world. The wistful Lynn river on the eastern side provides an excellent harbour for the fishing fleet. The tubby, little white and wind coloured vessels bob against the docksides like friendly kittens against their master’s legs. The sight is peaceful and reassuring, for few tasks in the world have resisted change so persistently as the fishing industry. The men who set out from Port Dover use primarily the same methods used in Biblical day, and are as dependant on the bounties of Nature. To see them - bronzed and patient - mending their nets, we realize they are a link with a serene past. (c 1930’s) Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 - Port of Niagara Falls, New York, July 19, 1933, Hornyansky Nicholas, Born Budapest, Hungary, Aged 37 Years, Male, Artist, Language Hungarian, Race Magyar, Nationality Hungary, Last Permanent Residence 16 McMaster Street, Toronto, Canada, Height 5 Feet 11 Inches, Medium Build, Black Hair, Brown Eyes, Distinguishing Features Moustache, Passport Montreal, August, 1929 Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 - Port of Buffalo, New York April 23, 1936, Children Barbara, Michael, Born Clairmont, Australia, Aged 34 Years, Female, Language English, Race Scotch, Nationality Canada, Last Permanent Residence 224 Cottingham Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Going to Husband Nicholas, Passage Paid by Self, Going to England via New York, Passport Montreal 8-22-27, Metagama, Admitted Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 - Port of Buffalo, New York, January 4 1938, Hornyansky, Madame Joyce, (nee Feldkmann), Sailed A. A. H., Born Clairmont W. Australia, Aged 35 Years, Female, Language English, Race Scotch, Nationality Canada, Passage Paid by Self, In Transit to England via New York, Passport Quebec 1929, Admitted Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 - Port of Buffalo, New York, April 23, 1936, Hornyansky Michael, Accompanied by Mother Joyce, Sister Barbara, Under 16 Years, Sailed R. B. B., Born Brussels, Belgium, Aged 8 Years, Race Magyar, Nationality Canada, Last Permanent Residence 224 Cottingham Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Going to Father Nicholas, Passage Paid by Mother, Going to England via New York, With Mother, Transit 2 Days, Passport Montreal 8-22-27, Metagama | Hornyansky, Nicholas (I16197)
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| 510 | From "Herald of Truth" published in July 1889 STRICKLER. - On the 29th of June, near Goshen, Elkhart county, Ind., of heart disease and old age, Susan Strickler, aged 84 years, 1 month and 15 days. Buried at the Dunkard church west of Goshen. Services by Preacher Ringler and J. S. Coffman. The deceased was the widow of Samuel Strickler who died about 20 years ago on the farm where his widow has since been living with the family of her eldest daughter, who is married to David Ganger. She leaves four children living, one of whom resides in Haldimand county, Canada, the former home of the Strickler family. Sister Strickler was for many years in sympathy with the cause of Christ, and it was her purpose to live a life of faith, but it was only within the last few years that she professed faith and united with the church. But her purpose seemed firm, and she rejoiced greatly that the Lord had made her willing. She was much afflicted for thirteen years, and kept her bed for two and a half years. She was a great sufferer the last year of her life. | Hoover, Susannah (I00113)
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| 511 | From - Pioneering In Humberstone Township - Jacob Stoner, a brother to Christian, petitioned on 7 February 1797, stating that he and his wife had arrived in the Province in October of 1796. He asked for and received a grant of 200 acres. | Stoner, Jacob (I00448)
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| 512 | From "Memoirs Garden" by Annie (Shoup) Brewe, a tribute written by Rev. Willis Shoup in 1944 A Short Biographical Sketch of the Life of Sarah (Miller) Shoup Great Grandmother Wagonner Her maiden name was Sarah Miller - daughter of Jacob Miller. She was born in 1793, in the little town of Hagerstown, Maryland. She came to Canada with her parents shortly after the War of American Independence. When the thirteen New England States declared war on England, many settlers did not assume arms against Britain. They remained loyal to the British Crown and the British flag. In large measure the govenment of these Colonies confiscated the lands of the Loyalists, and refused to allow them to collect any debts due them. Thus, many families who had been fairly [well] to do, were reduced to abject poverty. These people migrated to Canada and as a recognition of their loyalty, were given a Royal grant of land by the Imperial Government. They became known in history as "The United Empire Loyalists." In honor it is an evidence of nobility, then these settlers can be truly classed among the first aristocracy of Canada. For a more honorable class never settled any land. Mr. Kirby in his "Annals of Niagara" says that every one of the United Empire Loyalists had a military bearing, an air of dignity, and a kindly spirit of comradship, derived from the dangers and hardships which they shared together. Many United Empire Loyalists settled in New Brunswick, in Quebec and Ontario, along the shores of the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, and theNiagara Peninsula. The journey of emmigration lasted as much as three months. Some walked all the way through the State of New York which was at that time almost an entire bush wilderness, driving their sheep and cattle, and carrying their household goods and effects on their backs or on pack horses. Their hardships and sufferings have never been told. As one author has written of these "None will ever know, because none have ever been told all that these brave pioneers of Canada have undergone for their devotion and loyalty to England." Today, yet, we see on the outskirts of old settlements, little mounds, moss covered stones, that mark the last resting place of our forefathers, but these do not tell us of the hearts laid low by hunger and exposure, or of the babies and little children who perished for want of food and raiment. They do not tell us of the courageous mothers and wives, also the daughters who bore themselves bravely as the men, toiling by their sides in the field, and banishing from their lives all regret, as they recalled all the comforts that might have been theirs, had they remained and cast in their lots with the revolting states. No great monument has been raised to their memory; nor is one needed, because a true love is enshrined in the life of every Canadian citizen who admires fidelity to principal, devotion and self-sacrifice. "Broad lands, ancestral homes, the gathered wealth Of patient toil and self-denying years Were confiscated and lost .... Not drooping like poor fugitives they came In exodus to our Canadian wilds, But full of heart and hope, with heads erect And fearless eyes, victorious in defeat." (William Kirby) It was once said by the chief constable in the city of Winnipeg "A United Empire Loyalist needs no credentials." Theirs was so great a credential that there never was a finer race of people. The Imperial government gave grants of land to these settlers, sometimes as great as 800 acres, and when they heard of the sufferings and privations of these subjects, they sent aid which was indeed late in reaching Canada, and was a mere pittance when it came, but was nevertheless very acceptable. This class of settlers did much toward laying a sound foundation for citizenship. These people were physically strong and abounded in courage. Among these early settlers were the Millers and the Shoups. They settled in the Niagara Peninsula and along the Niagara River front. Sarah Miller was 18 years old at the outbreak of the War of 1812. At one time, her home was between the opposing armies. During the war, she baked bread for the British soldiers, giving them one hundred pounds of bread for the same weight in flour. In this way, she managed to have enough over and above the soldiers' allowance for the use of their family. In her declining years, she enjoyed relating these stories to her grandchildren. One of these stories was of the time she baked a baking of bread and concealed it under the bed until such time as she could deliver it to the army. It was quite evident that the enemy was hiding somewhere near, for soon after some enemy soldiers came, went directly to the bed and carried it off. On another occasion, the soldiers tried to steal her chickens. She stood with her back to the hen house door and defied them. Thinking to intimidate her, they threatened to shoot her. She would not yield to their threats until her mother persuaded her to give them one. She selected a good tough old one, and they took themselves off. At one other time, the British soldiers commandiered a beautiful team of horses, wagon and harness belonging to her father, Jacob Miller. Nothing was heard of them for over a year and a half. One day a man reappeared with them in good condition, and paid for every day they had been away. On January 10, 1816, Sarah Miller was united in marriage to Benjamin Shoup by magistrate. At that time only an Anglican minister could marry anybody. If there were no clergyman within 18 miles of the parties wishing marriage, a magistrate could legally perform the ceremony. Their first home was located on Lot 14, in the 1st Concession of Willoughby on the Niagara River. After thirteen years of married life, Benjamin Shoup died, leaving his wife with a family of seven young children, the eldest child, Jacob, was only twelve years old. It was never known with sureness just how Benjamin died. Grandfather once told of the morning he last saw his father. He said, "I can see him now as clearly as if it were yesterday. He was a very handsome man, tall and well built, with a great shock of curly black hair. I saw him go away with his gun presumably to shoot ducks. That was the last I saw of him. Next day, we found him lying in a foot of water by his flat-bottomed boat, drowned." These were Grandfather's own words. For many years Grandmother struggled bravely on to try to rear her family, and carry the responsibility of a heavily mortgaged farm. The mortgage was held by Judge Samuel Street, a very shrewd business man. Grandfather once said, Judge Street would exact the last penny, but unlike many, he insisted on paying the last penny. He was very exacting, but very just. He could have taken the entire farm under the mortgage but this he consciously refrained from doing. He would not leave a widow and her children homeless. According to the law at that time, the eldest son became heir to all the father's possessions, if no will was in existence. In order to make life less strenuous for the widowed mother, Samuel Street released her of the mortgage and exchanged the farm in Willoughby for 100 acres of land in Walpole Township, Haldimand County near Lake Erie. There were 99 ½ acres in the Niagara farm. He gave the deed to the Walpole farm to Jacob Shoup, the eldest son, and he in turn gave his mother a Life Lease on it. The farm is located on Lot 14, Concession 3, Walpole township. In the fall of 1843, she moved all her effects to this farm. This was a long hard journey, and it seemed as if she were being separated from all that was dear to her and her children. Her eldest daughter, Sarah, married Johnathan Beam, and lived on the north end of the farm. At that time, only a small log house and a few pens were the whole of the buildings. The house faced the south and had a door and a window in the front. There was a window at the west end and the fire-place with a chimney on the outside of the wall was on the east end. The house had a verandah across the front. This verandah was built by allowing the rafter of the south side of the roof to project and form the rafters of the verandah. When these verandahs were floored and roofed, they became quite cosy. Grandmother was married a second time to a David Wagonner or Wagner, but this union was not a very happy one. Wagonner was a rather wicked, uncouth rough man. A few years after their marriage, he took a paralytic stroke, that left him a helpless invalid for years. He became a great care, and so trying at times that Grandmother used to say, "I have only one prayer, that I out-live him, that he might not be a care for anyone." She did so by between 30 and 40 years. He is buried in the Baptist Cemetery at Cheapside. A large part of the east side of the farm had been cleared by Matlock, she lived on the farm prior to Great Grandmother's coming. The house and barns are located on the extreme southeast corner of the farm. The lines were first set about 40 rods east of the buildings, due to an error made in survey of the lines between the two farms. When properly surveyed, it was discovered the lines would intersect before they reached the next concession road. On the Niagara farm, Grandmother Waggoner had many fruit trees. She brought apple and plum trees with her to the new farm. Many of the trees in the orchards of South Walpole were from seedlings which she grew. Some of these trees are still (1944) on the farm today. Grandmother brought with her the old German idea of a flower and vegetable garden. The garden plot was near the house, and was surrounded by a picket fence to keep out the poultry, pigs or cattle which would have ruined her flowers and vegetables, were they left to run loose. A path ran around the garden, and several paths ran through the center. The beds in the center were usually devoted to flowers and the rest to vegetables and herbs. One cannot help wondering how our grandmothers found time to devote to such work, but their gardens were apparently their pride. It was always the custom to take the visitors out to "see the garden" before leaving for home. We can see these women now, with white aprons or kerchiefs tied over their heads, strolling through the garden, interested in looking at the flowers. In the spring of the year, our grandmothers would bring out the boxes in which were stored the seeds gathered the previous fall, each kind of seed wrapped in a separate package, some in folds of newspaper, some in brown paper bags or rags, all firmly tied and carefully marked. Also among these were the parcels of common vegetable seeds, such as lettuce, cabbage, onions, beets, beans, and cucumbers. Plants bloomed through the entire summer in the flower beds. There were crocuses, tulips, daffodils, in the spring. In the fall were the dahlias, phlox and asters. Some of grandmother's flowers were candy-tuft, mignonette, lily-of-the-valley, forget-me-nots, pinks, phlox, live-forever, sweet william, larkspurs, white and pink musk, bleeding hearts, bachelor buttons, ragged Sally, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, love-in-the-mist, and many, many more. A few stalks of tomatoes with its red fruit would be found, called "Love Apples," a hundred years ago. It was then cultivated only as an ornament, as the fruit was considered not fit to eat. In the corner of the garden would be found a bush of "Old Man" for use making bouquets. A grape arbor or trellis was to be seen in the garden, and a few hop-poles on which climbed the hop plant, the fruit of which was used in making yeast to make bread. There were beds for vegetables of all kinds, and beds for herbs, to be used for medicinal purposes, much asthyme, sage, fennel, wormwood, catnip, penny royal and horehound. Along the garden fence on the inside of the garden were hollyhocks, gooseberry and currant bushes. On the outside of the fence, roses, snowballs and lilacs. Along the house the stately hollyhocks and sunflowers were to be found. Also in these yards were to be found El Campayne and Plantain for medicines and poultices. Add to this a bed of rhubarb for pies, and the old stand-by for sping tonic purposes, the horse-radish, burdock, and dandelion. These latter are classed among the weeds, but in the early days were considered number one tonics. In these early days, women were frequently called into requisition as nurses when medical help was impossible or infrequent. Grandmother Wagonner was much in demand in cases of community sickness. She always possessed a good supply of herbs, ready to relieve the minor sicknesses, aches and complaints of the neighbourhood families. The herbs she collected at the proper season, and hung them up to the rafters or walls of the room, in bunches to dry, so they would be always ready when they were needed. Grandmother Wagonner passed away in her 87th year. A small white granite stone marks her resting place in the Shoup family plot in the Baptist Cemetery, Cheapside. | Shoup, Benjamin (I02565)
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| 513 | From "Memoirs Garden" by Annie (Shoup) Brewe, passages written by Rev. Willis Shoup in 1944 The story of the 'Shoup' homestead is centered around the farm and neighbourhood of Lot 14, Concession 3, Walpole. In the year 1844, Sarah Wagonner, our Great-Grandmother, came with her husband and younger children. Practically all these farms have been sold by the descendants of the early settlers, so that by now most of them are owned and tilled by strange hands. The fifth generation of Shoups now live on the old homestead..... When Oscar was two years old, the family, consisting of his grandparents and his father's family, moved from the Niagara River to Walpole township, Haldimand County. Father's grandmother settled on the present homestead, Lot 14, Concession 3, South Walpole. Grandfather, at first, took up residence near the village of Springvale in North Walpole. This exact location is given in an indenture held by the writer. He bought this farm from his uncle Christian Shoup, which was the west half of Lot 2, Concession 15. After two years residence on this farm near Springvale, he and Johnathan Beam, his brother-in-law, exchanged farms. Beam's wife was Sarah Shoup, grandfather's sister. This farm was 100 acres - the north half of Lot 14, Concession 3..... Great Grandmother Wagonner came in 1844 with her children Lydia Ann, Fama Eve, and Benjamin. Her farm had been worked by a man named Ketlock (or Matlock). She later moved to the sideroad south of Cheapside on the bank of the Sandusk Creek. | Shoup, Oscar Everden (I02597)
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| 514 | From "Memoirs Garden" by Annie Shoup Brewe BIOGRAPHY OF MOTHER Margaret Leuty Hedges was the wife of Oscar Everden Shoup. She was born on what was known as the John Anderson farm, three miles north of Cheapside. She was the second child and oldest daughter of William Hedges and his wife Mararet Leuty Hedges. When she was four years of age her father sold the farm to John Anderson and moved to a farm on the shore of Lake Erie. She was a very active young lady and her mother's main stay in the home. At the age of eleven, she was compelled to leave school to relieve her sickly mother of home responsibilities. On the 20th of February, 1867, she was united in marriage to Oscar E. Shoup. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. A. Wilmet. The happy couple started on their wedding trip with a horse and buggy, intending to drive to the Niagara Peninsula. After they had gone some distance the snow on the road became so heavy, they had to draw up to a farm house and exchange the buggy for a cutter, then they continued on their way to Effingham in Pelham township, Welland County. The next day they and their cousins went to Niagara Falls. They went to visit the Zoo while in the city, where Mother had a unique experience. As they were watching the buffaloes eating from a trough, Mother said that she would like to feel how thick the wool was on the buffalo's head. As soon as the buffalo felt her foot touch him, he butted his head against the bars and sent Mother backwards into a snowdrift. Father often mentioned his experiences on this trip to the zoo. He was teasing a parrot that would talk and whose vocabulary seemed none too chaste. He asked the parrot some questions and in very plain language he told Father where he could go and what he could do. After their visit they returned to their home leaving the cutter and getting their buggy again. By the time they reached home the snow was almost gone. They settled in the log house at the back place with Grandfather Shoup for the first year, and then Grandfather moved out to the front place with Grandmother Waggoner. Father and Mother lived in this house until their fourth child was two years old. In 1875 Grandfather bought the St. Williams farm and moved there, and Mother and Father moved to the house at the front. Eleven children were born to them - six boys and five girls, all grew to manhood and womanhood except one little girl May, who died in infancy. They like every couple had many pleasant experiences along with their many responsibilities as well as some not too pleasant. At all times they maintained stout hearts, and with courage and fortitude they lived fifty-seven years of married life. In 1904 mother was taken sick with arthritis which caused her to spend the rest of her life an invalid for over twenty years. She was confined to her chair or bed for the entire period and suffered greatly. In 1917 she and Father celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. A gathering of the family and old friends were entertained in the old home. Two sons were unable to attend. During her illness she exercised a strong influence for God in her community, her advice and counsel being frequently sought. On June 1, 1924 she passed peacefully to her heavenly home, and her body was laid in the Methodist Cemetery, beside her youngest son Jacob Roger who predeceased her in 1913. She chose as her funeral text, John 3:16. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son that whosoever believed in Him should have Everlasting Life." | Hedges, Margaret Leuty (I02639)
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| 515 | From "Memoirs' Garden" by Annie (Shoup) Brewe, a passage written by Rev. Willis William Shoup - "We will mention but three of Uncle Crystal's family, with whom we were always fairly intimate because they lived at Springvale. Levi lived on his father's homestead. Two of Levi's sisters married Peter and Abraham Winger, also of Springvale. The writer lived a year with Mrs. Peter Winger, known as Aunt Abbey, both Levi and Aunt Abbey were very highly honoured and esteemed citizens." | Shoup, Elizabeth (I02315)
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| 516 | From "Memoirs' Garden" by Annie (Shoup) Brewe, a tribute written by Rev. Willis William Shoup Jacob M. Shoup - Our Grandfather The family name was originally spelled "Chaub," being a German name. Later it was anglicized and was spelled "Shoup," sounding th "ou" as in the word "shout." Later this was again shortened from "Shoup" to be sounded as if called "Shop." The original spelling in the German form was set down in the early records, down as far as the days of Uncle Crystal. These records I have seen and are now in possession of a great grandson of Uncle Crystal's, now living in Chicago. At no time have we any authority to pronounce the name as if spelled "Shoop" for where you come across that name, it is the Anglicized form of the name (German) "Schupp." This I have heard in Germany, and who were conversant with the use of both names. These declare there can be no justification in pronouncing our name in any way but that designated above, giving the "ou" the sound as in "shout." As far as we have any records the "Shoup" ancestors were originally born in Pennsylvania, and were termed "Pennsylvania Dutch," a misnomer, for in those days, anyone of German extraction was called a "Dutchman." In reality, all the "Pennsylvania Dutch" spoke "High German." Grandfather spoke "High German" fluently as at that time, did all that racial origin. Before writing Grandfather's life, it might be stated that two brothers of his Grandfather came from Pennsylvania to Canada at the same time that Christian Shoup came. They remained only a short time, and then returned to Pennsylvania. One remained in that state, Elias by name, while the other went west to, I think, Missouri, and eventually became th founder of a Community Sect. Grandfather visited this colony in all and was well pleased with their sincerity and thrift. One of Great-Grandfather's sons was named Christian, but was better [known] as Uncle Crystal. He lived near Springvale and had a large family of some eighteen children. These descendants are to be found centered mostly in Norfolk County. We will mention but three of Uncle Crystal's family, with whom we were always fairly intimate because they lived at Springvale. Levi lived on his father's homestead. Two of Levi's sisters married Peter and Abraham Winger, also of Springvale. The writer lived a year with Mrs. Peter Winger, known as Aunt Abbey, both Levi and Aunt Abbey were very highly honoured and esteemed citizens. Grandfather Jacob Shoup, was born in 1817, and as has been already stated was but twelve years old at the time of his father's death. He lived on the farm with his mother, and was married September 10, 1838 to Amarilla Sutherland. They had three children born while they lived on the Niagara farm, Lanissa, Tryphena, and our father, Oscar Everden. After coming to Walpole, a fourth child was born. Sarah, who lived but a few months, Grandfather came to Walpole when his mother, Grandmother Waggoner, came to the old homestead of south Walpole. He occupied the farm owned by Christian Shoup, near the village of Springvale. After two years, he exchanged farms with Johnathan Beam, and moved out to the 100 acres north of his mother, Lot 14, Concession 3. He usually entered this farm from the second concession road, by way of a lane over half a mile long. Their home was built on the bank of the Sandusk Creek. The deed to Great-Grandmother's farm was made out to Grandfather, and he gave his mother a life lease to it. This document is now in his daughter's possession. Grandfather's eldest child was Lanissa, a large stout big-hearted woman. She was known as "Big Aunt" by the members of our family. The name did not always please, but it surely was an appropriate one. She married Jacob George Martin and made her home in Michigan. The third child was Oscar Everden (father) and the fourth child was Sarah. Grandfather Shoup was a robust rugged man of very high character. His memory is cherished among all his grandchildren, who were old enough to remember him, and by all his neighbors and acquaintances. Grandfather worked both his farm and his mother's for several years. After Wagonner's death, he sent father to stay nights with her for several years. When father married in 1867, he and mother lived with Grandfather and Grandmother for a year, and then Grandfather moved out to the front farm and lived with his mother. In 1857, she had built her house anew, making one living room and two bedrooms. Before Grandfather moved to the front farm, he had a cellar dug under the house, and built two rooms on the north side of the house. The front of the new part was planned to be used as a kitchen and livingroom so the cellarway was put where it is today, and it opens into a little room behind glass doors, and a pantry was made of another section of this lean-to, and opened into this kitchen. The room at the back was planned as a woodshed, and had only a rough floor put down with large cracks between the boards. These evidently became closed up as the years passed. Later, they decided to make their kitchen into a dining room, and the back room into a kitchen. For a woodshed, they put a lean-to on the north end. It remained this way until all our family had grown up, when father put an up-stairs on the old front section and part way back was what was the dining room. The rather incongruous feature to us children in later days, until we learned how it all happened, was that the cellar and pantry were so removed from the kitchen. Grandfather was quite a horticulturalist, and set out orchards on both places. He provided the farm with fruit trees, such as apples, pears, plums, cherries, black, red, white currants, and goose berries, also grapes. Many of the beginnings of these were brought from Niagara. Grandfather and father cleared most of the land west of the present lane. In 1875, grandfather bought 50 acres at St. Williams in the township of Charlotteville, Norfolk County, and moved there that same year. At that time, father moved from the back of the farm to the house at the front. During his declining years, grandfather specialized in the cultivation of peach trees, and other garden truck. Hid granddaughter, Sarah Watts and her husband, Richard Watts, worked the farm, and cared for Grandfather and Grandmother the rest of their lives. It was a red-letter day for the children of our family to be allowed to accompany father and mother to Grandfather's in the fall for peaches and a visit, or for that matter, at any other time. It took four hours with horses to traverse the distance from home to St. Williams. Many were the thrills we experienced along the road. A part of the way was a very stumpy roadway, and we would wind in and out for a long distance, among huge white pine stumps. We always possessed an exagerated sense of our own importance, as we brought the supply of peaches and melons for the season, to our home and to Aunt Lanissa's home. Grandmother Shoup, a very slow-spoken woman of sterling character, passed on in 1886, at the age of seventy. She was buried in the family plot in the Baptist Cemetery at Cheapside. She was very tall and as a mature woman was quite stout, as a girl she was not so heavy, rather slight. Grandfather once stated, that when they were first married, he could with his two hands, span her waist. She was almost six feet tall - a good woman, a good neighbour, and a kindly spirit. Grandfather was a man of outstanding character, with the highest possible resolves relative to his living and conduct - he maintained them to his death. A total abstainer all his life - he never knew the taste of intoxicants or tobacco. Those resolves grew directly out of his father's tragic death, as he was at twelve forced to take up the task of bread-winner for the family. These resolves went far towards making him an acknowledged influence in the neighbourhood that he was, and a most respected citizen. In the Village of St. Williams, and among those people who in earlier life that he associated with, his life is as an ointment poured forth. He was loved by all and had no enemies anywhere. He lived until June, 1897(sic Death Registration says 1898). He was 81 years old. His funeral sermon was delivered by the Baptist Minister from St. Williams, Rev. Buckborough, and his text was one of Grandfather's choosing, and reflected so admirably his life of steady devotion. It was taken from II Timothy, Chapt. IV, and Verses 7-8. "I have fought a good fight; Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me at that day; and not to me only but to all them also that love his appearing." He was laid to rest beside his wife, our Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother Wagonner. He was buried in the family plot in the Baptist Cemetery in Cheapside. Four small white stones mark the resting place of all. Written by: Rev. Willis Shoup 1944 (Grandson) From "Memoirs' Garden" by Annie (Shoup) Brewe, a passage written by Rev. Willis William Shoup When Oscar was two years old, the family, consisting of his grandparents and his father's family, moved from the Niagara River to Walpole township, Haldimand County. Father's grandmother settled on the present homestead, Lot 14, Concession 3, South Walpole. Grandfather, at first, took up residence near the village of Springvale in North Walpole. This exact location is given in an indenture held by the writer. He bought this farm from his uncle Christian Shoup, which was the west half of Lot 2, Concession 15. After two years residence on this farm near Springvale, he and Johnathan Beam, his brother-in-law, exchanged farms. Beam's wife was Sarah Shoup, grandfather's sister. This farm was 100 acres - the north half of Lot 14, Concession 3. On the 1842 Census of Willoughby, Welland, Ontario is: Shouss Jacob, NonP, Farmer, 4 family members, 3 Born English Canada, 1 Born US, 9 PRV, NY Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Amerilla Shoup, July 3rd 1886, Female, Aged 70 Years, Married Woman, Born Vermont, U. S., Cause of Death Phlhyea? Pulmonaris, Duration 2 Years, Physician Dr. Sherk, Informant O. E. Shoup, Registered July 5th 1882, Baptist, C. E. Bourne Division Registrar of Walpole Haldimand Deaths, Walpole - Shoup Jacob, Male, June 4th 1898, Aged 81 Years, Residence Lot 15, Concession 3, Farmer, Born Ontario, Cause of Death Paralysis, Duration 2 Years, Physician Dr. Sherk, Baptist, Informant Dr. Sherk, Registered June 4th 1898, James Mowat Division Registrar of Walpole | Shoup, Jacob (I02562)
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| 517 | From "The Brethern In Christ In Canada" by E. Morris Sider - For the first few years the small Wainfleet group remained without a minister. Periodically, however, Andrew Hansler, the spiritual leader of the Pelham congregation some twenty-four kilometres (fifteen miles) away, came to hold services in the houses of members. This changed when Christian Sider, one of John's sons, was elected to the ministry two years following his settling in the township in 1843. Later, Christian's brother Moses was chosen as his assistant. Christian appears to have been a natural leader. Part of his influence undoubtedly came from the concern he showed for people. According to his son (also named Christian), he brought with him several poor families who had not been successful in their locations in Bertie Township. In exchange for their labour, he allowed the families to build cabins on his land until their financial circumstances sufficiently improved to enable them to purchase their own property. Family tradition holds that when Christian butchered, he liberally distributed substantial portions of the meat to needy people in the community. On other levels, however, he was determined to remain separated from the world: his youngest son in later life recalled that his father did not allow his children to whistle because that was a worldly "amusement." Christian's barn and house were frequently used as the meeting place of the group. This was particularly true following his construction of a large house made of bricks from the clay nearby Forks Creek. Situated approximately mid-way between the Bertie group and the congregation that developed later to the west, the building became known as the "Half-way House." The house remains in the family. Later, in 1881, the Wainfleet group constructed a meeting-house on land across the road to the east of the Half-way House on property leased by Henry Wills. The lumber for the building came from trees on Christian's land - donated, as was his labour. Christian died four years after the building was completed. His wife Barbara survived him for fifteen years. She, too, was a devout Christian, in Tunker fashion. In 1893 her young daughter-in-law Anna, wife of the junior Christian, reported in the Evangelical Visitor that "aged Mother Sider" had requested a service in her room. A group met with her on a Sunday afternoon, where "saints were revived and the unsaved convicted of sin and some that had fallen back renewed their covenant with God." Christian and Barbara had thirteen children, three of whom died in infancy. Joseph, the oldest son, became as deacon (fortunately for the congregation he had managed to escape a pack of wolves while walking to Bertie to court the young woman who would later become his wife.) The youngest son Christian served for a period of time in the Wainfleet ministry. Their second son, John, became the group's leader following the death of his father in 1855. The leadership qualities that John displayed before his conversion in community youth circles continued in evidence afterward. He was elected to the ministry at the age of twenty-five. He and his wife Mary Ann (Climenhaga) entertained many people from both the church and the community, including among the poor; as a result he was frequently asked to preach funeral sermons for non-Tunkers. "John Sider," he once reported himself as saying, "you must be preaching too many smooth sermons! Asking God for special guidance at the next funeral, I used for a text, "If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?" He was not asked to preach a funeral sermon for some time after that forthright declaration. Given John Sider's reputation in the community, it is suprising that any credence should have been given to a rumour that he was cheating the local (Winger) cheese manufacturer. "A report has got widespread circulation," the manufacturer, E. Ginther, protested to the editor of the local paper, "that John Sider, John Forrester, and P. J. Wilson were among those charged with watering milk sent to the Forks Road cheese factory. I, as cheese maker.....for the past five years feel it is my duty to contradict the slanderous report. No such charges has (sic) ever been made against any of those parties." The episode obviously did no permanent damage to Sider's image; still even the rumour must have been troublesome to a man and a group of people who prided themselves on living on the highest moral level. As the above suggests, John Sider was one of the leading Tunker speakers of his day. He also had firm opinions; one could tell when he was disagreeing with someone, such as a preacher delivering a sermon, by the manner in which his chin jutted out, causing his beard to rise in a horizontal fashion. From its beginning, the Wainfleet members remained under the supervision of the bishop living in Bertie Township, thus Wainfleet was part of the Black Creek District. In 1910, however, the district was divided into the East End and the West End, with Wainfleet and the congregation that had appeared still further to the west forming the West End. John Sider was elected bishop in this part of the district. Not until 1927, however, did the West End become entirely separate from the Black Creek District. The new district took the name Wainfleet, which it had earlier been more informally called. For most of the nineteenth century, the membership at Wainfleet remained relatively small. The forty-one persons listed as Tunkers in the township in the 1841 census seems a little high, especially since the early move of the Siders and others from Bertie had not been completed at that date. One source notes that by 1881, when the church was built, the membership was around thirty; another source suggests that in 1895 it was around twenty, although this seems a little low. Two years later, in reporting a love feast, the Wainfleet correspondent to the church paper noted that some 300 ate supper but the number was greatly reduced when it came to feet washing (which only members could practice). In the 1891 census, 118 people were designated as Tunkers. From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold and Ron Sider - Both Christian and Barbara were born in Bertie Township, although Barbara was born into a Mennonite family who lived in a log cabin about two miles south of the Sider home. After their marriage they both united with the Tunker Church and moved to Wainfleet Township to make their home there. Christian's original land was along the Forks Road, on the south half of Lot 30, Concession 5. Here he cleared the forest and built his first house out of logs. In 1845 Christian was ordained to the ministry of the Tunker Church, becoming the first minister in the Wainfleet congregation. His preaching was in German, and his training was in the "school of experience." In 1859 Christian built a large brick house on this property, the bricks being made from clay taken from the Forks Creek that ran through the farm. This house, still in use by Christian's descendants, was built with two large rooms for holding church services. Christian later purchased the north half of Lot 29, Concession 5, and still later acquired the north half of Lot 30, Concession 5, from his brother John. He was a successful farmer, but also a faithful churchman. Christian Cider was married to Barbara Sherk by John Anderson at Fort Erie on April 12, 1842. Witnesses were Andrew Sherk and Daniel Fretz. | Sider, Christian (I02375)
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| 518 | From "The Mills of Walpole and Rainham" by Ross Makey The Shoup Steam Mill ..... Christian, was born in 1803. Christian, in turn, was blessed with a family that included two daughters and five sons. Christian at some point came to the realization that his children would have more opportunity to prosper up in the less populated townships to the west. It was perhaps at the local grist mill, or maybe it was after services in the local Mennonite church that Christian heard of a piece of land for sale up in Walpole township. The 200 acre lot was still unimproved and it had been owned since 1802 by a local man, recently deceased, named Christian Vinecke. (Vinecke's daughter Fanny, incidently, had married into the Hoover family at Selkirk). The 200 acre lot was near what is now the hamlet of Springvale. Christian Shoup bought it for what seems like a fire sale price of only 50 pounds. The date was March 5th, 1845. The Christian Shoup family came to Walpole exactly half a century after old Martin Shoup had first set foot on Canadian soil at Niagara in 1797. Two years later in 1847 Christian spent another 50 pounds and bought the northwest quarter of lot 10. This plot was 50 acres and it adjoined Christian's original purchase. This "fifty" had a good water supply and it was to become the site of the main farmstead. In 1853 the "50" just east of the farmstead became available and Christian bought it, too. The Shoups were hard working and industrious people. Within a decade they managed to transfer a bush lot into a prosperous working farm. As the years passed, in fact, as the Shoup sons grew up and set up places of their own, the original block of land became several working farms. The land record books for this area show many other land transactions over the years involving the Shoups. Christian and Abigail Shoup's five sons and two daughters were all born in Willoughby township. In the year 1856 Christian Jr. was 28, John was 25, Elias was 19, Martin was 17, and Levi (the baby of the family) was 14. The daughters, both of them being older than the boys, were married and gone from the family home. Eva, 36, had married Henry Winger. Elizabeth, 32, was married to Abraham Winger. Abraham had come to Rainham Township with three of his brothers in the 1840s. About 1850 he moved to Walpole. In the year 1852 Abraham Winger bought the sawmill at Concession 14, Lot 7 from Dunham Hazelton. In 1855 Abraham was able to buy the 200 acres across the road from his sawmill. This was Concession 14, Lot 6. Abraham must have preferred farming to sawing because in 1856 he decided to sell the mill. Christian Shoup, his father-in-law, had five sons and wanted to keep them all busy. Christian decided to buy the mill. He mortgaged his farm to the tune of 250 pounds to make the purchase and the Shoup sons found themselves to be officially in the sawmill business. Elias Shoup seems to have been the one who did most of the operating at the Lot 7 sawmill. When Elias decided to strike off on his own in 1869 Christian sold the place to the Woltz Brothers who continued to run it for many years. Elias tried farming for a short while, then he became a sawyer at J. M. Porter's mill in Hagersville. Like so many other workers that followed the lumber trade he eventually went to Michigan. 1861 Census Dwelling No. 1 Frame House Christian Shoup, Farmer, Born in Canada West, Mennonist, 58 Abigail Shoup, Wife Levi Shoup, Laborer, Age 18 Michael Effinger, Laborer, 39, Born in Germany Charles ?, Laborer, 45, Born in Germany Barbery Berwick, 14, Born in Germany Dwelling No. 2 Log House Martin Shoup, Laborer, Lutheran, Born Canada West, 23 Mary, Wife, 23 Dwelling No. 3 Log House Christian Haberly, Laborer, Born in Germany, Lutheran, age 57 Edith Haberly, Wife, 52 Michael 19 Charles 16 Anna 12 Dwelling No. 4 Frame House Elias Shoup, Laborer, Born Canada West, Age 25 Rebecca, Wife, 24 Elias Barnhart, Laborer, 18 John Barnhart 6 As the years went by Christian Jr. and John drifted off to start new lives in Norfolk County. Martin went to Oxford County. This eventually left only "Old" Christian and Levi at home. Levi, like his father, was a virtual whirlwind of activity and a very progressive thinker. And it probably didn't hurt that he had the financial backing of his father. Levi bought a new steam engine and a portable sawmill. Then he built a grist mill, also run by steam. He had a Cheese factory and he built a butchery. To quote a man who knew him personally, "He was into everything." Levi was a very successful and respected man but, unlike his father, he was never the patriarch of a large family of sons. Levi had only two sons and one of them, Reuben, died young. The Shoup homestead was later taken over by Levi's other son William. It remains in the family to this day, in fact, it is currently occupied by Mrs. Fred Olds who is a direct Shoup descendant. Her late husband Fred was kind enough one day to guide me to a large granite mill stone that is lying near the old farmhouse. It is the last visible remnant of the glory days around the Shoup mills. From "Memoirs Garden" by Annie (Shoup) Brewe, a passage written by Rev. Willis William Shoup Before writing Grandfather's life, it might be stated that two brothers of his grandfather came from Pennsylvania to Canada at the same time that Christian Shoup came. They remained only a short time, and then returned to Pennsylvania. One remained in that state, Elias by name, while the other went west to, I think, Missouri, and eventually became the founder of a Community Sect. Grandfather visited this colony in all and was well pleased with their sincerity and thrift. From Early Churches In The Niagara Peninsula By Banns, Christian Shoup of the Township of Willoughby and Abigail Bernhart of the Township of Bertie married in Stamford the 20th day of March 1823 Christel Shoap is on the 1828 Census of Bertie with 2 females under 16 and 1 female over 16, total of 4 in the household. Christian Shoup purchased Lot 9, Concession 13, Walpole Township from the estate of Christian Vinecke in 1845 Lot 9, Concession 13, Walpole 1802 Crown Patent to Christian Vinecke (His children are Christian Jr., Fanny wife of Henry Hoover and Anna wife of Samuel Hoover.) 1845 Christian Vinecke Jr. Heir of Christian Vinecke Sr. Quit Claims to Christian Shoup 1845 Henry Hoover and wife Fanny, Samuel Hoover (his wife Anna died in 1837) and Jesse Hoover (Jesse Hoover born 1820 was Samuel and Anna's eldest son) Quit Claim also to Christian Shoup. Lot 2, Concession 15, Walpole 1847 David Beasley to Christian Shoup. 200 acres. No price was given. 1847 Christian Shoup to Jacob Shoup. West half. 100 acres. Again no price given. 1849 Jacob sold to Jonathan Beam. Price 100 pounds. Beam was there until 1858. 1855 Christian Shoup sold the east half to Peter Winger for 200 pounds. 1852 Census of Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario are; Shoup, Christian, Married, Male, born Upper Canada, aged 49, Mennonite Shoup, Abigail, Married, born Upper Canada, aged 50, Mennonite Shoup, Elias, born Upper Canada, aged 14, Mennonite Shoup, Levi, born Upper Canada, aged 10, Mennonite | Shoup, Christian (I00716)
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| 519 | From "Two Hundred Years with the Siders" - Compiled 1986 by Harold Sider and Ron Sider Both Andrew and Elizabeth were born in Bertie Township. Later they moved to Rainham Township where they farmed near Fisherville. They were active members of the Mennonite church where Andrew served as a deacon. They are buried in the Mennonite Cemetery near Lake Erie, east of Selkirk. The 1901 Census has Andrew and Elizabeth on Lot 8, Concession 4, Rainham Township From: The Sherk Family by Thomas A. Sherk - Andrew Sherk married Elizabeth Sider, daugter of Christian Sider and Barbara Winger. Andrew was born in Bertie Townhip, Welland County, Ontario, near Stevensville. There is some uncertainty about his exact date of birth. Some family, as well as Burkholder, place his birth as December 1, 1827. However, his gravestone states that he lived 77 years, 8 months, and 17 days, which would place his birth date at December 31, 1827. For the present, the December 31 date is being taken as authoratative. He moved from Bertie Township to Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario after his marriage. There he engaged in farming. His farm consisted of 119 acres, being composed of the south part of Lot 8 in the 4th Concession, and the south half of Lot 7 in the 4th Concession. This land was bequeathed to him by his father's will, but he was charged $575 which was to be paid to the other heirs. The farm is still owned by his descendants today. Andrew belonged to the Mennonite Church, and he was ordained as a deacon in the Rainham Church in 1872. Andrew and wife Elizabeth are both buried in Rainham Lakeshore Mennonite Cemetery, Haldimand County, on the banks of Lake Erie. Haldimand Deaths - Sherk Andrew, Male, September 18, 1905, Aged 77 Years, Lot 7, Concession 4, Farmer, Born Bertie, Cause of Death Old Age, Physician Dr. Baker, Mennonite, Informant Dr. Baker, Registered September 18, 1905 | Sherk, Andrew H. (I02347)
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| 520 | From "Two Hundred Years with the Siders" - Compiled 1986 by Harold Sider and Ron Sider Both Andrew and Elizabeth were born in Bertie Township. Later they moved to Rainham Township where they farmed near Fisherville. They were active members of the Mennonite church where Andrew served as a deacon. They are buried in the Mennonite Cemetery near Lake Erie, east of Selkirk. The 1901 Census has Andrew and Elizabeth on Lot 8, Concession 4, Rainham Township Haldimand Deaths, Rainham - Sherk Elizabeth, Female, Aged 81 Years 3 Days, Date of Death February 18, 1918, Born Bertie Township, Place of Death Rainham Township, Place of Burial Rainham, Widow, Father Christian Sider, Mother Barbara Winger, Physician Dr. Widdis, informant Menno Sherk, Fisherville, Ontario, Sherk Elizabeth, Date of Death February 18, 1918, Cause of Death Myocarditis (Rheumatism), Immediate Cause of Death Influenza, Duration 3 Days, Physician J. B. Widdis, Fisherville, Ontario, February 18, 1918, L. F. Culver Division Registrar of Rainham | Sider, Elizabeth (I02286)
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| 521 | From "Two Hundred Years with the Siders" compiled 1986 by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Christian was born in Bertie Township where he lived his entire life. In 1824 he received 100 acres of land from his father, although he had probably been living on this land for several years earlier. This farm consisted of the east halves of Lots 9 and 10 in the 10th Concession of Bertie Township, just east of the village of Stevensville. Later he added an additional 100 acres to the farm. At the time of his death in 1862, his 200 acre farm was divided among his three sons, with his younger son, Jacob C. Sider, living in the parents' home. This farm was in the descendants of this family until recent years. Barbara Winger was a granddaughter of Abram Winger who married Anna Groff about 1760 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Barbara and her mother-in-law Mary were first cousins, twice removed | Sider, Christian (I02277)
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| 522 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" Compiled by Harold and Ron Sider - Lived on a farm in Bertie Township | Ebersole, Aaron (I03309)
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| 523 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" Compiled by Harold and Ron Sider - Lived on a farm in Bertie Township | Johnston, Flora "Nellie" (I03308)
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| 524 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" Compiled by Harold and Ron Sider - Resided on a farm in Moulton Township. Was clerk of Moulton Township for many years. | Duff, George A. (I03306)
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| 525 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" Compiled by Harold and Ron Sider - Resided on a farm in Moulton Township. Was clerk of Moulton Township for many years. | Johnston, Clara (I03305)
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| 526 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Gilmore, M. (I03327)
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| 527 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - A farmer on the "home place" caring for his parents in their old age. Later worked in Welland industry. A Sunday School teacher and member of the men's quartet at Wainfleet Brethern in Christ Church. | Sider, Calvin Henry (I03326)
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| 528 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - A farmer, Brethern in Christ, Wainfleet Twp. Lived along #3 Highway, 1¼ miles east of Brethern in Christ Church | Thompson, Pearl (I03287)
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| 529 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - A farmer, Brethern in Christ, Wainfleet Twp. Lived along #3 Highway, 1¼ miles east of Brethern in Christ Church | Sider, Herbert (I03286)
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| 530 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Abraham moved to Michigan as a young man. He had two daughters by his first wife, who then died. He remarried and had four more children. For his occupation he operated a livery service. | Sider, Abraham\Abram (I02495)
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| 531 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Abram and Magdalena were born in Bertie Township, both from Pennsylvania Dutch families, members of the Tunker Church. Abram and Magdalena lived on her father's farm, about a mile south east of the present Bertie Brethern in Christ Church. Abram was a farmer and preacher for the Tunker Church, and was selected to be the "Elder" or "Bishop" of the church. He was thus the leader of the group which had several men serving as ministers. After Magdalena died at age 51 years, Abram remarried a widow with three daughters, Rachel Pound. One of these daughters, Alice Pound, later became the wife of Magdalena's son Jonas. | Winger, Abram (I02477)
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| 532 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Adam was born in the Stevensville area in the Tunker community. Shortly after his marriage he lived with his cousin Abraham Sider, west of Stevensville. The 1871 Census shows him living in Pelham Township, where he was listed as a farmer and Lutheran. | Catherine (I02531)
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| 533 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Adam was born in the Stevensville area in the Tunker community. Shortly after his marriage he lived with his cousin Abraham Sider, west of Stevensville. The 1871 Census shows him living in Pelham Township, where he was listed as a farmer and Lutheran. | Sider, Adam (I02436)
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| 534 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Andrew and Elizabeth lived on his father's farm. He was a successful farmer and they were members of the Wainfleet Brethern in Christ Church. | Winger, Elizabeth (I02580)
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| 535 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Andrew and Elizabeth lived on his father's farm. He was a successful farmer and they were members of the Wainfleet Brethern in Christ Church. | Sider, Andrew (I02475)
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| 536 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Anna worked in Buffalo before marrying and returning to live at Wainfleet. Frank was a railroad foreman with three children by a former marriage. Are members of Wainfleet Brethern in Christ Church. | Tucker, Frank (I03329)
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| 537 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Sider, A.M. (I03328)
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| 538 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Ben and Annie lived along the Forks Road on the east side of Winger. He was a part-time farmer and carpenter. They were members of the Winger Church of Christ Disciples. | Dilts, Benson "Ben" (I02589)
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| 539 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Ben and Annie lived along the Forks Road on the east side of Winger. He was a part-time farmer and carpenter. They were members of the Winger Church of Christ Disciples. | Sider, Barbara Ann "Annie" (I02501)
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| 540 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Catherine was the youngest of fourteen children born to parents in their mid years. Catherine and Louis settled on the east half of Lot 28, Concession 5, in Wainfleet Township, which had been purchased by her father the year Catherine was born. Their home was along the Forks Road, just east of her brother Martin's. Here they farmed the land and raised their three children. Catherine was a member of the Tunker Church although it is not known that Louis ever joined the Tunker group. | Sett, Louis (I02507)
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| 541 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Catherine was the youngest of fourteen children born to parents in their mid years. Catherine and Louis settled on the east half of Lot 28, Concession 5, in Wainfleet Township, which had been purchased by her father the year Catherine was born. Their home was along the Forks Road, just east of her brother Martin's. Here they farmed the land and raised their three children. Catherine was a member of the Tunker Church although it is not known that Louis ever joined the Tunker group. | Sider, Catherine (I02429)
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| 542 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Chris was small of stature but very active. As an old man he took pride in being more spry than many younger men. Before marrying, he bought land a mile north of his father's farm at six dollars per acre, cut down trees, built buildings and developed a farm. Among other things he raised turkeys, selling some in Buffalo. Somehow he met Anna Dick who was working for a family in Buffalo. They were attracted to each other and later Chris married this young lady from Indiana. Although a successful farmer, Chris also was a strong Church supporter and served for a time as a preacher along with farming. In 1938 his large barn and farm buildings were used to host the General Conference of the Brethern in Christ Church. Chris Sider was widely known in Dunnville and Welland, because he enjoyed talking with people and for many years made weekly trips to the farmers' markets in these two towns to sell his produce. | Dick, Anna (I02579)
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| 543 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Chris was small of stature but very active. As an old man he took pride in being more spry than many younger men. Before marrying, he bought land a mile north of his father's farm at six dollars per acre, cut down trees, built buildings and developed a farm. Among other things he raised turkeys, selling some in Buffalo. Somehow he met Anna Dick who was working for a family in Buffalo. They were attracted to each other and later Chris married this young lady from Indiana. Although a successful farmer, Chris also was a strong Church supporter and served for a time as a preacher along with farming. In 1938 his large barn and farm buildings were used to host the General Conference of the Brethern in Christ Church. Chris Sider was widely known in Dunnville and Welland, because he enjoyed talking with people and for many years made weekly trips to the farmers' markets in these two towns to sell his produce. | Sider, Minister Christian (I02465)
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| 544 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Emma served as a pastor's wife and school teacher. They served pastorates in Norfolk County and at Wainfleet and Boyle. Their home for many years is along #3 Highway about six miles east of Dunnville. | Gilmore, Edward (I03325)
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| 545 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Emma served as a pastor's wife and school teacher. They served pastorates in Norfolk County and at Wainfleet and Boyle. Their home for many years is along #3 Highway about six miles east of Dunnville. | Sider, Emma Mildred (I03324)
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| 546 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Georg Jacob Schmid immigrated from Germany to Canada in 1832. Somehow he came in contact with the German speaking Sider family, and married the eldest daughter of John Sider of Stevensville. Although Barbara was a member of the Tunker church until her death at age 89, Jacob never became a member of the Tunker brotherhood. On November 4th, 1842, Barbara's father purchased 100 acres of land in Wainfleet Township, the south part of Lot 36, Concession 5, from John Misener, for 212 pounds, 10 shillings. This farm, one and a half miles west of the present Wainfleet Brethern in Christ Church, became the Jacob Smith farm. However, it was not until 1858 that ownership of the land was transferred from John Sider to Jacob Smith. | Smith, Jacob (I02444)
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| 547 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - In 1803 Moses Byers purchased 243 acres of land across the road from the Jacob Sider farm east of Stevensville. Moses' property was part of Lots 9, 10, 11 and 12, Concession 8 of Bertie Township. This land was sold in 1846 and nothing is known about this family or their descendants after this date. | Byers, Moses (I02413)
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| 548 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Isaac lived in the Winger area until 1898, when he took his small family to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here he settled in the area west of the city, working as a farmer and fruit grower. | House, Hattie (I02586)
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| 549 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Isaac lived in the Winger area until 1898, when he took his small family to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here he settled in the area west of the city, working as a farmer and fruit grower. | Sider, Isaac (I02497)
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| 550 | From "Two Hundred Years With The Siders" compiled by Harold Sider and Ron Sider - Jacob and Mary were born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and lived there until 1788 when they moved to Canada with their three oldest children and settled in the Niagara District. Their first home was in the Pelham area, but a few years later they made their home near Stevensville. They were pioneer farmers, clearing forested land to develop land for farming. They were members of the River Brethern or Tunker Church in Canada. Jacob demonstrated significant success as a farmer and businessman. He owned land totalling 900 acres in Bertie and Willoughby Townships, and was able to help his children get settled on farms of their own. | Sider, Jacob (I02408)
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