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Jacob Clemmer[1]

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Birth  22 Feb 1821    [2,3
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00024-1932 
Died  10 Apr 1892    [4,5
Person ID  I17091 
Last Modified  23 May 2004 
 
Father  Henry M. Clemmer, b. Apr 1783, Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Sarah (Sallie) Bergey, b. Mar 1786 
Group Sheet  F552 
 
Family 1  Barbara Shirk, b. 30 Nov 1827 
Married  30 Jun 1863    [6
Children 
 1. Isaac Clemmer, b. 13 May 1865
 2. Rachel Clemmer, b. 26 Nov 1866
 3. Eliza Clemmer, b. 10 Mar 1869
 4. Nathan Clemmer, b. 11 Apr 1871
 5. Jacob Clemmer, b. 23 Feb 1875
Group Sheet  F4241 
 
Family 2  Anna Lichty, b. 6 Jan 1827 
Married  1 Feb 1848    [7,8
Children 
 1. Lucy Clemmer, b. 13 Dec 1848
 2. Mary Clemmer, b. 24 Nov 1850
 3. Henry Clemmer, b. 18 Feb 1853
 4. Nancy Clemmer, b. 23 Jun 1855
 5. Leah Clemmer, b. 7 Feb 1857
 6. Noah Clemmer, b. 23 Jul 1861
Group Sheet  F4242 
 
Notes  Jacob Clemmer, "was born February 22nd, 1821. On February 1st, 1848, he was married to Anna Lichty who was born January 6th, 1827, and died August 2nd, 1861. He resided on the old "Clemmer Homestead" two miles north of the town of Waterloo. Their family consisted of six children...

After the decease of his first wife he was married to Barbara, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Shirk of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was born November 30th, 1827, and came to Canada with her brother, Peter Shirk of Bridgeport, Ontario, miller, in May 1862. On June 30th, 1863, they were married. The second union was blessed with a family of five children, viz:

The mother, together with the last three named children, reside on the old farm where their father died, April 10th, 1892."
 
Sources  1. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 451   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 451   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 880   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 453   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 880   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 452   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 880   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
8. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 451   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
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