| Birth |
31 Dec 1813 |
, Chester Co., Pennsylvania [4] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00117-7431 |
| Person ID |
I18316 |
| Last Modified |
11 Jun 2004 |
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| Father |
Jacob Stauffer |
| Mother |
Mary Hoch |
| Group Sheet |
F4413 |
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| Family 1 |
Annie Maria Shelly, b. 29 May 1819, Harmony, Butler Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
24 May 1836 |
[5,6] |
| Children |
| | 1. John Stauffer, b. 4 May 1837, Harmony, Butler Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 2. Polly Stauffer, b. 3 Jan 1839, Harmony, Butler Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 3. Elizabeth Stauffer, b. 23 Aug 1840, , Butler Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 4. Isaac S. Stauffer, b. 2 Nov 1842, , Butler Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 5. Josiah S. Stauffer, b. 2 Dec 1844, , Butler Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 6. Zepheniah Stauffer, b. 23 Dec 1846, , Butler Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 7. Levy Stauffer, b. 4 Dec 1849, Bridgeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 8. Jacob S. Stauffer, b. 12 Nov 1851, Bridgeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 9. Angeline Stauffer, b. 16 Dec 1852, Bridgeport, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 10. Abraham S. Stauffer, b. 8 Apr 1855, Near Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 11. Samuel S. Stauffer, b. 19 May 1857, Near Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 12. Malinda Stauffer, b. 16 Aug 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 13. Melvinah Stauffer, b. 20 Dec 1861 |
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| Group Sheet |
F4414 |
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| Notes |
David Stauffer, "son of Jacob and Mary (Hoch) Stauffer, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, December 31st, 1813, and was raised in Butler County, same state. He was married, in 1836, to Anna Maria, daughter of Samuel and Polly (Bechtel) Shelly. She was born May 29th, 1819. On May 2nd, 1848, they, with their family of five children, left Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Canada and arrived at Berlin during the latter part of May. During the remainder of the year 1848 they resided on the farm formerly owned by the late William Moyer, now in possession of Isadore B. Snyder. In spring, 1849, they moved to Bridgeport, on the farm now possessed by Dilman G. Moyer where they had the misfortune of being burned out. In 1854, they moved on the old 'Burkholder Farm' one mile north of the town of Waterloo where they resided until 1859, then they moved on the old 'Henry Martin Farm' one mile north of the Martin Mennonite Meeting House. Here they resided until 1864, when he purchased a farm about two miles north-west of Heidelberg where they resided for ten years, then he sold his farm to a Mr. Compass, in 1874, and moved to Conestogo, having bought Mr. Charles Hendry's property, where they now reside. They have have a family of thirteen children, of whom three died in infancy, .." |
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| Sources |
1. [S2] Vol II 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 Eby, 442 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S2] Vol II 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 Eby, 224 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2] Vol II 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 Eby, 601 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S2] Vol II 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 Eby, 521 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S2] Vol II 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 Eby, 442 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S2] Vol II 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 Eby, 521 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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