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Abraham C. Clemens[1,2,3]

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Title  Deacon 
Birth  7 Feb 1803  , Chester Co., Pennsylvania  [4
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00023-1683 
Person ID  I3867 
Last Modified  25 Jul 2004 
 
Father  Abraham Clemens, b. 1764, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Rebecca Miller, b. 1763, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Group Sheet  F302 
 
Family 1  Elizabeth Strome, b. 25 Aug 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Children 
 1. Moses Clemens, b. 22 Apr 1825
 2. Aaron Clemens, b. 26 Feb 1828, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Co, Ontario
 3. Mary Clemens, b. 14 May 1830
 4. John S. Clemens, b. 1 Jun 1833
 5. Hannah Clemens, b. 30 Aug 1836, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Co., Ontario
Group Sheet  F1343 
 
Notes  Abram C. Clemens, "the third son of Abraham and Rebecca (Miller) Clemens, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, February 7th, 1803, and when six years of age his parents moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near Hespeler where young Abram was raised. When a young man he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and Polly (Ruth) Strohm, who was born August 25th, 1802, and died October 8th, 1864. After their marriage they moved on the farm now in possession of their son, John who resides near Hespeler. After the decease of his first wife he was married to Nancy Bowman. When married second time he lived retired near the old homestead. Some twenty years before his death he was appointed deacon of the Mennonite Church. To him and his first wife were born five children, namely:"
 
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), 405   [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, 528   [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, 204   [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), 405   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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