Person:George Clemens (4)

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m. 27 Oct 1840
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Name George Clemens
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Jul 1777 Pikeland Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 27 Oct 1840 Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario, CanadaSt. Peters Lutheran Church
to Elizabeth Bechtel
Death[1] 10 Aug 1863 Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Burial[2] Waterloo County, Ontario, CanadaLimerick Cemetery Near or in Cambridge, Ontario.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Eby, Ezra E. A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county ... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
    1:412-13.

    'CLEMENS, GEORGE, younger son of George and Elizabeth (Carlisle) Clemens, was born in Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, July 17th, 1777. ... [In Canada, he] selected his land on which he settled. This was about one mile east of Preston, near Speedsville, on the farm now owned by his grandson, Isaac B. Clemens. ... After [the decease of his first wife] he was married [footnote: Second marriage took place October 27th, 1840.] to Elizabeth, the widow of David Histand. She was a daughter of old George Bechtel and was born August 8th, 1792, and died July 21st, 1885. Old Mr. George Clemens died August 10th, 1863.'

  2. Cornell-Limerick Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, in Find A Grave.

    George C. Clemens
    Birth: Jul. 17, 1777, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Death: Aug. 10, 1863, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada

    Inscription (from photo of gravestone):
    'In Memory of George Clemens
    Born July 17 [illegible]
    Died Aug 10 1863
    Aged 86 Years & 25 D'

    Notes on the Cemetery: 'The Cornell burial ground, which became known as Limerick Cemetery, was located on part of Lot No. 8, Beasley's Broken Front (BBF), south of the Preston-Berlin Road; the church was on the north side of the road.
    The Limerick Cemetery gravestones were re-located to Doon Pioneer Village, 10 Huron Road at Homer Watson Blvd., Kitchener in 1966 when Highway 8 was widened and the interchange with Pioneer Tower Road was improved.'

  3.   Canada West (Ontario): Waterloo County: Waterloo Township, in United Province of Canada. 1851 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    page 9.

    George Clemens, age 75, born in Pennsylvania, no religion, farmer
    Elizabeth Clemens, age 60, born in Pennsylvania, Menonist

  4.   Canada West: Waterloo County: Waterloo Township, in Canada. 1861 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

    George Clemens, age 84, born in U. S., Menonist, gentleman
    Mrs. Clemens, age 69, born in U. S., Menonist