Alvin Chauncey Rupp

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Croswell, Sanilac County, Michigan
• Census: 1910, Croswell, Sanilac County, Michigan
• Census: 1920, Wayne County, Michigan

Alvin married Florence A. Mathias on 28 Nov 1923 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Florence (daughter of Dominick Mathias and Theresia Weber) was born on 21 Jan 1889 in Findlay, Hancock, Ohio; died on 30 Jul 1966 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living Rupp
2. Living Rupp

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Croswell, Sanilac County, Michigan
• Census: 1910, Croswell, Sanilac County, Michigan
• Census: 1920, Wayne County, Michigan
• Census: 1930, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

William married Lovina Wurm on 4 Apr 1889 in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. Lovina (daughter of Henry Wurm and Catherine Zeller) was born on 28 May 1867 in Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario; died on 24 Mar 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Confirmation: 9 Apr 1882, St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1900, Croswell, Sanilac County, Michigan

Notes:

Late in the year of 1889, the family of William Rupp and Lavina Wurm emigrated to Sanilac County, Michigan. In 1900 they were residing in Croswell village and William worked as a farm labourer.

Notes:

Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)
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RUPP , HENRY

Sex: Male
Age: 29
Birthplace: ONTARIO
Religion: Lutheran/Evangelical Lutheran
Origin: GERMAN
Occupation: TANNER
District: WATERLOO NORTH ( 032 )
Sub-district: Woolwich ( B )
Division: 4
Page: 64
Microfilm reel: C-9944
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

Heinrich married Louise Rau on 13 Oct 1867 in Waterloo County, Ontario. Louise (daughter of Henry Rau and Elizabeth Zinkann) was born on 13 Mar 1848 in New Hamburg, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario; died on 3 Dec 1931 in Thedford, Lambton County, Ontario; was buried on 6 Dec 1931 in Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1921, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario

Other Events:

• Emigration: 1837
• Census: 1851, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Confirmation: 7 Apr 1861, St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1871, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1881, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1891, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario

Notes:

It is with the deepest regret we have to record the Death of Mr. Henry Wurm this wk. A short time ago he met with an accident through the running away of his team in the hay field by which his legs were badly hurt. He seemed to rally from the effects of the accident but on Saturday took a turn for the worse and gradually sunk until Death ended his sufferings on Sunday night. Mr. Wurm was one of the oldest settlers and well known through out the country and we think we can safely say he had not a enemy.
He was “Friend” to every one a kind loving Husband and affectionate Father. He leaves behind him a Widow three sons and six daughters to mourn his loss. Besides his aged Father one sister and two brothers the Bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community in the loss. The Funeral was on Wednesday.

Died 25th July
Buried 28th 1896

Henry married Catherine Zeller on 10 Mar 1863 in Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. Catherine (daughter of Daniel Zeller and Anna Baetz) was born on 26 Dec 1842 in North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario; died on 11 Dec 1926 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Dec 1926 in St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1861, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Confirmation: 7 Apr 1861, St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1871, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1881, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1891, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1901, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1911, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1921, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario; Lot 22 Knell Survey

Notes:

After the death of her husband in 1896, Catherine sold the farm to Conrad Fuss and moved into town (Zurich).

Catherine lived with her daughter Anna for many years. Anna never married. The home was on the main street in Zurich, Ontario.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses were Valentin Zeller and Daniel Coloski, both of Hay Township.

Lorenz married Salome Wolf. Salome was born in 1826 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Elizabeth Zinkann. Elizabeth was born in 1821 in Germany; died in 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Confirmation: 1823, Burg-Gemünden; Note that the Bleidenrod church was a branch of the church in Burg-Gemünden and all the children from both places were confirmed in Burg-Gemünden.
• Emigration: 1837
• Census: 1851, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

WURM, Heinrich Ontario Deaths #014248/07

Died Mar 16, 1907 at age 97 years. Residence was Zurich, Ontario. Occupation: carpenter. Married. Born in Germany. Cause of death: old age. No physician in attendance. Religion: Lutheran. Informant was Martin Wurm.

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Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)

WURM , HENRY SEN
Sex:Male
Age:56
Birthplace:GERMANY
Religion:Lutheran/Evangelical Lutheran
Origin:GERMAN
Occupation:CARPENTER
District:HURON SOUTH ( 025 )
Sub-district:Hay ( B )
Division:2
Page:18
Microfilm reel:C-9928
Reference:RG31 - Statistics Canada

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From the Zurich Herald May 30, 1902 (social section) p.4 c2

The Oldest Voter--Grandfather Wurm In His 93rd Year, Polls Another Grit Vote

HENRY WURM was out as usual on election day to cast his ballot. Mr. Wurm is in his 93rd year, having been born at Homburg An Der Ohm, Hesse Darmstadt, on the 20th of November 1809. He came to Canada in the year 1837 and lived in Berlin and Breslau until the spring of 1855 when he came to his township and has been a resident here continuously since.

Mr. Wurm was a carpenter by trade and did considerable work in that line in the early days of the village of Zurich. He owned a fine 100 acre farm just south of the village which he gave to his two sons MATTHAIS and HENRY, about 20 years ago, while he and his aged partner spent their declining years in the village. His wife died about ten years ago and he has since been making his home with his graddaughter Mrs. JOHN FUSS and later with his daughter MRS. CASPER WEBER, and is now living with his daughter-in-law MRS. HENRY WURM JR. on the old homestead. It is to be hoped the old gentleman will be spared to enjoy many more years of life. It is the general opinion that he is the oldest voter to come to the polls in South Huron.

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Johann married Elisabetha (Elizabeth) Lein on 26 May 1835 in Bleidenrod, Homberg (Ohm), Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Deutschland. Elisabetha (daughter of Johannes Lein and Anna Maria Diegel) was born on 15 Oct 1801 in Bleidenrod, Homberg (Ohm), Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Deutschland; died on 19 Sep 1891 in Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario; was buried in Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zurich, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Emigration: 1837
• Census: 1851, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Sept. 24, 1891--------EX. ADVANCE--------Zurich (as recorded in The Wurm Story -- 1801 to the Present, by Robert P. Reid)

OBITUARY FOR LATE ELIZABETH WURM-------90 YEARS OF AGE

It is our painful duty this week to chronicle the death of the wife of Mr. Henry Wurm Sr., one of the oldest inhabitants of this village. The deceased was one of the earliest settlers in this area having settled here about 35 years ago. Of late years she has been afflicted with a cancer which caused her death last Saturday at the ripe old age of ninety years. The funeral took place last Tuesday morning and proceeded to the Lutheran Cemetery where the body was interred.

Mr. Daniel Wurm and son of Matthias attended.

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BerlinerJournal1891Deaths.pdf -- Event date 26 Sept 1891 -- News date Oct 22, 1891

Elisabeth Wurm, nee Lein, wife of Heinrich Wurm, died in Zurich at age of 89 years, 11 months and 3 days.

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Birth:
1801 Birth of Elisabetha Lein
• Born October 15, 1801 at 5pm
• Baptized October 18, 1801
• Parents were Johannes Lein and Anna Maria
• Witness to baptism was Elisabetha Diegel, sister of mother
Source: Church Records, Parish of Bleidenrod FHL INTL Film #1195711

Notes:

Henry Wurm and Elizabeth Wurm emigrated to Canada in 1837 with their two sons. Henry was a carpenter. The family settled first in Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario where their daughter, Elizabeth was born.

The family moved to Zurich, Huron County, Ontario in 1856, leasing Lot 19, Con. 11, Hay Township which they bought in 1859 from the Canada Company. This lot is at the south edge of Zurich.

Married:
From Church Records, Parish of Bleidenrod, Heiraten 1808-1875 FHL INTL Film #1195713

Bleidenrod Parish 1835 Marriage Record #5, page 124. View marriage record. (408 KB)

Johann Heinrich Wurm and Elisabetha Lein, both of the parish of Bleidenrod, married on May 26, 1838. The groom was the son of carpenter Nicolaus Wurm, also of the same parish. Groom's mother was Barbara. Her surname is difficult to decipher but appears to be possibly Lemer or Lemmer. Johann Heinrich Wurm, age 25, was also a carpenter.

Elisabetha Lein (pronounced Lien) was the daughter of Johannes Lein and Anna Maria Diegel. She was age 33. Witnesses were Nicolaus Wurm, father of the groom and Johannes Lein, father of the bride.

Other Events:

• Census: 1861, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1871, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1881, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1891, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario

Notes:

Daniel emigrated to Canada about 1834. He settled in St. Catharines, Ontario and later moved to Glasgow Mills (later known as Bridgeport, Ontario). On November 5,1836, he met Theobald, his half brother (just arriving in Canada, via New York from Germany), with a wagon , in St. Catharines, Ontario, and took him and his wife and family (Michael, Elizabeth, & Maria), to Preston, Ontario. Later, he moved to Zurich, Ontario, where he farmed on the Blind Line,(the first road east of Zurich). It was the third farm north of the no. 84 Highway. While in Zurich, they had 10 children, Valentin, Catherine (Mrs. Henry Wurm), John, Philip, Dan, Elizabeth, Adam, Jacob (who married Anna Neuschwanger, daughter of Mary Schumacher and John Neuschwanger), & Mary Ann (who married Wm. Schrader), and Anna born 1861 and died the same year. In the census of 1861, Daniel's surname is Zellers. Then in the 1871 census, it is changed to ZELLER.


Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)

Sex: Male
Age: 60
Birthplace: GERMANY
Religion: Lutheran/Evangelical Lutheran
Origin: GERMAN
Occupation: Farmer ( F )
District: HURON SOUTH ( 025 )
Sub-district: Hay ( B )
Division: 2
Page: 19
Microfilm reel: C-9928
Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

Daniel married Anna Baetz. Anna was born in Dec 1819 in Breitenbach, Herzberg, Kurshausen, Germany; died on 24 Nov 1898 in Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario; was buried in St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daniel emigrated to Canada about 1834. He settled in St. Catharines, Ontario and later moved to Glasgow Mills (later known as Bridgeport, Ontario). On November 5,1836, he met Theobald, his half brother (just arriving in Canada, via New York from Germany), with a wagon , in St. Catharines, Ontario, and took him and his wife and family ( Michael, Elizabeth, & Maria), to Preston, Ontario. Later, he moved to Zurich, Ontario, where he farmed on the Blind Line,(the first road east of Zurich). It was the third farm north of the no. 84 Highway. While in Zurich, they had 10 children, Valentin, Catherine (Mrs. Henry Wurm), John, Philip, Dan, Elizabeth, Adam, Jacob (who married Anna Neuschwanger, daughter of Mary Schumacher and John Neuschwanger), & Mary Ann (who married Wm. Schrader), and Anna born 1861 and died the same year. In the census of 1861, Daniel's surname is Zellers. Then in the 1871 census, it is changed to ZELLER.


Buried:
Third row from back of cemetery.

Anna Baetz / Wife of / Daniel Zeller / Died / Nov. 24, 1898 / Aged 78 Yrs. / 11 Mos. 18 Dys. / Gone but not forgotten / ZELLER