Anna Biehn

Family/Spouse: Samuel W. Baumann / Bowman. Samuel (son of Christian Baumann and Magdalena Weber) was born on 4 Nov 1804 in Berks County, Pennsylvania; died on 6 Sep 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Menno B. Bowman was born on 20 May 1837 in Waterloo County, Ontario.

Notes:

From Ezra Eby Book

John Biehn, " the eldest son of John and Barbara (Fried) Biehn, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1776. In 1799 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hoch) Bechtel. In 1800 they with his parents and family, and others moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County where now is the village of Doon. Here they resided until their deaths. Their family consisted of seven children.

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Previous Names: Beck's Hill, Oregon, Tow Town

History of Doon

Before the village of Doon was conceived, there existed in its place an area of forested land near the confluence of the Grand River and Schneider’s Creek. The history of Doon, as with other communities in the Waterloo Township, begins with the story of Richard Beasley and Block Two land holdings. In 1800, John Biehn Sr. from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania bought 3,600 acres of land from Beasley along the west bank of the Grand River, which included the area that would become the village of Doon. Biehn’s relatives from Pennsylvania, including the Bechtels, Rosenbergers, and Kinzies, acquired lots subdivided from his large acreage and took up clearing the land for farming. John Biehn Jr. settled directly in the area of Doon where he eventually established a sawmill. Because other areas of land further out in the township had not yet been made accessible with roads and trails, for several years the general locality of Doon was one of the preferred places to settle. Although both John Biehn Jr. and Frederic Beck ran sawmills in the Doon area by 1830, early settlers were mainly Mennonite farmers looking to continue their agricultural way of life. These farmers were primarily German Mennonites from Pennsylvania.

John married Anna "Nancy" Bechtel in 1799. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpt from "A History of Kitchener" by William Velores Uttley

On July 18, 1800, John Biehn, forefather of the Bean families of Kitchener and Waterloo, registered the purchase of 3600 acres, which included the sites for Doon and New Aberdeen.

John married Barbara Fried. Barbara was born in 1744 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died in 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]