Clara Margaret Demuth

Other Events:

• Census: 1901, Port Arthur, Algoma County, Ontario

Other Events:

• Census: 1901, Port Arthur, Algoma County, Ontario

Henry married Mary Ann Weber on 8 Feb 1881 in Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. Mary (daughter of Casper Weber and Elizabeth Wurm) was born on 19 Mar 1860 in Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1861, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1881, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1901, Port Arthur, Algoma County, Ontario
• Census: 1911, 238 Wilson Street, Port Arthur, Thunder Bay and Rainy River, Ontario
• Residence: 1 Jun 1939, Port Arthur, Ontario

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses to the marriage were Peter Wagner and Justus Demuth, both of Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario.

Henry married Anna Margareth Gerhardt. Anna was born in 1822 in Hessen, Germany; died on 12 Mar 1880 in Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario; was buried in (original site of ) St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Zurich, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: N 1/2 lot 23, con 14, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Census: 1861, 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

Notes:

1911 census shows Casper and Elizabeth living with daughter Lizzie Snell and son-in-law John Snell.



Accounts vary regarding when Casper Weber came to Canada from Germany. Accounts given the year of immigration between 1841 and 1850. Casper Weber was a stone mason in Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. He and Elizabeth raised their family at N 1/2 lot 23, con 14, Hay Township. Casper Weber's tender of $403 to build a township hall in Zurich was approved by council in 1861.

Casper married Elizabeth Wurm. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann Heinrich "Henry" Wurm and Elisabetha (Elizabeth) Lein) was born on 16 Apr 1840 in Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario; died on 23 Dec 1922 in Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario; was buried on 26 Dec 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1851, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Confirmation: 7 Apr 1861, St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Residence: 12 Jun 1868, Ripley, Indiana, United States
• 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

Notes:

Elizabeth Wurm was confirmed at St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario on 7 April 1861.

Census 1851, age 13, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Census 1861, age 21, Hay, Huron South, Ontario
Census 1881, age 40, Hay, Huron South, Ontario
Census 1891, age ??, Hay, Huron South, Ontario
Census 1901, age 60, Hay, Huron South, Ontario
Census 1911, age 71, Hay, Huron South, Ontario

Notes:

Birth information collected regarding the children of Casper Weber and Elizabeth Wurm suggests that the family residence was Zurich, Ontario with the exception of 5 to 8 years ending by 1873. During those years the family was in the United States, likely in Indiana where their fifth child, Louis Weber, was born.

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.