Rev.
John
G.
Bear
Sr.
Born in Preston, Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
Elizabeth (Bear) Smith, Aaron Baer, Anna Nancy (Baer) Benner, Michael Bear, David (Bear) Baer, Abraham G Baer, Salome (Baer) Bergey, Martin (Baer) Bayer Jr., Catherine (Baer) Webber, George Baer, Leah (Baer) Ellenbaum, Susannah (Baer) Mosser and Rachel (Baer) Nafzieger
Husband of
Anna (Pannebecker) Bear
— married
11 Feb 1827 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Magdalena Bear, David Pannebecker Bear, Moses Bear, John Bear, Aaron Bear, Rebecca Bear, Samuel Bear, Leah Pannebecker (Bear) Witmer, Martin Bear, Cornelius T Bear, Abraham Bear, Benjamin Bear and Joseph Bear
Died
at age 90
in Hespeler, Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Apr 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Son of Martin Treichler Baer/Bear and Catherine Hunsaker Gingerich Baer.
Married Anna Pannebecker. Their children:
- David Baer 1828-1907
- John Bear 1832-1908
- Aaron Bear 1834-1870
- Rebecca Baer Snider 1836-1898
- Leah Baer Witmer 1839-1908
- Martin Bear 1841-1843
- Cornelius Bear 1843-1882
- Abraham Bear 1845-1846
- Benjamin Bear 1848-1932
Census
1851: Waterloo, Ontario/Canada West, Canada [1]
- John Bear, Farmer, Mennonite
- Anna Bear
- David Bear, blacksmith
- John Bear, Laborer
- Aaron Bear
1861: Waterloo, Ontario, CAN [2]
- John Bear, 57, married in 1827
- Nancy Bear, 49, married in 1827
- Leah Bear, 22
- Lovina Bear, 16
- Cornelius Bear 18
- Benjamin Bear 14
- Benjamin Reas, , 61, laborer
- Joseph Bear 29, married 1856
- Margaret, 29, married 1856
- Jonas Bear 3
- Josiah Bear 1
1871: Waterloo South, Ontario, CAN [3]
- Melinda Stewart 24
- Desdemonia Stewart 21
- John Bear 66
- Annie Bear 58
- Joseph Bear 17
- Caroline Bear 4
- Benjamin Reas 71
- Lavina Musser 25
1881: Waterloo South, Ontario, CAN [4]
- John Bear 74, widowed
- Bengamon Rese 81
1891: Waterloo South, Ontario, CAN [5]
- John Bear 59
- Margret Bear 59
- Mary Ann Bear 27
- Elizabeth Bear 23
- John Coleman 28
- Meno Bear 21
- John Bear 87
Burial
Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Hespeler, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada [6]
- Fact: Religion Mennonite
- Fact: Burial Wanner's Cemetery, Hespler, Waterloo, Ontario
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1851; Census Place: Waterloo, Waterloo County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11754; Page: 31; Line: 46
- ↑ Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1078-1079
- ↑ Year: 1871; Census Place: Galt, Waterloo South, Ontario; Roll: C-9943; Page: 16; Family No: 55
- ↑ Year: 1881; Census Place: Waterloo South, Waterloo South, Ontario; Roll: C_13264; Page: 43; Family No: 191
- ↑ Year: 1891; Census Place: Waterloo South, Waterloo South, Ontario; Roll: T-6375; Family No: 261
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39053199&ref=acom; headstone photo; accessed 10/30/2017
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 October 2018, 12:28), entry for John Bear Sr.(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTJX-HM8); contributed by various users.
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- Waterloo Township; Biographical History pg. 187
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of MildredMcEwan.ged on 02 April 2011.
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