John Weagant

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 47116327
• _UID: D4209605C6FD4440972555E84392ADAF00B0
• Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canad
• Occupation: 3 Jan 1862, Little Valley, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States; Appointment as US Postmaster
• Census: 1870, Quincy, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States; USA
• Occupation: 1870, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, United States; Farmer
• Census-Household Member: 1880, Quincy, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States; USA
• Census: 1 May 1885, Quincy, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States; Minnesota State

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
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Census:
close neighbours of Andrew and Elizabeth Miller and their family

Occupation:
Name:?tab?John M Weagant
Post Office Location:?tab?Little Valley, Olmsted, Minnesota
Appointment Date:?tab?3 Jan 1862
Volume #:?tab?21
Volume Year Range:?tab?1855-1867

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: Christina McKenzie. Christina was born about 1807 in Scotland; died on 5 Mar 1893 in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Little Valley Cemetery, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John M. Weagant was born about 1828 in Canada; and died.
2. Elizabeth Weagant was born about 1831; and died.
3. Roderick Weagant was born in Apr 1835 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Apr 1906 in Park River, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Grafton City Cemetery, Grafton, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States.
4. William H. Weagant was born about 1837; and died.
5. Catherine Weagant was born about 1839 in Canada; and died.
6. Sophia Weagant

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 103272995
• _UID: 75EE9710405A441184CFD642656E7349F397

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Buried:
Plot: Trinity Cemetery Riverside

Rev. J.G. Weagant was buried in the Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Riverside, in Williamsburg Township, Dundas County, Upper Canada, (Ontario) on 22 Nov. 1835.

John married Elizabeth Virgine Schwerdtfeger on 11 Apr 1797. Elizabeth (daughter of Johan William Samuel Schwerdtfeger and Anna Dorothea Schwab) was born on 4 Sep 1780 in Brunswick, Rensselaer, New York, United States; died on 5 Feb 1847 in Williamsburg Twp, South Dundas County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 9 Feb 1847 in Upper Canada Village Cemetery, Upper Canada Village, Stormont, Dundas, & Gengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 103272991
• _UID: 8FF3D2533CCD48EB95B6491B8E3CC4B6D69B

Notes:

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Died:
Death record:
1847 - Burial
Elizabeth Weagant widow of the late Rev. J.G. Weagant of Williamsburg died 5 Feb., was buried 9 Feb. aged sixty(six) years.
Edward J. Boswell (Rev.)

Notes:

Married:
Marriage 11 April 1797 - Virginie Elizabetha Schwerdtfeger to Rev. J.G. Weagant.

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 102278202
• _UID: 32BF8B6620524C74974EBC0234F60F8474CB
• Occupation: 1790 1803, Williamsburg Twp, South Dundas County, Ontario, Canada; Minister, Church of the Lutheran

Notes:

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Occupation:
answered a call of the first organized Lutheran congregation in central Canada in Williamsburg Township. Reverend Schwerdtfeger became the first Pastor of the church the Lutherans of Dundas County built in 1790 at the front of Williamsburg . In 1792 a Lutheran church was built at Matilda Township, and Rev. Schwerdtfeger officiated at both churches until his passing in 1803.

Buried:
ote: This surname is spelled in many ways in the records. However, this was the original spelling.

Note: Rev. Samuel Schwerdtfeger and his wife were not interred in this cemetery, but this stone was moved here when the original Lutheran Church was flooded by the Seaway in the 1950s.

Plaque at Lutheran Church, Riverside Heights, ON

THE REV. JOHANN SAMUEL SCHWERDTFEGER

The first Lutheran minister to settle in this province, Schwerdtfeger was born in Burgbernheim, Bavaria, and studied theology at the University of Erlangen. Emigrating to America in 1753, he served as pastor of congregations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York. Much persecuted for his allegiance to the Crown during the American Revolution, Schwerdtfeger moved to Canada in 1791. He settled here in Williamsburg Township and became pastor of a congregation of German Loyalists, which had been established in 1784, and by 1790 had constructed the first Lutheran church in what is now Ontario. Its site now lies beneath Lake St. Lawrence. Within a few years he had organized Lutheran congregations in neighbouring townships. He died in 1803 and was buried in the old church cemetery.

Erected by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board,
Archives of Ontario

Johan married Anna Dorothea Schwab in 1759 in New Holland Evangelical Church, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Anna was born on 4 Jan 1739/40 in Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 10 May 1818 in Williamsburg Twp, South Dundas County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Riverside Heights, Stormont, Dundas & Glengary United Counties, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 102279717
• _UID: 9D69884DEE3D46B6BDF3896E2A8B429D3D8C

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102279717

Buried:
ote: This surname is spelled in many ways in the records. However, this was the original spelling.

Note: Rev. Samuel Schwerdtfeger and his wife were not interred in this cemetery, but this stone was moved here when the original Lutheran Church was flooded by the Seaway in the 1950s.

Plaque at Lutheran Church, Riverside Heights, ON

THE REV. JOHANN SAMUEL SCHWERDTFEGER

The first Lutheran minister to settle in this province, Schwerdtfeger was born in Burgbernheim, Bavaria, and studied theology at the University of Erlangen. Emigrating to America in 1753, he served as pastor of congregations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York. Much persecuted for his allegiance to the Crown during the American Revolution, Schwerdtfeger moved to Canada in 1791. He settled here in Williamsburg Township and became pastor of a congregation of German Loyalists, which had been established in 1784, and by 1790 had constructed the first Lutheran church in what is now Ontario. Its site now lies beneath Lake St. Lawrence. Within a few years he had organized Lutheran congregations in neighbouring townships. He died in 1803 and was buried in the old church cemetery.

Erected by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board,
Archives of Ontario