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Note: Valentine and Kunnigunde Rieber came to Canada from Hutschenhausen, (Hetschenhousen) the Palatinate area of Bavaria. His mother, Katharina Berndt-Zoeller, came with them too.
Valentine purchased 200 acres from Ulrich Geiger on March 25, 1852. Ulrich Geiger was given the Crown patent for a 50 acre section of Lot 15 South of Beams Road on July 3 1834. He built a log house on this 50 acre parcel and it was located closer to the road than the current house. Geiger was born on November 22 1796 in Palatine Germany and he arrived in America around 1820. He was a minister of at the Geiger Mennonite Church in 1838, the current Wilmot Mennonite Church wich is located on part Lot 17, south of Blelams Road and part of the farm formerly owned by Daniel Geiger. The additional 150 acres of Lot 15 were granted to Ulrich by endenture from the University of Toronto on July 3, 1851.
I found a Valentine Zoeller in the 1840 Census on p. 28. I think this was the same Valenine.
Valentine was living in Canada during the 1851 Census as he is listed as living in Division IV of Waterloo Township with his wife and three children. An older woman, probably his mother, Katherine Zoeller, age 77 was also living with them. They were listed as Lutherans.
A second log home was constructed on the property and it was later covered in clapboard and yellow brick. A second story was added by Valentine around 1873. This log home was not designated and was torn down by Ron and Ruth Wagner around 2000.
According to the 1871 census, the farm consisted of: 1 house, 1 barn, 2 carriages, and sleighs, wagons and sleds, 3 ploughs and cultivators, 1 reaper and mower, 1 horse rake, 1 threshing machine, 1 fanning mill. Of the 200 acres, 134 were improved, 15 in pasture and 6 were in gardens and orchard, 30 acres were planted in wheat. They produced and harvested 50 bushels of spring wheat, 450 bushels of fall wheat, 400 bushels of oats, 100 bushels of peas, 100 bushels of potatoes from a 2 acre plot, 300 bushels of turnips, 20 bushels of mangles and other beets, 36 tons of hay from 20 acres, 600 bushels of apples, 6 bushels of pears, plums and other fruit, 200 pounds of maple sugar. The farm included 6 horses over 2 years, 2 colts and 2 fillies; 7 milk cows, 10 other horned cattle, 20 sheep, 10 swine 4 cattle killed or sold for slaughter or export, 12 sheep killed or sold for slaughter, 9 swine killed or slaughtered , 600 pounds of butter, 80 pounds of wool, 40 yards of homemade cloth and flannel. The farm also produced 10 cords of firewood
Henry purchased the farm from his father, Valentine on December 21, 1872.
He is buried at Wilmot Centre Cemetery
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