John Jacob Hess [SEP] country of citizenship
Hans Jacob Hess
John Jacob Hess (German: Hans Jacob Hess) (May 17, 1584 – 1639) was a Swiss-German Anabaptist minister and martyr.
Early life.
John Jacob Hess was born in Wald, Zurich, Switzerland on May 17, 1584 to Hans Heinrich Hess, a bailiff, (1534–1587) and Adelheid Kuntz (1546–1585). He had eight older full siblings: Margaretha, Christian, Matheus, Hans, Elsy, Margaretha, Heinrich, and Dorothea; five older half-siblings
John George Hess
John George Hess (November 3, 1838 – February 27, 1915) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Perth North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative from 1883 to 1890.
He was born in Beerfelden, Germany in 1838, the son of Jacob Hess and Anne Marie Seip, and came to Canada West with his family in 1858, settling in Berlin (later Kitchener, Ontario). He married Elizabeth Hueffner in 1860. Hess manufactured furniture. He served on