John Geiger: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

John Geiger was born 1826, , Ontario, Canada (son of Rev. Ulrich Geiger and Barbara Baisiger); died Yes, date unknown.

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Eby ID Number: 00038-3074
Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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John Geiger, "was married to Elizabeth, daughter of George Wing. After their marriage they moved on the farm now owned by Peter Apple, at Wilmot Centre, from here they moved to Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. From here, after the decease of her husband, she moved to Dakota. Their family consisted of five daughters."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

John — Elizabeth Wing. Elizabeth (daughter of George Wing) was born Abt 1835, Of, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Rev. Ulrich Geiger was born 22 Nov 1797, , Switzerland (son of Peter Geiger); died 12 Feb 1864, Near Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

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Eby ID Number: 00038-3072
Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Minister
Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Ulrich Geiger, "the second son of old Peter Geiger, was born in Germany, November 22nd, 1797, and came to America with his two brothers and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. After his marriage with Barbara Baisiger he settled on a farm near Wilmot Centre where he resided many years. Towards the close of his life he moved near the Blenheim Mennonite Meeting House, on the townline between Wilmot and Blenheim where he died. He was an ordained minister of the Mennonite Church and was considered one of the best pulpit orators of that body in his days. Their family consisted of three children, two sons and one daughter"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Wilmot (Geiger) Mennonite Church Begun: 1838
The church is located on Lot 17, Bleams Road South, Wilmot Township, approximately one mile west of Wilmot Centre and two miles east of New Hamburg. Ulrich Geiger, who was ordained minister in 1838, served the Mennonites in the area for about ten years. Burkholder states that "Abraham Honsberger is said to have been the first minister in the Geiger church" (1935: 79).
The first meeting house was built in 1844, although actual purchase of the land from David Geiger was not completed until 1846. A new and larger frame church was erected in 1876. Extensive remodelling was carried out in 1913.
The church was known as Geiger Mennonite Church until 1977.
1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

Rsrch. Note:
born Bubendorf, Basel, Switzerland.

Ulrich — Barbara Baisiger. Barbara was born 1797, , Switzerland; died Abt 1860. [Group Sheet]

Barbara Baisiger was born 1797, , Switzerland; died Abt 1860.

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Name: Barbara Geiger
Eby ID Number: 00038-3072.1
Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Rsrch. Note:
Name: Barbara BOESIGER ¹ Sex: F Birth: 22 JUN 1793 in France ¹ Death: 13 DEC 1860 in Ontario Province, Canada ¹ Reference Number: 19058

Marriage 1 Ulrich GEIGER b: 22 NOV 1797 in Canton Basel, Switzerland
Married: 1822 ¹
Children
Daniel B. GEIGER b: 1823 in Pennsylvania
John B. GEIGER b: 1827 in Ontario Province, Canada

Children:

Daniel B. Geiger was born 1823, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1894, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.
1. John Geiger was born 1826, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Mary Geiger was born Abt 1830, Of, North Dakota; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 3

Peter Geiger was born Abt 1760, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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Eby ID Number: 00038-3042.1

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Peter Geiger, "The three Geigers, David, Ulrich, and Daniel, sons of Peter Geiger, (Information received from the late John Ernst) were born in the Palatinate, Germany, and emigrated to this country about the year 1820.

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Children:

David Geiger was born 17 Mar 1796, , Germany; died 9 Apr 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Rev. Ulrich Geiger was born 22 Nov 1797, , Switzerland; died 12 Feb 1864, Near Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
Daniel Geiger was born 10 Mar 1799, Canton Berne, Switzerland; died 2 May 1884, Near Manheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.