Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Benjamin Millard

Male 1909 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Millard was born Apr 1909, , Ontario, Canada (son of John Wesley Millard and Mary Watson); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-166683
    • Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Wesley Millard was born 12 Jul 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of George Millard and Susannah Wismer); died 24 Mar 1959; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48797
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, own farm
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    John married Mary Watson 17 Jan 1901, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Watson and Mary Hayes) was born Mar 1870, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1942; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Watson was born Mar 1870, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Watson and Mary Hayes); died 1 Aug 1942; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Mary Millard
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48805
    • Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. Wesley Millard was born Jan 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Lillie Millard was born Oct 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Watson Millard was born Feb 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. John Watson Millard was born 27 Feb 1902, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Blanche Millard was born Jan 1906, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 1. Benjamin Millard was born Apr 1909, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. William Alexander Millard was born 30 May 1913, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1913, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Millard was born 1839, , New York State, USA (son of John Millard and Elisabeth Wilton); died 11 Apr 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184088725
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48798
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslley Methodist
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    George married Susannah Wismer 1 Dec 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Joseph Cressman Wismer and Charlotte Hewitt) was born 29 May 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1914, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Susannah Wismer was born 29 May 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Joseph Cressman Wismer and Charlotte Hewitt); died 27 Mar 1914, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184088881
    • Name: Susan Wismer
    • Name: Susannah Ariss
    • Name: Susannah Millard
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8238.2
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    We regret to record the death of Mrs. Wm. Ariss, who died on Friday afternoon last, as the result of a paralytic stroke with which she was seized on the previous Wednesday morning. She was just recovering from a serious attack of heart disease. Hence no hope was held out for her recovery. Thus suddenly ended a busy life spent in the loving care of her family Funeral too place on Wednesday.

    Newspaper unknown

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Lottie Millard was born 10 Nov 1870, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1956, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. John Wesley Millard was born 12 Jul 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1959; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Benjamin F. Millard was born 23 Aug 1873, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1948, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jane "Jennie" Millard was born 1876, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  John Watson was born Abt 1840, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48804

    John — Mary Hayes. Mary was born Abt 1840, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Hayes was born Abt 1840, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Mary Watson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48807

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Watson was born Mar 1870, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1942; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Millard was born 1798, , Somerset, England; died 31 May 1877.

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    • Name: Julian Millard
    • Occupation: , Somerset, England; paper maker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40432
    • Occupation: 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England

    Notes:

    John Millard and his wife, Elizabeth Wilton, came from Somersetshire, England, where Mr. Millard had been a paper maker. They were first in Orleans County, New York State, in 1831, then, in 1843, came to the farm on the east side of the road, opposite Emanuel Gaukel's, where their son, Mortimer Millard, resides. Those in the family were: John, died at the age of 19; George married Susannah Wismer and they lived on the north part of the Millard farm; Mortimer married Catharine Shields and lives on the old homestead; Matilda married Henry Wilcox, of Toledo, Ohio, and Elizabeth married Robert Holmwood

    John Millard died on May 31st, 1877, at the age of eighty three, and his wife died Dec. 28th, 1876, at the age of eighty two and a half.

    The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

    John — Elisabeth Wilton. Elisabeth was born 1799, , England; died 28 Dec 1876. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elisabeth Wilton was born 1799, , England; died 28 Dec 1876.

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    • Name: Elisabeth Millard
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-112901
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England

    Children:
    1. 4. George Millard was born 1839, , New York State, USA; died 11 Apr 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mortimer Millard was born 13 Dec 1841, , New York State, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John Millard was born Abt 1843; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Joseph Cressman Wismer was born 20 Apr 1829, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johann "John" Wismer and Susannah Cressman); died 12 Aug 1914, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153598387
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8238
    • Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Occupation: 1901, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
    • Occupation: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer - odd jobs
    • Residence: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Notes:

    Joseph Wismer, "was born April 20th, 1829. He was married to Charlotte Hewitt who was born July 1st, 1836. They reside near Blair, Ontario, where he was engaged in farming for many years. To them were born the following children"

    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.].

    Residence:
    Lived beside his sister`s husband William Abra.

    Joseph married Charlotte Hewitt 10 Sep 1851, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Charlotte (daughter of George Hewitt and Sarah Wildfong, daughter of John Hewitt and Barbara Wildfong) was born 1 Jul 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1916, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Charlotte Hewitt was born 1 Jul 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of George Hewitt and Sarah Wildfong, daughter of John Hewitt and Barbara Wildfong); died 7 Feb 1916, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153603441
    • Name: Charlotte Wismer
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8238.1
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Children:
    1. 5. Susannah Wismer was born 29 May 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1914, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Wismer was born Abt 1854, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Benjamin Hewitt Wismer was born 14 Mar 1856, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Sep 1938, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Adaline Wismer was born 14 Nov 1858, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Oct 1898; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Sarah Jane Wismer was born 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Hannah Wismer was born 4 Jan 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 May 1930, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 2 Jun 1930, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Joseph Hewitt Wismer was born 14 Jul 1868, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1945, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Jan 1945, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. John Hewitt Wismer was born CALC 26 Apr 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Dec 1915, First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. William Henry Wismer was born 28 Nov 1874, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 30 Nov 1953; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada.