Richard Gingrich

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• Eby ID Number: 00039-3092.3
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Richard Gingrich was born November 13, 1866 in Canada to Mr. and Mrs. David Gingrich.

He first married Sarah "Sally" Lacy. Richard and Sally Gingrich are the parents of William Lacy Gingrich.

After the death of Sally Gingrich, he married Nancy Annie Andrew, a daughter of Robert Walter Andrew and Sarah Elizabeth Bugg Andrew on Thursday, June 15, 1899 in Morgan County, Alabama.

The children of Richard and Nancy Gingrich are Alvin R. Gingrich, Mable Gingrich, Irene Gingrich, Theodore Gingrich and Walter Gingrich.

Mr. Gingrich was employed by the Louis & Nashville Railroad for many years, worked for a cotton mill and was a missionary.

Mr. Gingrich died at his home on Sunday, January 30, 1944 at 1819 7th Avenue East, Decatur, Alabama, at the age of 77.

Funeral services at Decatur City Cemetery were held for him on Tuesday, February 1, 1944.
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• Name: D. W. Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3092
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Arch. & Carpet
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Architect
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1877, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Architect & Draughtsman
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Architect
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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David Gingerich, "an architect and builder, is married to Catharine Hoffmann. Formerly he resided in Waterloo but at present he resides in Dayton, Ohio. Their family consists of four 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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WHO BUILT THE GOVERNOR'S HOUSE
By Patricia Wagner

After the creation of Waterloo County on May 3, 1852, the province required construction of a court house and gaol (jail) to administer justice. Dr John Scott, the new county warden, advertised for submissions for the project. On June 4, county bylaw no. 2 awarded the jail contract to Mellish and Russell, architects in Brantford; the cost was not to exceed 4,875. The building reached completion by December 21, 1852. Apparently the firm designed no other localbuildings.

By the early 1860s, the wooden walls around the jail yard had given way to a stone wall 14 feet high. The stone came from farmers' fields.
Crowded quarters and the need for repairs led the county property committee to advertise in January 1878 for tenders for alterations to the jail. By June, the county accepted a tender from Henry Braun, a local builder, for $5,225 and named David W. Gingerich to supervise the work in return for five percent of the fee. Alterations were complete by December. This addition was the jailer's residence, or Governor's House.

David Gingerich was the great-grandson of Abraham Gingerich and Barbara Hunsicker (or Huntsicker), who came from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1801 and settled on Beasley's Lower Block 5W, Waterloo Township. David married Catherine Hoffman, and they had four children: Allan, Richard, Phoebe, and Albert. He had an office in Waterloo. There has been no research on his life, but his architectural legacy is impressive.

David Gingerich signed a petition in 1888 to erect a new Waterloo Township Hall. He designed the old Waterloo City Hall; the former Dominion Life building on Erb Street, Waterloo; the New Hamburg Public School (1874--1958); and Castle Kilbride in Baden in 1877--78. In Elmira, the building committee of Gale Presbyterian Church in 1885 accepted Hiram Walker's tender to construct the place of worship. Gingerich appeared before the committee at the last moment and presented new plans and specifications, which represented minor changes, and the committee adopted them. The structure opened on October 18, 1868.

Gingerich had a close relationship with the tanner Louis Breithaupt in neighbouring Berlin (Kitchener). When fire destroyed the Breithaupt Tannery on Adam Street in December 1870, the two men sat down at Breithaupt's kitchen table to make plans for its replacement. Gingerich designed two houses in Berlin where Louis and his eldest child lived: Louis Breithaupt and Catharine Hailer's Waldeck (c. 1870 - now demolished), at 166 Adam Street, and Louis Jacob Breithaupt and Emma Devitt's Sonneck (1874), at 108 Queen Street North.

The County Court House was demolished in 1964, and the jail (the oldest county building still standing in the Region of Waterloo) and Governor's House closed formally in 1978. In May 1981, Kitchener designated the buildings' exteriors under the Ontario Heritage Act. The structures stood empty until the Region of Waterloo in 1999 approved redevelopment of them as a millennium project.
More historical research might uncover Gingerich's contributions to the region's built heritage. The author and her colleagues in the Friends of the Governor's House and Gaol would be happy to receive additional information about Gingerich, especially about the buildings that he designed and built.

The Friends' major project has been the Waterloo County Gaol Garden (a millennium project), which landscape architect Wendy Shearer designed. Visitors are welcome. The Governor's House and Gaol has been a feature of Doors Open since that annual event began. Be sure to visit it on September 15.


Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, North Waterloo Region Branch, Newsletter, May 2007 Friends of the Governor's House and Gaol

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Gingrich, D. W., architect and draughtsman. Plans and specifications prepared for bridges, churches, &c. Was born in the county, 1829.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881 (Waterloo entries)

David — Catherine Hoffman. Catherine (daughter of Peter Hoffman and Elizabeth) was born Dec 1829, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Oct 1911, Easton, Adams, Wisconsin, United States; was buried , Adam County Farm Cemetery, Big Spring, Adams, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3092.1
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Eby ID Number: 00039-3089
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

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Michael Gingerich, "was born about 1802, and was married to Mary, daughter of John Wanner. They resided on the east half of lot No. 5, lower block, on the farm now occupied by Daniel S. Shantz. Their family consisted of ten 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.].

Michael — Mary M. Wanner. Mary (daughter of John M. Wanner and Elizabeth Wecklin) was born 2 Nov 1806, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 21 Feb 1886, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crossroads Brethren in Christ Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary M. Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7630
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunker

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Mary M. Wanner, "was married to Michael Gingerich. They resided on a farm half-way between Preston and Hespeler where they died. Their old homestead is now in possession of Daniel S. Shantz."


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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• Eby ID Number: 00055-3814.2
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer

Peter — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 11 May 1791, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Apr 1869, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Hoffman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31537
• Immigration: 1810, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00039-3088
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 05W, Waterloo County, Ontario

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David Gingerich, "the eldest son, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Michael Groh, in 1800. In 1801 they moved to Canada and settled on west end of lot No. 5, first concession, lower block, one mile east of Preston. Here they resided until their deaths. He died in 1849, aged 73 years. Their family consisted of six 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.].

David married Elizabeth Groh 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Elizabeth (daughter of Michael Groh and Elizabeth Witmer) was born 1777, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00045-3402

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Elizabeth Groh, "the eldest daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Witmer) Groh, was born in 1780. She was married to David Gingerich in 1800 and came to Canada in 1801."


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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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39022218
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7614
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 3 Lot 13, Waterloo County, Ontario

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John M. Wanner, "the eldest of the family, was born September 27th, 1775. He was married to Elizabeth Wecklin who was born December 7th, 1777, and died near Hespeler, Ontario, May 22nd, 1817. In 1810 they came to Canada with his parents and settled near Hespeler where he died February 1st, 1848. Their family consisted of eight 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.].

John — Elizabeth Wecklin. Elizabeth (daughter of George Wecklin) was born 7 Dec 1777, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 May 1817, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39022320
• Name: Elizabeth Wanner
• Eby ID Number: 00126-7614.1