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

Richard Walton Hamacher

Male 1926 - 2000  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard Walton Hamacher was born 30 Jan 1926 (son of Roy Emerson Hamacher and Ethel Cressman); died 4 May 2000; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96506

    Richard — Ruby Louise Eckstein. Ruby (daughter of Walter Edward Eckstein and Martha Marie Paepcke) was born 22 Nov 1926; died 4 May 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Roy Emerson Hamacher was born 1 Aug 1895, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Emanuel Hamacher and Lovina Hostetler); died 1984; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00059-3947.88
    • Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Roy — Ethel Cressman. Ethel (daughter of Jonas Cressman and Rebecca Wanner) was born 30 Jul 1894, , Ontario, Canada; died 1971; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ethel Cressman was born 30 Jul 1894, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jonas Cressman and Rebecca Wanner); died 1971; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ethel Hamacher
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76107
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Donald Ray Hamacher was born 23 Feb 1923, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1986, Huntsville, Chaffey Twp., Muskoka District, Ontario; was buried , Hutcheson Memorial Cemetery, Huntsville, Chaffey Twp., Muskoka District, Ontario.
    2. 1. Richard Walton Hamacher was born 30 Jan 1926; died 4 May 2000; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Emanuel Hamacher was born 11 Sep 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Hammacher and Nancy Jantz); died 29 Jun 1939, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00059-3947.1
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Sawyer
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Emmanuel Hamacher

    A lifelong resident of Wilmot Township passed away on Thursday, June 29th, in the person of Mr. Emmanuel Hamacher at the age of 83 years. The deceased was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hamacher, early pioneers and was born on the homestead at Wilmot Centre where he spent the whole of his long life. He had been ill only a short time.

    The deceased was married to Lavina Hostetler, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Moses Hostetler on May 8th, 1888. His widow, two sons, Roy and Wilfred, both of Wilmot Centre and two daughters, Mrs. R. Meisel of Preston, and Miss Vera Hamacher at home are left to mourn his demise. He is also survived by one brother, Gideon, of near Haysville, and three sisters, Mrs. Amanda Toman of New Dundee, Mrs. Jack Bolton of Dundas and Mrs. Lavina Lennis of Millcreek, Indiana, besides five grandchildren.

    The funeral was held on Sunday will service in the Evangelical Church at Wilmot Centre, of which the deceased had been a lifelong adherent. Internment took place in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. N. H. Dahms, the pastor conducted the funeral service and a large assemblage of relative and friends attended.


    New Hamburg Independent, July 7, 1939

    Emanuel married Lovina Hostetler 8 May 1888. Lovina (daughter of Moses Hostetler and Margaret Latschaw) was born 20 Nov 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Nov 1954, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Lovina Hostetler was born 20 Nov 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Moses Hostetler and Margaret Latschaw); died 12 Nov 1954, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

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    • Name: Lovina Hamacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00059-3947
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Lovina Hostetler, "the youngest child of Moses and Margaret (Latschaw) Hostetler, was born November 20th, 1857. She was married to Emanuel Hammacher. They reside in Wilmot Township, a few miles east of Wilmot Centre, where he is engaged in farming. To them is born a family of two children, namely: Annie and Vera."


    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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    Mrs. Lovina Hamacher Dies At Age of 96

    The death of Mrs. Lovina Hamacher, widow of the late Emanuel Hamacher occurred at her home in Wilmot last Friday at the advanced age of 96 years, following a lengthy illness. The late Mrs. Hamacher was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Moses Hostetler and was born on the homestead north of New Hamburg on Nov. 20, 1857. She was the last surviving member of that family. Since her marriage she had resided at Wilmot Centre where she was a member of the Evangelical United Brethern Church and was highly esteemed in the community. Her husband predeceased her on June 29, 1939. Surviving are two sons, Roy and Wilfred, of Wilmot Centre; two daughters, Annie Meisel, Preston, and Vera, of Wilmot Centre; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
    The funeral was held on Monday afternoon with service at the home, followed by a memorial service at Wilmot Centre Evangelical United Brethern Church and internment in the church cemetery. Rev. N. R. Ernst, pastor of the church, conducted the services.



    Obituary - New Hamburg Independent, November 19, 1954

    Children:
    1. Annie Hamacher was born 2 Jun 1890, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Nov 1976, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Vera Hamacher was born 16 Jun 1893, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1982, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried SPRING 1982, Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    3. 2. Roy Emerson Hamacher was born 1 Aug 1895, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1984; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    4. Wilfrid Ellis Hamacher was born 26 Apr 1899, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1992, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

  3. 6.  Jonas Cressman was born 12 Nov 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Enos C. Cressman and Elizabeth Shantz); died 25 Nov 1935, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Nov 1935, New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2130.4
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Jonas Cressman Dies in 71st Year

    Was Lifelong Resident of Wilmot Centre.

    Citizens of Wilmot Centre were shocked to learn on Monday morning of the sudden passing of Jonas Cressman, in his 71st year. The deceased had been in apparent good health upon rising on Monday morning and had attended church service on Sunday afternoon at the Evangelical Church at Wilmot Centre, of which church he was a faithful member for a number of years. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Miss Elsie Cressman, R.N., of Los Angeles, and Ethel (Mrs. Roy Hamacher) of Wilmot, and one son, Elmer Wayne, at home. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon from his late residence to the Wilmot Centre Church. The bereaved family have the deepest sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement.

    Waterloo Chronicle 28 Nov 1935 pg 6

    Jonas married Rebecca Wanner 9 Mar 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rebecca (daughter of Levi Wanner and Rachel C. Holm) was born 2 Apr 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1956; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Rebecca Wanner was born 2 Apr 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Levi Wanner and Rachel C. Holm); died 1956; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Rebecca Cressman
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122699P
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Elsie Cressman was born 7 Aug 1886, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Ethel Cressman was born 30 Jul 1894, , Ontario, Canada; died 1971; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    3. Elmer W. Cressman was born Apr 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob Hammacher was born 1831, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John K. Hammacher and Sarah Wildfong); died , Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00049-3665
    • Occupation: 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawmiller
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    Jacob Hammacher, "was married to Mary Jantzen. They resided on the old "Hammacher Farm" east of Wilmot Centre for many years, then they moved to one of the Western States where he followed farming. They had a family of several children, but names were not received in time for publication."


    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.].

    Jacob married Nancy Jantz 28 Aug 1853, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of Henry Jantz) was born 11 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1922, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Nancy Jantz was born 11 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry Jantz); died 8 Jul 1922, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

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    • Name: Anna Jantz
    • Name: Mary Jantzen
    • Name: Mary Nancy Johnson
    • Name: Nancy Hammacher
    • Name: Nancy Jantzen
    • Name: Nancy Johnson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121942
    • Residence: 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist

    Notes:

    Died At Dundas, Ont., on Sunday, July 9th, 1922, Mrs. Jacob Hamacher Aged: 90 years, 11 months and 28 days. Funeral Will take place from the residence of her son, Mr. Emanuel Hamacher, Wilmot Centre, on Wednesday July 12th, at 1. 30 o'clock p m., to the Wilmot Centre Evangelical Church and Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

    Funeral Card

    Children:
    1. Hamacher
    2. Erlen (?) Hammacher was born 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Sarah Hammacher was born 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 4. Emanuel Hamacher was born 11 Sep 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jun 1939, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    5. Ephraim J. Hamacher was born 10 Jun 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Oct 1935, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
    6. Lovina Hammacher was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Lavina Hammacher was born 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Gideon Hamacher was born 5 Mar 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Samantha Hammacher was born 18 Aug 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    10. John L. Hamacher was born 10 Dec 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1920, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Almeda Hammacher was born 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Malisea Hammacher was born Jun 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Moses Hostetler was born 12 Jan 1813, , Somerset Co, , Pennsylvania (son of Joseph Hostetler and Maria Yoder); died 26 Aug 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33801677
    • Historic Building: 1145 Christner Road, Wilmot, Ontario; 2 story stone house
    • Interesting: military, building, life story
    • Eby ID Number: 00059-3935
    • Military: 1837
    • Occupation: 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Retired: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Moses Hostetler, "son of Joseph and Maria (Yoder) Hostetler, was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, near Johnstown, January 12th, 1813. In the year 1834, he came to Canada. On October 26th, 1836, he settled in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, where he was married July 5th, 1842, to Margaret, daughter of Isaac and Susannah (Kindig) Latschaw. She was born December 15th, 1814, and died March 3rd, 1887. Soon after their marriage they moved to lot No. 21, Wilmot Township, south of Snyders Road, a few miles north of New Hamburg. Here he still resides with his son, Levi, who has rented the old homestead. Mr. Hostetler was, in his days, one of the most successful farmers of Wilmot Township. He is much esteemed by all classes of the community for his kind, social and pleasing manners which have won for him numerous friends. His family consisted of twelve 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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    Death of Moses Hostetler


    One by one the old pioneers of the township are being called away, and in the death of Mr. Moses Hostetler, which occurred at his home on Wednesday evening, August 26th, Wilmot loses one of its very earliest settlers, and also one of the few ones of these to remain. Mr. Hostetler reached the ripe old age of 95 years, 7 months and 14 days, and was at the time of his death the oldest man in Wilmot, and perhaps in the County of Waterloo.

    The late Mr. Hostetler was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of January, 1813, and came to Canada in 1834. He settled in Wilmot township in 1836, when this part of the country was yet a dense forest, and with the ambition of perseverance, characteristic of these early settlers, he yewed out a home for himself adjoining the present village of New Hamburg, and transformed it into one of the best farms in the county. On this he carried on his agricultural pursuits and lived continually thereon until death claimed him on Wednesday last, covering a period of over 70 years. On the 4th of July 1842, he was married to Margaret Latschaw, and the union was blessed with twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, four of who predeceased him. They were Lavina, William, Moses and Matilda (Mrs. Jonathan Kropf). His wife died about twenty-one years ago.

    The remaining children are: David, Christian, Levi, Mrs. Solomon Shantz, and Mrs. Emanuel Hamacher, Wilmot; Isaac, of New Hamburg; Daniel, of Berlin, and Henry, of Wellesley. The late Mr. Hostetler was in active service during the rebellion of 1837, and took part in several skirmishes on Pelee Island and in the western peninsula of Ontario. In politics he was a life long Liberal. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock, from his late residence to Christner's Cemetery.


    New Hamburg Independent, August 28, 1908

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    DEATH OF MOSES HOSTETLER

    The following from the Independent refers to the father of Mr. Henry Hostetler, "Meadow Farm, Fifth line.

    One by one the old pioneers of the township are being called away and in the death of Moses Hostetler, which occurred at his home on Wednesday evening, Aug. 25 Wilmot loses one of its very early settlers and also one of the few last ones to remain. Mr. Hostetler reached the ripe old age of 95 years, 7 months and 14 days, and was at the time of his death, the oldest man in Wilmot, and perhaps in the County of Waterloo.
    The late Mr. Hostetler was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania on the 12th day of January, 1813, and came to Canada in 1834. He settled in Wilmot Township in 1836, when this part of the country was yet a dense forest, and with ambition and perseverance, characteristic of those early settlers, he yewed [sic] our a home for himself adjoining the present village of New Hamburg, and transformed it into one of the best farms in the county. On this he carried on his agricultural pursuits and live continually thereon until death claimed him on Wednesday last, covering a period of over 70 years. On the 4th of July 1842 he was married to Margaret Latchaw, and the union was blessed with 12 children, eight sons and four daughters, four of whom predeceased him: they were Lavina, William, Moses and Matilda (Mrs. Jonathan Kropf). His wife died about 21 years ago. The remaining children are: David, Christian, Levi, Mrs. Solomon Shantz and Mrs. Emanuel Hamacher, Wilmot; Isaac, New Hamburg; Daniel, Berlin and Henry, Wellesley. The late Mr. Hostetler was in active service during the rebellion of 1837 and took part in several skirmishes on Pelee Island and in the Western Peninsula of Ontario. In politics he was a life long liberal. His remains were interred in Christner's Cemetery.

    Wellesley Maple Leaf, September 3, 1908

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    MOSES HOSTETLER.

    Before concluding my sketch of the business interests of Hamburg I feel it my duty to pay tribute to this grand old man of the neighborhood. The walk to his home afforded me ample compensation for the time taken up. A stroll of a half mile north on the "Dundas Road" brings you to a long lane that leads down to his residence, a solid stone structure surounded with fruit trees and ornamental foliage. The lane is bordered on both sides by young maples, and it is positively the most inviting approach to a farm home that I have entered for many a day. The farm contains two hundred acres and is one of the most valuable in this section. A greater portion of it was a dense bush when Mr. Hostetler settled on it October 26, 1836. He was born in Pennsylvania on January 12, 1813, being now near the end of his 86th year. His parents and several brothers came here at the same time, but when the Canadian rebellion broke out, the father, being opposed to the Government, induced all the members of his family, but the subject of this sketch, to return to the States. Several of his brothers are now living in the West. The father died here several years ago. Mr. Hostetler says he never regretted remaining in Wilmot as his life here has been crowned with prosperity and his health has been exceptionally good He was married July 5, 1842, to Miss Margaret, daughter of the late Isaac Latchau. She died March 3, 1887, after a happy married life of nearly forty- five years. They raised a family of ten children, all of whom are now well provided for Levi, one of the sons, is now living on the old homestead, and is working the farm. Mr. Hostetler is remarkably active for one of his years and makes almost daily trips on foot to town, a distance of a mile and a half. As a pedestrian he will hustle many of the young men of to-day. His eyesight is yet good with the aid of glasses, and in conversation his mind gives no evidence of weakness usually the case in persons of such an advanced age. He uses the pipe and the weed, but does not indulge to excess in this habit. He also chewed tobacco, but be suddenly abandoned that habit at a moment when his wife was on her deathbed, she having convinced a dislike to his breath on account of the habit. In early days Mr. Hostetler was a hunter of considerable note, and related to the writer several thrilling adventures he had with bear and buck deer. On one occasion he had a close encounter with a large black she bear and her two cubs. Not being armed at the time, he attacked him with a club. The bear suddenly turned upon him, and would undoubtedly have made a subject for a funeral in the neighborhood had it not been for his faithful dog "Smoke," who attacked the enemy in the rear; but "Smoke" was knocked out in the first round by a well directed blow from the paw of bruin. By this time, however, Mr. H. was relieved from his perilous predicament by the arrival on the scene of one of his sons with the old family rifle, and bruin was soon made to bite the dust. The carcass was skinned and the hide afterwards sold to Benjamin Davitt, of Waterloo. Mr. Hostetler has been a member of the old Mennonite creed for the past twenty years, and is a Reformer in politics. He is openly opposed to the prohibition movement. The extent of his drinking is a glass of beer now and then, and while he does not tolerate intemperance he is inclined to the belief that absolute prohibition is contrary to constitutional rights and not in keeping with our much vaunted liberty and freedom. In his home Mr. Hostetler makes the stranger feel at ease by his generous hospitality, and the happy vein in which he recites events of the past.

    New Hamburg, The Hub of Wilmot - Waterloo County Chronicle 18 Aug 1898, p. 2,3

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    Died In Wilmot, at 9.30 p.m., Wednesday, August 26th, 1908 Moses Hostetler Aged: 96 years, 7 months and 24 days. The Funeral Will take place from his late residence on Saturday, the 29th inst., at 1 o'clock p.m. to Christner's Cemetery.


    Funeral Card

    Moses married Margaret Latschaw 5 Jul 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Isaac Latschaw and Susannah Kindig) was born 15 Dec 1814, Colebrook, Dale, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died 3 Mar 1887, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Margaret Latschaw was born 15 Dec 1814, Colebrook, Dale, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Isaac Latschaw and Susannah Kindig); died 3 Mar 1887, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33801844
    • Name: Margaret Hostetler
    • Eby ID Number: 00070-4202
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Margaret Latschaw "was born December 15th, 1814. She was married to Moses Hostetler and resided near New Hamburg where she died March 3rd, 1887. "



    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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    Mar. 3, 1887 - Mrs. Moses Hochstettler died in Wilmot, at age of 72 years, 2 months and 17 days of dropsy of the heart.


    Berliner Journal, March 10, 1887

    Children:
    1. Lavina Hostetler was born 3 Feb 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Lavinia Hostetler was born CALC 16 May 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1843; was buried , Old Christner's Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. David Hostetler was born 28 Apr 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep 1923; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    4. Christian Hostetler was born 16 Mar 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    5. Isaac Hostetler was born 14 Mar 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1916, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    6. William Hostetler was born 20 Jun 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 May 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Old Christner's Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Daniel Hostetler was born 23 Nov 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Feb 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Levi Hostetler was born 3 Feb 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1926, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Dec 1926, Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Moses Hostetler was born 21 Jun 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1877; was buried , Old Christner's Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Henry Hostetler was born 3 Nov 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1940, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Jan 1940, Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Matilda Hostetler was born 23 Sep 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    12. Mary Ann Hostetler was born 20 May 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1932, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 7 May 1932, Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    13. 5. Lovina Hostetler was born 20 Nov 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Nov 1954, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

  5. 12.  Enos C. Cressman was born 23 Mar 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel S. Cressman and Barbara Cressman); died 23 Jul 1911; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2130
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Enos C. Cressman, " he eldest in the family, was born March 23rd, 1842. On February 9th, 1864, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Bishop Henry and Lydia (Martin) Shantz. She was born March 15th, 1842. They reside in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming."


    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.].

    Enos married Elizabeth Shantz 9 Feb 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz and Lydia Martin) was born 15 Mar 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Oct 1911; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Elizabeth Shantz was born 15 Mar 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz and Lydia Martin); died 29 Oct 1911; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Cressman
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6948
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian
    • Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Shantz, "was born March 15th 1842. On February 9th, 1864, she was married to Enos Cressman."


    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:
    1. 6. Jonas Cressman was born 12 Nov 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Nov 1935, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Nov 1935, New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Rev. Silas Cressman was born 7 Nov 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 May 1935; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Isaiah Cressman was born 20 Sep 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 1869; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Lydia Cressman was born 13 Feb 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Henry Cressman was born 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Salome Cressman was born 14 Jan 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1929; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Simon Cressman was born 19 Feb 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1934, Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Samantha Cressman was born 21 Jan 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Eldon Cressman was born 17 Jan 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  Levi Wanner was born 5 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John W. Wanner and Elizabeth Reichert); died 22 Aug 1905; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00126-7620
    • Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
    • Occupation: 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Levi Wanner, "a farmer, resides near Bethel, Wilmot Township. He is married to Rachel Holm."


    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.].

    Levi married Rachel C. Holm 10 Jan 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rachel (daughter of Rev. Neils Peter Holm and Susannah Cober) was born 23 May 1834, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jun 1928, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Rachel C. Holm was born 23 May 1834, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Rev. Neils Peter Holm and Susannah Cober); died 12 Jun 1928, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Rachel C. Wanner
    • Eby ID Number: 00056-3843
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Rachel Holm, "is married to Levi Wanner. They reside near New Dundee, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming."


    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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    Peace, Perfect Peace Died At Strasburg, Ont., on Tuesday, June 12th 1928, at 9. 15 o'clock, a. m, Rachel Holm Relict of the late Levi Wanner, aged 94 years, 20 days. The Funeral Will take place on Thursday afternoon, 14th inst., at 2 o'clock, from the residence of her son, Mr. Neil Wanner. Interment will be made in Blenheim Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation

    2aFuneral Card

    Children:
    1. Cornelius "Neil" Wanner was born 25 Feb 1865, , Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. John Wanner was born 24 Mar 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1938; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 7. Rebecca Wanner was born 2 Apr 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1956; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Aaron Wanner was born 19 Oct 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1898; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. Josiah Levi Wanner was born 4 Oct 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 May 1901; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.