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

Rev. John Frederick Alexander "Frederick" Webster

Male 1866 - 1912  (46 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rev. John Frederick Alexander "Frederick" Webster was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada (son of James Duncan Webster and Anna Marie Guggisberg); died 10 Apr 1912, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, USA; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240630870
    • Name: F. A. Webster
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-105129
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer's Son
    • Occupation: 1912, , Michigan, USA; clergyman - Reverend

    Notes:

    At Howell, Mich, on April 10th, 1912 F. A. Webster in his 46th year The Funeral Will take place on Saturday, April 13th, at 2. 30 p. m., from the residence of his father, J. D. Webster, King St., Preston, to Preston Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation

    Funeral Card

    John married Lizzie Legassick 6 May 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lizzie was born 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Duncan Webster was born 7 Apr 1836, , Scotland (son of Alexander Webster and Helen "Ellen" Mannie); died 29 Jan 1925, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Jan 1925, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102922943
    • Name: J. D. Webster
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73646P
    • Immigration: 1837, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Division Collect

    James married Anna Marie Guggisberg 19 Apr 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Johann "John" Guggisberg and Maria Anna "Anna" Boehmer) was born 1 Dec 1844, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1919, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Anna Marie Guggisberg was born 1 Dec 1844, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johann "John" Guggisberg and Maria Anna "Anna" Boehmer); died 22 Feb 1919, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102921690
    • Name: Anna Marie Webster
    • Name: Maria Guggisberg
    • Name: Mary Guggisberg
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74675P
    • Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 1. Rev. John Frederick Alexander "Frederick" Webster was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1912, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, USA; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Dr. Emil Henry A. G. Webster was born 9 Mar 1869, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jan 1945, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, USA.
    3. Anna Augusta Catherine "Anna" Webster was born 24 Feb 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 1923, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 17 Jan 1923, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Webster was born 7 May 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 May 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Alexander Webster was born 1809, , Scotland; died 8 Jul 1854, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-112454
    • Occupation: 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: Abt 1854, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    A-1-65 Alexander Webster: Letters of Administration granted to the Estate of Alexander Webster, formerly of the Township of Wellesley, on the twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, and issued in favor of his widow Helen, on her making Petition and prayer for such purpose, on her giving proof that her said husband died intestate on or about the Eighth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, and on her giving Bond and Security for the due performance of her duties as Adminstratrix to such Estate, by her self and two sureties in the persons of Charles Hendry, of the Village of Conestogo, in the Township of Woolwich, Esquire, and Elisha Hewitt, of the same Township, Yeoman, each into the sum of Two Hundred Pounds. The value of the personal Estate of the said Deceased being alleged to amount of One Hundred Pounds.

    Letters granted to widow Helen 20th March 1855
    Inventory amount £100/-
    Died 8 July 1854

    Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 partial transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

    Alexander — Helen "Ellen" Mannie. Helen (daughter of John Mannie and Mary Brown) was born 1811, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Helen "Ellen" Mannie was born 1811, , Scotland (daughter of John Mannie and Mary Brown); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Ellen Mannie
    • Name: Helen "Ellen" Webster
    • Name: Helen "Ellen" Wedderburn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-129638
    • Residence: 1858, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1858, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
    • Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

    Notes:

    A-2-113 Alexander Webster Letters of Guardianship. Whereas Ellen Wedderburn of the Township of Wellesley, late widow of Alexander Webster, deceased, by petition to the said Court did set forth that Alexander Webster, late of the Township of Wellesley, Yeoman, died on or about the 8th July 1854, leaving John Webster, Alexander Webster, William Webster and Mary A. J. Webster, his natural and lawful children. The said John Webster being a minor of the age of nineteen years, the said Alexander Webster being a minor of the age of sixteen years, the said William Webster being a minor of the age of twelve years and the said Mary A. J. Webster being a minor of the age of seven years, and that the said John Webster, Alexander Webster, William Webster and Mary A.J. Websteer reside at the Township of Wellesley. That the said Alexander Webster died intestate and without appointing any Curator or Guardian of the said minors. That due notice has been given of the petitioners intention to apply to be appointed guardian and that the petitioner is the lawful mother and next of kin of the said minors and prayed that she might be appointed guardian of the said minors pursuant to the statue in that behalf and that Letters of Guardianship might be granted to her by the said Court. Be it known that on the 26th July 1861, the said Ellen Wedderburn was appointed Guardian of them the said John Webster, Alexander Webster, William Webster and Mary A. J. Webster, and these Letters of Guardianship are accordingly granted by the said Court to the said Ellen Wedderburn…

    BOND Know all men by these present that we, Ellen Wedderburn of the Township of Wellesley, wife of Joseph Wedderburn of the Township of Beverly, in the County of Wentworth, Gentleman, and the said Joseph Wedderburn, Elisha Hewit the elder of the Township of Woolwich, Yeoman, and James Webster of the Township Wellesley, Yeoman are held and firmly bound unto John Webster, Alexander Webster, William Webster and Mary A. J. Webster, of the Township of Wellesley, the infant children of Alexander Webster late of the Township of Wellesley, Yeoman, deceased, in the following penal sums, that is to say the said Joseph Wedderburn in the sum of three thousand four hundred dollars, the said James Webster, Elish[sic] Hewit the elder, in the sum of three thousand four hundred dollars for which payment to be well and truly made unto the said John Webster, Alexander Webster, William Webster and Mary A.J. Webster, we bond ourselves and each of us by himself our and every of our executors and administrators firmly by these present sealed with our seals dated this 19th July 1861. Whereas the said Ellen Wedderburn, being appointed guardian of the said infants by the Surrogate Court…according to the Statute in that behalf is required to give security to perform the said trust…

    Letters Granted 26th July 1861
    Died 8th July 1854

    Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 partial transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber

    Children:
    1. Ellen U. Webster was born 16 Jan 1834, , Scotland; died 16 Sep 1901; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. James Duncan Webster was born 7 Apr 1836, , Scotland; died 29 Jan 1925, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Jan 1925, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Webster was born 28 Jun 1842, , Ontario, Canada; died 20 Apr 1907; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Alexander Webster was born 1844, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. William Webster was born 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Mary Ann Webster was born 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Johann "John" Guggisberg was born 1 Jul 1808, Uetendorf, , Berne, Switzerland; was christened 10 Jul 1808, Belp, , , Switzerland (son of Christian Guggisberg and Magdalena Moser); died 9 Apr 1868, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Business: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Black Bear Hotel
    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21726654
    • Name: John Guggisberg
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-35882
    • Occupation: 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Innkeeper
    • Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Calvanist

    Notes:

    John Guggisberg was the owner of the Black Bear Hotel and was the owner of the land that Preston Springs Hotel sat on in Preston/Cambridge, Ontario.

    Johann — Maria Anna "Anna" Boehmer. Maria (daughter of Johann Valentine Boehmer and Katharina Barbara Schauss) was born 7 Apr 1816, Obermiesau, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany; died 20 Jun 1878, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Maria Anna "Anna" Boehmer was born 7 Apr 1816, Obermiesau, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany (daughter of Johann Valentine Boehmer and Katharina Barbara Schauss); died 20 Jun 1878, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21727014
    • Name: Anna Marie Boehmer
    • Name: Maria Anna "Anna" Guggisberg
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-35893
    • Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 3. Anna Marie Guggisberg was born 1 Dec 1844, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1919, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  John Mannie was born Abt 1785, of, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: dnf-112455

    John — Mary Brown. Mary was born Abt 1785, of, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Mary Brown was born Abt 1785, of, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Mary Mannie
    • Eby ID Number: dnf-123287

    Children:
    1. 5. Helen "Ellen" Mannie was born 1811, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 12.  Christian Guggisberg was born 1779, of, Ueterdorf, Berne, Switzerland; died 31 May 1845, Belp, , Canton Bern, Switzerland.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43312

    Christian — Magdalena Moser. Magdalena was born CA 1770; died , Bern, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Magdalena Moser was born CA 1770; died , Bern, Switzerland.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81983791
    • Name: Magdalena Guggisberg
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40135

    Children:
    1. Magdalena Guggisberg was born 25 Aug 1799, Uetendorf, , Berne, Switzerland; died 24 Jun 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna Guggisberg was born 6 Oct 1805, Uetendorf, , Berne, Switzerland; was christened 6 Oct 1805, Belp, , , Switzerland; died 18 Jun 1849; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 6. Johann "John" Guggisberg was born 1 Jul 1808, Uetendorf, , Berne, Switzerland; was christened 10 Jul 1808, Belp, , , Switzerland; died 9 Apr 1868, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Samuel Guggisberg was born 31 Mar 1815, Uetendorf, , Berne, Switzerland; was christened 16 Apr 1815, Belp, , , Switzerland; died 8 Apr 1853, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Baptist Cemetery, Richwood, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. Friedrich "Frederick" Guggisberg was born 19 Sep 1818, Uetendorf, , Berne, Switzerland; was christened 4 Oct 1818, Belp, , , Switzerland; died 29 Feb 1888, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  Johann Valentine Boehmer was born 19 Jan 1778, Brucken, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 29 Sep 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Valentine Boehmer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-128839
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper

    Notes:

    It is reported that Valentin was born in Schoenenberg in Rheinland Phalz, Germany, proof is needed to confirm.

    Johann married Katharina Barbara Schauss 10 Oct 1797, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Katharina was born 9 Feb 1779, Schoenenbourg, , Alsace, France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Katharina Barbara Schauss was born 9 Feb 1779, Schoenenbourg, , Alsace, France; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Katharina Barbara Boehmer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218005

    Children:
    1. Maria Katharina "Catharina" Boehmer was born 16 Sep 1798; died 24 Jul 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Elizabeth Boehmer was born 7 Nov 1800, , Bavaria, Germany; died 27 Oct 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Johann Valentine "Valentine" Boehmer was born CALC 25 Jan 1803, , Germany; died 11 Dec 1892, near Mannheim, Ontario.
    4. Christian Boehmer was born 26 Aug 1808, , Germany; died 11 May 1882, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Johann Heinrich "Henry" Boehmer was born 10 Feb 1812; died 26 Feb 1880, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Ludwig "Louis" Boehmer was born 24 Jun 1815, Schönenberg, Rheinbaiern, Germany; died 10 Jul 1870, Jewsburg (Kitchener, German Mills), Waterloo Region, ON; was buried 11 Jul 1870, Strassburg Lutheran Cemetery, Strassburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 7. Maria Anna "Anna" Boehmer was born 7 Apr 1816, Obermiesau, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany; died 20 Jun 1878, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Johanna Carolina "Caroline" Boehmer was born 29 Apr 1819, Obermiesau, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany; died 9 Dec 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.