Benjamin Rosenberger

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• Eby ID Number: 00095-5334
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 29, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Benjamin Rosenberger, "son of Abraham Rosenberger, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. About the year 1796, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Barbara (Fried) Biehn. In 1801 they with others moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, a little north of Preston, on the farm where the late Henry Hagey resided. Here they had a family 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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**** Other sources indicate that Abraham is not his father but is the son of John Rosenberger and Elizabth Landis.

Benjamin married Elizabeth Biehn Abt 1796. Elizabeth (daughter of John Biehn and Barbara Fried) was born 1775, Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Elizabeth Rosenberger was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Nancy Rosenberger was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. John Rosenberger was born 1797, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Abraham Rosenberger, Sr. was born 15 Nov 1799, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jan 1883, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
5. Barbara Rosenberger was born 29 Jan 1804, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1885.
6. Jacob Rosenberger was born 1810, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1892, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: 00095-5333

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Abraham Rosenberger, "son of Daniel Rosenberger, settled in Providence Township, where he raised a family. The names of four have been handed to us"


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: 00095-5332

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Daniel Rosenberger, "a son of Daniel, the old progenitor, was born about the year 1744. He resided in the same locality as his father where he was engaged in farming. He was married twice, first to Anna Funk and after her decease to Barbara Detweiler. His family consisted of seventeen children, of whom four died in infancy. The names of the remaining thirteen were"


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.].

Daniel — Annie Funk. Annie was born Abt 1748, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Annie Rosenberger
• Eby ID Number: 00095-5332.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00095-5331

Notes:

Daniel Rosenberger, "was one of the four Rosenbergers who settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was a native of Zweibrücken, Germany, where he was born about the year 1715. When a young man of about twenty years of age he, with others, emigrated to America and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. We find that he purchased a tract of land near a place called Hockertown in 1740, and another of 200 acres in 1769, just two years before his death. He was a member of the Mennonite body and as we have been informed attended the Line Lexington church for worship. Tradition has it that he had settled for a brief period near the county line of Montgomery and Bucks Counties, on the place now in possession of Samuel Rosenberger. From here he moved to the place now in possession of Henry Rosenberger where he erected a stone house. Here he died in 1771. He had a family of several children, the names of some were"


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.].