Elizabeth Hammacher

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• Name: Elizabeth Bittner
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3662
• Residence: 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Elizabeth Hammacher, "was born in Wilmot Township, October 5th, 1825, and died in same section where she was born, September 22nd, 1849. She was married to William Bittner who was born August 2nd, 1816, and died November 26th, 1867. They resided in Wilmot Township where they followed farming until their deaths. Their family consisted of three 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Elizabeth married William Bittner 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William was born 2 Aug 1816; died 26 Nov 1867; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

1. Jacob Bittner was born 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Mary Bittner was born Abt 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. William Bittner was born Abt 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: 00049-3660
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawmiller
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saw Miller
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist

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John Hammacher, "was born in Pennsylvania, in February, 1799. He was married to Sarah Wildfong, sister to old Joseph Wildfong of Strasburg, Ontario. She was born August 24th, 1807, and died May 18th, 1867. They resided in Wilmot Township, about a mile east of Wilmot Centre, where he was the possessor of a beautiful farm. He died June 27th, 1885. His family consisted of eleven 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 — Sarah Wildfong. Sarah (daughter of Jacob Wildfong and Susan Ruth) was born 24 Aug 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239430762
• Name: Sarah Hammacher
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8123
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist

Notes:

Sarah Wildfong, "was married to John Hammacher. They reside near Wilmot Centre. To them was born a family of eleven 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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• Eby ID Number: 00049-3657.8
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 02, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Peter Hammacher, "the youngest of the family, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1773. About the year 1796 he was married to Elizabeth Shaefer. In the year 1805 they, (When on their way coming to Canada they had to stop for a few days at Buffalo, owing to the sickness and death of their eldest child, Rebecca, who died and was buried at Buffalo, New York) with their small family and others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near the village of Doon where he died in 1840. To them was born a family of nine 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.].

Peter — Elizabeth Shaefer. Elizabeth was born 8 Jul 1772, Of, Pennsylvania; died 19 Feb 1848; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Hammacher
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3658.1

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• Interesting: pioneer, story, slavery
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8078
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Jacob Wildfong, "was born in 1753. After he had attained the age of twenty years he was married to Susannah Ruth. During the latter part of the last century when the question of slavery was brought up and sanctioned by the state government, these Moravians were strenuously opposed to the measure, so much so that numbers of them left the state (North Carolina) and moved to Pennsylvania, "the Quaker State", while others left some years later after the independence of the thirteen colonies was declared. Among the latter number was old Jacob Wildfong, the pioneer settler (of that name) in this country. About the year 1796 he, with his wife and family of three or four children, moved north to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he resided for six years, then he, in company with others, moved to Canada in 1802 and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, on the west band of the Grand River a little below the Toll Bridge, on the farm now owned by Ferdinand Miller. Here he resided until his son, Jonas, took possession of the farm then he moved a little west of what is now Strasburg where he died probably as early as 1830. His family consisted of seven 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.].

Jacob — Susan Ruth. Susan was born Abt 1760, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susan Wildfong
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8078.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00049-3657

Notes:

Peter Hammacher, "the forefather of this family, was a native of Wurtenburg, Germany, where he was born probably as early as 1735. We find that in 1763 he emigrated to America and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he died aged about sixty years. It cannot be ascertained to whom he was married, but we know that his family consisted of twelve children. It is doubtful whether they all attained the age of twenty-one years, as the oldest members in the family never knew of more than eight, namely:....Quite likely the remaining four died quite young.(It was not customary in olden times to give names to children until several months old and if one died ere it was named, it was seldom registered, and such is supposed to have been the case with the above family)"


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: 000131-8077

Notes:

George Wildfong, "the original ancestor of the numerous family of this name, was a native of Bohemia, emigrated to America and settled in North Carolina, U.S., as early as 1750 or 1751. He was a pious man and belonged to the society known as Moravians. His family consisted of several children but none of the names were received save that of Jacob and Mary who was married to Andrew Sararas."


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.].