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

William C. Hammacher

Male 1842 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William C. Hammacher was born 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Benjamin Hammacher and Susannah Campbell); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00049-3680
    • Occupation: 1875, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; wool carder

    Notes:

    William C. Hammacher, "is married to Fannie Hill. They reside in Hespeler, Ontario. To them are born 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    William — Fannie Hill. Fannie was born Abt 1842; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. William Hammacher was born Abt 1867; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Harry Hammacher was born Abt 1868; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Clare Hammacher was born Abt 1868; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Harriet Hammacher was born 1869, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Ada May Hammacher was born 2 Nov 1875, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. George Hammacher was born Abt 1877; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Estella Hammacher was born Abt 1879; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benjamin Hammacher was born 17 Mar 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Peter Hammacher and Elizabeth Shaefer); died 12 Jun 1892.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Benjamin Haymaker
    • Eby ID Number: 00049-3675
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Brethren
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

    Notes:

    Benjamin Hammacher, "was born March 17th, 1809. He was married to Susannah Campbell in 1834. She was born August 8th, 1817, and died September 27th, 1853. They resided in Waterloo County, Ontario, near Doon, where he followed shoemaking. His death took place on June 12th, 1892. To them was born a family 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.].

    Benjamin — Susannah Campbell. Susannah was born 8 Aug 1817, , Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1853; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Susannah Campbell was born 8 Aug 1817, , Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1853; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Susannah Hammacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00049-3675.1

    Children:
    1. Jane Ann Hammacher was born 3 Oct 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Aaron Campbell Hamacher was born CALC 21 Sep 1837, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Caroline Hammacher was born 8 Jun 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Oct 1926, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wyoming, Plympton Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario.
    4. Elvira Hammacher was born 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 1. William C. Hammacher was born 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Jared Hammacher was born Abt 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Janet Hammacher was born 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Henry Campbell "Harry" Hamacher was born 10 Jun 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Susannah Hammacher was born 14 Jan 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 May 1917; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter Hammacher was born 4 Oct 1766, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Peter Hammacher); died 8 Aug 1847, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00049-3657.8
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 02, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    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]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Shaefer 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.

    Other Events:

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

    Children:
    1. Rebecca Hammacher was born Abt 1797, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1805, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States.
    2. John K. Hammacher was born Feb 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 27 Jun 1885.
    3. Elizabeth Hammacher was born Abt 1800, of, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher was born 16 Aug 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1872, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Susannah Hammacher was born 14 Jul 1805, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Nov 1894, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 2. Benjamin Hammacher was born 17 Mar 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jun 1892.
    7. Samuel Hammacher was born 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Hannah Hammacher was born 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    9. Peter Hammacher was born 12 Feb 1817, , Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Peter Hammacher was born Abt 1730, , Wuerttemberg, Germany; died , , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • 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.].

    Children:
    1. Samuel Hammacher was born Abt 1760, Of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. John Hammacher was born Abt 1762, Of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Joseph Hammacher was born Abt 1764, Of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Benjamin Hammacher was born Abt 1766, Of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 4. Peter Hammacher was born 4 Oct 1766, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Aug 1847, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Daniel Hammacher was born Abt 1768, Of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Abraham Hammacher was born Abt 1770, Of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Susannah Hammacher was born Abt 1771, Of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.