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

Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Detweiler

Female 1814 - 1859  (44 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Detweiler was born 28 Oct 1814, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Jacob Y. Detweiler and Mary Gottwals); died 5 Jun 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203897990
    • Name: Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Biehn
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2102

    Notes:

    Margaret Detweiler," was born October 28th, 1814. She was married to Moses Biehn. They resided in Wilmot Township, a little north of New Dundee, where she died."

    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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Margaretha — Moses Biehn. Moses (son of Abraham Biehn and Veronica Shantz) was born 24 Jul 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Jacob Biehn was born , Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Mary Biehn was born 29 Mar 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Mar 1925, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    3. Noah Biehn was born 3 Jan 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jan 1905, Fargo, Greenwood Twp. St. Clair, Michigan, USA; was buried , Spring Hill Cemetery, Greenwood Twp., St. Clair Co., Michigan.
    4. Veronica "Fanny" Biehn was born 11 Apr 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1911; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Moses David Biehn was born 22 Aug 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Mar 1918; was buried , Lakin Cemetery, Lakin, Kearny, Kansas, United States.
    6. Esther D. "Hettie" Biehn was born 8 Feb 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1937, Westcott, Alberta; was buried , Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada.
    7. Anna "Nancy" Biehn was born 17 Feb 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1909, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emmanuel United Cemetery, Kurtzville, Perth Co., Ontario.
    8. Hannah Biehn was born 12 Sep 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1921, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Magdalena Biehn was born 8 May 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Samuel Biehn was born 25 Dec 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Aaron D. Biehn was born 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 1895, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Owen Bean was born 14 Jul 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Dec 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob Y. Detweiler was born 27 Mar 1789, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Detweiler and Mary Margaret Harley); died 5 Aug 1875; was buried , Hallman Mennonite Cemetery, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166261595
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2201
    • Land: Bef 1831, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1847, Hallman Mennonite Church, North Dumfries, Ontario; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Jacob Dettweiler," son of Jacob and Mary Margaret (Harley) Detweiler, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, March 27th, 1789. He moved to Canada in 1822 and settled near Blair, Ontario. On March 11th, 1813, he was married to Mary Gottwals. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, May 12th, 1790, and died April 10th, 1816, leaving two children. After his first wife's decease he was married to Esther Ziegler, December 31st, 1816. She was born November 15th, 1794, and died January 23rd, 1883. He died August 7th, 1875. His family consisted of ten 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.].

    Residence:
    It is not known just when the first log meeting house of the Hallman congregation was built. However, on June 1, 1847 a one-acre plot of land, for a meeting house and burial ground, was deeded from Adam Unger to trustee, Jacob H. Detweiler. This land was east of Roseville on the northwest corner of Lot 31, Concession 11 of North Dumfries Township, and on the south side of the Blenheim or Roseville Road, which was built westerly from Galt. A stone cairn made up of old tombstones stands on this property today.1a

    1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

    Jacob married Mary Gottwals 11 Mar 1813. Mary was born 12 May 1790, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Apr 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Gottwals was born 12 May 1790, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Apr 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Detweiler
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2201.1

    Children:
    1. 1. Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Detweiler was born 28 Oct 1814, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 5 Jun 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Abraham Detweiler was born 10 Apr 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA; died IN INFANCY.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob Detweiler was born Abt 1765, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Hannes Detweiler); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2199.1

    Jacob — Mary Margaret Harley. Mary was born Abt 1770, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Margaret Harley was born Abt 1770, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Margaret Detweiler
    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2199.2

    Children:
    1. 2. Jacob Y. Detweiler was born 27 Mar 1789, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 5 Aug 1875; was buried , Hallman Mennonite Cemetery, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. John Detweiler was born Abt 1791; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Joseph Detweiler was born Abt 1793; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Abraham Detweiler was born Abt 1795; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Christian Detweiler was born Abt 1797; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Catharine Detweiler was born Abt 1799; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Elizabeth Detweiler was born Abt 1801; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Polly Detweiler was born Abt 1803; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Hannes Detweiler was born Abt 1738, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00029-2199

    Notes:

    Hannes Dettweiler," was born about the year 1738. He resided in Montgomery or Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is not known to whom he was married but he had a son named III Jacob who was born about the year 1765. He married Mary Margaret Harley and had a large family, namely: IV Jacob, IV John, IV Joseph, IV Abraham, Iv Christian, Iv Catharine, IV Elizabeth, IV Polly, and three others whose names were not received"


    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. 4. Jacob Detweiler was born Abt 1765, Of, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.