Mary Schwartz

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Devitt
• Eby ID Number: 00108-6502
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

Notes:

Mary Schwartz, "was born November 11th, 1859. She is married to Aaron K. Devitt. They reside in the town of Berlin where he is engaged as cutter in the Williams, Greene & Rome shirt factory. Their family consists 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Mary — Aaron K. Devitt. Aaron (son of Dennis Devitt and Magdalena Keller) was born 17 Nov 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Aug 1947, Whitby, Whitby Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Roscoe Devitt was born 5 Jan 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Sep 1917.
2. Orton S. Devitt was born 26 Apr 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1957; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Arvilla Devitt was born 3 Jul 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Adela Devitt was born 24 Mar 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Lola Devitt was born 18 Jan 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Armintha Devitt was born 16 Jul 1892, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00108-6492
• Residence: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Jacob Schwartz, "was born January 1st, 1819. In 1841 he was married to Maria, daughter of Abraham and Catharine (Bergey) Honsberger. She was born June 13th, 1821. Soon after their marriage they moved on a farm about a mile west of the Manheim school house. The farm is now possessed by Mr. Jacob S. Hallman, reeve of Wilmot. Here Mr. Schwartz died April 22nd, 1861. The widow is still living and has her home with her daughter, Mary, who resides in Berlin. To Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz were born 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.].

Jacob married Maria Hunsperger 27 Oct 1840, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Abraham Honsberger and Catharine S. Bergey) was born 13 Jun 1821, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 29 Mar 1896; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Honsberger
• Name: Maria Schwartz
• Eby ID Number: 00057-3879
• Residence: 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Maria Honsberger, "was born June 13th, 1821. She was married to Jacob Schwartz. They resided in Wilmot Township where he died, leaving a large family. The widow resides in Berlin with her daughter, Mrs. A. K. Devitt."


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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00108-6468
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 01N, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Christian Schwartz, "was born in Tonamencin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, August 20th, 1784. He was married to Sophia Ruth who was born August 23rd, 1787, and died February 23rd 1880. During the early part of the present century they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Preston, where they both died. He died May 12th, 1848. 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.].

Christian — Sophia Ruth. Sophia was born 23 Aug 1787, , USA; died 23 Feb 1880, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Sophia Schwartz
• Eby ID Number: 00108-6468.1
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48203982
• Eby ID Number: 00057-3860

Notes:

Abraham Honsberger, "son of Abraham and Esther (Tyson)(Esther was aunt to the father of Abram Tyson of Berlin) Honsberger, was one of the early settlers of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was born May 3rd, 1782, and was married to Catharine, daughter of Abraham and Esther (Shantz) Bergey (Esther was sister to old Isaac Shantz who was the father of the old Shantzes of this county and mother to old John Bingeman and grandmother to Mr. Jonas Bingeman of Berlin). She was born in the same county, December 3rd, 1786. In 1824 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. Several years after their arrival in this county they settled in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee where they died. His death took place December 6th, 1857, and she died November 2nd, 1874. To them were born 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.].

Abraham — Catharine S. Bergey. Catharine (daughter of Abraham Bergey and Esther Shantz) was born 3 Dec 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Nov 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70674951
• Name: Catharine S. Honsberger
• Eby ID Number: 00057-3860.3

Notes:

Catharine S. Bergey," was married to Abraham Hunsberger."

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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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14589162
• Eby ID Number: 00057-3860.1

Notes:

#341 in The Hunsbergers book
Abraham Hunsberger, husband of Catherine Nash Tyson, father of Alice, Anna, Isaac, Abraham, Catharine, Magdalena, William, Elizabeth, Mary, Susanna, Sarah, Hannah, and Martin. Farmer who sold produce in Philadelphia during the Revolution; sang praises to God early in the morning while he worked. Resided in Perkiomen, Skippack, and Limerick, PA. Buried Herstein (Herstine) Mennonite Church Cemetery, Neiffer Road, Limerick, PA.

This is an excerpt from Rev. N.B. Grubb's A Genealogical History of the Gottshall Family, pub. 1924.

page 111-12

"Abraham Hunsberger was a great singer. During the Revolutionary War, while the British under General Howe were in possession of Philadelphia, they tried to prevent the farmers from bringing their produce to market in order to starve the Americans who sympathized with the struggle for American liberty or else to compel them to surrender. Yet the farmers needed the market, and so many watched their opportunity to sneak into the city and supply their customers with the usual amount of the necessaries of life. It was at a great risk that this was done and sometimes the farmers were caught and imprisoned.

Thus it was that Abraham Hunsberger, the father of Magdalena, wife of William Z. Gottshall, undertook to supply his customers when he was caught by the British and was locked up. His prospects were anything but bright for freedom. He was a sweet singer, and gifted with musical talent and had a "faith that would not shrink on the brink of any woe, tho pressed by every foe." He was of cheerful spirit, and instead of showing fear and discouragement he sang all through the night and so charmed and entertained his guards with the sweet strains of music. They were so delighted with his jovial disposition that the next morning they left him go on his way rejoicing. This appropriate weapon was so forcefully used by this non-resistant Mennonite, and was more effective in conquering the British than the American musket. Truly, music has charms.

The compiler of this work has a copy of a manuscript music book of which Abraham Hunsberger was the author and bears his signature under date of August 31, 1815. The contents are written in German.

Abraham Hunsberger (1755-1816) - Find a Grave... (no date) Find a Grave. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14589162/abraham-hunsberger (Accessed: 21 January 2024).

Abraham — Esther Tyson. Esther (daughter of William Sellen Tyson and Alice Elise Godshalk Nash) was born Abt 1750; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Esther Honsberger
• Eby ID Number: 00057-3860.2

Notes:

Esther Tyson, "was married to Abraham Honsberger"¹

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.].

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00004-852

Notes:

Abraham Bergey," second son of old Hans Bergey, was born January 6th, 1743. On September 3rd, 1776, he was married to Salome Gorgas who died November 20th, 1782. After the decease of his first wife, he, on January 6th, 1786, was married to Esther, daughter of old Jacob Shantz, and sister to old Isaac Shantz, grandfather to all our Shantzes of this county. She died March 13th, 1821. They resided in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. To Mr. Abraham Bergey and his first wife were born three children, and to him and his second wife were born 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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It's not clear what evidence that Abraham and his wife are buried at Keely's Cemetery. But then no tombstone has been found in any other cemetery either.

Cemetery, Keelys, North America, Montgomery County, and Keelys Cemetery. 1743. " Abraham Bergey (1743-1818) - Find A Grave...". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53105359/abraham-bergey.

Abraham married Esther Shantz 6 Jan 1786. Esther (daughter of Jacob Shantz and Magdalena Erb) was born Abt 1743, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Mar 1821. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Esther Bergey
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6533

Notes:

Esther Shantz, "was married to Abraham Berge. Their descendants are still to be found in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She was the grandmother of Jonas Bingeman of Berlin."

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.].