Catharine Gingrich

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176887449
• Name: Catharine Bear
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3129

Notes:

Catharine Gingerich, "second daughter, was married to Martin Bear. They resided about one mile east of Preston, on the farm now possessed by Anson Groh, where they had a numerous 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Catharine — Rev. Martin Bear. Martin (son of Michael Bear) was born 1774, , York Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jun 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Benjamin Bear was born 1799, , USA; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Rev. John G. Bear was born 15 May 1804, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1894, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Elizabeth Bear was born 17 Sep 1805, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1838, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Annie "Nancy" Bear was born 29 Apr 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Aug 1867, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Michael Bear was born 1 Jan 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Aug 1821.
6. David G. Baer was born 24 Nov 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1881, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Abraham Baer was born 19 Apr 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Aug 1890, Goodland, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; was buried , Goodland Township Cemetery, Goodland, Lapeer, Michigan, United States.
8. Salome "Sarah" Bear was born 12 Jan 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
9. Martin Baer was born 4 Oct 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 1889, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States; was buried , Empire Cemetery, Marblehead, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States.
10. Catharine Baer was born 18 May 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Sep 1906, Luverne, Rock, Minnesota, United States; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, Rock, Minnesota, United States.
11. George Bear was born 10 Jun 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
12. Leah Bear was born 21 Mar 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1910, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zurich United Church Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.
13. Susannah Bear was born 6 Jul 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 1854; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
14. Rachel Bear was born 10 Mar 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138031993
• Name: Abraham Gingerich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3087
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 05, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Abraham Gingerich, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1751. He was married to Barbara Hunsicker and had a family of eleven children, ten of whom came to Canada. The father not being able, financially to procure a home for each of his sons in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, resolved to emigrate to some country where land could be purchased cheap, consequently his son David was requested to go on a journey to the much-spoken-of Canada and make a thorough inspection of the nature of the soil, timber, water, and of the advisability of settling there. No sooner had his son arrived in this part of he country, now Waterloo County, than he found everything far beyond his expectations and immediately a lot on which he intended to settle the following spring, was selected. This lot was west of Doon. Late in fall he returned to Pennsylvania where he and his father made ample preparations to move to Canada the following spring. In April, 1801, old Abraham Gingerich with his wife and family of ten children, of whom his son David and several daughters were married, moved to Canada, arriving at old Joseph Schoerg's (Now spelled Shirk and Sherk) place, opposite Doon, the first week in June. To their great surprise they found on their arrival that another party (This party was Henry Bechtel) had located on the lot selected by young David the fall previously. This caused the father and his sons to make another selection of a lot on which to settle. They then settled a little east of Preston. Abraham, the father, settled on the farm afterwards purchased by Isaac Bergey, where he died about the year 1814, while his son David settled on the farm now in possession of his grandson, Jacob S. Gingerich. The family of Abraham Gingerich 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.].


From page 690
"N. B. - You will find the names of the eleven children of old Abraham Gingerich, but they may not be given in their proper order of birth. The family record, showing dates of birth is lost."

Abraham — Barbara Hunsicker. Barbara was born Abt 1751, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Barbara Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3087.1

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00039-3086

Notes:

Michael Gingerich, "the progenitor of this numerous family, emigrated to America in 1747 and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was born near the city of Strassburg, Alsace, Germany, about the year 1725. He was a farmer. His family consisted of several children but the names of only two have been received while the names of the others together with that of his wife have not been obtained. The two whose names we received were Abraham and Joseph. (From the late Jno. Gingerich near Waterloo, received by the writer in 1869.)"


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.].

_______________

In Ezra Eby's book, the progenitor of the Gingrich family was named Michael. This has since been shown to be in error. The forefather of the Gingrich's in this record is Ulrich (not Michael). Therefore, there are differences between this and Ezra Ebys record. For more information, see THE GINGRICH GENEALOGY, 1981, John Edmund Gingrich, pg xi -xii in the introduction.

Ulrich Gingrich b. d. Y . (2020). Retrieved 16 February 2020, from https://ezraeby.com/getperson.php?personID=I14502&tree=mennonite