Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.
Richard Gehl / Rebecca B. Tohman (F3187)

Family: Richard Gehl / Rebecca B. Tohman (F3187)

m. 19 Mar 1850

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  • Richard GehlFather | Male
    Richard Gehl

    Born  16 Mar 1825  , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Jan 1909  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  19 Mar 1850  [1, 2, 3, 4]  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3, 4] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Johannes "John Gehl | F268422 Group Sheet 
    Mother   

    Rebecca B. TohmanMother | Female
    Rebecca B. Tohman

    Born  11 Apr 1829  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Feb 1904   
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham Tohman, Sr. | F3184 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Bricker | F3184 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    George Gehl

    Born  3 Aug 1849  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Matilda Shantz | F4921 
    Married  26 Dec 1871  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Marian Gehl

    Born  20 Jul 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Herman Hertel | F35756 
    Married  Feb 1872   

    Child 3 | Male
    Isaac Gehl

    Born  19 May 1851  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Oct 1935   
    Buried    Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nancy B. Sararas | F405 
    Married  5 Mar 1872  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    Abraham "Abram" Gehl

    Born  30 Apr 1855  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 May 1894  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Catharina Roach | F226012 
    Married  23 Dec 1881  Caledonia Twp., Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Roach | F258330 
    Married  5 Jul 1887  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    Levi Allen Gehl

    Born  5 Sep 1865  Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Oct 1942  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  11 Oct 1942  Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schnaeringer | F251386 
    Married  24 May 1892  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Magadalena Ehrhardt | F251550 
    Married  23 Apr 1919  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Female
    Melvina Gehl

    Born  27 Jan 1868  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Sep 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Menno Shiry | F3023 
    Married     

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 538.

    2. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Richard Gehl, 25, farmer of Waterloo married 19 Mar 1850 in Greenbush bybanns to Rebecca Tomann, 21, of Waterloo, wit: George H. Clemmens - farmer of Waterloo & Samuel Tomann - farmer of Waterloo

    3. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 2.

    4. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 46.