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

Family: Friederich "Frederick" Scheifele / Esther Wenger (F768)

m. Apr 1842


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  • Father | Male
    Friederich "Frederick" Scheifele

    Born  21 Jun 1823  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Nov 1907  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  Apr 1842  [1, 2]  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Elizabeth Gingrich | F13893 
    Married  22 Jun 1851  Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Andrew Scheifele | F766 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anna Maria Nagle | F766 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Esther Wenger

    Born  23 Jul 1819  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Aug 1850  Near Conestogo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Joseph Wenger | F3866 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Zimmerman | F3866 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Gideon Scheifley

    Born  2 Nov 1843  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 1880   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Susannah Martin | F771 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Female
    Amanda "Manda" Scheifele

    Born  23 Dec 1844  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Apr 1914  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Franz S. Meier | F772 
    Married  13 Jan 1863  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Priscilla Scheifley

    Born  22 Mar 1846  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Dec 1906   
    Buried    Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Enoch D. Snyder | F776 
    Married  16 Feb 1879  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Barbara Scheifley

    Born  3 Apr 1848  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1904   
    Buried    Mennonite Cemetery, Alto, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Christian Keller | F779 
    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..., 223.

    2. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Frederick W. Bindemann. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush 31 Aug 1842 to 31 Aug 1843 report #25.
      Frederick Schaufle, Farmer, to Esther Wingar, both of Woolwich. Wit. Philip Geib, Farmer and Christian Schaufle, Farmer, both of Woolwich.