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

Hannah Rudy[1]

Female 1880 - 1951  (70 years)


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  • Name Hannah Rudy 
    Born 6 Mar 1880  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14767256 
    Name Hannah Gingrich 
    Residence 1881  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00097-5474 
    Died 17 Feb 1951  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1060  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Benjamin Rudy,   b. 13 Oct 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1890, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Hoffman,   b. 20 Apr 1844, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 2 Nov 1862  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Family ID F343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Simeon Good Gingrich,   b. 19 Dec 1871, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 13 May 1938 
    Children 
     1. Clement R. Gingrich,   b. 21 Jan 1906,   d. 17 Mar 1973  (Age 67 years)
     2. Winston R. Gingrich,   b. 23 Dec 1907, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1981, McAffee Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. Hope Gingrich,   b. 14 Sep 1912,   d. 21 Sep 1998  (Age 86 years)
     4. Eloise Hannah Gingrich,   b. 1914,   d. 1995  (Age 81 years)
     5. Reynard Walter Gingrich,   b. 12 Feb 1922, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F9662  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Hannah Rudy, "was born March 6th, 1880. She resides with Nelson Shantz, west 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.].

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      Mrs. Hannah Gingrich

      Mrs. Hannah Gingrich, 70, of 149 Belmont St. (formerly Fischer), died Saturday night at the K-W Hospital Annex, Knollwood Park, following a lengthy illness. Born in Waterloo County on March 6, 1880, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rudy. She was a member of First Mennonite Church, Kitchener. Her husband, Simeon Gingrich, predeacesed her on May 30, 1949.

      Surviving are three sons, Clement, Regina Sask.; Winston, Galt, and Reynard, Ajax Ont.; two daughters, Mrs. Henry (Hope) Bowman, Waterloo and Mrs. Milton (Eloise) Near, Kitchener; one sister, Mrs. John Blodgett, Rochester, N.Y., and seven grandchildren.

      The body will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral home until Wednesday at 1 p.m. when removal will be made to Erb St. Mennonite Church, Waterloo, for funeral service at 3 p.m. Rev. John H. Hess will officiate. Burial will be in Waterloo Mennonite Cemetery.

  • 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..., 211.

    2. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 1 Page 46.

    3. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Div 1 Pg 46.
      Peter GREYERBIEHL M M 29 German Ontario Farmer Roman Catholic
      Margaretha GREYERBIEHL F M 24 German Ontario Roman Catholic

    4. [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..., 210.

    5. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Benjamin Rudy, aged 25 res Woolwich born Woolwich son fo Daniel Rudy and Barbara Rotenburg married 2 Nov 1862 to Mary Ann Hoffman, aged 18 res. Woolwich Twp. born Waterloo Twp. daughter of Jacob Hoffman and Ellen Hamlin.

    6. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Rudy Benjamin, 25, Woolwich, Woolwich, son of Daniel and Barbara (Rosenberger), married 2 Nov 1862 Mary An Hoffman, 18, Woolwich, Waterloo, daughter of Jacob and Ellen (Hamlin)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Mar 1880 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Feb 1951 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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