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

Anson Witmer[1, 2]

Male 1888 - 1953  (65 years)


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  • Name Anson Witmer 
    Born 1888  [3
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00007-0655.7 
    Died 1953  [3
    Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I10979  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Jacob S. Witmer,   b. 10 Jan 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1927, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Esther M. Bechtel,   b. 16 May 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1923, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 9 Sep 1877  Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F1180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laura Gingerich,   b. 29 Aug 1892, , Sanilac Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1979, Roscommon, Roscommon, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F24965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 197.

    2. [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..., 680.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Anson Witmer (1888 - 1953) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 15 July 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37024390.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10996-77.
      10996-77 - Jacob WITMER, 23, farmer, Waterloo Twp., same, s/o Joseph & Catharine WILMER, married Esther BECHTEL, 24, Waterloo Twp., same, d/o Joseph & Sarah BECHTEL, witn: Nelson BOWMAN & Elizabeth BOWMAN both of Waterloo, 9 Sept 1877, Waterloo Twp.

    5. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Sep 1877.
      09 Sep 1877 By Pastor Baumann in Freeport, Jakob Witmer was married to Esther Bechtel, both of Waterloo Township.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmwood Cemetery, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
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