Abraham "Abram" Gehl^{[1, 2]}

1855 - 1894  (39 years)

• Name	Abraham "Abram" Gehl
  Born	30 Apr 1855	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Abram Gehl
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00122-7515.4
  Died	7 May 1894	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7, 8]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Person ID	I11194	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Gehl,   b. 16 Mar 1825, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 8 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Rebecca B. Tohman,   b. 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 1904  (Age 74 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1850	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6, 9, 10]
  		Richard Gehl & Rebecca Toman
  Family ID	F3187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catharina Roach,   b. CALC 16 Nov 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Mar 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1881	Caledonia Twp., Kent, Michigan, USA   [11]
  Children	1. Irvine Gehl,   b. 17 Jun 1882, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alvin Addison Jeremiah Gehl,   b. 15 Sep 1885, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1949, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F226012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Roach,   b. 6 Dec 1864, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1929  (Age 64 years)
  Married	5 Jul 1887	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Abraham Gehl,   b. 6 Feb 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1947, Sinnett, Wynyard Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 59 years)   2. Melvina Gehl,   b. 1889, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mildred Susanna Gehl,   b. 24 Jul 1889, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Sep 1950  (Age 61 years)   4. William Gehl,   b. 13 Apr 1891, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Bertram Gehl,   b. 7 Aug 1892, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1969, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 77 years)   6. Francis Lorne Gehl,   b. 17 Nov 1894, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1955, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F258330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Abraham Gehl "who died May 7th, 1893, aged 39 years and 7 days." 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.]. ______________________ GEHL.-On the 7th of May 1894 in Waterloo Co., Ontario, Abram Gehl, aged 34 y., 7 d. Buried on the 10th at Cressman's M.H. at Breslau. Funeral services to a large concourse of sympathizing relatives and friends by Elias Weber in German and Noah Stauffer in English. HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 11, June 1, 1894 - pp 174,175

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 7 Apr 1887. 30 Mar 1887 Catharina Gehl, wife of Abraham Gehl, died in Waterloo Township at age of 23 years. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 13. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 44. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 3. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 46. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . In loving memory of/ Abram Gehl/ born/ April 30, 1855/ died/ May 7, 1894/ aged 39 yrs 7 ds/ A tender father and loving husband/ has gone unto his Home above [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61942986. [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 [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219189801.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Apr 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Dec 1881 - Caledonia Twp., Kent, Michigan, USA Married - 5 Jul 1887 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 May 1894 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth