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

Josiah E. Thoman[1, 2]

Male 1858 - 1910  (52 years)


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  • Name Josiah E. Thoman 
    Born 6 Jul 1858  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1880  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    artist 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Evangelical Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00122-7535 
    Died 22 Oct 1910  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I11337  Generations
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2024 

    Father Emanuel Thoman,   b. 19 Apr 1829, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1922, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Anna Erb,   b. 6 Nov 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1908, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1850  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Family ID F3132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Josiah Tohman, "is a cabinet maker and resides at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is married and has a family of two children."1

      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  • 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..., 541.

    2. [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..., 632.

    3. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan Film 1254588 Page 510A.
      lived with his uncle Cyrus in 1880.

    4. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 13.

    5. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 1 Page 11.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54254986.

    7. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan Film 1254588 Page 510A.

    8. [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..., 631-632.

    9. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 29 Nov 1850 Pg: 48.
      ERB. Anna married 26 Nov 1850 To Emmanuel THOMAN. minister Salomon Weber

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Jul 1858 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - artist - 1880 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical Methodist - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Oct 1910 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
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