Leah Bear^[1]

1839 - 1908  (68 years)

• Name	Leah Bear
  Born	2 Sep 1839	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Leah Witmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1867	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Dunkard
  Eby ID Number	00003-605
  Died	17 Aug 1908  [4, 9]
  Buried	Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I11842	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. John G. Bear,   b. 15 May 1804, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Dec 1894, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Anna "Nancy" Pannabecker,   b. 23 Apr 1812, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1875, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Married	11 Feb 1827  [8, 10]
  Family ID	F261996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaac Witmer,   b. 3 Apr 1842, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jan 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1867	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9]
  Children	1. Emma Jane Witmer,   b. 14 Aug 1868, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1961, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   2. Nancy C. Witmer,   b. 30 Aug 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1961  (Age 91 years)   3. Albertina "Tina" Witmer,   b. 7 Jan 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Oct 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   4. Jonas Witmer,   b. 17 Jan 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Nov 1886  (Age 14 years)   5. Deacon Isaiah B. Witmer,   b. 16 Mar 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Aug 1950  (Age 76 years)   6. Rebecca Witmer,   b. 8 Nov 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1967, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   7. Sarah Witmer,   b. 25 Sep 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 74 years)   8. Rev. John Wesley Witmer,   b. 27 May 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1960, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   9. Edmund B. Witmer,   b. 3 Mar 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   10. Minerva Witmer,   b. 23 Jan 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1906  (Age 23 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Leah Baer wife of Isaac Witmer

  
  

• Notes

  Leah Bear, "was born September 2nd, 1839. She is married to Isaac Witmer. They reside in Wilmot Township, where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of ten children" 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

  [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..., 678. [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..., 186. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 12. [S213] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Rosebank Community CC#4565 Internet Link. Isaac Witmer/ born Apr 3 1842/ died Jan 10 1929/ 86 yrs 10 months & 7 days/ at rest/ Leah/ wife of/ Isaac Witmer/ born Sept 2 1839/ died Aug 16 1908/ aged 68 yrs 11 mo 14 ds/ Thy trial ended, thy rest is won [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 39. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 12. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Isaac Wittmer, 25, res. Guelph tp, b. Guelph tp, son of Abraham & Katharina, married 9 Nov 1867 Lea Baer, 28, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of John & Nancy [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 68. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Isaac Witmer February 28, 1929. [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..., 185.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Sep 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1867 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Nov 1867 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth