Rachel Vincent^[1]

1827 - 1897  (70 years)

• Name	Rachel Vincent
  Born	23 May 1827	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Rachel Bomberger
  Name	Rachel Wilds
  Name	Rachel Winson
  Residence	1843	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1861	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1881	Stephen Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	00032-2834.4
  Died	28 Aug 1897	Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Goshen Line Cemetery, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I12005	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Abraham Erb,   b. 12 Jul 1772, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Sep 1830, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Erb,   b. 3 Mar 1780, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Jul 1858  (Age 78 years)
  Married	May 1804  [6, 7]
  Family ID	F472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Michael Vincent,   b. CA 1795,   d. Sep 1828, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Mother	Mrs.,   d. 28 Jan 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F33006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jacob Bomberger,   b. Abt 1827, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	26 Sep 1843	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 8]
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F3348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Marcus Wilds,   b. Between 1826 and 1827, , Saxon, Thuringer, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Alfred Harlow Wilds,   b. 1862, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1931, Dashwood, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F32373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rachel Winson, born May 23rd, 1827. She was married to Jacob Bomberger. They resided on a beautiful farm near Strasburg, Waterloo County, Ontario, but not living happy together, they separated, he went to the Middle States and she was again married and resided between New Hamburg and Shakespeare where she raised a numerous family. 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. __________________ This week we must chronicle the death of Mrs. Wild, who passed away on Saturday evening after a brief illness. The funeral took place on Monday for the Goshen Line cemetery. Exeter Times, Thursday 2 September 1897 ________________ There is a DNA link between the descendants of Rachel Vincent and Abraham Vincent.

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 630. [S298] Census - Canada - 1881, Census Place: Stephen, Huron South, Ontario; Roll: C_13272; Page: 33; Family No: 133. Marcus Wild 54 Germany lab. Rachel 54 Germany Henry 31 USA [S2433] Census - Canada - 1861, Ontario, Huron, Hay Township Div 4 pg 7. Marcus Wild 34, Saxe Thüringer, laborer Rachel 34, Canada West George 13 New York State Henry 11 New York State Alexander 9 New York State Elizabeth 7 New York State Benjamin 6 New York State Henrietta 4 New York State Marcus 1 Canada West [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188100338/rachel-wilds. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Preston report 30. Jacob Bamberger, to Rahel Vincent, both of Waterloo. 26 Sept. 1843 [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..., 629. [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..., 629-630. [S826] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Preston - Saint Peter's Lutheran - index.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1827 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - 1843 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Sep 1843 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - Stephen Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Aug 1897 - Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth