John S. Geiger^[1]

1842 - 1878  (36 years)

• Name	John S. Geiger
  Born	7 Aug 1842	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Baptist
  Eby ID Number	00038-3070
  Died	27 Sep 1878	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I12172	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	David Geiger,   b. 17 Mar 1796, , Germany ,   d. 9 Apr 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Barbara Steinacker,   b. 17 Sep 1798, , Germany ,   d. 17 Oct 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F3372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Weber,   b. Between 1845 and 9 Aug 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1879  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1865	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Allen Geiger,   b. 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Bertha Geiger,   b. 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 11 years)   3. Jacob Geiger,   b. 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John William Geiger,   b. 4 Sep 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jan 1932  (Age 60 years)   5. Dillman W. Geiger,   b. 13 Oct 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1949  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Geiger, "resided in Wilmot Township, a little south of New Hamburg, where he was engaged in farming. He was married to Louisa Weber and had a family of five 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 676. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. John Geiger, aged 25, res. Wilmot born Wilmot son of David and Caroline married 31 Oct 1865 to Louise Weber aged 20 res. Wilmot born Wilmot daughter of Daniel and Catherine. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, div 3 pg 7. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 10.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Aug 1842 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 31 Oct 1865 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Sep 1878 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth