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

Rev. Ulrich Geiger

Male 1797 - 1864  (66 years)


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  • Name Ulrich Geiger 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 22 Nov 1797  , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Rsrch. Note
    • born Bubendorf, Basel, Switzerland.
    Occupation 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Minister 
    Residence 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00038-3072 
    Died 12 Feb 1864  Near Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I12187  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Peter Geiger,   b. Abt 1760, of, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F3370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara Baisiger,   b. 1797, , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1860  (Age 63 years) 
    Children 
     1. Daniel B. Geiger,   b. 1823, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1894, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. John Geiger,   b. 1826, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary Geiger,   b. Abt 1830, Of, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F3395  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ulrich Geiger, "the second son of old Peter Geiger, was born in Germany, November 22nd, 1797, and came to America with his two brothers and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. After his marriage with Barbara Baisiger he settled on a farm near Wilmot Centre where he resided many years. Towards the close of his life he moved near the Blenheim Mennonite Meeting House, on the townline between Wilmot and Blenheim where he died. He was an ordained minister of the Mennonite Church and was considered one of the best pulpit orators of that body in his days. Their family consisted of three children, two sons and one daughter"


      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.].

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      Wilmot (Geiger) Mennonite Church Begun: 1838
      The church is located on Lot 17, Bleams Road South, Wilmot Township, approximately one mile west of Wilmot Centre and two miles east of New Hamburg. Ulrich Geiger, who was ordained minister in 1838, served the Mennonites in the area for about ten years. Burkholder states that "Abraham Honsberger is said to have been the first minister in the Geiger church" (1935: 79).
      The first meeting house was built in 1844, although actual purchase of the land from David Geiger was not completed until 1846. A new and larger frame church was erected in 1876. Extensive remodelling was carried out in 1913.
      The church was known as Geiger Mennonite Church until 1977.
      1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      In memory of Ulrich Geiger born Nov 22, 1797 died Feb 12, 1864 aged 66 years 2 mo & 20 d, a native of Germany

    3. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Page 20.

    4. [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..., 677.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Nov 1797 - , Switzerland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Minister - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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