Rev. Ulrich Geiger

1797 - 1864  (66 years)

• Name	Ulrich Geiger
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	22 Nov 1797	, Switzerland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Rsrch. Note	born Bubendorf, Basel, Switzerland.
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Minister
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00038-3072
  Died	12 Feb 1864	Near Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario   [1, 4]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I12187	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter Geiger,   b. Abt 1760, of, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Baisiger,   b. 1797, , Switzerland ,   d. Abt 1860  (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Daniel B. Geiger,   b. 1823, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1894, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   2. John Geiger,   b. 1826, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Geiger,   b. Abt 1830, Of, North Dakota ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Oct 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________________ 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

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

  Born - 22 Nov 1797 - , Switzerland Occupation - Minister - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth