Daniel B. Geiger

1823 - 1894  (71 years)

• Name	Daniel B. Geiger
  Born	1823	, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Protestant
  Eby ID Number	00038-3073
  Died	1894	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I12189	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Rev. Ulrich Geiger,   b. 22 Nov 1797, , Switzerland ,   d. 12 Feb 1864, Near Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Barbara Baisiger,   b. 1797, , Switzerland ,   d. Abt 1860  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F3395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdalena "Lena" Kaercher,   b. 1828, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	18 Mar 1845	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Caroline Geiger,   b. 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1921  (Age 75 years)   2. Maria Geiger,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Moses Geiger,   b. 4 Mar 1851, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jul 1936, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   4. Samuel Geiger,   b. 1853,   d. 1930  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F3396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Daniel Geiger, "the eldest son, was married to Magdalena Kercher. They resided on a farm in Hay Township, Huron County, where he died in 1894, leaving a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Page 31. [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. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Huttner, Jacob Rev - Lutheran Minister, Preston #53.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1823 - , Pennsylvania, USA Married - 18 Mar 1845 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1894 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth