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

John B. Geiger[1]

Male Cal 1835 - 1905  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name John B. Geiger 
    Born CALC 21 Oct 1835  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00038-3077 
    Died 16 Mar 1905  Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Cause: cancer of liver (4 months) 
    Person ID I12198  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Father Daniel Geiger,   b. 10 Mar 1799, Canton Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1884, Near Manheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Catherine Boesiger,   b. 4 Apr 1811, , France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1881  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F3399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Geiger, "resides north of Mitchell, Perth County, where he is engaged in farming. He has a 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  • 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..., 677.

    2. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 8.

    3. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 14.

    4. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 13133 (1905), John B. Geiger, accessed 1 Jan 2010.
      John B. Geiger d. 16 Mar 1905 Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, aged 69y, 4m, 24d, farmer, b. Waterloo Co., cause: cancer of liver (4 months)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CALC 21 Oct 1835 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: cancer of liver (4 months) - 16 Mar 1905 - Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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