David Bricker^{[1, 2, 3]}

1814 - 1897  (83 years)

• Name	David Bricker
  Born	30 Mar 1814	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Land	1861	North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 39, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  Land	1861	North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 40, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  Occupation	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00016-1308
  Died	4 Apr 1897  [5, 8]
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I12617	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Bricker,   b. 28 Dec 1769, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1854, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Anna "Nancy" Erb,   b. 11 Dec 1774, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Oct 1866, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F2213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Kolb,   b. 25 Sep 1818, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Apr 1870, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1837  [2, 4, 8, 13]
  Children	1. Henry Bricker,   b. 12 Nov 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Maria Bricker,   b. 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Menno Bricker,   b. 2 Jan 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. David Bricker,   b. 6 Jul 1843, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jul 1847  (Age 4 years)   5. Levi Bricker,   b. 20 Feb 1846, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Aug 1847  (Age 1 years)   6. Ephraim K. Bricker,   b. 22 Jul 1848, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Sep 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   7. Lydia Bricker,   b. 17 Apr 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Joseph K. Bricker,   b. 12 Sep 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Mary Ann Bricker,   b. 6 Nov 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   10. Mayor Aaron K. Bricker,   b. 12 Jul 1857, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1941  (Age 83 years)   11. Magdalena "Lena" Bricker,   b. 20 Mar 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Caroline Devitt,   b. 28 Jan 1843, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1929  (Age 85 years)
  Married	6 Feb 1871  [4, 11]
  Children	1. Magdalena "Lena" Bricker,   b. 20 Mar 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hannah Bricker,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lillian Bricker,   b. 12 Feb 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955  (Age 84 years)   4. Hannah Alberta Bricker,   b. 15 Jun 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David Bricker, "the seventh and youngest son of John and Annie Bricker, was born near Blair, March 30th, 1814. On September 12th, 1837, he was married to Hannah, the youngest daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Clemens) Klob. She was born September 25th, 1818, and died April 10th, 1870. Soon after their marriage they moved on his father's farm near Blair where they resided for five years, then they moved on a beautiful farm about one mile east of Roseville where they resided until 1862, when he sold the farm and moved to Breslau where he purchased from Mr. Joseph Erb, the mills, and farm of 160 acres in connection, for $17000. He continued in business until 1870 when he retired and since then has taken the world easy. On February 6th, 1871, he was married again to Caroline, daughter of James and Salome (Roos) Devitt. She was born January 28th, 1843. They reside in Breslau, Ontario, where they both enjoying good health. To him and his first wife were born ten children, and to him and his second wife was born one child." 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.]. ____________ BRICKER - David Bricker, youngest son of John and Annie Bricker was born near Blair, Waterloo Co., Ont., March 30th, 1814. On Sept. 12th 1897*, he was married to Hannah, youngest daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Clemmens) Kolb, who died April 10th, 1870. The last twenty-seven years of his life were spent in retirement in the village of Breslau. On Feb. 6th, 1871, he was married to Caroline Devitt. With his first wife he had ten children, and with his second wife, one. He died after a short illness, or rather the growing debility of age, on the 4th of April 1897 [sic 1837], at the ripe old age of 83 years, 5 days. Bro. Bricker was a member of the Mennonite church since his youth. Funeral services at the M.B.C. church at Breslau on the 7th, were conducted by S.S. Stauffer and Noah Stauffer. Buried in the cemetery at Blair. In Bro. Bricker's death the community loses another one of the few remaining early settlers, and a highly esteemed neighbor and citizen. Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIV, No. 9, May 1, 1897, Page 141, 142

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 426. [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..., 861. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 106. [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..., 322. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 44. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 48. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, May 1, 1897 - Obituary of David Bricker. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 11. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 72. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 13. [S498] Map - Tremaine's 1861 Map of Waterloo County. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Mar 1814 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Land - 1861 - North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 39, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Land - 1861 - North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 40, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth