Lydia Bricker^[1]

1816 - 1852  (35 years)

• Name	Lydia Bricker
  Born	24 Nov 1816	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201754406
  Name	Lydia Bentler
  Name	Lydia Croft
  Residence	1847	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Eby ID Number	00016-1320
  Died	22 Sep 1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6]
  Person ID	I12669	Generations
  Last Modified	25 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	Henry Croft,   b. 2 Mar 1813, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1846, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Children	1. Magdalena "Lena" Kraft,   b. 19 Nov 1834, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1874, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)   2. John Kraft,   b. 30 Aug 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Sep 1864, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 28 years)   3. David Kraft,   b. 10 Aug 1838, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Ann Kraft,   b. 27 Apr 1840, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1935, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States  (Age 94 years)   5. Henry Kraft,   b. 24 Jan 1845, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Christian Herman "Herman" Bentler,   b. 5 Dec 1821, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 1905  (Age 83 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1847	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Children	1. Herman Bendler,   b. 1848, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Angeline Bendler,   b. 16 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jul 1884, Campbell Township, Ionia Co., Michigan  (Age 35 years)   3. Wilhelm Heinrich "William Henry" Bendler,   b. 19 Jan 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 1853  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lydia Bricker," the fifth and youngest daughter of John and Annie Bricker, was born November 24th, 1816. She was married to Henry Kraft who was born March 2nd, 1813, and died in Berlin, April 11th, 1846. A year or so after Mr. Kraft's decease the widow was married to Herman Bendler, a shoemaker. She died September 22nd, 1852, leaving a family of seven children, of whom five were of first husband and two were born unto her second husband." 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

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. [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..., 325. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Hier ruhet / Lydia / geborne / Bruecker / Ehefrau von / Herrman Bendler / sie wurde geboren / den 24 November 1816 / und ist gestorben / den 22 September 1852 / sie brachte ihr Alter auf / 35 Jahre 10 Monate und / 2 Tage [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 188. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 23 Sep,1852 Page 39. Lydia Bendler Died 22 Sep 1852 Nee Bricker. W. of Herman of Berlin. 35y, 9m, 28d. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201754406. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Christ. Herman Bendler shoemaker of Waterloo married 19 Oct 1847 Berlin by license to Lidia Kraft (nee Bricker) of Waterloo, witnesses: Valt. Guildner, blacksmith of Waterloo & Edward Heidenreiter, shoemaker of Waterloo [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 22 Oct 1847 Pg 43. BENDLER, Herrman married 19 Oct 1847 To Lydia KRAFT, widow of Henry Kraft. minister F. W. Bindemann

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Nov 1816 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1847 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Oct 1847 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Sep 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth