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Jacob S. Israel[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1819 - 1893  (73 years)


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  • Name Jacob S. Israel 
    Born 25 Jul 1819  Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    shoemaker 
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Laborer 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 000131-8112.3 
    Died 7 Feb 1893  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Cause: Dropsy following Grippe C. W. 
    Buried Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13569  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Jean Jaques Jacob Israel,   b. 1792, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Marie Christine Hoffer,   b. 5 Oct 1792, , Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1874, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1818  Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Catherine Wildfong,   b. 17 Jun 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 20 Jun 1843  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Israel,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Christina Israel,   b. 15 Jun 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1908, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     3. Catharine Israel,   b. 9 Jun 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1888  (Age 42 years)
     4. John Israel,   b. 14 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Jacob Israel,   b. 24 Jul 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Mary Magdalene Israel,   b. 30 Nov 1851, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1928, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     7. Anna Margartha Israel,   b. 24 Aug 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Veronica W. "Fanny" Israel,   b. 7 May 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Charles Israel,   b. 5 Apr 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Maria Anna Israel,   b. 7 Jul 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1910, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     11. Elisabetha Israel,   b. 29 Jan 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F3711  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 645.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Mary Magdalene Israel Born: Canada Age: 18 Father: Jacob Israel Mother: Susannah Israel Born: abt 1853 Spouse: John Swartz Age: 20 born: Canada Father: Henry Swartz Mother: Elizabeth Swartz married 28 Aug 1871 married: Wellington

    3. [S50] Vit - ON, Brant - Marriage Register 1858-1869.
      Mary Bechtel Born: Dumfries Township Res: Dumfries Township Age: 17 Father: Jacob Mother: Mary Born: 1848 Spouse: John Israel Age: 18 born: Waterloo Res: Waterloo Born: 1847 Father: Isaac Mother: Anna married 16 Jul 1865

    4. [S100] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Strassburg - Strassburg Evangelical Lutheran.
      Israel, Catharine, Born: June 7 1846, Baptised: July 19 1846, Parents: Jacob & Catharine nee Willfang. Sponsors: Christian Israel.

    5. [S100] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Strassburg - Strassburg Evangelical Lutheran.
      Israel, Anna Maria, Born: July 7 1862, Baptised: Sept 28 1862. Parents: Jacob & Anna nee Wildfang of Strassburg. Sponsors: Heinrich Reiber & Maria Reiber.

    6. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Jacob Israel d. 7 Feb 1893 Waterloo Township, aged 73y, 8m, b. Germany, cause: Dropsy following Grippe C. W.

    7. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 22.
      Jacob ISREAL shoemaker Birthplace: Germany Age 33 Lutheran
      Hannah ISREAL Birthplace: Canada Age 32 Lutheran
      Christine ISREAL Birthplace: Canada Age 8 Lutheran
      Cathrine ISREAL Birthplace: Canada Age 6 Lutheran
      John ISREAL Birthplace: Canada Age 4 Lutheran
      Jacob ISREAL Birthplace: Canada Age 2 Lutheran

    8. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 3 Page 22.

    9. [S2099] Archives départmentales du Bas-Rhin, Dettwiller, "Actes de Naissance pour 1819" ("Births for 1819"), No. 44.
      Declaration, made at the Dettwiller administrative building, Bas-Rhin [Lower Rhine] District, before the civic official, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the twenty-fifth of July, one thousand eight hundred nineteen, of the legitimate birth of a male infant today, the twenty-fifth of the current month, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and named Jacques.

      Declarant: Jacques Israel, age 25 years, domiciled in this village, occupation Journalier [Day Worker]. Father: Jacques Israel, Journalier, domiciled in this village, the declarant. Mother: Christine Hofer, domiciled in this village, spouse of the declarant.

    10. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 11.

    11. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 22.

    12. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852.
      Jacob Israel, To Susanna Shuhmacher Widow, Both Of Waterloo. 20 June 1843. Rev. Huettner

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Jul 1819 - Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Jun 1843 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - shoemaker - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Dropsy following Grippe C. W. - 7 Feb 1893 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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