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

Martin Woolner[1, 2, 3]

Male 1857 - 1942  (84 years)


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  • Name Martin Woolner 
    Born 4 Jul 1857  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176558559 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1904  Aldborough, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer 
    Eby ID Number 000136-8362 
    Died 25 Jan 1942  Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried McLean Cemetery, West Elgin, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13612  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Father Rev. Jacob Hembling Woolner,   b. 25 Sep 1826, Saint Andrew's Parish, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1917, Natchez (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Hannah Schiedel,   b. 15 Mar 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1897, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 30 Sep 1849  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Family ID F1103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Magdalena Strickler,   b. 1 Sep 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 28 Sep 1879  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Alice Woolner
     2. Elsie Woolner
     3. Harvey Woolner
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F3732  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Heipel,   b. 16 Jul 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 9 Mar 1904  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F280299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Martin Woolner, "was born July 4th, 1857. He is married to Magdalena Strickler. They reside in Aldborough Township, Elgin County, Ontario, where he follows farming. To them were born three children"


      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. [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..., 687.

    2. [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..., 527.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018740-04.
      Martin Woolner, 46, Occ. Farmer, b. Waterloo Co., Res. Aldborough, son of Jacob Woolner and Hannah Schiedel married Elizabeth Hertel, 41, b. Waterloo Co., Res. Breslau, Spinster, daughter of George Hertel and Christine Dewell, Witn: Mrs. C. N. Good of Breslau and Elizabeth Frank of Berlin, 9 March 1904 in Breslau.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Marten Woolner Born: Waterloo Age: 22 Father: Jacob Woolner Mother: Hannah Woolner Born: abt 1857 Spouse: Magdalena Strickler Age: 22 born: Waterloo Father: Henry Strickler Mother: Eliza Strickler married 28 Sep 1879

    5. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 53.

    6. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 49.

    7. [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..., 685.

    8. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Mennonist Society, Berlin #148.
      Jacob WOOLNER, to Hannah SCHIEDEL, both of Waterloo. 30 Sept. 1849. Rev. EBY

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Jul 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Sep 1879 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1904 - Aldborough, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Mar 1904 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Jan 1942 - Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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