John Robertson Wissler^[1]

1844 - 1923  (78 years)

• Name	John Robertson Wissler
  Born	9 Sep 1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1867	Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	merchant
  Eby ID Number	00134-8260
  Died	27 Jun 1923	Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I13775	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Sem Wissler,   b. 21 Mar 1819, Clay Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 May 1865, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Jane Robertson,   b. 15 Oct 1826, Insch, , Aberdeen, Scotland ,   d. 3 Jun 1907, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1843	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  Family ID	F3773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Biggar,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jan 1901, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Married	26 Sep 1867	Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Franklin Robert Wissler,   b. 14 Jul 1868, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Fanny Wissler,   b. 25 Feb 1870, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. George Sem Wissler,   b. 27 Dec 1874,   d. 11 Apr 1901  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F3775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Robertson Wissler, "the eldest, was born September 9th, 1844. He is married to Harriet Bigger and resides in Salem where he is the possessor of his father's grist and flour mills. He held the position as reeve for Nichol Township for many years and now is clerk for said township. His family consists of 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 672. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., County, W., & Cemetery, E. (1844). John Robertson Wissler (1844-1923) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32289164/john-robertson-wissler. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 9 Oct 1867. Biggar, Harriet married 26 Sep 1867 to John B. Wissler At the residence of the bride's mother in Elora, by the Reverend James Davidson, Presbyterian Minister of Alma. The Bride, the youngest daughter of the late George Biggar, formerly of Galt; the groom, a merchant of Salem. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Minister of The German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church Greenbush, Waterloo Township, Halton County, Wellington District, 31 Aug. 1842 to 31 Aug. 1843 report 25. Sem Wissler, Tanner, to Jane Robertson, both of Waterloo. Wit. Henry Eby, Printer and Elisabeth Bowers, both of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Sep 1844 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1867 - Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Sep 1867 - Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Jun 1923 - Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth