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

Ezra Wissler[1]

Male 1848 - 1917  (69 years)


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  • Name Ezra Wissler 
    Born 15 May 1848  Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00134-8261 
    Died 19 Nov 1917  Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I13780  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

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

    Family 1 Fannie Winfield,   b. 12 Nov 1847, Of, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1874  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 7 Jul 1870  Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fannie Maud Mary Wissler,   b. Abt 1875, Of, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F3776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jemima Agnes "Agnes" Biggar,   b. 26 Dec 1857, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1939  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1881  Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jane Wissler
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F3777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ezra Wissler, "was born May 15th, 1848. He was first married to Fannie Winfield and after her decease to Agnes Bigger. They reside at Salem where he is engaged in the mercantile business and has the post office in connection. He is also proprietor of the saw mills. His family consists of two 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..., 672.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., County, W., & Cemetery, E. (1848). Ezra Wissler (1848-1917) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32289302/ezra-wissler.

    3. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 May 1848 - Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Jul 1870 - Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Apr 1881 - Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Nov 1917 - Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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