Barbara Weidenhammer

1854 - 1937  (82 years)

• Name	Barbara Weidenhammer
  Born	14 Mar 1854	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Babette Weidenhammer
  Name	Barbara Lorch
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-140124
  Died	26 Feb 1937	Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA   [3]
  Buried	Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I140124	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Johann Christoph "Christopher" Weidenhammer,   b. 20 Sep 1818, Aglasterhausen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 16 Feb 1896, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Brodbeck,   b. 3 Nov 1825, Neuhansen, Wurtemberg, Germany ,   d. 27 Jan 1910, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	16 Aug 1846	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F28885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philip Lorch,   b. 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jan 1914, Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Conrad Adolf Lorch,   b. 6 Mar 1892, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F48721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. BARBARA LORCH HARTLEY. Iowa, March 12. After an illness of nearly 20 years, Mrs. Barbara Lorch passed away on February 26. She was the sixth of seventeen children of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Wcidenhammer of Heidelberg, Ontario and was born there in 1854. Shortly after the family moved to Elmira where the deceased was married to Philip Lorch in 1871. Soon after their marriage the young couple moved to Listowel where they farmed for 22 years, after which they returned to Elmira. Five years later they settled on a farm near May City Iowa. After 16 years Mr. Lorch passed away and later Mrs. Lorch retired to Hartley were her death occurred at the age of 82 years. Surviving are seven sons and two daughters. Three children predeceased her. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, March 2. Kitchener Daily Record 12 Mar 1937 pg 18

  
  

• Sources

  [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 15. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, District. 11 Page 102. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95081194/barbara-lorch. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Jacob Huttner - Minister of The Lutheran Evangelical Church In The Village of Preston report 65. Christoph Weidenhammer, married Anna Maria Brodbeck both of Waterloo. 16 Aug. 1846

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Mar 1854 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Feb 1937 - Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA Buried - - Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth