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

Aaron B. Wenger[1]

Male 1848 - 1917  (68 years)


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  • Name Aaron B. Wenger 
    Born 27 Aug 1848  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Protestant 
    Eby ID Number 00128-7981 
    Died 14 Feb 1917  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Ayton Union Cemetery, Ayton, Grey Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I14235  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Isaac Z. Wenger,   b. 18 Feb 1812, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1890, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary S. Bowman,   b. 16 Jul 1818, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1899, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1839  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8
    Family ID F2189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Janet Philp,   b. 1851,   d. 1937  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 16 Jan 1879  [2
    Children 
     1. Robert Wenger,   b. 7 Nov 1879,   d. 13 Nov 1939  (Age 60 years)
     2. Mary Bowman Wenger,   b. 26 Jun 1882,   d. 1936  (Age 53 years)
     3. Isaac Wenger,   b. 15 Oct 1883, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1884, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Franklin Walden Wenger,   b. 15 Oct 1883, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1970  (Age 86 years)
     5. Ethel Belle Wenger,   b. 5 Mar 1886,   d. 1958  (Age 71 years)
     6. Amos Addison Wenger,   b. 11 Apr 1888, Of Ayton, Grey Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Roy Mercer Wenger,   b. 10 Jul 1891, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967  (Age 75 years)
     8. Lee Cameron Wenger,   b. 10 Feb 1894, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1935, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Aaron Wenger, "was born August 27th, 1848. On January 16th, 1879, he was married to Janet Phillip. They reside in Ayton, Ontario, where he is following the mercantile business and in connection with this he is also engaged in manufacturing choice creamery butter. Mr. Wenger's family consists of eight 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. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 100.

    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..., 623.

    3. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 22.

    4. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 90.

    5. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 4 Page 34.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110004769/aaron-b-wenger.

    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..., 622.

    8. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 30 Mar 1839:14.
      last Tuesday Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Isaac Wenger, Woolwich Tp, to Maria Bauman, daughter of Jonathan B Bauman of Waterloo Tp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Aug 1848 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Protestant - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Feb 1917 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Ayton Union Cemetery, Ayton, Grey Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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