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

Amos Wenger

Male 1851 - 1882  (30 years)


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  • Name Amos Wenger 
    Born 17 Jul 1851  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Protestant 
    Eby ID Number 00128-7990 
    Died 27 Jun 1882  Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Person ID I14245  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    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  [5, 6, 7
    Family ID F2189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Nahrgang,   b. Abt 1851, Of, Ayton, Grey Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1877  [1
    Children 
     1. Mary Louisa Wenger,   b. May 1877,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Amos Wenger,   b. 26 Dec 1882,   d. 1 Jul 1884  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F3870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Amos Wenger, "the youngest son of Isaac and Mary (Bowman) Wenger, was born July 17th, 1851. In 1877 he was married to Elizabeth Nahrgang. They resided in Ayton, Ontario, where he died June 27th, 1882, leaving a family 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 624.

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

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

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

    5. [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.

    6. [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.

    7. [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 - 17 Jul 1851 - 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 - 27 Jun 1882 - Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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