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

Christian Wenger[1, 2, 3]

Male 1851 - 1906  (55 years)


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  • Name Christian Wenger 
    Born 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1873  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-14261 
    Died 1906  [6
    Buried Hyslop Cemetery, Elmer Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I14261  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Jonas Z. Wenger,   b. 6 May 1815, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Maria Martin,   b. 15 Jun 1820, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1858  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 4 May 1840  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Family ID F1838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann S. Gole,   b. 20 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1945, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 4 May 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Ellen Wenger,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Jane Wenger,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Leah Wenger,   b. 15 Nov 1873, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Menno Wenger,   b. 15 Nov 1875, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1950, Sandusky, Sanilac, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. George Wenger,   b. 10 Jan 1878, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Altana Wenger,   b. 20 Nov 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Martha Ann Wenger,   b. 5 May 1886, Sandusky, Sanilac, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1933, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F2510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Christian Wenger, "is married to Mary Ann Gole. They reside near Sandusky, Senlac County, Michigan, where he is engaged in farming"


      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..., 625.

    2. [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..., 700.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012902-73.
      Christian Wenger, 22, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Woolwich, son of Jonas and Mary Anna married Mary Ann Gole, 24, b. Canada, res. Breslau, daughter of Jacob and Catharine, witnessed by: Henry Wiegand of Berlin and Martin Wegenast of Waterloo, 4 May 1873 in Berlin

    4. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 52.

    5. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 117.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163509252.

    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..., 624.

    8. [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..., 25.

    9. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 9 Mar 1840:49.
      3 Mar 1840 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Jonas Wenger to Spr Maria Martin, daughter of Christian C. Martin, all from Woolwich.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1873 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 May 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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