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

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wenger[1, 2, 3]

Female 1849 - 1931  (81 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wenger 
    Born 28 Oct 1849  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bowman 
    Name Elizabeth Wenger 
    Name Lizzie Wenger  [4, 8
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00128-8001 
    Died 17 Oct 1931  [7
    Buried Wolverine Public Cemetery, Burr, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I14264  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 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  [9, 10, 11
    Family ID F1838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benuel L. Bowman,   b. 16 Jan 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 3 Jun 1872  [2
    Children 
     1. Malinda Bowman,   b. 26 Jan 1873, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1933, Near, Guernsey, , Saskatchewan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     2. Noah W. Bowman,   b. 3 Sep 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1949, Gowanstown, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Nelson Bowman,   b. 3 Sep 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Lovina Bowman,   b. 4 Oct 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1944, Banff, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     5. Abraham Bowman,   b. 2 Jan 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1959  (Age 79 years)
     6. Addison Bowman,   b. 8 Mar 1882, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Titus Bowman,   b. 20 Aug 1882, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Amaziah Bowman,   b. 30 May 1884, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Milton Bowman,   b. 8 Oct 1886, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Marietta Bowman,   b. 8 Oct 1886, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Alvin Bowman,   b. 22 Dec 1888, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Wenger, "is married to Benuel Baumann, a farmer."


      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..., 626.

    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..., 126.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 19344-1905.
      Abram Bowman, 25, Occ. Laborer, b. Woolwich, Res. of Elmira, son of Benuel Bowman & Lizzie Winger, married Tena Brodhaecker, 22, b. Elmwood, Res. of Woolwich, daughter of Henry Brodhaecker & Hannah Shelly, Witn: Amayah Bowman, Conestogo & Bertha Brodhaecker, Woolwich, On 6 Dec 1905, at Woolwich Twp.

    4. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-2 Page 1.

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

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

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100846561/elizabeth-martin-bowman.

    8. [S151] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - St. Jacobs Mennonite (Central Woolwich Mennonite) CC#4583 Internet Link.
      Infant son of / Benuval & Lizzie / Bowman / died / Sept.3,1876 / Sleep on sweet babe and / take thy rest. God called / thee home. He thought it best /

    9. [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.

    10. [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.

    11. [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 - 28 Oct 1849 - 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 MapsBuried - - Wolverine Public Cemetery, Burr, , Saskatchewan, Canada Link to Google Earth
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