Esther Wenger^[1]

1819 - 1850  (31 years)

• Name	Esther Wenger
  Born	23 Jul 1819	, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Esther Scheifele
  Residence	1842	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00128-8009
  Died	28 Aug 1850	Near Conestogo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I14273	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Wenger,   b. Abt 1775, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1824, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Zimmerman,   b. 21 Nov 1778, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Mar 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F3866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Friederich "Frederick" Scheifele,   b. 21 Jun 1823, , Germany ,   d. 21 Nov 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Apr 1842	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Gideon Scheifley,   b. 2 Nov 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1880  (Age < 36 years)   2. Amanda "Manda" Scheifele,   b. 23 Dec 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Apr 1914, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   3. Priscilla Scheifley,   b. 22 Mar 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1906  (Age 60 years)   4. Barbara Scheifley,   b. 3 Apr 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1904  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Esther Wenger, "was born July 23rd, 1819. She was married to Frederick Scheifley, a farmer. They resided near Conestogo where she died August 28th, 1850." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 223. [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. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Frederick W. Bindemann. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush 31 Aug 1842 to 31 Aug 1843 report #25. Frederick Schaufle, Farmer, to Esther Wingar, both of Woolwich. Wit. Philip Geib, Farmer and Christian Schaufle, Farmer, both of Woolwich. [S64] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Martin's Mennonite CC#4521 Internet Link.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Jul 1819 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Residence - 1842 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - Apr 1842 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth