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

Reuben Winger[1]

Male 1853 - Aft 1911  (> 59 years)


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  • Name Reuben Winger 
    Born 4 Jul 1853  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Prodestant 
    Occupation 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Foundry Hand 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Postmaster 
    Occupation 1891  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Insurance Agent 
    Residence 1891  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1901  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Moulder 
    Residence 1903  Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Occupation 1911  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Moulder, Iron Foundry 
    Residence 1911  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Died Aft 1911 
    Residence 1923  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Eby ID Number 00128-8018 
    Person ID I14300  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Reeve Peter Winger,   b. 18 Apr 1818, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1889, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Maria Bauman,   b. 1 Jan 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1886, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 17 Dec 1839  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11, 12, 13
    Family ID F2319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Jane Armstrong,   b. 28 Jul 1856, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Children 
     1. Winger
     2. Melvin Charles Winger,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1903, Islington, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     3. Dora May Winger,   b. 31 Aug 1880, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Jessie Winger,   b. 10 May 1891, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F3883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Reuben Winger, "was born July 4th, 1853. He is married to Martha Armstrong and resides in Elmira where he assists his brothers in the woollen mills. Their family consists 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. [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..., 125.

    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..., 629.

    3. [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-2 Page 14.

    4. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 7.

    5. [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 23 Page 8.

    6. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 76.

    7. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 4 Page 39.

    8. [S2057] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1891, Pg. 42.

    9. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Death report of Melvin Charles Winger. 26 Mar. 1903 p. 2, col. 2 & 3.

    10. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of J. B. Winger - 16 Aug 1923.

    11. [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..., 628.

    12. [S17] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Der Morgenstern (1839-1841), 26 Dec 1839.
      Maria Bauman, daughter of Benjamin B. Bauman and Peter Wenger, son of John Wenger, both of Waterloo were married a short time ago.

    13. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 8 Jan 1840:43.
      17 Dec 1839 Rev. Bindemann m. Peter Winger, son of John Winger in Berlin, to Maria Bauman, daughter of Benjamin W. Bauman, from Waterloo.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Jul 1853 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Prodestant - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Foundry Hand - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Postmaster - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Insurance Agent - 1891 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Moulder - 1901 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1903 - Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Moulder, Iron Foundry - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1923 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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