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

Margaret Rebecca Winger[1]

Female 1824 - 1872  (48 years)


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  • Name Margaret Rebecca Winger 
    Born 1824  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Margaret Rebecca Roether 
    Name Rebecca Winger 
    Eby ID Number 00128-8023 
    Died 26 Dec 1872  Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Cause: general decay 
    Person ID I14314  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father John Winger,   b. 5 Apr 1789, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Susannah Eby,   b. 10 Jun 1792, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1871, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F2320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Roether,   b. 28 Jul 1823, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 16 Sep 1849  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Children 
     1. Reuben Roether
     2. Daniel Roether,   b. 17 Jun 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. John D. Roether,   b. 23 Sep 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     4. William Roether,   b. 23 Sep 1852, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1852, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Sarah Roether,   b. 27 Jan 1854, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Samuel J. Roether,   b. 27 May 1856, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1927, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     7. Rudy Jonathan Roether,   b. 20 Aug 1858,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Susannah Roether,   b. 1861, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Louisa Roether,   b. 1864, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Anna M. Roether,   b. 1866, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F3886  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Rebecca Winger, "was married to Samuel Roether. They resided in Walkerton, Bruce County, Ontario, where he was jailer for the said county for many years. He died a year or so ago, leaving a family of six 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..., 630.

    2. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Margaret Roether d. 26 Dec 1872 Walkerton, aged 47 1/2 b. Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, occupation Gaol Matron, cause: general decay,

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 7.
      William DAVIDSON Merchant Scotland 29 Presbyterian b. 4-Oct M
      Margareth DAVIDSON Scotland 33 Presbyterian b. F

    4. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Jan 1873.
      19 Dec 1872 In Walkerton, the wife of Samuel Roether, formerly of Berlin, died at about 49 years of age.

    5. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852.
      By Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister Of The United Lutheran And German Reformed Church, Greenbush,

      Samuel Roether, 26, Shoemaker Of Waterloo, To Margareth Winger, 24.


    6. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Samuel Roether, 26, shoemaker of Waterloo married 16 Sep 1849 in Greenbush by banns to Margaret Wingar, 24, of Waterloo, wit: Frd. W. Delion Dr. of Waterloo & Rudolf Riendinger potter of Waterloo

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1824 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Sep 1849 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: general decay - 26 Dec 1872 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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