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

Tobias W. Wanner[1, 2]

Male 1790 - 1845  (55 years)


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  • Name Tobias W. Wanner 
    Born 16 Mar 1790  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Bible Wanner Family Bible 
    • Hespeler Heritage Centre
    Wanner-Bible-TobiasWanner-HespelerHeritageCentre.jpg
    Wanner-Bible-TobiasWanner-HespelerHeritageCentre.jpg
    German language bible brought to Hespeler by Tobias Wanner in 1810. He settled on a farm (immediately south of Wanner Mennonite Church on Beaverdale Road). The bible was passed down to Leah Panabaker (nee Wanner) and it possibly travelled with the family from Germany to Pennsylvania than to Hespeler.
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39020144 
    Eby ID Number 00126-7639 
    Died 28 Jun 1845  Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Buried Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I14394  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Henry Wanner,   b. 12 May 1749, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Anna Mosser,   b. 8 Feb 1748, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 1774  [7
    Family ID F1286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catharine Strycker,   b. 7 Mar 1798, , Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Barbara S. Wanner,   b. 2 Jun 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Hannah S. Wanner,   b. 31 May 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Nancy S. Wanner,   b. 27 Feb 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Catherine S. Wanner,   b. 23 Jan 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     5. Mary S. Wanner,   b. 10 Nov 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     6. Susannah S. Wanner,   b. 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Elizabeth Wanner,   b. 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1834  (Age 1 years)
     8. Janet Leah S. "Leah" Wanner,   b. 18 Dec 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1909  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Tobias W. Wanner, "was born March 16th, 1790. He was married to Catherine Strycker who was born March 10th, 1798, and died May 21st, 1882. They resided on the farm now in possession of David Pannebecker, near Hespeler, where he died June 28th, 1845. Their family consisted of seven daughters"

      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..., 734.

    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..., 715.

    3. [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..., 560.

    4. [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..., 561.

    5. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township).

    6. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township).
      In memory of/ Tobias Wanner/ who died June 28th/ 1845/ aged 55 years/ 2 months & 12 days

    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..., 555.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Mar 1790 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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