Barbara S. Wanner^{[1, 2]}

1821 - 1903  (82 years)

• Name	Barbara S. Wanner
  Born	2 Jun 1821	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27244583
  Name	Barbara S. Beeshy
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Nurse
  Residence	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00126-7640
  Died	3 Oct 1903	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I14396	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Tobias W. Wanner,   b. 16 Mar 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Jun 1845, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Catharine Strycker,   b. 7 Mar 1798, , Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 May 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ludwig Louis "Louis" Beeshy,   b. CA 1821, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario ,   d. Bef 1871  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1838	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Hannah Beeshy,   b. CA 1839, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. CA 1843  (Age ~ 4 years)   2. Catharine Beechy,   b. 5 Sep 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Mar 1915, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   3. Elizabeth "Betsy" Beeshy,   b. 24 Dec 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 May 1920, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   4. Lydia Beeshy,   b. 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Barbara Beeshy,   b. CA 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. CA 1847  (Age ~ 1 years)   6. Mary Ann Beeshy,   b. CALC 6 Dec 1848, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Aug 1881, near, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA  (Age ~ 32 years)   7. Jared Beeshy,   b. 7 Feb 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 1894, Creemore, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)   8. David Samuel Beeshy,   b. 18 Nov 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jan 1941, , Ohio, USA  (Age 87 years)   9. Jacob Albert Beeshy,   b. 18 Dec 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 1916, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Barbara S. Wanner, "was married to Louis Beeshy. They resided for some time on his father-in-law's farm, thence they moved to Hespeler where he was engaged by the late Mr. Hespeler. From here he moved to Wilmot Township, and not finding things to his desire he went to California, leaving his wife and family in charge of her friends. Their family consisted of nine 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.]. _____________ 47 Great Grand Children Survive AN OLD LANDMARK GONE The remains of the late Barbara Beeshy were interred in the East End Mennonite cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. She was one of the old settlers of the county, having reached the advanced age of 82 years, 4 months and a day. She is survived by four children, 39 grand-children, and 47 great grand children. For some time past she has been staying with her daughter Mrs. Daniel Brubacher on the old John W. Brubacher homestead, two miles west of St. Jacobs. The funeral services were conducted by Revds. Hallman and C. N. Good and were largely attended. The Weekly News-Record, Kitchener, Waterloo Thu, Oct 08, 1903 Page 1

  
  

• 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..., 561. [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..., 358. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, f-3 Page 9. Barbara was living with her daughter Catherine wife of David Brubacher in Woolwich in 1901. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-3 Page 9. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 16. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27244583/barbara-beeshy. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 1 Nov 1838:46. 30 Oct 1838 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Louis Bieschy to Barbara Wanner, daughter of Tobias Wanner, all of Waterloo Tp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Jun 1821 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Oct 1838 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Nurse - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Oct 1903 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth