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

Barbara S. Wanner[1, 2]

Female 1821 - 1903  (82 years)


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  • Name Barbara S. Wanner 
    Born 2 Jun 1821  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Name Barbara S. Beeshy 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Nurse 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00126-7640 
    Died 3 Oct 1903  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I14396  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Tobias W. Wanner,   b. 16 Mar 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1845, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother 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) 
    Family ID F550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ludwig Louis "Louis" Beeshy,   b. CA 1821, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1871  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 30 Oct 1838  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Hannah Beeshy,   b. CA 1839, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1843  (Age ~ 4 years)
     2. Catharine Beechy,   b. 5 Sep 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1915  (Age 73 years)
     3. Elizabeth "Betsy" Beeshy,   b. 24 Dec 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1920  (Age 77 years)
     4. Lydia Beeshy,   b. 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Barbara Beeshy,   b. CA 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1847  (Age ~ 1 years)
     6. Mary Ann Beeshy,   b. CALC 6 Dec 1848, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1881, near, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
     7. Jared Beeshy,   b. 7 Feb 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1894, Creemore, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     8. David Samuel Beeshy,   b. 18 Nov 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1941, , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     9. Jacob Albert Beeshy,   b. 18 Dec 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1916, , Welland Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    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.].

  • 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..., 561.

    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..., 358.

    3. [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.

    4. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-3 Page 9.

    5. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 16.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27244583/barbara-beeshy.

    7. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Jun 1821 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Oct 1838 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Nurse - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Oct 1903 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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