Hannah Wismer^[1]

1825 - 1903  (77 years)

• Name	Hannah Wismer
  Born	23 May 1825	Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Hannah Penfold
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Wesley Methodist
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	W. Methodist
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00133-8236
  Died	18 Apr 1903	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Cause: old age, mitral
  Person ID	I14652	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann "John" Wismer,   b. 2 Apr 1799, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Jul 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Susannah Cressman,   b. 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Sep 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Married	1822  [10]
  Family ID	F3975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jesse Penfold,   b. 29 Dec 1823, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England ,   d. 20 Oct 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1842
  Children	1. Harriet M. Penfold,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Susannah Penfold,   b. 1841, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. David Penfold,   b. Mar 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Mar 1843  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Elijah Penfold,   b. 25 Aug 1845, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1865  (Age 19 years)   5. James Penfold,   b. 6 Sep 1847, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1848  (Age 0 years)   6. Thomas Penfold,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elizabeth Penfold,   b. 25 Feb 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1939, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA  (Age 88 years)   8. John Henry Penfold,   b. 18 Nov 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jan 1936, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   9. Ann Penfold,   b. 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Harriett Penfold,   b. 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Phebe Ann Penfold,   b. 30 Jun 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Hannah Penfold,   b. 25 Dec 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Jesse Penfold,   b. 19 Jun 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F3976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hannah Wismer, "was born May 23rd, 1825. She is married to Jesse Penfold, a farmer. They reside near Elora, Ontario, and have a family of eleven 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

  [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..., 474. [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..., 667. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-6 Page 10. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 4 Page 15. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 64. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 6 Page 54. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 5 Page 29. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 27453-1903 Hannah Penfold. [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..., 666.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1825 - Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Wesley Methodist - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age, mitral - 18 Apr 1903 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth