Mary Biehn^[1]

1800 - 1889  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Biehn
  Born	24 Apr 1800	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87208939
  Name	Mary Saltzberger
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00008-977
  Died	5 Oct 1889	Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 4]
  Buried	Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I15409	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Johannes "John" Biehn,   b. 1776, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Dec 1823, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Anna "Nancy" Bechtel,   b. CA 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Married	1799  [2]
  Family ID	F4128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Philip Saltzberger,   b. 21 Jun 1780, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jan 1860, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Sep 1819  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Abraham B. Saltzberger,   b. 22 Nov 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Aug 1898  (Age 77 years)   2. Elizabeth Saltzberger,   b. 11 Mar 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Oct 1910  (Age 87 years)   3. Jacob B. Saltzberger,   b. 25 May 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   4. Christian Saltzberger,   b. 27 Aug 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1829  (Age 1 years)   5. Samuel Saltzberger,   b. 1 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Feb 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   6. Aaron Saltzberger,   b. 17 Jun 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Mary (Biehn) Saltzberger

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Biehn, " was born April 24th, 1800, being the first white child born in Waterloo County. In September, 1819, she was married to John Philip Saltzberger who was born June 21st, 1780, and died December 29th, 1860. She died September 29th, 1888. To them were born six children, namely: V Abraham, V Elizabeth, V Jacob, V Samuel, V Christian, and V Aaron." 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.]. _____________________ SALSBERGER. - On the 5th of October, in Strasburg, Waterloo Co., Ontario, of the infirmities of old age, Sister Salsberger, widow of Philip Salsberger, aged 88 years. Her father, John Biehn, was the original settler on what is now known as the Doon property, where deseased* was born in 1801. She was a widow for twenty-seven years, and had been in poor health a long time. Her remains were consigned to the grave on the 8th at Weaver" church. Funeral services by Daniel Wismer and Noah Stauffer. Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVI, Number 21, November 1, 1889, page 335

  
  

• 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..., 213. [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..., 253. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 17. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Sister Salsberger - November 1, 1889, page 335. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 3 Page 41.

  
  

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  Born - 24 Apr 1800 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Oct 1889 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth