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

Barbara Biehn[1]

Female 1879 - 1972  (93 years)


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  • Name Barbara Biehn 
    Born 1879  Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Barbara Kunkel 
    Eby ID Number 00008-1035.6 
    Died 13 Sep 1972  [3
    Buried Guernsey Cemetery, Guernsey, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I15655  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Christian S. Biehn,   b. 16 Oct 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1926, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Kummer,   b. 14 Jan 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1904  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 2 Dec 1873  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Family ID F4223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alfred Kunkel,   b. 15 Aug 1883, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1955, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 15 Jan 1915  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F60799  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "A quiet wedding ceremony was performed at the parsonage of Zion Evangelical Church on Thursday Jan.14, in Berlin at 2 o'clock when Miss Barbara Biehn, daughter of Mr. andMrs. Christian Biehn of Listowel became the wife of Alfred Kunkel of Guernsey, Saskatchewan. The couple were unattended and the ceremony was solemnized by the pastor of the church, Rev. M. L. Wing. After a brief honeymoon among friends in Ontario, the happy couple will take up residence in Guernsey, Saskatchewan."

      Listowel Banner, Jan. 15, 1915

  • 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..., 263.

    2. [S257] Census - ON, Perth, Wallace - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 31 Household Number 122.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128759173/a-barbara-kunkel.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012797-73.
      Christian BIEHN, 27, farmer, Waterloo Twp, Wallace Twp Perth Co., s/o Aaron & Anna married Mary KUMMER, 17, Waterloo Twp, Wallace Twp, d/o Sebastian & Susanne, witn: Abraham & Mary BIEHN both of Waterloo Twp, 2 December 1873 in Preston

    5. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 18 Dec 1873.
      02 Dec 1873 By Pastor Wurster in Preston, Christian Biehn was married to Maria Kummer, both of Wallace Township.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Jan 1915 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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