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

Abraham Brower

Male 1826 - 1846  (20 years)


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  • Name Abraham Brower 
    Born 4 May 1826  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00017-1357 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Abraham Brower 
    Died 27 Nov 1846  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Cause: accidentally shot 
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I16409  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry Brower,   b. CALC 3 May 1777,   d. 10 Dec 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 97 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Maris,   b. 29 Nov 1783, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1806  [3, 4
    Family ID F4332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Abraham Brower," the youngest in family was born May 4th, 1826. When about nineteen years of age he was accidentally shot by his brother Ephraim while deer hunting in the township of Blenheim, Oxford County."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. [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..., 335.

    2. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      In / memory of / Abraham / son of Henry / B& Elizabeth Brower / who departed this / life Novr. 27th 1846 / aged 20 years / 6 months & 23 days

    3. [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..., 333.

    4. [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..., 629.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 May 1826 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: accidentally shot - 27 Nov 1846 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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