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Heinrich "Henry" Funk

Male 1818 - 1886  (68 years)


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  • Name Heinrich "Henry" Funk 
    Born 1818  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Name Henry Funk  [7] 
    Residence 30 Apr 1850  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Mennonist 
    Occupation 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-165421 
    Died 12 May 1886  Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 9] 
    Cause: hydrosis (six months) 
    Buried Zurich Mennonite Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I165421  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father John Funk,   b. Of, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6344  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Catherine Krehbiel,   b. 11 Jul 1811, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1850  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10] 
    Children 
     1. Dennis Funk
     2. Henry Funk
     3. Libbie Funk
     4. Margaret Funk
     5. Stella Funk
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F41212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catharine Seacrist,   b. Abt 1818,   d. 1844  (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Funk,   d. DIED YOUNG
     2. John Funk,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary A. Funk,   b. 24 Aug 1836, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Samuel Funk,   b. 1838, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Hannah Funk,   b. CALC 19 Jan 1843, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1913, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F165050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • On September 27, 1859, he [Amos Bechel] was married to Miss Mary A. Funk, who was born in that section August 24, 1836, a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Sedcrist) Funk, the former of whom was of Buck's county, Penn. He was a son of John Funk, who removed from that State to Canada in an early day, but died in Michigan some years since. He was married twice, and his first wife was the mother of Mrs. Bechtel, whom she left an orphan at the age of nine years. She was one of five children: Mary A., John, Samuel, Hannah, and Sarah who died young. The second marriage resulted in the birth of five children also: Libbie, Henry, Margaret, Dennis and Stella.

      "Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana Together with Biographies of Many Prominent Men of Northern Indiana and the Whole State, Both Living and Dead", Goodspeed Brothers Publishers, Chicago, 1893, John Morris Co. Printers and Binders

  • Sources 
    1. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 15.

    2. [S1131] Book - Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana, Biography of Amos Bechtel.

    3. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 4, Pg.15.

    4. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 3 Page 25.

    5. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 7330 (1886), Henry Funk.
      Henry Funk d. 12 May 1886 Hay Township, aged 68y b. Germany, occ: farmer, cause: hydrosis (six months)

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65255466.

    7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      John Wittmer aged 22 of Guelph Township, born Guelph Township son of Abraham Wittmer and Catharine Groh married 29 Apr 1860 to Hannah Funk aged 17 of Waterloo born Canada West daughter of Henry Funk and Caharine Sikrist

    8. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages By Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Minister of The Mennonist Society, Berlin Report 170.
      Henry Funk, of Woolwich, to Catharinea Krehbiel, of Waterloo. 30 Apr. 1850. Wit. Samuel Fellman and Samuel S. Schneider.

    9. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIII, Number 12, June 15, 1886, pages 190, 191.
      FUNK - On the 12th of May, at the residence of J. Smith, near Zurich, Huron Co., Ont., Henry Funk, aged 68 years. Funeral services by H. B. Detweiler

    10. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 3 May 1850:18.
      FUNK, Heinrich married 30 Apr 1850 Woolwich. To Catharina KREHBIEL, Waterloo. minister Benjamin Eby

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1818 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 30 Apr 1850 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Apr 1850 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: hydrosis (six months) - 12 May 1886 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Zurich Mennonite Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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