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

Martin Austin Boyer

Male 1848 - 1937  (~ 88 years)


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  • Name Martin Austin Boyer 
    Born Nov 1848  Butler Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Business Boyer Rake Factory 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6933186 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-167444 
    Died 5 Feb 1937  Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Mummasburg, Mummasburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I167444  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Family Mary Ann Gingrich,   b. 2 Jan 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1945, near, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F48091  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Martin Boyer, 88, operator of a Butler township sawmill nice he was 14 years old, died Friday afternoon at 3: 20 at his home along Conewago creek about two miles south of Biglerville along the Gettysburg Road. Death was caused by pulmonary pneumonia. Mr. Boyer had been taken ill last Monday after suffering from a cold since the preceding Saturday. He was the last survivor of 11 children of the late John and Elizabeth Sherk Boyer. Mr. Boyer was a member of the Mummasburg Mennonite church and had served that body as a deacon for a number of years. He was twice married. His first wife was the late Mary A Raffensperger and these children survive from that union; John M., Gettysburg; Clayton T., Harrisburg; Mrs. J Warren Matthews, Everson, Pa., and Mrs. Katie Albert, Gettysburg RD. His second wife, the former Anna Gingrich, survives. These children by the second marriage survive Mr. Boyer; Mrs. Coffman Shenk, Washington, D.C.; Joseph S., Biglerville; Warren M, Biglerville R1; Mrs. E. J. Bontrager, Midland, Michigan; Mrs. J Warren Martin, Fairfield; Charles G and Miss Lena M, both at home. There are 36 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral services from the lat home Monday afternoon at 1: 00 with further services in the Mummasburg Mennonite church at 1: 45 with Bishop Noah H Mack, New Holland; the Rev. A.W. Geigley, Fairfield, and the Rev. A. W. Meyer, Mummasburg, officiating. Interment in the Mennonite cemetery at Mummasburg..

      The Gettysburg Compiler February 13, 1937

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    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Feb 1937 - Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Mummasburg, Mummasburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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