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

Magdalena Erb[1, 2]

Female 1821 - 1854  (33 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Erb 
    Born 12 Feb 1821  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Name Magdalena Hunsicker 
    Residence 1839  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Eby ID Number 00032-2810 
    Died 3 Aug 1854  [4, 6, 8
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I17288  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father John S. Erb,   b. 4 Sep 1795, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1873  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Maria Bricker,   b. 1 Sep 1797, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1876  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F2328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isaac Z. Hunsicker,   b. 20 Jan 1803, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 7 Apr 1839  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 9
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Hunsicker,   b. 8 Aug 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Lydia Ann Hunsicker,   b. 12 Apr 1844, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1925, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Charlotte Hunsicker,   b. 5 Oct 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. John Henry Hunsicker,   b. 15 Oct 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1854  (Age 4 years)
     5. Jacob E. Hunsicker,   b. 17 Oct 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F1620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Erb, "was born in February, 1821. She was married to Isaac Z. Hunsicker who was born January 20th, 1803, and died May 22nd, 1870. She died August 3rd, 1854. To them were born five children."


      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..., 623-624.

    2. [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..., 312.

    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..., 623.

    4. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      In memory of / Magdalena / wife of / Isaac Z. Hunsicker / born February 12, 1821 / died August 3, 1854 / aged 33 yrs. 5 mo. 22 da. / (verse)

    5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 18.
      Magdalena HUNSICKER Birthplace: Canada Age 31 Mennonite b. 12-Feb

    6. [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, 10 Aug 1854 Page 32.
      Magdalena Hunsicker Died 3 Aug 1854 Wife of Isaac Z. 35 years old.

    7. [S17] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Der Morgenstern (1839-1841), Marriage Notice of Magdalena Erb and Isaac Z. Hunsicker - 6 Jun 1839.
      Magdalena Erb, daughhter of John Erb, Esq. near Preston, Waterloo Township and Isaak Z. Hunsicker, school-teacher of Preston, were married in Galt by Rev. Bayne.

    8. [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..., 624.

    9. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 1 Jun 1839:23.
      21 May 1839 In Galt, Rev Bayne m. Isaac Z Hunsicker, schoolteacher, from Preston, to Miss Magdalena Erb, daughter of John Erb, in vicinity of Preston, Waterloo Tp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Feb 1821 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Apr 1839 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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