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

Amos Weaver[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1822 - 1897  (75 years)


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  • Name Amos Weaver 
    Born 20 Feb 1822  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Evangelist 
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Dutch M. 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    United Brethren 
    Occupation 1876  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    United Bretheren 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Gentleman 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    United Brethren 
    Eby ID Number 00127-7813 
    Died 25 May 1897  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 13
    Buried Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 13
    Person ID I18091  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Moses Weber,   b. 8 Feb 1797, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1854, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Anna "Nancy" Stauffer,   b. 25 Oct 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 3 Aug 1819  [14
    Family ID F4689  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Magdalena Oberholtzer,   b. 12 Aug 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1876  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F1477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary "Polly" Bowman,   b. 7 Jan 1826, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1873, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1845  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 15
    Children 
     1. Angeline Weaver,   b. 9 Apr 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     2. Emanuel B. "Manuel" Weaver,   b. 30 May 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1924, Petroskey, Emmet, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. John Henry Weaver,   b. 25 Sep 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Nancy Weaver,   b. 15 May 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Moses Sylvester Weaver,   b. 21 Dec 1850, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1936, Seattle, King, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     6. Mayor Jacob B. Weaver,   b. 25 Sep 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     7. Mary Weaver,   b. 7 May 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1906, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     8. Rachel Weaver,   b. 4 Jun 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Martha Elizabeth Weaver,   b. 13 Jul 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1928  (Age 70 years)
     10. Lizzie Weaver,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Emma Laura Weaver,   b. 14 Aug 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1939, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F2229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Mary Bauman,   b. 1824, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Jan 1844  [16
    Children 
     1. Jacob Weaver,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Weaver,   b. 1854, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Rachel Weaver,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Emma Weaver,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Elizabeth Weaver,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F274147  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Caroline Ziegler,   b. 1830, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1897  (Age > 68 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1889  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F4693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Amos Weaver," was born February 20th, 1822. On January 26th, 1844, he was married to Polly Baumann who was born January 7th, 1826, and died March 21st, 1873. After her decease he was married to Magdalena Oberholtzer who was born August 12th, 1834, and died April 12th, 1883. Some time after his second wife's decease he was married to Caroline Knipple, a widow. After his first marriage he settled near Freeport, Ontario, where he was engaged in farming until the decease of his first wife, and with his second wife he lived in Bloomingdale on her father's farm. At present he resides in the town of Berlin. To him and his first wife was born a family of ten 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.].

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      Died At Berlin, on Tuesday, May 25th, 1897, at 5: 45 p. m., Amos Weaver, Aged 75 Years, 3 Months and 5 Days. Funeral Will take place on Friday, the 28th, Inst, at 1: 30 o'clock p. m., from his late residence, Church Street, to the U. B. Church, thence to Blair Cemetery Friends and relatives will please accept this intimation.


      Funeral Card

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 148.

    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..., 105.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 Apr 1883.
      12 Apr 1883 Magdalena Weber, nee Oberholtzer, wife of Amos Weber, died near Bloomingdale at age of 48 years & 8 months, quite suddenly

    4. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 010979-76.
      Amos M. Weaver, 53, occ. Farmer, b. Pennsylvania U.S.A., res. Waterloo Twp, Widower, son of Moses & Nancy Married Magdalena Oberholtzer, 42, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Henry & Elizabeth, Witn Elizabeth Bowman & Mary Weaver of Waterloo Twp, 18 December 1876 in Waterloo Twp.

    5. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 590.

    6. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 21.

    7. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 9.

    8. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 7.

    9. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 13.

    10. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 31.

    11. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82297005/amos-weaver.

    12. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 8.

    13. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.

    14. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 589.

    15. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Huttner, Jacob Rev - Lutheran Minister, Preston #53.
      Amos Weaver, To Polly Bowman, Both Of Waterloo. 26 Jan. 1845. Rev. Hottner.

    16. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 32.

    17. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Amos Weber Born: USA Age: 67 Father: Moses Weber Mother: Anna Weber Born: abt 1822 Spouse: Caroline Knipfel Age: 58 born: Germany Father: Frederick Ziegler Mother: Dorothea Ziegler married 26 Mar 1889, Berlin

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Feb 1822 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Jan 1845 - Waterloo Twp., 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 - Evangelist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dutch M. - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1876 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Dec 1876 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Bretheren - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Mar 1889 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 May 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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