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

Peter Hammacher[1]

Male 1766 - 1847  (80 years)


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  • Name Peter Hammacher 
    Born 4 Oct 1766  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Land Bef 1831  Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 02, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Eby ID Number 00049-3657.8 
    Died 8 Aug 1847  Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Buried Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1830  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Peter Hammacher,   b. Abt 1730, , Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Shaefer,   b. 8 Jul 1772, Of, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1848  (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Hammacher,   b. Abt 1797, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1805, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 8 years)
     2. John K. Hammacher,   b. Feb 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1885  (Age ~ 86 years)
     3. Elizabeth Hammacher,   b. Abt 1800, of, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher,   b. 16 Aug 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1872, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     5. Susannah Hammacher,   b. 14 Jul 1805, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1894, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     6. Benjamin Hammacher,   b. 17 Mar 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1892  (Age 83 years)
     7. Samuel Hammacher,   b. 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Hannah Hammacher,   b. 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Peter Hammacher,   b. 12 Feb 1817, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Peter Hammacher, "the youngest of the family, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1773. About the year 1796 he was married to Elizabeth Shaefer. In the year 1805 they, (When on their way coming to Canada they had to stop for a few days at Buffalo, owing to the sickness and death of their eldest child, Rebecca, who died and was buried at Buffalo, New York) with their small family and others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near the village of Doon where he died in 1840. To them was born a family of nine 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..., 776.

    2. [S136] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Weber Mennonite CC#5426 Internet Link.
      Eby's book states died 1840 born 1773 gravestone differs

    3. [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, 19 Aug 1847.

    4. [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, 19 Aug 1847 Page 34.
      Peter Hamacher Died 9 Aug 1847 80 years, 10 months, 20 days.

    5. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 29.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Oct 1766 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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