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

Mary Hammacher[1, 2]

Female 1823 - 1885  (61 years)


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  • Name Mary Hammacher 
    Born 13 Oct 1823  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Roos 
    Residence 1842  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Baptist 
    Eby ID Number 00049-3661 
    Died 28 Mar 1885  Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 9
    Cause: paralysis of the heart (immediate) 
    Buried Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I1834  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father John K. Hammacher,   b. Feb 1799, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1885  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Mother Sarah Wildfong,   b. 24 Aug 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Roos,   b. 25 May 1823, , Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1897  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 1842  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Isaac H. Roos,   b. 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Harriet Roos,   b. 5 Apr 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Charles Levi "Levi" Roos,   b. 6 Oct 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1923, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     4. Leah Roos,   b. 31 Jul 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1914  (Age 64 years)
     5. Mary Roos,   b. 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1893  (Age < 39 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F592  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary Hammacher, "the eldest of the family, was married to George Roos, a cooper. They resided in Bridgeport where she died some time ago. Their family consisted of 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..., 777.

    2. [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..., 647.

    3. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 9.

    4. [S245] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Mennonite Cemetery CC#4558.
      Zum Andenken an/ Maria Hammacher/ Ehefrau von/ Georg Roos/ geb 13 oct 1823/ gest 28 Mar 1885/ Alt 61 jah 5 Mo/ und 15 Tage/ [verse]

    5. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Maria Rose Death Date: 28 Mar 1885 Death Location: Waterloo Born: abt 1824 Birth Location: Waterloo Township

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 9 Apr 1885.
      28 March 1885 Mrs. George Roos died in the home of her son-in-law, Karl Reichert, in Lexington, of apoplexy at the age of approximately 65 years

    7. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 44.

    8. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Frederick W. Bindemann. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush 31 Aug 1842 to 31 Aug 1843 report #25.
      George Roos, Cooper, to Mary Hammacher, both of Wilmot. . Wit. Joseph Hoffman, Shoemaker and William Putner, both of Wilmot.

    9. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Maria Rose Death Date: 28 Mar 1885 Death Location: Waterloo Born: abt 1824 Birth Location: Waterloo

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Oct 1823 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1842 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1842 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Baptist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: paralysis of the heart (immediate) - 28 Mar 1885 - Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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