Leah Unger^[1]

1825 - 1864  (39 years)

• Name	Leah Unger
  Born	12 May 1825	Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Leah Bowman
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00127-7900.3
  Died	13 Jun 1864	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  Buried	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I18480	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	George Unger,   b. 1802, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Aug 1880, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Catherine "Katie" Kraft,   b. 1803, , USA ,   d. 1878, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph B. Bowman,   b. 11 May 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1889, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	2 May 1848	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Children	1. Hannah U. Bowman,   b. 29 Aug 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)   2. Susannah U. Bowman,   b. 8 Sep 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Sep 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   3. Lydia U. Bowman,   b. 14 Apr 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1929, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   4. Rev. Benjamin Unger Bowman,   b. 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1936  (Age 80 years)   5. Catharina Bowman,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Noah Unger Bowman,   b. 5 May 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   7. Mary U. Bowman,   b. 26 Aug 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1924, Near Guernsey, Saskatchewan  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F2086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leah Unger, "was married to Joseph Bowman, a farmer. They resided at Manheim where she died, leaving six 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

  [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..., 608. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 13. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 49. [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..., 552. [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..., 80. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Jun 1864. 13 Jun 1864 in Wilmot, wife of Joseph S., about 35 yrs old. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link. [eroded] Leah/ wife of/ Joseph S. (Bowman)/ (born) May 18, ?/ (died) June (14) ?/ aged/ 39 yrs 1 mo 1 day [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin Rev. - Minister of the Mennonit Society #99. [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, 5 May 1848 Pg 19. BAUMANN, Joseph S. married 2 May 1848 To Lea UNGER. minister Benjamin Eby

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 May 1825 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 May 1848 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth