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

Leah Hammacher[1, 2, 3]

Female 1830 - 1892  (62 years)


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  • Name Leah Hammacher 
    Born 1 Jan 1830  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239430762 
    Name Leah Wismer 
    Eby ID Number 00049-3664 
    Died 29 Aug 1892  Tilden Township, Osborne Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bloomington, Osborne, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I1849  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 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 Jacob Wismer,   b. 23 Feb 1823, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1899, Tilden Township, Osborne Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 17 Jul 1855  Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Nancy Wismer,   b. 13 Jul 1856, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1906, , Osborne Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     2. Cyrus Wismer
     3. Sarah Jane Wismer,   b. 27 Aug 1861, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1907, , Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     4. Aaron Wismer
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Leah Hammacher, "was married to Jacob Wismer, July 11th, 1855. They reside at Garlington, Kansas, where he is engaged in farming. To them is born a family of four 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. [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..., 667.

    4. [S22] Vit - ON, Perth - Perth County Baptism, Marriage & Burial Register 1852 - 1859, Return of Rev'd Wm. Schmidt, Minister of the Evangelical Association of Canada, Ellice pg 61.
      Jacob Wismer 31, to Leah Hamacher, 26, 17 Jul 1855 by banns, witnesses Christian Oswald and Jacob Rively.

    5. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 1.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239430762.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Jan 1830 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Jul 1855 - Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Aug 1892 - Tilden Township, Osborne Co., Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bloomington, Osborne, Kansas, United States Link to Google Earth
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