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

Jacob Hammacher[1, 2, 3]

Male 1831 -


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  • Name Jacob Hammacher 
    Born 1831  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1853  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    sawmiller 
    Occupation 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Other Methodist 
    Occupation 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Wesleyan Methodist 
    Occupation 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00049-3665 
    Died Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1853  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 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 Nancy Jantz,   b. 11 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1922, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 28 Aug 1853  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Hamacher
     2. Erlen (?) Hammacher,   b. 1854, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sarah Hammacher,   b. 1855, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Emanuel Hamacher,   b. 11 Sep 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1939, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Ephraim J. Hamacher,   b. 10 Jun 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1935, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Lovina Hammacher,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Lavina Hammacher,   b. 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Gideon Hamacher,   b. 5 Mar 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     9. Samantha Hammacher,   b. 18 Aug 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1941  (Age 74 years)
     10. John L. Hamacher,   b. 10 Dec 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1920, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     11. Almeda Hammacher,   b. 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Malisea Hammacher,   b. Jun 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F597  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Jacob Hammacher, "was married to Mary Jantzen. They resided on the old "Hammacher Farm" east of Wilmot Centre for many years, then they moved to one of the Western States where he followed farming. They had a family of several children, but names were not received in time for publication."


      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..., 778.

    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. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, July 7, 1939.
      Obituary of Emanuel Hammacher

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

    5. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 61.

    6. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 20.

    7. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 58.

    8. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Jacob Hammacher, sawmiller of Wilmot married 28 Aug 1853 in Greenbush by banns to Nancy Jantz of Wilmot, wit: John Peppler of Wilmot & Lydia Lutz of Wilmot

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1831 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - sawmiller - 1853 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Aug 1853 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - - Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
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