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

Maria Hammacher[1, 2]

Female 1841 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Maria Hammacher 
    Born 1841  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Maria Derstein 
    Residence 1858  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Eby ID Number 00049-3668 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1860  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    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 B. Derstein,   b. 1831, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 25 Dec 1858  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Maria Hammacher, "is married to Jacob Derstein. They reside in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee, where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of several children."1

      1Eby, 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.

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

    5. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 11 Jan 1859.
      25 Dec 1858 By the Rev'd F. W. Bindeman on the 25th ult., Jacob B. Dirstein, to Maria Hammacher, both of Wilmot.

    6. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Jacob Dirstein aged 26 res Wilmot born Canada West son of Abram and Maria (Renker) married 25 Dec 1858 to Maria Hamacher aged 16 res Wilmot born Canada West son of John and Sarah (Wildfong)

    7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1841 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1858 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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