Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher^{[1, 2]}

1802 - 1872  (70 years)

• Name	Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher
  Born	16 Aug 1802	, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127528085
  Name	Maria Caroline "Polly" Wildfong
  Name	Polly Hammacher
  Eby ID Number	00049-3673
  Died	22 Sep 1872	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodlawn Pioneer Cemetery, Listowel, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I1879	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter Hammacher,   b. 4 Oct 1766, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Aug 1847, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Shaefer,   b. 8 Jul 1772, Of, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Feb 1848  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Wildfong,   b. 1792, , North Carolina ,   d. 1871, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Wildfong,   b. 6 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1904, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States  (Age 82 years)   2. Daniel Wildfong,   b. Abt 1829, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jacob Wildfong,   b. Abt 1833, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Magdalena Wildfong,   b. 1834, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Veronica Wildfong,   b. Abt 1835, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Maria Wildfong,   b. 30 Nov 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 May 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   7. Aaron Wildfong,   b. 11 Apr 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1914, Millington, Tuscola, Michigan, United States  (Age 75 years)   8. Mary Caroline Wildfong,   b. 1840, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Samuel Wildfong,   b. 1844, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Polly Hammacher, "was married to Benjamin Wildfong. They resided in Wellesley County Township, Waterloo County, thence they moved to Perth County, near Listowel. 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 779. [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..., 643.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Aug 1802 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Died - 22 Sep 1872 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodlawn Pioneer Cemetery, Listowel, Perth County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth