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

Christian Bliehm[1]

Male 1746 - 1816  (69 years)


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  • Name Christian Bliehm 
    Born 25 Feb 1746  Canton, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00010-1089 
    Died 20 Feb 1816  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20504  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Family Salome Longenoecker,   b. 20 Jun 1746, Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1811, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1769  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Christian Bliehm,   b. 1771, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. John Bliehm,   b. 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Daniel Bliehm,   b. 27 May 1777, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1844, Kreidersville, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Philip Bliehm,   b. 1780, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     5. Jacob Bliehm,   b. Abt 1782, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Susan Bliehm,   b. Abt 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Mary Bliehm,   b. Abt 1788, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F5081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Christian Bliehm, "the old progenitor of the Bliehm family, was born in Canton, Berne, Switzerland, in 1741, and when he was about seventeen years of age he, in company with others, emigrated to America and landed at Philadelphia in 1758. He settled in Montgomery County where he was married to Salome Langenoecker in 1769. They had a family of seven 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..., 277.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1769 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Feb 1816 - , Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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