Salome "Sarah" Bear

1814 - 1896  (82 years)

• Name	Salome "Sarah" Bear
  Born	12 Jan 1814	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183895125
  Name	Salome "Sarah" Bergey
  Name	Sarah Bear  [3]
  Residence	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00003-626
  Died	12 Feb 1896	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I20849	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Martin Bear,   b. 1774, , York Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Jun 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Catharine Gingrich,   b. CA 1782, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Mar 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Family ID	F1776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elias Bergey,   b. 23 Jan 1811, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Nov 1893, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Children	1. Rachel Bergey,   b. 2 Feb 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1921  (Age 86 years)   2. Rev. William Bergey,   b. 29 Apr 1838, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lovina Bergey,   b. 31 Aug 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Hannah Bergey,   b. 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Anna Bergey,   b. 7 Oct 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Sep 1870, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   6. Isaac B. Bergey,   b. 21 Jan 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F2141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Salome Bear, "was born January 12, 1814. She was married to Elias Bergey who was born in 1808 and died November 17th, 1893. They had a family." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________________________ Salome's first name is given as Sally in her daughter Nancy's marriage record to Daniel Croft in 1862.

  
  

• 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..., 190. [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..., 237. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 12. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183895125.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jan 1814 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Feb 1896 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth