Benjamin Bricker^[1]

1816 - 1866  (50 years)

• Name	Benjamin Bricker
  Born	12 May 1816	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00016-1223
  Died	23 Jul 1866	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5, 6]
  Buried	Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I21742	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter Bricker,   b. 26 Nov 1793, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Jan 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Cress,   b. 17 Feb 1792, , Maryland ,   d. 14 Nov 1854  (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F3272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Bricker," eldest son of Peter and Elizabeth (Cress) Bricker, was born May 12th, 1816, and died in infancy." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 468. [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..., 307. [S64] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Martin's Mennonite CC#4521 Internet Link. Calculating Benjamin's birth from the tombstone gives birthdate as May 11, 1816 not May 12, 1816 as Eby indicates [S242] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1851, Div. 2 Page 10. [S64] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Martin's Mennonite CC#4521 Internet Link. Eby has Benjamin dying young. His tombstone indicate aged 50. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 26 Jul 1866. Benjamin Bricker died 23 Jul 1866 near Hawkesville, 50 yrs. [S64] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Martin's Mennonite CC#4521 Internet Link.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 May 1816 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1851 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Jul 1866 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth