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

Magdalena Martin[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1814 - 1897  (82 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Martin 
    Born 14 Apr 1814  Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 1819  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Name Magdalena Horst 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonist 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00075-4492 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Gravestone Image 
    Died 23 Feb 1897  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 12
    Cause: cancer 
    Buried Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Person ID I22140  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Peter Martin,   b. 26 Feb 1769, West Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Anna Zimmerman,   b. 18 Feb 1775, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1793  [13
    Family ID F1834  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David Horst,   b. 28 Jan 1804, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1884, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 4 Dec 1832  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Children 
     1. Anna M. "Nancy" Horst,   b. 31 Jul 1834, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1909  (Age 74 years)
     2. Isaac M. Horst,   b. 10 Mar 1836, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1853  (Age 17 years)
     3. Benjamin Horst,   b. 18 Sep 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1871, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     4. Lydia M. Horst,   b. 24 May 1839, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1847  (Age 8 years)
     5. Susannah M. Horst,   b. 13 Nov 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1906  (Age 64 years)
     6. David M. Horst,   b. 5 Nov 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1931, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     7. Menno Horst,   b. 1844, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Eli Horst,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Menno M. Horst,   b. 4 Jan 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1917, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     10. Eli M. Horst,   b. 2 Jul 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1930  (Age 82 years)
     11. Barbara M. Horst,   b. 15 May 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1876, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     12. Maria M. "Mary" Horst,   b. 26 Apr 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     13. Henry M. Horst,   b. 6 Apr 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1929  (Age 76 years)
     14. Levi M. Horst,   b. 1 Feb 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     15. Magdalena M. Horst,   b. 17 Jul 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1900  (Age 43 years)
     16. Tilman M. Horst,   b. 6 Dec 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1936  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Magdalena Martin, "the seventh daughter of Peter and Anna (Zimmerman) Martin, was born in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, April 14th, 1814, and came to Canada in 1819. On December 4th, 1832, she was married to David, Son of David and Anna (Weber) Horst."


      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.].

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      HORST - On the 22d of February, 1897, in Waterloo Co., Ont., of cancer, Sister Magdalena Martin, widow of the late David Horst, aged 82 years, 10 months, 8 days. Buried on the 25th, in the Martin graveyard, north of Waterloo, where Paul Martin and Bishop Abraham Martin preached to a large concourse of friends. Deceased was a member of the Mennonite church for many years and was highly respected. She was born in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., Apr. 14th, 1814. She came to Canada with her parents in 1819. Dec. 4th, 1832, she was united in marriage to David Horst who died May 15th, 1884. Of their fourteen children, nine survive to mourn the loss of an affectionate mother.


      Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIV, No. 6, March 15, 1897 - Page 93, 94, 95

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 600.

    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..., 606.

    3. [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..., 607.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 013046-73.
      Eli Horst, 25, occ. Farmer, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, son of David and Susanna married Elizabeth Weber, 19, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth, witnessed by: David Horst and Isaac Weber both of Woolwich, 11 March 1873 in Waterloo Twp

    5. [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..., 47.

    6. [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..., 817.

    7. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, March 15, 1897 - Obituary of Magdalena Martin.

    8. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 34.

    9. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 17.

    10. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 23.

    11. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 2 Page 13.

    12. [S64] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Martin's Mennonite CC#4521 Internet Link.

    13. [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..., 18.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Apr 1814 - Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1819 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Dec 1832 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonist - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: cancer - 23 Feb 1897 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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