Abraham K. Dettwiler^{[1, 2, 3]}

1862 - 1949  (86 years)

• Name	Abraham K. Dettwiler
  Born	20 Oct 1862	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1940	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	00029-2232.4
  Died	4 May 1949	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Buried	St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I22579	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Abraham W. Dettwiler,   b. 6 May 1828, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Aug 1912, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Barbara Koch,   b. 19 Jul 1831, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 1910, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1851	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F4659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Veronica Sauder,   b. 22 Dec 1865, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jun 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	12 Mar 1893  [8]
  Children	1. Sevilla Dettwiler,   b. 20 Jan 1894,   d. 5 Mar 1979, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   2. Enos S. Dettwiler,   b. 1898, , Michigan, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1957  (Age 59 years)   3. Bishop Reuben Dettwiler,   b. 6 Jul 1901, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA ,   d. 16 Jan 1951  (Age 49 years)   4. Laura Detweiler,   b. 1905, , Michigan, USA ,   d. 17 Oct 2008, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 103 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dettwiler.-Abraham K., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abraham W. Dettwiler, was born near Floradale, Ont., Oct. 20, 1862; died at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., after a brief illness, May 4, 1949; aged 86 y. 6 m. 14 d. He spent some of his early years in Michigan, took up residence in St. Jacobs, Ont., in 1913 and lived there until his death. On March 12, 1893, he was united in marriage to Veronica Sauder, who preceded him in death nearly twelve years ago. To this union were born 8 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. Surviving are 3 daughters (Sevilla, St. Jacobs, Ont.; Mrs. Annie Ramer. Markham, Ont.; and Laura-Mrs. Eden Cressman, St. Jacobs), 2 sons (Enos, West Montrose, Ont.; and Reuben, Floradale, Ont.), one sister (Mrs. Elizabeth Culp, Wakarusa, Ind.), 16 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. He was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church from his youth. Funeral services were held at the St. Jacobs Mennonite Church on May 6, in charge of Roy S. Koch. Gospel Herald - Volume XLII, Number 20 - May 17, 1949, page 485, 486, 487

  
  

• 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..., 854. [S173] Ancestry.com. [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..., 511. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Abraham K. Dettwiler - May 17, 1949. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17414874. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, November 28, 1940 - Obituary of Joseph Detweiler. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages By Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Minister of The Mennonist Society, Berlin report #194. Abraham Dettweiler, to Barbara Koch, both of Woolwich. 4 Mar. 1851. Rev. Eby. Wit. Isaac Dettweiler and Jacob E. Reist. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Veronica Dettwiler - July 22, 1937.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Oct 1862 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1940 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 May 1949 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth