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

Jonas W. Dettwiler[1, 2, 3]

Male 1840 - 1918  (78 years)


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  • Name Jonas W. Dettwiler 
    Born 3 Apr 1840  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1880  Moreau, Morgan, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00029-2237 
    Died 17 Aug 1918  , Morgan Co., Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Mount Zion Mennoninte Cemetery, Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I22607  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John W. Detweiler,   b. 26 Aug 1802, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Barbara Wenger,   b. 14 Dec 1804, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1882  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 1826  [6
    Family ID F5434  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amanda Eby,   b. 14 Apr 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1902, , Morgan Co., Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1865  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Adaline Detweiler,   b. 9 Sep 1866, , , Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1950, Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Susannah Dettwiler,   b. 15 Aug 1868, , , Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937  (Age 68 years)
     3. Leah Detweiler,   b. 12 Sep 1869, , , Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. William Eby Detweiler,   b. 9 Mar 1872, , , Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1961, , Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     5. Amanda Jane Detweiler,   b. 11 Jun 1875, , Morgan Co., Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1938, Harper, Harper, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     6. John Samuel Dettwiler,   b. 1 Sep 1877, Moreau, Morgan, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1937, , Morgan Co., Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     7. Barbara Ann Dettwiler,   b. 4 Oct 1879, Moreau, Morgan, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1928, Cherry Box, Shelby, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     8. Jonas Aaron Detweiler,   b. 27 Mar 1883,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Jonas W. Dettweiler," is married to Amanda K. Eby. They reside near Bico P.O., Morgan County, Missouri, where he is engaged in farming."


      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. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    2. [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..., 512.

    3. [S354] Census - ON, Missouri - 1880, Moreau, Morgan, Missouri Family History Library Film 1254705 Page Number 288C.

    4. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 3 Pg 1.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183993816.

    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..., 511.

    7. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 09 Nov 1865.
      05 Nov 1865 By Rev. Bindemann, Jonas Dettweiler of Michigan was married to Amanda Eby of Waterloo.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Apr 1840 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Nov 1865 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Aug 1918 - , Morgan Co., Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Zion Mennoninte Cemetery, Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
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