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

Leah Detweiler[1]

Female 1869 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Leah Detweiler 
    Born 12 Sep 1869  , , Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Name Leah Horst 
    Eby ID Number 00029-2240 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I22613  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Jonas W. Dettwiler,   b. 3 Apr 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1918, , Morgan Co., Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother 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  [3
    Family ID F5189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin Horst,   b. Abt 1868, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F5441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Leah Dettweiler," was born September 12th, 1869. She is married to Benjamin Horst, a native of Pennsylvania. They also reside at Harper, Kansas, 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. [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
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