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

Rudolph B. Detweiler[1, 2, 3]

Male 1852 - 1942  (90 years)


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  • Name Rudolph B. Detweiler 
    Born 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1935  Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Eby ID Number 00029-2264 
    Died 1 Sep 1942  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I22675  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Rudolph W. Dettweiler,   b. 9 Aug 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Susannah Bingeman,   b. 19 Oct 1811, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 8 Jul 1832  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Family ID F4232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Denges,   b. 1867, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F5456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Rudolph B. Detweiler," is married to Sarah Dengis. They reside in the town of Berlin."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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      Rudolph B. Detweiler, 89, for 35 years a resident of Ingersoll, died at the home of his son Wilbert in Toronto yesterday morning after a week's illness. He was born near Bloomingdale. He lived in Toronto for a year after leaving Ingersoll. The only surviving raltive is his son Wilbert. The funeral will be held Thursday from Walker Funeral Home, Ingersoll, at 2: 30 p.m. Burial will be at Ingersoll.


      The Kitchener Daily Record 2 Sep 1942

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 267.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    3. [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..., 514.

    4. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div 2, Page 53.

    5. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 20.

    6. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Rudolph B. Detweiler - 2 Sep 1942.

    7. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 7 Page 48.

    8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Mary Detweiler - February 7, 1935.

    9. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, May 1, 1892 - Obituary of Suannah Bingeman.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Sep 1942 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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