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

Nancy Detweiler[1, 2]

Female 1793 - 1842  (49 years)


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  • Name Nancy Detweiler 
    Born 17 Feb 1793  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Name Nancy Groh 
    Name Nancy Shaefer 
    Eby ID Number 00029-2271 
    Died 8 Mar 1842  [3
    Person ID I22697  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Rudolph Detweiler,   b. 13 Feb 1771, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Anna M. Wanner,   b. 9 Nov 1776, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1814, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Family ID F3903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jacob Groh,   b. 12 Aug 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1845  (Age 55 years) 
    Children 
     1. Christina Groh,   b. 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1870, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     2. Christian Groh,   b. 25 Apr 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     3. Anna Groh,   b. Abt 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Jacob Groh,   b. 21 Sep 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1887, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     5. Susannah Groh,   b. Abt 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Elizabeth Groh,   b. Abt 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1893, Tay Township, Simcoe Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     7. Henry Groh,   b. Abt 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Rudolph Groh,   b. Abt 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Hettie Groh,   b. Abt 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mr. Shaefer,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5465  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nancy Detweiler," was married to Jacob Groh. They resided in Waterloo Township, near Hespeler. They had a family of nine children. After her first husband's death she was married to a Mr. Shaefer from York County, Ontario."


      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..., 515.

    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..., 736.

  • Event Map
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