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

Rudolph Detweiler[1, 2, 3]

Male 1771 - 1837  (66 years)


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  • Name Rudolph Detweiler 
    Born 13 Feb 1771  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Land Bef 1831  Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 092, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Misfortune 1837 
    suicide 
    Eby ID Number 00029-2229 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Gravestone of Rudolph 
    Died 12 Mar 1837  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7
    Cause: suicide 
    Buried Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I22800  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Family 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) 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Detweiler,   b. 17 Feb 1793, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1842  (Age 49 years)
     2. Christina Detweiler,   b. Abt 1800, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. 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)
     4. Henry W, Detweiler,   b. 8 Jan 1804, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1878  (Age 74 years)
     5. Elizabeth Detweiler,   b. 1 Nov 1805, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     6. 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)
     7. Susannah Detweiler,   b. 14 Jan 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     8. Christian W. Detweiler,   b. Abt 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Rudolph Detweiler," a first cousin to the father of IV Jacob Detweiler, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 13th, 1771. He was married to Anna W. Wanner who was born November 9th, 1776, and died January 2nd, 1814. In 1810 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County on a farm near the Wanner Meeting House, about two miles north-west of Hespeler. Here they both died. His death took place March 18th, 1837. To them were born eight children"


      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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      Last Friday afternoon, Rudolf Dettweiler gave himself a terrible cut in the throat with a pocket-knife, presumably in a fit of madness, that he died the following Sunday, despite all measures to save him, in the home of Samuel Eby (the older). He was in his 67th year.


      Canada Museum 16 mar 1837 pg 14

  • 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..., 736.

    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..., 505.

    4. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 558.

    5. [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..., 510.

    6. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 21.

    7. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 16 Mar 1837:14.
      Last Friday afternoon, Rudolf Dettweiler gave himself a terrible cut in the throat with a pocket-knife, presumably in a fit of madness, that he died the following Sunday, despite all measures to save him, in the home of Samuel Eby (the older). He was in his 67th year.

    8. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township).

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Feb 1771 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 092, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: suicide - 12 Mar 1837 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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