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

Lydia Detweiler[1]

Female 1824 - 1900  (76 years)


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  • Name Lydia Detweiler 
    Born 22 Aug 1824  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Lydia Doerr 
    Residence 1856  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00029-2321 
    Died 23 Oct 1900  [5
    Person ID I22948  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Rev. Jacob Detweiler,   b. 25 Nov 1778, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1858, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Susannah Rosenberger,   b. 15 Jan 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1847, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 15 Dec 1803  [6
    Family ID F5427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philip S. Doerr,   b. 1832, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 2 Mar 1856  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Catharine Doerr
     2. Lydia Doerr
     3. Jonathan Doerr,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mary Ann Doerr,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F5507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lydia Detweiler," the youngest child of Jacob and Susannah (Rosenberger) Detweiler, was born August 22nd, 1824. She is married to Philip Doerr. They followed farming many years but now live retired in comfort and ease. At present they reside in Marion, Kansas. Their family consists of four children,*."

      * all the children reside in Marion County, Kansas.


      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..., 527.

    3. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 65.

    4. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Philip S. Doer, coopper of Wilmot, married 2 Mar 1856 in Berlin by banns to Lydia Detweiler of Dumfries. wit: Jacob Bricker of Dumfries and Enoch Snyder of Dumfries

    5. [S65] Bible - Detweiler, Noah & Mary Shantz.

    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..., 516.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Aug 1824 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1856 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Mar 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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