Eli B. Gingrich

1898 - 1957  (59 years)

• Name	Eli B. Gingrich
  Born	6 Feb 1898	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-23693
  Died	22 Oct 1957	RR2, Wallenstein, , Ontario   [2]
  Buried	Floradale Mennonite Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I23693	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Moses M. Gingerich,   b. 15 May 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jun 1931, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Bauman,   b. 18 Sep 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Apr 1944, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1884  [3]
  Family ID	F1860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Barbara Gingrich,   b. 3 Jan 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1972, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F18495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ida M. Shantz,   b. 28 May 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Feb 1951  (Age 51 years)
  Married	1922
  Children	1. Fern S. Gingrich   2. Eileen S. Gingrich   3. Olive S. Gingerich,   b. Abt 1925
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F46055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ELI B. GINGRICH Eli B. Gingrich, 59, died suddenly Tuesday October 22 at his home on RR 2, Wallenstein. A son of the late Moses and Magdalena Gingrich, Mr. Gingrich was born in Peel Township Feb. 6, 1898. His first wife, the former Ida Shantz, whom he married in 1922, predeceased him in February of 1951. In December of the next year he married Mrs. Barbara Snyder of St. Jacobs, who survives. Mr. Gingrich was a farmer and member of Floradale Mennonite Church. Surviving besides his wife are five daughters, Mrs. Clayton (Olive) Shantz of Elora, Wilma of Elmira, Mrs. Vernon (Eileen) Martin off RR 1, Elmira, Doris of Goshen, Ind., and Mrs. Harold (Fern) Metzger of RR 2, Wallenstein; three stepsons, Wayne Snyder of Bridgeport, Melvin of St. Jacobs, Leighton of Akron, N.Y.; three brothers, Oziah and Nelson of Elmira, Amos of Waterloo; a sister, Mrs. Henry Brubacher of Elmira, and 22 grandchildren. Mr. Gingrich was predeceased by two brothers and three sisters. The body body [repeated] rested at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, until Friday noon when removal was made to Floradale Mennonite Church for service at 3 p.m. Rev. Rufus Jut& and Bishop Roy Koch officiated. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S171] Census - ON, Wellington, Peel - 1901, Peel I-2 Page 5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20279264/eli-b.-gingrich. [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..., 90.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Feb 1898 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Oct 1957 - RR2, Wallenstein, , Ontario Buried - - Floradale Mennonite Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth