Nelson B. Gingrich

1900 - 1989  (89 years)

• Name	Nelson B. Gingrich
  Born	12 Feb 1900	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30235175
  Eby ID Number	00039-3210.1001
  Died	20 Aug 1989	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I23694	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  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	Minerva Martin,   b. 23 Nov 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1927	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Reta Gingrich,   b. 28 Nov 1931,   d. 3 Jan 2014, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  (Age 82 years)   2. Gordon M. "Gord" Gingrich,   b. 22 Apr 1929, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Mar 1997, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GINGRICH, Nelson - On Sunday, Aug. 20, 1989, at Heritage House, St. Jacobs, following a brief illness, Nelson Gingrich, of 6 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira, in his 90th year. He was a son of the late Moses and Magdelena Gingrich. He was born February 13, 1900. Survived by two sons, Gordon and his wife Erma of Elmira and Curtis and his wife Reta of RR 4, Elmira; one daughter, Reta and her husband Angus Weber of RR 1, Wallenstein. Fourteen grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren also survive. Brother of Amos of Elmira. Predeceased by his wife, Minerva Martin; four brothers and four sisters. Friends may call at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, after 7 p.m. today, (Monday), where the family will receive their friends tonight from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday, 2-4 and 7- 9 p.m. Funeral service will be held from the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Wednesday at 1 p.m., then to the Elmira Mennonite Meeting House for further service and burial in the adjoining cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Mon, Aug 21, 1989 Page 9

  
  

• Sources

  [S171] Census - ON, Wellington, Peel - 1901, Peel I-2 Page 5. [S154] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Mennonite CC#4584 Internet Link. In memory of/ Nelson B. Gingrich/ born Feb. 13,1900/ died Aug. 20,1989/ age/ 89 y. 6 m. 7 d. / Rest in peace/ [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 - 12 Feb 1900 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Feb 1927 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Aug 1989 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth