William W. Honsberger^[1]

1865 - 1892  (27 years)

• Name	William W. Honsberger
  Born	1865	of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00057-3867.3
  Died	22 Feb 1892	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Cause: killed by horse
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I2518	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Abraham Honsberger,   b. 26 May 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Aug 1871  (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Louisa Well,   b. 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Oct 1907, Cashmere, Chelan, Washington, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Jane "Annie" Wildfong,   b. 24 Aug 1867, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1952  (Age 84 years)
  Married	31 Aug 1887	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Russel Lewis Honsberger,   b. 2 Oct 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Sep 1893, Morristown, Maricopa, Arizona, United States  (Age 4 years)   2. Bertha Honsberger,   b. 20 Mar 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F30936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Honsberger, "was killed in a stable in Galt by a horse crushing him against the side of a box stall." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _______________________________ FATAL ACCIDENT. A very sad accident, which terminated fatally, occurred at `Rosehill', the farm of J.C. Dietrich, Esq., Blair Road, on Monday evening last. The unfortunate victim was Mr. William W. Hunsperger, who resided with his family in the stone cottage on the farm and has been employed as a gardener by Mr. Dietrich for the past four years. About six o'clock on Monday evening Mr. Johns, the farm foreman, with another employee happened into the stable where they found Hunsperger lying on his face near the door in an apparently dying condition, although they had noticed him a few minutes before unhitching the team. Physicians were summoned, but before their arrival the unfortunate man had breathed his last. The body was taken to the house where on an examination being made, it was found that several of the ribs on the left side had been broken with some of them pressed in against the heart. Just how the accident really occurred is not known, and likely never will be. Deceased had been engaged during the day in drawing stone with the heavy farm team, and when the accident happened was putting the horses in for the night. When discovered the horses were standing in their stalls with the bridles off, but the harness still on, and the general belief is that the deceased was jammed against the post in the stall, crushing in his ribs. The horses are considered very quiet, but the quietest animal will sometimes kick, and the accident might have been the result of a kick, although there was no mark on the body to indicate such a thing. Deceased was in his 27th year and was a quiet, steady, exemplary young man and was well thought of by his employer. He leaves a widow and two young children, a boy and a girl, to mourn his untimely death. Galt Reporter Feb 26, 1892

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 812. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Fatal Accident - Feb 26, 1892. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Abraham Bunschberger aged 39 res Waterloo Twp. born Germany son of William Hunschberger and Fanny Hallman to Louisa Well aged 20 re Wilmot Twp. born Wilmot Twp. daughter of John Well and Mary Bark [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Abram Hunsberger Birth Place: Wilmot Township Residence: Wilmot Township Age: 22 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839 Father Name: William Mother Name: Fanny Hallman Spouse Name: Louisa Well Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841 Spouse Birth Place: Wilmot Township Spouse residence: Wilmot Township Spouse Father Name: John Well Spouse Mother Name: Mary Back Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1861 Marriage County: Waterloo [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 29 Nov 1861. By the Rev. Mr. Bindeman, at Berlin: Hunchberger - Well: Nov. 24: Mr. Abraham Hunchberger, to Miss Louisa Well, of Wilmot.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1865 - of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 31 Aug 1887 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: killed by horse - 22 Feb 1892 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth