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

Lydia Honsberger[1]

Female 1839 - 1860  (20 years)


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  • Name Lydia Honsberger 
    Born 27 Mar 1839  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Name Lydia Hunschberger.  [3
    Name Lydia Toman 
    Residence 1857  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1857  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Eby ID Number 00057-3876 
    Died 23 Jan 1860  Bethel Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I2559  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Samuel Hunsberger,   b. 6 Sep 1814, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1905, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Hallman,   b. 12 Jun 1817, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1883, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 23 Jan 1838  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F821  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Bricker Toman,   b. 28 Mar 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1922, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 6 Oct 1857  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Toman,   b. Sep 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1942, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     2. Lydia Toman,   b. 21 Dec 1860, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lydia Honsberger, "was married to Samuel Tohman, a farmer. They resided near Bethel where she died, leaving two 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.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 538.

    2. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      In memory of Lydia Hunsperger wife of Samuel Toman (stone broken) died Jan 23, 1860 ae 20 years, 9 mos 27 day verse

    3. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Samuel Thomann, farmer of Wilmot married 6 Oct 1857 to Lydia Hunschberger of Wilmot.

    4. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Samuel Thomann, farmer of Wilmot married 6 Oct 1857 in Waterloo Twp. by license to Lydia Hunschberger of Wilmot wit: Abraham Thomann of Wilmot & Levy Master of Wilmot

    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..., 814.

    6. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 27 Jan 1838:6.
      23 Jan 1838 Rev. Benjamin Eby m. Samuel Huntsperger, Wilmot, to Elisabeth Hallman, Dumfries.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Mar 1839 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1857 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1857 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Oct 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Jan 1860 - Bethel Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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