Maria "Mary" "Polly" Hunsperger^[1]

1821 - 1896  (74 years)

• Name	Maria "Mary" "Polly" Hunsperger
  Born	13 Jun 1821	, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48174172
  Name	Maria "Mary" "Polly" Schwartz
  Name	Maria Honsberger
  Residence	1840	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00057-3879
  Died	29 Mar 1896  [3]
  Buried	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I2564	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Abraham Honsberger,   b. 3 May 1782, , USA ,   d. 6 Dec 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Catharine S. Bergey,   b. 3 Dec 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Nov 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob Schwartz,   b. 1 Jan 1819, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 22 Apr 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1840	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7, 8]
  Children	1. Leah Schwartz,   b. 3 Oct 1841, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1924, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   2. Isaac Schwartz,   b. 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Amos Swartz,   b. 8 Apr 1843, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1930, Mount Pleasant, Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States  (Age 86 years)   4. Isaac Hunsberger Schwartz,   b. 8 Apr 1845, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Mar 1912, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, USA  (Age 66 years)   5. Catherine Schwartz,   b. 1845, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Catharine Schwartz,   b. 2 Nov 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Menno Schwartz,   b. 8 Feb 1849, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1849, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   8. Abraham Schwartz,   b. 1851, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Jacob Schwartz,   b. 9 Feb 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Feb 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)   10. Abraham H. Swartz,   b. 12 Mar 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Oct 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   11. Maria Schwartz,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Simon Schwartz,   b. 1854, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. David Schwartz,   b. 24 May 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   14. Rev. Simon H. Schwartz,   b. 5 Aug 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1942  (Age 86 years)   15. Mary Schwartz,   b. 11 Nov 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Maria Honsberger, "was born June 13th, 1821. She was married to Jacob Schwartz. They resided in Wilmot Township where he died, leaving a large family. The widow resides in Berlin with her daughter, Mrs. A. K. Devitt." 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

  [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..., 366. [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. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link. In memory/ of/ Mary Hunsberger/ beloved wife of/ Jacob Swartz/ born/ June 13, 1821/ died/ Mar. 29, 1896/ aged/ [broken] (7)4 yrs 9 m [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 56. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 5. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 44. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister Of The Gospel Of The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston Jacob Schwartz, Of Waterloo, To Marie Hunsperger, Of Wilmot. 27 Oct. 1840. [S28] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Preston - Saint Peter's Lutheran. Jacob SCHWARTZ, of Waterloo, to Marie HUNSPERGER, of Wilmot. 27 Oct. 1840

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jun 1821 - , Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 1840 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Oct 1840 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth