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

Maria "Mary" "Polly" Hunsperger[1]

Female 1821 - 1896  (74 years)


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  • Name Maria "Mary" "Polly" Hunsperger 
    Born 13 Jun 1821  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00057-3879 
    Died 29 Mar 1896  [3
    Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I2564  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

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

    Family Jacob Schwartz,   b. 1 Jan 1819, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1840  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Leah Schwartz,   b. 3 Oct 1841, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1924, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Isaac Schwartz,   b. 1843, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Amos Swartz,   b. 8 Apr 1843, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1930, Mount Pleasant, Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     4. Isaac Hunsberger Schwartz,   b. 8 Apr 1845, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1912, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     5. Catherine Schwartz,   b. 1845, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Catharine Schwartz,   b. 2 Nov 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Menno Schwartz,   b. 8 Feb 1849, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1849, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Abraham Schwartz,   b. 1851, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Jacob Schwartz,   b. 9 Feb 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     10. Abraham H. Swartz,   b. 12 Mar 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     11. Maria Schwartz,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Simon Schwartz,   b. 1854, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     13. David Schwartz,   b. 24 May 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     14. Rev. Simon H. Schwartz,   b. 5 Aug 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1942  (Age 86 years)
     15. Mary Schwartz,   b. 11 Nov 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 
    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..., 366.

    2. [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.

    3. [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

    4. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 56.

    5. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 5.

    6. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 44.

    7. [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.

    8. [S28] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Preston - Saint Peter's Lutheran.
      Jacob SCHWARTZ, of Waterloo, to Marie HUNSPERGER, of Wilmot. 27 Oct. 1840

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Jun 1821 - , Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Oct 1840 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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