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

Esther Honsberger[1, 2]

Female 1826 - 1902  (75 years)


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  • Name Esther Honsberger 
    Born 16 Oct 1826  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63313710 
    Name Esther Saltzberger 
    Eby ID Number 00057-3881 
    Died 18 Jan 1902  [4
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I2567  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    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 B. Saltzberger,   b. 25 May 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. Veronica "Fanny" Saltzberry,   b. 2 Aug 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1901  (Age 49 years)
     2. Moses Saltzberger,   b. 23 Feb 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1854  (Age 0 years)
     3. Amos Saltzberger,   b. 16 Jun 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1858  (Age 3 years)
     4. Lovina Saltzberry,   b. 7 Nov 1855, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     5. Catharine Saltzberger,   b. 30 Aug 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1890, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     6. Esther Saltzberger,   b. 24 Feb 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1930  (Age 67 years)
     7. Mary Saltzberger,   b. 26 May 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1939  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Esther Honsberger, "was born October 16th 1826. She was married to Jacob Saltzberger, a farmer. They reside several miles south-west of New Dundee. To them were born several 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..., 214.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011687-82.
      John Thomas Underwood, 18, occ. Farmer, b. Wellesley Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Ben and Mathilde married Lavina Saltzberry, 25, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Jacob and Esther, Witness(s): Mary Saltzberry of Wilmot, 14 January (No Year Written) in New Dundee.

    3. [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.

    4. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Esther Hunsperger wife of Jacob S. Saltzberry died Jan 18, 1902 aged 76 yrs 3 mo 3 days/ Jacob Saltzberry died Aug 20th 1911 aged 86 yrs 2 mo 25 days

    5. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 17.

    6. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 16.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Oct 1826 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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