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

Lydia Gehman[1]

Female 1829 - 1906  (76 years)


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  • Name Lydia Gehman 
    Born 14 Apr 1829  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Lydia Gabel 
    Eby ID Number 00037-3023 
    Died 9 Mar 1906  [4
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I2673  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Solomon Gehman,   b. 2 Oct 1800, Herford Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1872, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Katharine "Catherine" Bechtel,   b. 21 Dec 1810, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1845, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F4125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cornelius Gabel,   b. 1814, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1899, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Lovina Gabel,   b. Abt 1850, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Nancy Gabel,   b. 28 Feb 1850, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1850, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Catharine Gabel,   b. CA 1851, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1929, Saltcoats, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     4. Mary Gable,   b. 10 Sep 1852, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1938, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. Samuel Gabel,   b. 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Solomon Gabel,   b. 15 Nov 1856, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1932, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     7. Lydia Gabel,   b. Abt 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. John Gabel,   b. Abt 1859, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Cornelius Gabel,   b. 1860, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. David Gabel,   b. 3 Nov 1862, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1919, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     11. Hannah Gabel,   b. Jul 1863, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1957  (Age ~ 93 years)
     12. Martha Gabel,   b. 17 Dec 1869, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F856  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lydia Gehman, "is married to Cornelius Gabel, a farmer. They reside in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, near Washington"


      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. [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..., 670.

    2. [S149] Census - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - 1881, Blenheim, Oxford North, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375904 District 166 Sub-district G Division 3 Page Number 50 Household Number 246.

    3. [S147] Census - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - 1901, Blenheim c-7 Page 7.

    4. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Lydia Gable/ died / May 10, 1906/ aged 77 years/ 24 days/

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Apr 1829 - North Dumfries Twp., 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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