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

Jacob D. Schlichter[1, 2, 3]

Male 1849 - 1916  (66 years)


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  • Name Jacob D. Schlichter 
    Born 18 Sep 1849  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1874  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00103-5770 
    Died 11 Aug 1916  Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I2954  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Rev. Samuel Schlichter,   b. 17 Oct 1821, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1873  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Catharine Detweiler,   b. 12 Mar 1825, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1860  (Age 35 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1843  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8
    Family ID F930  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lizzie Bergey,   b. Of, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F933  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Bergey,   b. 9 Jan 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1899  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 3 Mar 1874  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Ephraim Schlichter,   b. 3 Dec 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1907  (Age 32 years)
     2. Elma Schlichter,   b. 19 Apr 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Mary Ann Schlichter,   b. 18 Dec 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1910  (Age 31 years)
     4. Alice Schlichter,   b. 13 Oct 1881, Burnside Township, Lapeer Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Emmaline Schlichter,   b. 31 May 1883, Burnside Township, Lapeer Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Aldred Schlichter,   b. 9 Feb 1885, Burnside Township, Lapeer Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F32071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Nancy Baer,   b. 30 Jul 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1943, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F18299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Jacob Schlichter, "is married to Lizzie Bergey. They reside at Brown City, Michigan, where he is engaged in farming."


      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..., 258.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    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..., 509.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9687-1874.
      Sarah Berge (of New Dundee) Born: Waterloo Township Age: 20 Est. Birth: abt 1854 Father: Henry Berge Mother: Elizabeth Berge married Jacob Schichter (farmer of New Dundee) Age:: 24 Est. Birth: abt 1850 Born: Blenheim Father: Samuel Schichter Mother: Catharine Schichter married 3 Mar 1874 Marriage Place: Waterloo, New Hamburg

    5. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 41.

    6. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 1 Page 7.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., County, L., Township, B., & Cemetery, E. (1849). Jacob D. Schlichter (1849-1916) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 12 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138600909/jacob-d_-schlichter.

    8. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Bindemann, Frederick Rev. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush #32.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Sep 1849 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., 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 MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1874 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Mar 1874 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Aug 1916 - Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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