Johann Heinrich "Henry" Wurm

1808 - 1907  (99 years)

• Name	Johann Heinrich "Henry" Wurm
  Born	1808	Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Heinrich Wurm  [3]
  Name	Henry Wurm
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	carpenter
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30822
  Died	16 May 1907	Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I30822	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Wurm,   b. Abt 1770, Of, Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 28 Feb 1836, Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Anna Barbara Lauer,   b. 1780, Of, Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 30 Jan 1856, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1816	Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany
  Family ID	F27027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elisabetha Lein,   b. CALC 23 Oct 1801, Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 26 Sep 1891, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Married	26 May 1835	Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany   [4]
  Children	1. Matthias Wurm,   b. 1833, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Henry Wurm,   b. 1835, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth Wurm,   b. 1838, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F8088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Wurm, Henry & Elizabeth Lein in Huron Co..jpg https://www.wurm-hastings.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=199&medialinkID=361

  
  

• Notes

  Zurich Herald May 30, 1902 (social section) p.4 c2 The Oldest Voter--Grandfather Wurm In His 93rd Year, Polls Another Grit Vote HENRY WURM was out as usual on election day to cast his ballot. Mr. Wurm is in his 93rd year, having been born at Homburg An Der Ohm, Hesse Darmstadt, on the 20th of November 1809. He came to Canada in the year 1837 and lived in Berlin and Breslau until the spring of 1855 when he came to his township and has been a resident here continuously since. Mr. Wurm was a carpenter by trade and did considerable work in that line in the early days of the village of Zurich. He owned a fine 100 acre farm just south of the village which he gave to his two sons MATTHAIS and HENRY, about 20 years ago, while he and his aged partner spent their declining years in the village. His wife died about ten years ago and he has since been making his home with his graddaughter Mrs. JOHN FUSS and later with his daughter MRS. CASPER WEBER, and is now living with his daughter-in-law MRS. HENRY WURM JR. on the old homestead. It is to be hoped the old gentleman will be spared to enjoy many more years of life. It is the general opinion that he is the oldest voter to come to the polls in South Huron.

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 100. [S96] Church Records - Germany, Hessen, Bleidenrod, Pg 124. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Oct 1891. Sep 26, 1891 Elisabeth Wurm, née Lein, wife of Heinrich Wurm, died in Zürich at age of 89 years, 11 months & 3 days. [S96] Church Records - Germany, Hessen, Bleidenrod.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1808 - Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany Married - 26 May 1835 - Bleidenrod, , Hessen, Germany Occupation - carpenter - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 May 1907 - Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth