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

John Histand[1, 2]

Male 1826 - 1879  (53 years)


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  • Name John Histand 
    Born 2 Jan 1826  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00054-3767 
    Died 24 Aug 1879  [1, 3
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I3128  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father David Histand,   b. 5 Nov 1789, Upper Providence, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1833, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Bechtel,   b. 8 Aug 1792, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1885, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1818  [2
    Family ID F986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Histand, "the youngest son of David B. and Elizabeth (Bechtel) Histand, was born near Preston, Ontario, January 2nd, 1826. He was unmarried and had his home with his brother, George, until a few years before his death when he made his home with his sister, Eliza, where he died August 24th, 1879."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 797.

    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..., 225.

    3. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      [eroded] Zum andenken/ Johann Histand/ gest. 24 (Aug.) 1879/ Alt. 58 Jah. 7 Mon./ und 22 Tagen/ verse

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Jan 1826 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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