Isaac Kepkey

Cal 1820 - 1905  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Isaac Kepkey
  Born	CALC 18 Feb 1820	Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Isaac Kepke
  Occupation	1848	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	yeoman
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Retired	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-31642
  Died	9 Apr 1905  [4]
  Buried	Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I31642	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Kepkey,   b. Abt 1790, of, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Groh,   b. CALC 27 May 1829, , Germany ,   d. 20 Feb 1900  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1848	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F8282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Continuing along the river road to the northward, on the east side of the river, we come to the new Guelph & Goderich Railway, which has been under construction during the past year The first to take up a farm in this neighborhood was one by the name of Isaac Kepke. The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 Pg 123. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 39. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 3 Page 37. [S232] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Calvary United St. Jacobs 4585 Cemetery Internet Link. [Left Side] - In Memory of / Isaac / Kepkey / Died / April 9, 1905 / Aged / 85 Y'rs. 1 Mo's & 22 Days /Text: Phil. 1:21. For To Me To Live Is Christ, And To Die Is Gain. / Kepkey / [Right Side] - In Memory of / Elizabeth / Wife of / Isaac Kepkey / Died / Feb. 20, 1900 / Aged / 70 Y'rs. 8 Mo's./ & 24 Days One Precious To Our / Hearts Has Gone. / The Voice We Loved / Is Stilled. / The Place Made Vacant / In Our Home / Can Never More Be / Filled. / Our Father In His Wisdom Called / The Boon His Love Had Given. / And Though On Earth The Body Lies / The Soul Is Safe In Heaven. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Fredereck W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran & German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., For 1848 report 115. Isaac Kepkey, 29, Farmer of Woolwich, to Elisabeth Groh, 20 [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Isaac Kepkey, 29, farmer of Woolwich married 21 Dec 1848 in Woolwich by banns to Elisabeth Groh, 20, of Woolwich, wit: Frederick Kepkey, farmer of Waterloo and Philip Kraft, Taylor of Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 18 Feb 1820 - Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario Occupation - farmer - 1848 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Dec 1848 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - yeoman - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Retired - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth