Jacob Doersam^[1]

1815 - 1854  (38 years)

• Name	Jacob Doersam
  Born	29 Dec 1815	, Germany   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	8 Apr 1817
  Occupation	1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	labourer
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	labourer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-34452
  Died	23 Mar 1854	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 7]
  	Cause: consumption
  Person ID	I34452	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Doersam,   b. Abt 1798, of, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret,   b. Abt 1798, of, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F32535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabetha Margaretha "Margaret" Theiss,   b. 10 Feb 1826, , Germany ,   d. 7 Jun 1895  (Age 69 years)
  Married	20 Aug 1848	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 8]
  Children	1. Adam Doersam,   b. 18 May 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)   2. Jacob Theiss Doersam,   b. 24 Apr 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1928, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   3. Catherine Doersam,   b. 15 Aug 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jan 1937  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F9142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library, 38 pg 163. Adam Doersam son of Jacob of Berlin, died 22 Mar 1854 aged 4 y 10 m 4 d, Cause: scarlet fever [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 14. Jacob DERSAM Labourer Germany 35 Lutheran b. 8-Apr Margaretha DERSAM Labourer? Germany 26 Lutheran b. 10-Feb Adam DERSAM Canada 3 Lutheran b. 18-May Jacob DERSAM Canada 1 Lutheran b. 24-Apr [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library, #9 pg 163. Jacob Doersam died 23 Mar 1854, age 38y 2 m 23 d, Labourer of Berlin, Cause: consumption [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Jacob Dersham, 21, labourer of Waterloo married 20 Aug 1848, Greenbush by banns, to Margareth Tyson, 23 of Waterloo, witnesses: Carl Bruhn - wagonmaker of Waterloo & George Liesberg - farmer of Waterloo [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 23 Mar 1854 Page 12. Jacob Dursam Died 23 Mar 1854 38 years, 2 months, 22 days. A day earlier his eldest son, Adam, died, age 4y, 10m, 4d. Leaves a widow and 2 children. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 14. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Wendel Bushert, yeoman of Waterloo Twp. married 20 Nov 1855 Berlin by license to Margareth Doersam (widow) of Waterloo Twp. witnesses: C. L. Bindemann & Catherine Hoffman [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 25 Aug 1848 Pg: 35. DERSHAM, Jacob married 20 Aug 1848 To Margaretha TYSON. minister F.W. Bindemann

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Dec 1815 - , Germany Occupation - labourer - 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Aug 1848 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - labourer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: consumption - 23 Mar 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth