Rev. David Witmer^{[1, 2, 3]}

1799 - 1874  (75 years)

• Name	David Witmer
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	1799	, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Minister
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tunker
  Eby ID Number	00135-8268
  Died	26 Jun 1874  [5]
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I3481	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev Abraham Witmer,   b. 1767, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Jan 1837, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Anna Eversole,   b. 7 Apr 1777, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1858  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F1133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Detweiler,   b. 1 Nov 1805, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jul 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Children	1. Nancy Witmer,   b. 8 Jun 1829, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 1900, Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   2. Abraham D. Witmer,   b. CALC 25 Nov 1829, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1862  (Age ~ 33 years)   3. Isaac Witmer,   b. Abt 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   4. Henry David "Harry" Witmer,   b. 9 Aug 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1901, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 67 years)   5. Veronica "Fannie" "Frances" Witmer,   b. 26 May 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Apr 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   6. Susannah Witmer,   b. 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elizabeth Witmer,   b. Abt 1839, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Hannah Witmer,   b. 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David Witmer, "was married to Elizabeth Dettweiler. They resided in Puslinch Township about three miles north-east of Hespeler, near the Guelph Road, where they had a family of eight children" 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 674. [S173] Ancestry.com. [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..., 515. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 7. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. In memory of/ David WITMER/ Who died/ June 26, 1874/ Aged/ 74 yrs. 4 mo. 15 d's./

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1799 - , USA Occupation - Minister - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Tunker - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth