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

Ephraim Witmer[1]

Male 1860 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Ephraim Witmer 
    Born 29 Jun 1860  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    N. Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    blacksmith 
    Eby ID Number 00135-8283 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I3525  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Abraham R. "Abram" Witmer,   b. 3 Oct 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1913, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Veronica "Fannie" "Frances" Witmer,   b. 26 May 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 29 Oct 1854  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Family ID F1139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ephraim Witmer, "was born June 29th, 1860. He is married and resides at Mackinaw, Michigan. No family."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

    2. [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..., 676.

    3. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Gaines, Kent, Michigan Film 1254588 Page 175A.
      Ephraim lived with his uncle Henry in Gaines, Kent Co., Michigan

    4. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 35.

    5. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 6 Page 42.

    6. [S670] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, film number: 2342490 frame number: digital folder number: 4208239 image number: 380 reference number: v 1 p 339 rn 37.
      groom's name: Ephraim Witmer, blacksmith of Brutus, Michigan, groom's age: 29 years groom's birth date: 1862 groom's birthplace: Canada bride's name: Nellie Gates bride's age: 20 years bride's birth date: 1871 bride's birthplace: Wisconsin marriage date: 22 Jun 1891 marriage place: Boyne City, Charlevoix, Michigan groom's father: Abram Witmer groom's mother: Frances Witmer bride's father: Frank Gates bride's mother: Sarah Wood

    7. [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..., 675.

    8. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Abraham Wittmer, yeoman of Waterloo Twp. married 29 Oct 1854 in Berlin by banns to Veronica Wittmer of Waterloo Twp.

    9. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 35.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jun 1860 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - N. Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - blacksmith - 1891 - Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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