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Isaiah Witmer[1]

Male 1869 - 1943  (74 years)


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  • Name Isaiah Witmer 
    Born 26 Jul 1869  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    N. Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Agricultural Laborer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1911  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Laborer, Town 
    Residence 1911  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Salvation Army 
    Eby ID Number 00135-8286 
    Died 20 Nov 1943  Lindsay, Ops Twp., Victoria Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I3534  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    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  [6, 8, 9] 
    Family ID F1139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lovina Gateman,   b. 22 Feb 1868, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1935, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 9 Jun 1892  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Florence "Flossie" Witmer,   b. 1 Mar 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Violet Vanetta Witmer,   b. 15 Apr 1898, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Wilfred Mervin Witmer,   b. 22 Jun 1899, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Harold Garfield Witmer,   b. 17 Mar 1901, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Charles Franklin J. Witmer,   b. 16 Aug 1906, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Mable Violet Witmer,   b. 13 Mar 1909, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F1150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Isaiah Witmer, "was born July 26th, 1869. He is married to Lovina Getman and resides near Maplewood P. O., Oxford County, Ontario. 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. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 22.

    4. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 16 Page 6.

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

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

    7. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Isaiah Witmer, b. 26 Jul 1869 Hespeler, d. 20 nov 1943 Lindsay, Ontario, occ: chef in restuarant. buried Cedar Vale

    8. [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.

    9. [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.

    10. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Isaiah Witmer Born: Canada Age: 23 Father: Abraham Witmer Mother: Frances Witmer Born: abt 1869 Spouse: Lavinia Gateman Age: 24 born: Canada Father: John Gateman Mother: Rebecca Gateman married 9 Jun 1892 married: Waterloo, Berlin

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Jul 1869 - 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Jun 1892 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer, Town - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Salvation Army - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Nov 1943 - Lindsay, Ops Twp., Victoria Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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