Sarah Witmer^{[1, 2, 3]}

1843 - 1884  (41 years)

• Name	Sarah Witmer
  Born	21 Feb 1843	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Name	Sarah Wildfong
  Residence	1874	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Dunker
  Eby ID Number	00135-8307
  Died	1 Dec 1884	Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 6]
  	Cause: Puerperal Fever 4 Days
  Buried	Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I3586	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Abraham E. Witmer,   b. CALC 27 Feb 1808, Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Catharine Groh,   b. 25 Nov 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jul 1891, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amos S. Wildfong,   b. 22 Feb 1847, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 1901  (Age 54 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1874	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 8]
  Children	1. Oliver Wildfong,   b. 19 Mar 1876, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 1877  (Age 1 years)   2. Amos Wildfong,   b. 29 Mar 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Norman Henry Wildfong,   b. 14 Apr 1878, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1949  (Age 70 years)   4. Lorne Wesley Wildfong,   b. 24 Jul 1881, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ervin Herbert "Curly" Wildfong,   b. 19 Nov 1884, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Apr 1976, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F1167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah Witmer, "was married to Amos Wildfong, a farmer. They resided at Strasburg, Ontario, where she died some years ago." 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.]. ________________________ In Waterloo, on the 1st Dec., Sarah, wife of Mr. Amos Wildfong, aged 33 years. Galt Reporter Dec 5 1884 pg 8

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 732. [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..., 647. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 17 Sep 1874. 15 Sep 1874 By Pastor Muenzinger in Philipsburg, Amos Wildfang was married to Sarah Witmer, both of Waterloo Township. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Dec. 4, 1884. Sarah Wildfang, wife of Amos Wildfang, died in Strassburg at age of 33 years, 9 months and 11 days. Dec. 1, 1884 [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 30. [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..., 678. [S136] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Weber Mennonite CC#5426 Internet Link. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 009769-74. (Waterloo Co.) Amos WILDFONG, 27, farmer, Canada, Waterloo, widower, s/o Joseph & Elizabeth married Sarah WISMER, 23, Canada, Waterloo, d/o Abraham & Catharine, witn: Carl SCHLEGEL & Phillipoena HAGEDORN both of Waterloo, 15 September 1874 in Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Feb 1843 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Birth - - Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 Sep 1874 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunker - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Puerperal Fever 4 Days - 1 Dec 1884 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth