Samuel Witmer^{[1, 2]}

1849 - 1885  (35 years)

• Name	Samuel Witmer
  Born	6 Feb 1849	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1884	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	pump maker
  Eby ID Number	00135-8309
  Died	1885	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I3589	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 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	Sarah Ann Rife,   b. 25 Jul 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1919, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Witmer,   b. 15 Jan 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1958  (Age 85 years)   2. Ida Rosella Witmer,   b. 17 Sep 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1914, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)   3. Hubert Edwin Witmer,   b. 17 Sep 1876, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Ervin "Ervin" Witmer,   b. 7 Mar 1879, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Zilpha Margaret Witmer,   b. 16 Feb 1882, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Petala Blanch Witmer,   b. 18 Jan 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   7. Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie" Witmer,   b. 6 Nov 1885, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Witmer, "was a carpenter by trade. He was married to Sarah Rife and resided in Hespeler where he died some time 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 183. [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. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 26.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Feb 1849 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - pump maker - 1884 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1885 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth