Moses G. Witmer^[1]

1856 - 1882  (26 years)

• Name	Moses G. Witmer
  Born	31 Mar 1856	Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	school teacher
  Eby ID Number	00135-8310
  Died	6 Nov 1882	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  	Cause: consumption
  Buried	Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I3592	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  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	Mary Ellen Gamon,   b. 22 Jun 1854, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1912, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1880	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F26845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Moses Witmer, "the youngest in family, was married but name of wife has not been received. He used to follow teaching and while engaged in one of the Wilmot schools he took consumption and after a lingering illness of about one year he died." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Moses Groch Whitmer Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 23 Dec 1880 Event Place: Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 24 Birth Year (Estimated): 1856 Guelph res: Wilmot - school teacher Father's Name: Abraham Whitmer Mother's Name: Catharine Whitmer Spouse's Name: Mary Ellen Gammon Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 26 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1854 Dumfries Res: Blenheim Spouse's Father's Name: Alfred Gammon Spouse's Mother's Name: Rosetta Gammon [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., Municipality, O., & Cemetery, W. (1856). Moses Groh Whitmer (1856-1882) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 26 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157546764/moses-groh-whitmer. [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..., 679.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Mar 1856 - Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Dec 1880 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - school teacher - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: consumption - 6 Nov 1882 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth