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Caroline Witmer[1, 2, 3]

Female 1837 - 1919  (81 years)


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  • Name Caroline Witmer 
    Born 16 Apr 1837  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14714144 
    Name Caroline Hilborn 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    W. Methodist 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    United Brethren 
    Residence 1911  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    United Brethren 
    Eby ID Number 00135-8312 
    Died 1 Apr 1919  [8] 
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I3596  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Joseph Witmer,   b. 11 Jul 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Susannah Groh,   b. 9 Oct 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1849, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1835  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 14] 
    Family ID F262093  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Hilborn,   b. 14 Dec 1833, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1910, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 30 Jan 1855  [13] 
    Children 
     1. Isaac Hilborn,   b. 8 Jan 1856, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940  (Age 83 years)
     2. Amos Hilborn,   b. 7 Jan 1858, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1941  (Age 82 years)
     3. Mayor Aaron W. Hilborn,   b. 23 Aug 1860, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     4. Emanuel Hilborn,   b. 9 Aug 1862, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1922, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     5. David W. Hilborn,   b. 9 Feb 1865, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1945, Jarvis, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Joseph Hilborn,   b. 7 Jun 1867, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940  (Age 72 years)
     7. Jesse W. Hilborn,   b. 14 Aug 1869, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1961, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     8. Rev. Jacob Hilborn,   b. 29 Jan 1872, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Eliza Hilborn,   b. 6 Feb 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1874  (Age 0 years)
     10. Edwin Witmer Hilborn,   b. 1 Jan 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1965, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     11. Milton Hilborn,   b. 8 Jan 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F1171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Jacob Hilborn, wife Caroline Witmer and sons - bebopc originally shared this on 19 Oct 2020 - Ancestry Public MemberTrees

  • Notes 
    • Caroline Witmer, "was born April 16th, 1837. She is married to Jacob Hilborn, a miller. They reside at Blair and have a family of eleven children, namely: Isaac, Amos, Aaron, Emanuel, David, Joseph, Jesse, Jacob, Eliza (dead), Edwin, and Milton."

      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.].

      __________

      Mrs. J[a]cob Hilborn Gone.

      The remains were laid to rest in the Hagey Cemetery Preston of Mrs Jacob Hilborn of New Dundee who died on the eve of her eighty-second birthday. The mother of nine boys she lived an exemplary Christian life of service and rejoiced in seeing them all devoted, settled and carrying on. Her husband died nine years ago after 55 years of married life.

      The sons who were all present at the funeral are: Isaac, Secretary Light Committee, Elmira: Amos, miller, New Dundee; Aaron W.. Secretary-Treasurer N.D. & S.W. Insurance Co., Galt: Emanuel, miller, Freelton; David W., merchant, Selkirk. Joseph, miller, Blair; Jesse W., merchant Paris: Jacob, miller, Radisson, Sask., and Edwin W., Secretary Westaway Brokerage, Hamilton.

      Many friends and relatives from far and near were present.

      Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Friday, April 11, 1919

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 789.

    2. [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..., 733.

    3. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11791-86.
      Emanuel Hilborn, 23, occ. Miller, b. Waterloo Twp., res. Blair, son of Jacob and Caroline, married Rosetta Detweiler, 21, b. Roseville, res. same, daughter of Enoch and Victoria, Witness: Aaron Hilborn of Blair and Lavina Detweiler of Roseville, 14 April 1886 at Roseville

    4. [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.

    5. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 13.

    6. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.
      gives age and country of birth

    7. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, ON WATERLOO (South/Sud) (#122) Subdistrict: Waterloo (South/Sud) g-2 Page 13.

    8. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      In memoriam/ Jacob Hilborn/ died Jan. 9, 1910/ aged 76 years & 26 days/ Caroline Witmer/ his wife/ born Apr. 16, 1837/ died Apr. 1, 1919/ Thy will be done/ Hilborn

    9. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 14.

    10. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 3.

    11. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 12 Page 7.

    12. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 35.

    13. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 74.

    14. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 7 Jan 1836:18.
      ca 8 days ago Wm. Scollick m. Joseph Witmer, son of Abraham Witmer to Susanna Groh, daughter of John Groh, all of Waterloo Tp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Apr 1837 - 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 - W. Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1911 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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