Elizabeth "Eliza" Witmer^[1]

1843 - 1888  (44 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Eliza" Witmer
  Born	6 Aug 1843	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Eliza Witmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Dunkard
  Eby ID Number	00135-8315
  Died	23 Jul 1888	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 6]
  	Cause: Change of Life
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I3618	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Witmer,   b. 11 Jul 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Susannah Groh,   b. 9 Oct 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1849, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1835	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F262093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Joseph Witmer,   b. 11 Jul 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Catherine Sherk,   b. 1 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  alt. marriage	24 May 1852
  Married	24 Aug 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F262094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Eliza Witmer, "was born August 6th, 1843, and died, unmarried, July 23rd, 1888." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 733. [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..., 680. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. In memory of/ Eliza/ Dau. of/ Joseph & Susannah/ WITMER/ Died/ July 23, 1888/ Aged 44 yrs. 11 m. 15 d. [stone broken]/ [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 74. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 018059 (1888). Name:Eliza Witmer Gender:Female Age:44 Birth Date:abt 1844 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Death Date:23 Jul 1888 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [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. [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. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Joseph Witmer, joiner of Waterloo Twp. married 24 Aug 1852 at Greenbush by license to Catharine Scherk. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226. 1 [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 22.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Aug 1843 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Change of Life - 23 Jul 1888 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth