Jacob S. Witmer^{[1, 2]}

1854 - 1927  (73 years)

• Name	Jacob S. Witmer
  Born	10 Jan 1854	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Dunkard
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Tunker
  Occupation	1877	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	farmer
  Residence	1877	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1880	Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA   [5]
  	farmer
  Eby ID Number	00135-8317
  Died	10 Apr 1927	Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA   [7]
  Buried	Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan   [7]
  Person ID	I3631	Generations
  Last Modified	25 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	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   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F262094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther M. Bechtel,   b. 16 May 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Mar 1923, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1877	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Norman Witmer   2. Alvin Witmer,   b. 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955  (Age 77 years)   3. Joseph B. Witmer,   b. 9 Nov 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Feb 1954, , Lapeer Co., Michigan  (Age 74 years)   4. Minerva Witmer,   b. 7 Sep 1881, Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA ,   d. 1960  (Age 78 years)   5. John Witmer,   b. 13 Jun 1885,   d. 25 Mar 1945  (Age 59 years)   6. Anson Witmer,   b. 1888,   d. 1953  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob S. Witmer, "was born January 10th, 1854. He is married to Esther Bechtel and resides in Michigan where he is farming. His family consists of six children". 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..., 197. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Sep 1877. 09 Sep 1877 By Pastor Baumann in Freeport, Jakob Witmer was married to Esther Bechtel, both of Waterloo Township. [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. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10996-77. 10996-77 - Jacob WITMER, 23, farmer, Waterloo Twp., same, s/o Joseph & Catharine WILMER, married Esther BECHTEL, 24, Waterloo Twp., same, d/o Joseph & Sarah BECHTEL, witn: Nelson BOWMAN & Elizabeth BOWMAN both of Waterloo, 9 Sept 1877, Waterloo Twp. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Maple Valley, Sanilac, Michigan Film 1254605 Page Number 161A. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Jacob S. Witmer (1854 - 1927) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 15 July 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89564942&. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 74. [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 - 10 Jan 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Tunker - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1877 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1877 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Sep 1877 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1880 - Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Died - 10 Apr 1927 - Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth