Aaron S. Witmer^[1]

1861 - 1954  (92 years)

• Name	Aaron S. Witmer
  Born	15 Mar 1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tunker
  School	1878	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	SS.19 Clearview School
  	From the Public School Inspector's Report '96 Promotions for 1878 Waterloo Township No. 19 (Cleaview) Fifth Class '96 Aaron Witmer, Louis Bohn, Sylvanus Groh, Marshalena Gingrich
  		WaterlooTownship-SS19-ClearviewSchool-PinebushRoad-facebook2016forGenerations.jpg Pine Bush was a community of immigrants from Mecklenburg in the 1850s who took up small holdings in "lot 6 of the third" concession of Beasley's Lower Block, south of Hespeler and east of Galt. In its heyday from the late 1840s to the 1870s, Pine Bush supported a store run by John Roos, and there was an inn or tavern on the south side of the Pine Bush Road, at the junction with the Hespeler-Galt Back Road.142 Children of the community could attend the log school old SS 19, a little farther west on the north side of Pine Bush Road in Concession 2. It was known as the Pine Bush School from 1848 until 1874, when the new brick schoolhouse on the same site was renamed Clearview. Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Dunker
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Machinist
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Manager, Furniture Factory
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Church of God
  Directory	1912	50 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Residence	CA 1916	46 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00135-8320
  Died	1954  [9]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Person ID	I3645	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  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
  alt. marriage	24 May 1852
  Married	24 Aug 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11, 12, 13, 14]
  Family ID	F262094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Ann Thomas,   b. 15 Oct 1865, Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1947  (Age 81 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1887	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [15]
  Children	1. Violet Witmer,   b. 1890, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alta Violet "Altie" Witmer,   b. 8 Mar 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1988  (Age 96 years)   3. May Witmer,   b. May 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Flossie Witmer,   b. 14 May 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1997  (Age 103 years)   5. Elton Laverne Witmer,   b. 11 Oct 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Aaron S. Witmer, "was born March 15th, 1861. He is married to Lydia Thomas and resides in Berlin where he is engaged as a cabinet maker. They have one child named Altie Violet." 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

  [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..., 536. [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. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 7. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 3. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 41. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 15. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 26 Pg 11. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 24. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Thy Word Is Light/ Witmer/ Aaron Witmer 1861-1954/ Beloved Husband Of/ Lydia Thomas 1865-1947/ Their Loving Children/ Altie Witmer/ 1891-1988/ Flossie Witmer/ 1893-1997 [A] In Memory Of/ Lydia Thomas/ 1865-1947/ Beloved Wife Of/ Aaron Witmer/ 1861-1954 [S1760] Directory - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Vernon's City of Berlin and Town of Waterloo and Bridgeport Directory 1912-13. [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. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 74. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Aaron Witmer Born: Canada Age: 26 Father: Joseph Witmer Mother: Catharine Witmer Born: abt 1861 Spouse: Lydia Thomas Age: 22 born: Canada Father: William Thomas Mother: Hannah Thomas married 13 Nov 1887

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Mar 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Tunker - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada School - SS.19 Clearview School - 1878 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunker - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Nov 1887 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manager, Furniture Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of God - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Directory - 1912 - 50 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - CA 1916 - 46 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth