Henry Witmer^[1]

1814 - 1893  (78 years)

• Name	Henry Witmer
  Born	29 Sep 1814	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennomite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00135-8322
  Died	17 Sep 1893	Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 7, 8]
  	Cause: Heart Failure
  Buried	20 Sep 1893	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5, 9]
  Person ID	I3648	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev Abraham Witmer,   b. 1767, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Jan 1837, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Anna Eversole,   b. 7 Apr 1777, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1858  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F1133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esther Miller,   b. 20 Feb 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1876, Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Esther Miller,   b. 1817, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F268565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Witmer, "the fifth son of Abraham and Anna (Eversole) Witmer, was married to Esther Miller. They resided on a farm near old Absalom Snyder's place not far from Kossuth. They are both dead. No issue." In 1851 Henry and wife Esther lived in Waterloo Township a Hannah Witmer aged 11 and a Henry Shoemaker aged 10. 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. __________________________________ WITMER - On the 17th of September 1893, in Waterloo township, Waterloo Co., Ontario, of infirmities of old age and kidney complaint, Henry Witmer, aged 78 years, 11 months and 19 days. Buried in Wanner's grave-yard on the 20th. Services by Amos Eby in English, and Jacob B. Gingrich in German from 2 Cor. 5: 1 and Hebrew 4: 9. Herald of Truth Vol. XXX, No. 19, October 1, 1893 - Page 310, 311

  
  

• 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..., 95. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 9. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. Gone home/ Henry WITMER/ Born/ Sept. 29, 1814/ Died Sep. 17, 1893/ Aged/ 78 yrs. 11 mo. 19 d's./ He's gone and left us here to weep/ To joys beyond our view and when like him we fall asleep/ May we be happy too./ [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 59. [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..., 681. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 017388 (1893). Name:Henry Witmer Gender:Male Age:80 Birth Date:abt 1813 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Death Date:17 Sep 1893 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Vol. XXX, No. 19, October 1, 1893 - Page 310, 311.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Sep 1814 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennomite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Heart Failure - 17 Sep 1893 - Near Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 20 Sep 1893 - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth