Sarah Witmer

1846 - 1871  (25 years)

• Name	Sarah Witmer
  Born	1846	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Sarah Gowling
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1866	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	00135-8324
  Died	1871	Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I3652	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Elias Witmer,   b. 19 Feb 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Mar 1910, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Miller,   b. 5 Jan 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	27 Jul 1841	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard P. Gowling,   b. 8 Feb 1845, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1926, Retsil, Kitsap, Washington, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1866	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah Gowling,   b. 6 Jul 1869, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA ,   d. 24 Aug 1869, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA  (Age 0 years)   2. Arthur W. Gowling,   b. 20 Aug 1871, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah Witmer, "was married to a Mr. Dowling. She, at the time of her death, left one son named Arthur." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Richard P. Gowling Birth Place: Toronto RESIDENCE: Hespeler Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Father Name: Richard Mother Name: Margaret Spouse Name: Sarah Wilmot Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Spouse Birth Place: Hespeler Spouse Residence: Puslinch Spouse Father Name: Elias Wilmot Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth Wilmer Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1866 Marriage County: Waterloo [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. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin - Minister of the Mennonist Society, Berlin. Elias WITMER, to Elisabeth MILLER, both of Waterloo. 27 July 1841. Wit. Christian MILLER and Henry WITMER. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 30 Jul 1841 Pg 31. 27 Jul 1841 Pastor Benjamin Eby m. Elias WITMER to Elisabeth MILLER, daughter of Christian Miller, all from Waterloo Township.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1846 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1866 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Oct 1866 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1871 - Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth