Christian Witmer^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1817 - 1885  (67 years)

• Name	Christian Witmer
  Born	2 Nov 1817	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00135-8331
  Died	27 Jan 1885	Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9]
  	Cause: Paralysis (5 days)
  Buried	29 Jan 1885	Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario   [7, 9]
  Person ID	I3662	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian Witmer,   b. 10 Feb 1793, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Mar 1840, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Magdalena W. Wanner,   b. 12 Jul 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Apr 1865, Near Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F1187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Bechtel,   b. 1820, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1897  (Age 77 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Children	1. George Witmer,   b. Sep 1842,   d. 28 Aug 1921  (Age ~ 78 years)   2. Sarah Witmer,   b. 11 May 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Oct 1872  (Age 28 years)   3. Magadalene "Mattie" Witmer,   b. 28 Oct 1847, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Feb 1921, Howard City, Montcalm, Michigan, United States  (Age 73 years)   4. Elizabeth Witmer,   b. 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Nancy Witmer,   b. Abt 1855,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary Ann Witmer,   b. 22 Sep 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Oct 1943, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   7. Abraham Witmer,   b. 24 Apr 1865, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1948  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Christian Witmer, "was married to Mary Bechtel. They resided in Dumfries where he was farming." Christian Witmer, "a farmer, is married to Nancy Bechtel and resides in North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 27th of January, in Huron county, Ont., Bro. Christian Witmer, aged 67 years, 2 months and 25 days. He was buried on the 29th; services by H. B. Detweiler and E. Snyder. He leaves a widow and nine children. We hope their loss is his eternal gain. Herald of Truth - Volume XXII, Number 4 - February 14, 1885 pages 62 and 63

  
  

• 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..., 681. [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..., 560. [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..., 213. [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..., 558. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11354-80. Levi Bluck, 22, Occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, Res. same, son of Jacob and Catharine Bluck, married to Elizabeth Hilborne, 29, b. Waterloo Twp, Res. Wilmot Twp, Widow, daughter of Christian and Mary Witmer, Witn: Nelson Bowman, Waterloo Twp, 8 Aug 1880 at Waterloo Twp [S200] Census - ON, Huron, Hay Township - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 29 Household Number 128. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 14, 1885 death notice of Christian Witmer. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 7147-1885 Christian Witmer. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152935223/christian-witmer. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 11 Apr 1840:1. last Wed Rev. Bindemann m. Christian Wittmer to Spr --- Bechtel, both from Waterloo Tp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Nov 1817 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Apr 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Paralysis (5 days) - 27 Jan 1885 - Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth