Mary Adeline "Adeline" Witmer

1849 - 1929  (79 years)

• Name	Mary Adeline "Adeline" Witmer
  Born	23 May 1849	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210565757
  Name	Adeline Witmer
  Name	Mary Adeline "Adeline" Connawarf
  Residence	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Dress Maker, Home
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	English
  Eby ID Number	00135-8351
  Died	29 Jan 1929	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 8]
  	Cause: heart lesion, valvular heart trouble
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I3737	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Martin Witmer,   b. 22 Apr 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Mar 1853  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Catherine Redinger,   b. 7 Jan 1812, , Germany ,   d. 5 May 1877, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F1197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Connawarf,   b. 14 Nov 1850, , , Germany ,   d. 29 Aug 1925, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1877	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. Mabel Connawarf,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Josephine Mable "Mable" Connawarf,   b. Jul 1877, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Olive Beatrice Connawarf,   b. 5 Jun 1879, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Aaron Connawarf,   b. Mar 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Eric Leonard Connawarf,   b. 23 Mar 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1911  (Age 30 years)   6. Lee Martin Connawarf,   b. 26 Dec 1883, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F1208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Adline Witmer, "twin sister to Catherine, was born May 23rd, 1850. She resides in Galt and is married to Charles Connawarf, a wage-earner. They have four children, namely: Mabel, Olive, Eric, and Lee." 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.]. ___________________ Passed Away At Galt Word was received this week of the sudden death of Mary Adeline Witmer, widow of the late Chas. Connawarf, at her home. The deceased was born in Hespeler and was in her 79th year. She had been a resident of Galt for 39 years, and was a member of Trinity Anglican church. She is survived by ones son, Leigh, of London, England, and two daughters. Mrs. Angus Melver, Serch River, Man., and Mrs. J. M. Fraser, Galt. Two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Geary, Rensslaer, N.Y., and Miss Christie Witmer, of Hespeler, also survive. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon, interment being made in Hespeler cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Mon, Feb 4, 1929 Page 7

  
  

• 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..., 684. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-5 Page 9. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Mary Adaline Connawarf d. 29 Jan 1929 Galt, b. 10 May 1849 Canada d/o Martin Whitmer (b. Alsace Loraine) & Kathariner Readinger (b. Toronto) cause: heart lesion, valvular heart trouble [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 13. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 16 Page 5. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 2 Page 12. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 77. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210565757/maria-adeline-connawarf. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011115-77. 011115-77 (Waterloo Co.) Charles CONWERF (s/b CONNAWARF), 26, farmer, Germany, Hespeler, s/o Henry & Elizabeth married Maria Adeline WITMER, 25, Canada, Hespeler, d/o Martin & Catharine, witn Enoch E. & Pamela Y. EATON both of Hespeler, 1 January 1877 in Berlin.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1849 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jan 1877 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Dress Maker, Home - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - English - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: heart lesion, valvular heart trouble - 29 Jan 1929 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth