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Adam Unger
1763 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Adam Unger Born 1763 , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany 
[1] Gender Male Residence 1793 Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania [2] Immigration 1812 , Canada Land 1828 Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 23, Waterloo County, Ontario Land Bef 1831 Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 054NW, Waterloo County, Ontario [3] Land 1831 Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 004, Waterloo County, Ontario [3] Residence 1831 Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 116E, Waterloo County, Ontario [3] Eby ID Number 00124-7565 Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I3757 Generations Last Modified 10 Jul 2025
Father John Unger, b. Abt 1740, of, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F1212 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Koehner, b. 1775, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. 18 Mar 1884 (Age 109 years) Married 17 May 1793 , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania [2] Children 1. Elizabeth Unger, b. Jun 1796, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario , d. 1 Aug 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 49 years)2. Adam Unger, b. 6 Feb 1801, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. 17 Aug 1889, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)3. George Unger, b. 1802, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. 18 Aug 1880, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 Family ID F1211 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Adam Unger, "son of John Unger, a native of Switzerland, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, about the year 1763. When some twenty years of age he, in company with others, emigrated to America and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Lititz. Here he was married to Elizabeth Koehner. They had a family of six children, two sons and four daughters, all born in Warwick Township. In 1812 he, in company with his wife and family, moved to Canada and arrived at Preston, Waterloo County, May 31st. For a short time they resided in one of the small log houses on the left side of the road leading from Preston to Blair, about a quarter mile from Cress's Hotel. From here he moved on north-west quarter of lot No. 54, German Company's Tract, near Centreville, part of his farm is now owned by David Thaler. After residing here for some years he sold this property and moved near Preston where he died."
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.].
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Adam Unger was born on 13 July 1764 in the town of Hof in Bavaria (Germany) as Johann Adam Unger.
His parents were Johann Georg Unger ("John", 13759), born in Hof on January 8, 1742, and Regina Dorothea Rossbach, probably born in Hof in 1745. They married on September 14, 1763 in Hof and emigrated to America with their young son Johann Adam ("Adam") in 1765, possibly first to Pennsylvania.
Johann Georg Unger's parents were the eponymous clothier Johann Georg Unger (* Münchberg near Hof March 20, 1705, + Hof October 25, 1743) and Anna Rosina Beichold (* Hof September 16, 1715, + Hof November 17, 1780); the two had married in Hof on August 19, 1738.
The clothier's parents were the Lutheran pastor Georg David Unger (born on December 30, 1674 in the Bavarian village of Hutschdorf, died in Hof and was buried there on December 13, 1746) and Susanna Barbara Weinrich (born on November 12, 1678 in Hof and died there on May 16, 1740); the couple had been married in Hof on November 30, 1702.
Dr. Jobst-Friedrich von Unger email 2025
- Adam Unger, "son of John Unger, a native of Switzerland, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, about the year 1763. When some twenty years of age he, in company with others, emigrated to America and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Lititz. Here he was married to Elizabeth Koehner. They had a family of six children, two sons and four daughters, all born in Warwick Township. In 1812 he, in company with his wife and family, moved to Canada and arrived at Preston, Waterloo County, May 31st. For a short time they resided in one of the small log houses on the left side of the road leading from Preston to Blair, about a quarter mile from Cress's Hotel. From here he moved on north-west quarter of lot No. 54, German Company's Tract, near Centreville, part of his farm is now owned by David Thaler. After residing here for some years he sold this property and moved near Preston where he died."
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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..., 548.
- [S3321] Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881.
NameAdam Unger
EventMarriage
Marriage Date14 May 1793
Marriage PlaceLancaster Co., PA
ChurchFirst Reformed Congregation at Lancaster, PA
RemarkAdam Unger of Warwick m. Christine Kuhner of Rapho. - [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 58.
- [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..., 548.
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Event Map 
Residence - 1793 - Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Married - 17 May 1793 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Immigration - 1812 - , Canada = Link to Google Earth
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