Joseph H. Unger

1827 - 1861  (34 years)

• Name	Joseph H. Unger
  Born	1827	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	farmer
  Residence	1861	Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Wesleyan Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00124-7577
  Died	23 May 1861	Harrisburg, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I3776	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Adam Unger,   b. 6 Feb 1801, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Aug 1889, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Margaret Hallman,   b. 31 Aug 1805, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Mar 1884, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1824  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F1213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Geraldina Brohman,   b. 1834, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Nelson Unger,   b. 24 Jun 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret Unger,   b. 6 Jun 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F1220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Unger, "was married to Geraldina Brohman. They resided in the city of Toronto where he died in 1861. Their family consisted of two children". 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div 3 pg 41. [S1459] Census - ON, Wentworth, Beverly - 1861, Div 2 Pg 8. [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..., 550. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 31 May 1861. Unger: Of Consumption, at Harrisburg, on the 23rd inst., Mr. Joseph H. Unger, formerly of this Town. [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. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Sect, 3 Page 38.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1827 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1861 - Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1861 - Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 23 May 1861 - Harrisburg, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth