Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Absalom Kraft Unger[1]

Male 1832 - 1914  (81 years)


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  • Name Absalom Kraft Unger 
    Born 15 Sep 1832  Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147360465 
    Occupation 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Laborer 
    Residence 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00124-7595 
    Died 27 May 1914  Plymouth, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Plymouth, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3849  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father George Unger,   b. 1802, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1880, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Catherine "Katie" Kraft,   b. 1803, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1878, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F1230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Schauss,   b. 28 Aug 1842, Schoenenberg, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1924, Plymouth, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Catherine Unger,   b. 1862, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1947  (Age 85 years)
     2. Lucinda Unger,   b. Abt 1864, Of, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lydia Unger,   b. 1866, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Magdalena Unger,   b. 1867, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Susan Unger,   b. 1869, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Enoch Unger,   b. 10 Nov 1870, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. John Unger,   b. 31 Oct 1872, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1949, Plymouth, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. Noah Unger,   b. 21 Mar 1874, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1939, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     9. George Unger,   b. 1877, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Henry Unger,   b. 7 Jul 1878, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1911, Sabetha, Nemaha, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     11. Absalom Unger,   b. 1880, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Elizabeth Unger,   b. 6 Sep 1883, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1966  (Age 82 years)
     13. Veronica Unger,   b. 16 Feb 1884, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F1237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Absalom Unger, "a farmer, resides near Neustadt, Grey County, Ontario. He is married to Elizabeth Shaus and has a family of thirteen 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 
    1. [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..., 552.

    2. [S145] Census - ON, Grey - 1901, Normanby G-1 Page 12.

    3. [S304] Census - ON, Grey - 1881, Normanby, Grey South, Ontario Film 1375896 District 154 Sub-district C Division 3 Page Number 11 Household Number 37.

    4. [S305] Census - ON, Grey - 1871, GREY SOUTH ( 036 ) Sub-district: Normanby ( A ) Division: 1 Page: 35.

    5. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 16.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Sep 1832 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 May 1914 - Plymouth, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Plymouth, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States Link to Google Earth
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