Joseph S. Witmer

1858 - 1874  (16 years)

• Name	Joseph S. Witmer
  Born	18 May 1858	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Dunkard
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Tunker
  Eby ID Number	00135-8319
  Died	2 Oct 1874	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  	Cause: Inflammation of the Lungs (5 months)
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I387226	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Witmer,   b. 11 Jul 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Catherine Sherk,   b. 1 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  alt. marriage	24 May 1852
  Married	24 Aug 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F262094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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..., 680. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 3. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. Joseph S./ Son of/ Joseph & Catharine/ WITMER/ Died Oct. 2' 1874/ Aged 16 y'rs 4 mo's./ & 17 days/ Feist, Guelph/ [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 74. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 011041 (1874). Name:Joseph S Witmer Gender:Male Age:16 Birth Date:abt 1858 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Death Date:2 Oct 1874 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Joseph Witmer, joiner of Waterloo Twp. married 24 Aug 1852 at Greenbush by license to Catharine Scherk. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226. 1 [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 22.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 May 1858 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Tunker - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Inflammation of the Lungs (5 months) - 2 Oct 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth