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

Esther Martin

Female 1804 - 1869  (64 years)


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  • Name Esther Martin 
    Born 20 Jun 1804  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00075-4574 
    Died 19 Jan 1869  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3874  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father David Oberholtzer Martin,   b. 16 Mar 1771, East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Maria Or Magdelina Guth,   b. 26 Jan 1775, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1820  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 4 May 1794  [5
    Family ID F1020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Esther Martin, "daughter of David and Maria (Guth) Martin, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, June 20th, 1804. She came to Canada with her parents in 1820, and died at Abraham Brubacher's in Woolwich Township, January 19th, 1869. She was never married."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 60.

    2. [S151] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - St. Jacobs Mennonite (Central Woolwich Mennonite) CC#4583 Internet Link.
      Zum / Andenken / an / Ester Martin / geb . den 20ten Juni / 1804 / gest . den 19ten Januar / 1869 / im Alter von 64 Jah . / 6 Mo . u . 29 Ta . /

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div3 pg 135.

    4. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 9 Page 71.

    5. [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..., 50.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jun 1804 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Jan 1869 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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