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

Matilda Nahrgang[1, 2]

Female 1871 - 1899  (27 years)


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  • Name Matilda Nahrgang 
    Born 14 Jul 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Matilda Coxson 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00085-5037.5 
    Died 19 Feb 1899  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Cause: painfull illness 
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4239  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Isaac Nahrgang,   b. 9 Jun 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Catharine Bricker,   b. 3 Jan 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 4 Jun 1867  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7, 8
    Family ID F1345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Franklin Coxson,   b. 4 Feb 1873, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1926, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 14 Feb 1895  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Delton Coxson,   b. 13 Nov 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1937, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F30481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Rufus Nahrgang,   b. 19 Oct 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1943  (Age 51 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F46862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Coxon. - At New Hamburg, Ont., on the 19th of February, 1899, after a painful illness, Sister Matilda, beloved wife of John F. Coxon, and daughter of Bro. Isaac and Sister Catherine Nahrgang, aged 27 years, 7 months and 5 days. Buried in the Blenheim Mennonite cemetery on Feb. 22d on which occasion Bro. Noah Stauffer spoke words of comfort to a large congregation from Isa. 28: 29. She died trusting in her Saviour.

      The Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6, March 15, 1899 - pages 93, 94


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      DIED- At her residence Feb. 19h, near New Hamburg, Mrs. Coxson, wife of Mr. John Coxson and only daughter of Mr. Issac Nahrgang, who resides near Haysville. The deceased leaves husband and an only child to mourn her loss. Funeral to take place on Wednesday 22nd, inst., the remains to be interred in Blenheim cemetery.

      Waterloo County Chronicle, 23 Feb 1899, p. 4

  • 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..., 140.

    2. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 321.

    3. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 34.

    4. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, March 15, 1899 - Obituary of Matilda Coxon.

    5. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 36.

    6. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register, Page 34, return 308: by Rev W.B. Rally, Presbyterian, with the United Church of England & Ireland.
      Isaac NAHRGANG, 23, Wilmot twp., New Hamburg, s/o Christopher & Maria, married Catherine BRICKER, 22, Wilmot twp., same, d/o Abraham & Catherine, witn: Christopher NAHRGANG of New Hamburg, 4 June 1867

    7. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 13 Jun 1867.
      04 Jun 1867 In New Hamburg by Rev. Rally, Isaak Nahrgang of New Hamburg was married to Catharine Bricker of Mannheim.

    8. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 13 Jun 1867.
      Married 4 Jun 1867 In New Hamburg by Rev. Rally, Isaak Nahrgang of New Hamburg was married to Catharine Bricker of Mannheim.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Jul 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Feb 1895 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: painfull illness - 19 Feb 1899 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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