Christian Schwartz^{[1, 2]}

1784 - 1848  (63 years)

• Name	Christian Schwartz
  Born	20 Aug 1784	Tonamencin Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 01N, Waterloo County, Ontario   [6]
  Eby ID Number	00108-6468
  Died	12 May 1848	Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 7, 8]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I5251	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Sophia Ruth,   b. 23 Aug 1787, , USA ,   d. 23 Feb 1880, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Children	1. Jesse Swartz,   b. 12 Jul 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 14 Jan 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   2. David Schwartz,   b. 15 May 1809, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Dec 1834  (Age 25 years)   3. Leah Schwartz,   b. 15 Nov 1811, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 28 May 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   4. Elizabeth Schwartz,   b. 8 May 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1849, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)   5. Henry Schwartz,   b. 8 May 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 May 1887, Near Strasburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   6. Jacob Schwartz,   b. 1 Jan 1819, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 22 Apr 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)   7. Margaretha Schwartz,   b. 1820, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 19 years)   8. Catharine Schwartz,   b. 5 Feb 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   9. Sarah Schwartz,   b. 8 Feb 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Aug 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F1652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Christian Schwartz, "was born in Tonamencin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, August 20th, 1784. He was married to Sophia Ruth who was born August 23rd, 1787, and died February 23rd 1880. During the early part of the present century they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Preston, where they both died. He died May 12th, 1848. To them was born a family of eight 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

  [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..., 214. [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..., 742. [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... [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . [eroded] In memory of/ Christian Swartz/ who died the 12 May/ in the year [sic] of our Lord/ 1848 aged 63 jears 8 m. 22 days [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 44. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 47. [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..., 362. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 4 Page 28.

  
  

• Event Map

  Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 01N, Waterloo County, Ontario Died - 12 May 1848 - Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth