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

Elias B. Dettweiler[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1841 - 1921  (79 years)


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  • Name Elias B. Dettweiler 
    Born 6 Jun 1841  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Servant 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1875  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1881  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    farmer 
    Occupation 1881  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Laborer 
    Residence 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1901  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mason 
    Occupation 1911  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Mason 
    Residence 1911  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Methodist 
    House of Industry and Refuge 1921  House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1921  House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number 00029-2258 
    Died 28 Jan 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 15, 16
    Cause: senility debility 
    Buried 30 Jan 1921  Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 16
    Person ID I53671  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Rudolph W. Dettweiler,   b. 9 Aug 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Susannah Bingeman,   b. 19 Oct 1811, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 8 Jul 1832  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Family ID F4232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Brander,   b. 1835, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1875  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F13885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Edith Thomas,   b. 16 Mar 1873, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F167826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    House of Industry and Refuge ca 1869.JPG
    House of Industry and Refuge ca 1869.JPG
    The House of Industry and Refuge. In 1868, 141 acres was purchased on Frederick Street in Berlin (now Kitchener) and the house opened on June 15, 1869. The original building housed 100 and operated as an industrial farm, which raised crops and livestock. The residents worked for their keep if possible, those most did not. The House eventually became a strictly a residence of the aged and later relocated and renamed Sunnyside.

  • Notes 
    • Elias Detweiler," resides near Winterbourne, Ontario. He is married to Mary Bryden."


      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. [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..., 267.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    3. [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..., 514.

    4. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Feb 1875.
      28 Jan 1875 By Rev. C. Cookman, Berlin, Elias D. Dettweiler of Waterloo was married to Mary Brander of Woolwich.

    5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.

    6. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-1 Page 11.

    7. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9374-75.
      Elias B. DETWEILER, 33, yeoman, Canada, Waterloo twp., s/o Rudolph & Susannah, married Mary BRANDER, 38, Scotland, Woolwich, d/o George & Janet, witn: John F. McKAY of Woolwich & Albert S. SNYDER of Waterloo, 28 Jan 1875 at Berlin

    8. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 3 Household Number 16.

    9. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 33243-1921 Elias Detweiler.

    10. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div 2, Page 52.

    11. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 3.

    12. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 15 page 10.

    13. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 7 Page 48.

    14. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 2.

    15. [S1848] House of Industry and Refuge Burial Register - Kitchener, Pg 22 Reg. Number in Admittance Record Book: 2110.
      Elias Duetweiler Died: 28 Jan 1921 Aged 79 Cause: Old Age Comment and Remarks: Ed Lippert Buried by Snyder Bloomingdale, Expense H of R

    16. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link.
      Elias Dettweiler/ Born/ June 16, 1841/ died Jan. 28/ 1921/ At rest

    17. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, May 1, 1892 - Obituary of Suannah Bingeman.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Jun 1841 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Servant - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1875 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Jan 1875 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Mason - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Mason - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsHouse of Industry and Refuge - 1921 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1921 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: senility debility - 28 Jan 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 30 Jan 1921 - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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