George Lichty^{[1, 2]}

1819 - 1903  (84 years)

• Name	George Lichty
  Born	10 May 1819	, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1822	, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Naturalization	1845  [4]
  Occupation	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	RC
  Occupation	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennnonite
  Occupation	1881	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Mennonite
  Retired	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00072-4232
  Died	17 Jun 1903	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 12]
  Buried	Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  Person ID	I53778	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Johannes Lichty,   b. 21 Jul 1793, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 29 Apr 1878, near, Waterloo City, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Barbara Hoffman,   b. 30 Jun 1796, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Apr 1875, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1818  [3]
  Family ID	F634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Bauman,   b. 13 Jan 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jun 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 37 years)
  Married	16 Mar 1841	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 13, 14]
  Children	1. Maria Lichti,   b. 1841, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Amanda Lichty,   b. 9 Nov 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jan 1882, Near Conestogo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)   3. Rev. Benjamin Lichty,   b. 18 Dec 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 1913, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   4. Anna "Nancy" Lichty,   b. 24 Oct 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Apr 1914, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   5. Susannah Lichty,   b. 12 Oct 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jun 1890, Near Heidelberg Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)   6. Sarah Lichty,   b. 8 Apr 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Sep 1938  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F13906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Lichty "the eldest, was born May 10th, 1819. On March 16th, 1841, he was married to Sarah Baumann. Soon after their marriage they moved on the farm where he still resides. He is still quite well and strong for a man of his age." 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.]. ____________________ Lichty. - On the 17th of June 1903, in Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., George Lichty, aged 84 Y., 1 M. Buried on the 19th at the Snyder M. H. Funeral services by Enoch Bowman at the house, and by Daniel Wismer and Joseph Gingerich at the M. H. He leaves one son, two daughters, and many grandchildren, besides two sisters and other relatives, to mourn their loss. Herald of Truth, Vol. XL, No. 30, July 23, 1903, Page 240 _________________ GEORGE LICHTY. Go to the old Lichty homestead on a pleasant day and you will invariably find this veteran of pioneer days moving about outside. He is now in the seventy-ninth year of his age and is yet physically strong, but has also retired from active farm work. He is of Swiss extraction, his grandparents having emigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania some time prior to 1760 He was the first of a family of ten children, first seeing the light on May 10, 1819. He has always worked on the farm and it is likely that he will end his days on the farm where he has labored so many years. He was married in 1811 and is the father of five children. His son in-law, Henry M. Martin, who was married to the daughter Nancy, lives in an adjoining portion of the old homestead and has charge of the farm. The subject of this sketch came to this section from Pennsylvania with his parents in 1822, they being among the first families to settle here. The present farm contains 182 acres and is in a fine state of cultivation. Mr. Martin the son-in-law, is a son of the late Henry Martin, who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1794, and died June 8, 1853. Selina, the daughter of the former, is married to Ephraim Betzner, who also lives at the old homestead, all live in harmony and peace together, each one doing his or her share towards making the work on a large farm an easy task, a feature not always the case where three families are domiciled beneath one roof. The old gentleman says he has used tobacco since he was twenty-one years of age, but has been temperate so far as alcobolic stimulants are concerned. Adjoining the Lichty estate is the fine farm of Solomon Koch. Waterloo County Chronicle, 12 May 1898, p. 8

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 88. [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..., 23. [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..., 877. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-2 page 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..., 128. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 26. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, July 23, 1903 - Obituary of George Lichty. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 109. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 10. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 1 Page 6. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 29. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link. In memory of/ Geo. Lichty/ Died/ June 16, 1903/ Aged/ 84 Y'rs, 1 Mon./ & 6 Days/ The Lord is nigh unto all them that/ call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth [Bottom half buried, June 2009] [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages by Rev'd F. W. Bindemann, Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Church at Greenbush Village, Waterloo Township, Halton County, Wellington District, 31 Aug. 1840 to 31 Aug. 1841 #6. George LICHTY, Yeom. , to Sara BAUMANN, both of Waterloo. Rev. BINDEMANN. Wit. Abraham SNYDER, Yeom. , and Moses BAUMANN, both of Waterloo. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 26 Mar 1841 Pg. 13. 16 Mar 1841 Pastor F W Bindemann m. Georg LICHTI to Sara BAUMAN, both from Waterloo Tp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 May 1819 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Immigration - 1822 - , Canada Residence - 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Mar 1841 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - RC - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennnonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Retired - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Jun 1903 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth