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

John Gingrich[1, 2, 3]

Male 1785 - 1853  (67 years)


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  • Name John Gingrich 
    Born 17 Dec 1785  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69136684 
    Eby ID Number 00039-3131 
    Died 3 Jun 1853  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I5829  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Abraham H. Gingrich,   b. CA 1751, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Barbara Hunsicker,   b. Abt 1751, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Erb,   b. 3 Apr 1790, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sallie Gingerich,   b. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Eli Gingerich,   b. Abt 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John Edward "Eli" Gingrich,   b. 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     4. Magdalena Gingerich,   b. 13 May 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1846, East Of Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     5. Moses E. Gingerich,   b. 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1897, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     6. Joseph Gingrich,   b. 17 Aug 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1894, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     7. Nancy Gingerich,   b. 25 Feb 1825, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1900  (Age 74 years)
     8. Susannah Gingerich,   b. 5 Apr 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     9. Christian Gingerich,   b. CALC 11 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1892, West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Gingerich, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 17th, 1785, and came to Canada with his parents in 1801. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John Erb of Preston. She was born March 3rd, 1790, and died January 2nd, 1867. They resided a little north of Preston, on the farm now occupied by Peter Fach. They had a family of nine 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 
    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..., 747.

    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..., 618.

    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..., 453.

    4. [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..., 687.

    5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.
      gives age and country of birth

    6. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      In memory of/ John Gingrick/ died June 3, 1853/ aged 67 yr's.

    7. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 77.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Dec 1785 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jun 1853 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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