Joseph Gingrich^[1]

1823 - 1894  (70 years)

• Name	Joseph Gingrich
  Born	17 Aug 1823	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1855	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	brick maker
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Protestant
  Occupation	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00039-3135
  Died	16 Jan 1894	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 10]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I5847	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John Gingrich,   b. 17 Dec 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 3 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Erb,   b. 3 Apr 1790, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F1781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Maurer,   b. 28 Aug 1835, , , Germany ,   d. 18 Mar 1903  (Age 67 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. William Gingrich,   b. 20 Jul 1856, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Apr 1920, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   2. Magdalena Gingerich,   b. 29 Oct 1857, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Nov 1857  (Age 0 years)   3. Mary Ann Gingerich,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Charles Gingrich,   b. 13 Jun 1859, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Sep 1904, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)   5. Maude Gingrich,   b. 10 Nov 1862, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Feb 1932, Fisher Branch, , Manitoba  (Age 69 years)   6. Roselin "Rose" Gingrich,   b. 29 Jul 1864, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1942  (Age 77 years)   7. Catharine Gingerich,   b. 7 Mar 1867, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1868  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Gingerich, "was married to Barbara Maurer. They resided in Preston where he died. Their family consisted of six 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

  [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. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . In memory of/ Joseph Gingrich/ who died/ Jan. 16, 1894/ aged 70 yrs. 4 mo's. & 30 dys./ Deep sorrow now pervades each heart/ and grief our bosoms swell/ a father from our midst departs/ in that new home to dwell [S276] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1881, Waterloo South, Waterloo South, Ontario 1375900 District 161 Sub-district C Division 2 Page Number 33 Household Number 155. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 2. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 33. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 19. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 77. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Joseph Ginerick, brickermaker of Preston married 3 Jun 1855 in Berlin by license to Barbara Maurer of Preston, wit: John Michlhausen of Preston & Maria Bechmann of Preston [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Aug 1823 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - brick maker - 1855 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 Jun 1855 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Jan 1894 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth