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

Jesse Gingrich[1]

Male 1851 - 1928  (76 years)


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  • Name Jesse Gingrich 
    Born 17 May 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    -- 
    Eby ID Number 00039-3172 
    Died 4 May 1928  Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I5942  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Father David Gingerich,   b. 1812, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1862  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Lydia Weber,   b. 8 Sep 1816, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1857  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 14 Mar 1837  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F1808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Veronica Baker,   b. 12 Jun 1843, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1926, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F1819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Oliver Gingrich,   b. 15 Aug 1884, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F54404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Jesse Gingerich, "is married to a Miss Becker. They live on a farm at Elsinore, Bruce County."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 692.

    2. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 54.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Jesse W Gingrich (1851 - 1928) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39902398.

    4. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 16 Mar 1837:14.
      last Tuesday Benjamin Eby m. David Gingrich to Lydia Weber, daughter of Johann Weber, all of Woolwich Tp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 May 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - -- - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 May 1928 - Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Bruce Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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