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Maria Martin

Female 1820 - 1858  (37 years)


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  • Name Maria Martin 
    Born 15 Jun 1820  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Maria Wenger 
    Name Mary Anna Martin  [4, 5] 
    Residence 1851  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00075-4328 
    Died 1858  [1] 
    Person ID I5986  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Christian Martin,   b. 16 Oct 1797, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Esther Stauffer,   b. 7 Feb 1796,   d. 21 Oct 1851  (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Martin 
    Family ID F168614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jonas Z. Wenger,   b. 6 May 1815, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 4 May 1840  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Ann Martin,   b. 1840, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Isaac Wenger,   b. 9 Nov 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Anna M. Wenger,   b. 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Lucy Ann Wenger,   b. 20 Dec 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Mary Magdalena Wenger,   b. 11 Dec 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1871, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     6. Esther Wenger,   b. 5 Dec 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     7. Peter M. Wenger,   b. 17 Jan 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1938  (Age 90 years)
     8. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wenger,   b. 28 Oct 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1931  (Age 81 years)
     9. Christian Wenger,   b. 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1906  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F1838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Maria Martin, "was born June 15th, 1820. On May 4th, 1840, she was married to Jonas, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Zimmerman) Wenger, and died in 1858."


      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. [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..., 25.

    2. [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..., 624.

    3. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 117.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012902-73.
      Christian Wenger, 22, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Woolwich, son of Jonas and Mary Anna married Mary Ann Gole, 24, b. Canada, res. Breslau, daughter of Jacob and Catharine, witnessed by: Henry Wiegand of Berlin and Martin Wegenast of Waterloo, 4 May 1873 in Berlin

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012890-73.
      Peter Wenger, 25, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Woolwich, son of Jonas and Mary married Hannah Eby, 19, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of Joseph and Magdalena, witnessed by: William D. Hembling of Woolwich and John Seyler of Berlin, 18 November 1873 in Berlin

    6. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 9 Mar 1840:49.
      3 Mar 1840 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Jonas Wenger to Spr Maria Martin, daughter of Christian C. Martin, all from Woolwich.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Jun 1820 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 May 1840 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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