Gilbert Bergey^{[1, 2]}

1877 - 1950  (72 years)

• Name	Gilbert Bergey
  Born	13 Sep 1877	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Laborer
  Occupation	1911	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00004-892.5
  Died	15 Jan 1950	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I6564	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Deacon David E. Bergey,   b. 3 Jul 1845, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Mar 1932, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Louisa Bowman,   b. 28 Nov 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 1931, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1872	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F1955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Angeline Martin,   b. Nov 1878, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Feb 1942, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Children	1. William Bergey,   b. Nov 1903, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. David Dalton Bergey,   b. 6 Feb 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1980, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Bergey, Gilbert & Angelin Martin.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Bergey, Gilbert (1877-1950) "Gilbert Bergey, church leader and dairy farmer; b.13 September, 1877 in Waterloo County, Ontario to David and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey . He was the eldest son in a family of four sons and three daughters. On 8 October 1902 he married Angeline (Angie) Martin (19 November 1877-27 February 1942) in Elmira. They were members of the Blenheim Mennonite Church near New Dundee and took up residence on the Bergey dairy farm. They had one son, David. Gilbert Bergey died 16 January 1950 and was buried at the Blenheim Mennonite Church. Both Gilbert and Angie taught Sunday School classes. As a young man, Gilbert taught the Young Ladies' Class; his next assignment was the Mothers' Class. Angie found her niche in teaching the Beginners' Class. Gilbert led congregational singing using a "tuning fork" to get the pitch; he was never known to falter when the music was written in "shaped notes". In 1921, Gilbert's father, David Bergey, the aged deacon at Blenheim asked to step back from active service. When the voice of the congregation was sought and the lot was cast, it fell on Gilbert who succeeded his father as deacon on 17 July 1921 . He also followed his father as secretary of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario from 1922-1940. He also served on the conference Welfare Board organized to assist indigent widows and orphans and to counsel persons in financial difficulty within the Ontario conference constituency. In his vocation as a dairy farmer, Gilbert processed most of his milk supply into cheese which he sold at a nearby Farmers Market. He also sent a small quantity of milk to the local New Dundee Co-Operative Creamery. This led to a call on his counseling skills by non-Mennonite neighbors. In the mid 1930s a sharp controversy arose between the co-operative's directors and its patrons. Due to Gilbert Bergey's reputation in as a skillful mediator, he was elected as a director. It was a demanding request to which he responded with hesitation but served with integrity. Gilbert Bergey has a quiet and cheerful nature. He was sought by many for his wise counsel; he was a stable voice in the Ontario Mennonite community in the decades prior to World War II." Bergey, Lorna. "Bergey, Gilbert (1877-1950)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2004. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 Nov 2005 <https://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B4542.html> _______________________ Bergey. --- Gilbert, eldest son of David and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey, was born Sept. 13, 1877; died at the Galt, Ont., General Hospital, Jan. 16, 1950; aged 72 y. 4 m. 3 d. Death followed two years of failing health. On Oct. 8, 1902, he was married to Angeline Martin, who predeceased him Feb. 27, 1942. Surviving are one son (David), 2 grandsons, one adopted son (William), 2 granddaughters, 2 brothers (Milton, Ancaster, Ont.; and Herbert, New Hamburg, Ont.), and one sister (Mrs. Fred Millar, Kitchener, Ont.). At the age of nineteen he united with the Blenheim, Ont., Mennonite Church, where he was called to the office of deacon on July 17, 1921. From 1922 to 1940 he served as secretary of the Ontario Mennonite Conference. He had a quiet and cheerful nature. His timely counsel will be missed. Funeral services were held Jan. 19 at the home by Moses S. Bowman and at the Blenheim Church, where S. F. Coffman, conducted the devotional period and J. B. Martin, Ontario Conference moderator, preached the sermon. Text: I Thess. 1: 9, 10. Gospel Herald - Volume XLIII, Number 14 - April 4, 1950 ----- page 334, 335

  
  

• 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..., 78. [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..., 235. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 8. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. Gilbert Bergey Sept 13, 1877 - Jan 15, 1950 his wife Angelina Martin 19 Nov, 1877 - Feb 27, 1942 [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 11. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Gilbert Bergey - April 4, 1950. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 12 Page 12. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 27. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 5, 1931 - Obituary of Louia Bowman. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Jan 1873. 31 Dec 1872 By Pastor Spring in New Hamburg, David Berge, a schoolteacher, was married to Louise Baumann, both of Wilmot.

  
  

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  Born - 13 Sep 1877 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Jan 1950 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth