Ezra Bergey^{[1, 2]}

1883 - 1907  (24 years)

• Name	Ezra Bergey
  Born	19 Feb 1883	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	teacher
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00004-892.7
  Died	25 Sep 1907	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  	Cause: pneumonia
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I6585	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  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   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F1955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BERGEY.-Ezra Bergey, son of David Bergey, New Dundee, Ontario, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1907; aged 24y. 7m.5d. Funeral was held Saturday, Sept. 28, from his parents' residence to the Blenheim Mennonite Church. Services were conducted by Noah Stauffer. Text. Isa. 28: 29. Ezra had been teaching school at New Dundee until Apr. 1, when he had to resign on account of failing health. He went to a health resort in Muskoka, Ont., and seemed to make rapid improvement, but while there contracted a cold and left for home. Pneumonia set in and he died very unexpectedly. He was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church for nearly three years, took an active part in church work and was superintendent of the Blenheim Sunday school. By a Cousin. The Gospel Witness - Volume 3, Number 30 October 23, 1907 - page 479, 480

  
  

• 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. Ezra son of David & Louisa Berger born FEb 19, 1883 died Sept 25, 1907 asleep in Jesus [S701] News - Gospel Witness, Obituary of Ezra Bergey - October 23, 1907. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Feb 1883 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: pneumonia - 25 Sep 1907 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth