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

Jacob Edgar Bergey[1, 2]

Male 1887 - 1976  (89 years)


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  • Name Jacob Edgar Bergey 
    Born 18 Mar 1887  Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00004-893.12 
    Died 16 May 1976  Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Person ID I6746  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Nathaniel Bergey,   b. 12 May 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Leah Shantz,   b. 16 May 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1926, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 26 Jun 1881  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Family ID F1972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Estella Louisa "Stella" Wanklin,   b. 30 Sep 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1925  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 22 Jun 1926  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F47619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Stella Wanklyn,   b. 1887,   d. 1925  (Age 38 years) 
    Children 
     1. Robert C. Bergey,   b. 1921,   d. 2002  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F297050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BERGEY, Jacob

      At Civic Hospital, Peterborough, on Sunday, May 16, 1976, age 89 years.

      Mr. Bergey was a staff member of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, for many years and a member of the Waverly Lodge A.F. and A.M. 361, Guelph. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathanial Bergey; husband of the late Stella Wanklyn.

      Father of Robert of Peterborough and William of West Vancouver, B.C.; brother of Lydia Bergey and Sadie Bergey of Kitchener; also survived by five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Predeceased by four brothers and two sisters.

      Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. tonight. Funeral service in the chapel Thursday at 3 p.m., with Rev. Ward Woolner officiating. Interment in the family plot, Woodland cemetery, Kitchener.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record May 19 1976 pg 45

  • 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..., 405.

    2. [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..., 236.

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 3.

    4. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.

    5. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 76.

    6. [S3226] Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener.
      [Large stone, Front] Wanklyn/
      [Rear] Wanklyn
      [A] Charles Wanklyn/ 1860-1938/ At Rest
      [B] Stella Wanklyn/ Wife Of/ Jacob E. Bergey/ 1887-1925/ At Rest
      [C] Magdalena Doering/ Wife Of/ Charles Wanklyn/ 1863-1956/ At Rest
      [D] Jacob E. Bergey/ 1887-1976/ At Rest
      [E] Robert C. Bergey/ 1921-2002/ Husband Of/ Marlyn L. Haase/ 1926- / At Rest
      [2022 Update] Marlyn died 2019

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181291237.

    8. [S18] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration index (needs checking to original registration).

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Jun 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 May 1976 - Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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