Elizabeth Bergey^[1]

1860 - 1946  (85 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Bergey
  Born	6 May 1860	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth Heckendorn
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00004-898
  Died	9 Feb 1946	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I6966	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Bergey,   b. 1 Sep 1818, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 29 Feb 1904  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Eby,   b. 17 Jan 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 May 1911, Near, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	11 Apr 1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F1515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Menno Heckendorn,   b. 13 Jul 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jun 1921  (Age 73 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Ella Viola Heckedon,   b. 10 Mar 1894, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1929  (Age 34 years)   2. Rev. Clayton Bergey Heckendorn,   b. 2 Dec 1899, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1991  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F2096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Bergey, "was born May 6th, 1860. She is married to Menno Heckedon, a farmer. They reside in Maryborough Township, Wellington County, near Moorefield P.O. They have one daughter" 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _____________________________ Heckendorn. - Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Eby Bergey, was born in Mannheim, Ont., May 6, 1860; passed away at the K.-W. Hospital after a lengthy illness, Feb. 9, 1946; aged 85 y. 9 m. 3 d. She was united in marriage to Menno Heckendorn, who passed away twenty-five years ago. She was a member of the Mennonite Church and was known for her faithfulness and steadfastness of character and her abiding interest in the things of God. Surviving are one son (Clayton B., Zurich, Ont.), 4 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, and 2 brothers (Jacob, Hillside Beach, Man.; and Aaron, Detroit, Mich.). She was predeceased by her only daughter (Ella) sixteen years ago. Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, in charge of C. F. Derstine, assisted by Emerson Hallman. Theme: Life's Brevity a Powerful Challenge. Ps. 90. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVIII, No . 48 - March 1, 1946, pages 942, 943.

  
  

• 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..., 784. [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. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011852-91. 011852-91 (Waterloo Co.) Menno HECKEDORN, 44, farmer, Waterloo Twp, Marybourgh Twp, widower, s/o Jacob HECKEDORN & Polly nee MILLER married Elizabeth BERGEY, 31, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, d/o Jacob BERGEY & Elizabeth EBY, witn: John HUNKEL of Waterloo & David BERGEY of Wilmot, 8 March 1891 in Wilmot Twp [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 1, 1946 - Elizabeth Bergey. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 15. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 45. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 47. [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..., 583. [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. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Bindemann, Frederick Rev. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush #32. Jacob Berge, Wagonmaker, of Waterloo, to Elisabeth Eby, of Wilmot. Wit. Isaac Schantz, J'r, Farmer and Jacob Sneyder, Farmer, both of Waterloo. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 12 Apr 1844 Pg 15. BERGE, Jacob married 11 Apr 1844 To Elisabeth EBY, dau. Moses Eby, Wilmot. minister Benjamin Eby

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 May 1860 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Mar 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Feb 1946 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth