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

Louisa Geiger[1]

Female 1852 - 1937  (84 years)


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  • Name Louisa Geiger 
    Born 17 Oct 1852  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Christened 12 Nov 1852  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Female 
    Name Louisa Bowman 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1921  30 Francis St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Zion Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number 00002-290.1 
    Died 8 Sep 1937  [10
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Person ID I7619  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Father Joseph Jacob Geiger,   b. 9 Mar 1826, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1890, Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth T. Hollinger,   b. 11 May 1824, Obermiesau, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 11 May 1852  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13
    Family ID F38581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Reuben S. Bowman,   b. 3 Aug 1852, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1879  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 14
    Children 
     1. Allan Bowman,   b. 27 Sep 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1880  (Age 0 years)
     2. Beatrice Bowman,   b. 22 Aug 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Clayton Bowman,   b. 6 Jun 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Dora Bowman,   b. 25 Jun 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Edith Bowman,   b. 22 Jun 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Frederick Bowman,   b. 24 Oct 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Gordon Bowman,   b. 8 Sep 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1943  (Age 51 years)
     8. Hilda Bowman,   b. 28 Oct 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1997  (Age 102 years)
     9. Private Ivan G. Bowman,   b. 8 Aug 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F2298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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..., 457.

    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..., 117.

    3. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 13.

    4. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Woolwich F-1 Page 5.

    5. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      West: Reuben Bowman / born Aug.3, 1852 / died Jan.5, 1918 / Louisa Geiger / his wife / born Oct.17, 1852 / died Feb.8 1937 / Bowman

    6. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library, pg 28.
      Louise Geiger daughter of John Jacob and Elisabeth Hullinger, born 17 oct 1852, bapt 12 nov 1852, sponsors: Adam Seip (Berlin), Sebastian Bundshaw, Catharine Conradin

    7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div 35 Page 5.

    8. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 24 Page 6.

    9. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 38.

    10. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    11. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Jacob Geiger, mason of Berlin married 11 May 1852 in Greenbush by license to Elisabeth Jaeck (widow) nee Hollinger, wit: August Fuchs of Berlin & Michael Zimmerman of Bridgeport

    12. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

    13. [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, 13 May 1852:20.
      GEIGER, Jacob married 11 May 1852 To Elisabeth JACK, nee HOLLINGER. Both from Berlin minister F.W. Bindemann

    14. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Jan. 8 1880.
      Ruben Baumann and Louise Geiger, both of Berlin, were married by Preacher Baumann of Freeport. Dec. 23 1879

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Oct 1852 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 12 Nov 1852 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Dec 1879 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1921 - 30 Francis St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Zion Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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