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Christian Wagler[1]

Male 1838 - 1910  (72 years)


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  • Name Christian Wagler 
    Born 8 Aug 1838  Ribeauville, Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45661916 
    Immigration 1848  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Name Chrétien Wagler 
    Residence 1851  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Yeoman 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Farmer 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-78498 
    Died 29 Sep 1910 
    Buried Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I78498  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Christian Sommer Wagler,   b. 4 Oct 1810, Mossbach, Canton Rappolts Weiler, Upper Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria "Mary" Wagler,   b. 8 Dec 1815, Mossbach, Canton Rappolts Weiler, Upper Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1837  Ribeauville, Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F257894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Magdelane "Magdalena" Zehr,   b. 21 Apr 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1928  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 2 Apr 1861  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Z. Wagler,   b. 26 Sep 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Magdelena Wagler,   b. 18 May 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1928, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     3. Barbara Wagler,   b. 6 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1955, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     4. Isaac Z. Wagler,   b. 18 Feb 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1947  (Age 75 years)
     5. Aaron Z. Wagler,   b. 23 May 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     6. Catherine Wagler,   b. 6 Mar 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1937, RR2, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     7. Simeon Wagler,   b. Aug 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F20445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Christian Wagler.

      One half mile west of Baden is the home of this well known farmer. The residence is a substantial stone structure erected in 1857 The vicinity abounds in a great variety of fruit trees and ornamental shrubbery. The village of Baden is in plain view and the rural scenery round about is of pleasing aspect. The farm contains two hundred acres of fertile land. Mr. Wagler was born in Alsace, then under the dominion of the French Government, in 1838. He came to this country in 1848 when he was about ten years of age. His parents settled upon the farm now owned by the Livingstones He has been identified with farming all his life, and to-day can be numbered among the most successful and proeperous farmers of Wilmot township. At that time the old homstead was purchased for $3,000 and eighteen years thereafter was sold for $14 000 Mr. Wagler was married in 1861 to Magdelena, daughter of the venerable Joseph Zehr. They had seven children, six of whom are still living.

      The farm was originally purchased in 1848 by his father-in-law, who with his aged wife live upon the premises and who erected the house. Mr. Wagler produces thousands of bushels of grain annually and is a successful breeder of live stock, bis favorite breed being the Holsteins, and anyone who visits his farm to-day will admit that he has a number of magnificent animals, his herd of milch cows being particularly worthy of notice. He has fourteen now in hand. "Margetta, "one of the first importations of this breed into Canada, has a noble record as a milk producer and a breeder. She is now seventeen years old, but is still a profitable animal. The price paid for her was five hundred dollars, and one of her first progeny sold for three hundred dollars. When in her prime she produced from sixty-five to seventy pounds of milk per day."Susie Cassel," also a fine animal and a great milk producer, has produced some fine stock, one of which recently sold for ninety dollars as a calf. The calves and young cattle of this herd are all splendid animals, showing fine breeding, carefull handling and good feeding. Mr. Wagler is also a successful breeder of swine, and has at present six Berkshire brood Bows, some of which would undoubtedly be formidable competitors for first premiums at any agricultural exhibition. In fact none of the animals on this farm would bear unfavorable conparison with those of the same strains brought to our county shows. The person who visits the premises will not be disappointed and will fine cordial hospitality.

      In apartments of the old homestead, set apart for their own special use, reside the venerable father-in-law, Joseph Zehr, and his wife. Here in comfort they are passing the declining years of their lives. Mr. Zehr was born in Lorraine, Germany, in 1817, being now in the 81st year of his age. He came to America with his parents when he was only six years of age. For about a year the family lived in Pennsylvania, after which they removed to St. Jacobs in Woolwich township. In 1848 he settled upon the firm where he now lives. At one time he owned 840 acres of land in this section. His long life has been one of constant toil, and to-day in the twilight of life he is never idle during working days, except when his attention is absorbed by a friendly visitor. When not attending to some duties in the field he is occupied at the work-bench manufacturing a contrivance of his own invention for unwinding yarn from the skein. It is a very useful bousehold article and is put together as neatly as it can be done by the most expert mechanic. He speaks good English and possesses a retentive memory. Mrs. Zehr is now in the 79th year of her age, and like her husband has been a hard worker all her life. She is yet active and able to perform her household duties without experiencing much fatigue. She has adhered strictly to the mother tongue and is unable to converse in English.

      On this farm there are unmistakable evidences of rich deposits of iron. A large lump selected from among others of like description turned up by the plow contains quite a large per cent. of pure iron. There is no telling what an excavation deep down into the bosom of mother earth might reveal here. In the not far distant future a great iron industry may find development in this very locality. More unlikely benefits for man have unexpectedly come to to light in the nineteenth century and no plainer indications were visible than we have right here.

      I am informed that right in the midst of the village of Baden itself there are plain signs of iron deposits. Such indications in localities within three-quarters of a mile of each other should arcuse an inclination on the part of the citizens to ascertain the extent of this metal deposit that might prove to be a bonanza and in the course of time create Baden the Manchester of Ontario.

      H. N.

      Waterloo County Chronicle, 1 Sep 1898, p. 8

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Christian Zehr Born: Wilmot Township Age: 21 Father: Christian Zehr Mother: Veronica Zehr Born: abt 1865 Spouse: Magdalena Wagle Age: 21 born: Wilmot Township Father: Christian Wagle Mother: Magdalena Wagle married 26 Jan 1886 married: Waterloo

    2. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-4 Page 24.
      Christian Wagler b. 8 Aug 1838 Germany

    3. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 37.

    4. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Wilmot Twp. 1871 Div. 2 Page 25.

    5. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 53.

    6. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Sect. 5 Page 183.

    7. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 12 Page 70.

    8. [S3330] Haut Rhin, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1504-1927.
      NameChrétien Wagler
      Genderhomme (Male)
      Record TypeNaissance (Birth)
      Birth Date8 août 1838 (8 Aug 1838)
      Birth PlaceRibeauvillé, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, France
      Father Chrétien Wagler
      MotherAnne Marie Wagler

    9. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-4 Page 24.

    10. [S3330] Haut Rhin, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1504-1927.
      NameChretien Wagler
      Genderhomme (Male)
      Marriage Banns Age27
      Record TypeBans de Mariage (Marriage)
      Birth Dateabt 1810
      Birth PlaceBien Dit Musbach
      Marriage Banns Date24 sept. 1837 (24 Sep 1837)
      Marriage Banns PlaceRibeauvillé, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, France
      Father Chretien Wagler
      MotherAnne Marie Sommer
      Spouse Anne Marie Wagler
      Marriage Banns Age21
      Birth PlaceMusbach Bas Rhin De Ribeauville
      Father Jacques Wagler
      MotherAnne Marie Sommer

    11. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Wagler Christian, 22, Wilmot, and country, son of Christian and Mary, married 2 Apr 1861 Magdalene Zehr, 18, Wilmot, Wilmot, daughter of Joseph and Mary

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Aug 1838 - Ribeauville, Alsace Lorraine, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1848 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Yeoman - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Apr 1861 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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