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

Rachel Gehman[1]

Female 1856 - 1920  (63 years)


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  • Name Rachel Gehman 
    Born 28 Oct 1856  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Rachel Grills 
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00037-3041 
    Died 17 Sep 1920  Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I8426  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Solomon Gehman,   b. 2 Oct 1800, Herford Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1872, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Magdalena "Molly" Good,   b. 24 Jan 1813, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1900, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 13 Nov 1849  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F2633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Grills,   b. 16 May 1860, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1922, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Rachel Gehman, "is married to James Grills, a farmer. They reside near Elora and have a family but names of children were not received"


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 672.

    2. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 37.

    3. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 10 Page 75.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129643258.

    5. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Volume IX, Number 10 - October, 1872, page 158, 159.

    6. [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, 16 Nov 1849:46.
      GEHMANN, Solomon married 13 Nov 1849 Of Dumfries. To Magdalena WEBER, Waterloo. minister Benjamin Eby

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Oct 1856 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Sep 1920 - Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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