Edmund B. Witmer^{[1, 2]}

1881 - 1960  (79 years)

• Name	Edmund B. Witmer
  Born	3 Mar 1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Dunkard
  Residence	1929	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Eby ID Number	00003-605.10
  Died	5 Nov 1960	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Person ID	I8609	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Isaac Witmer,   b. 3 Apr 1842, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jan 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Leah Bear,   b. 2 Sep 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Aug 1908  (Age 68 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1867	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F1163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lovinia G. Hallman,   b. 8 Sep 1881, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1903  [4]
  Children	1. Charles Wilfred Witmer,   b. 21 Apr 1904, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 47 years)   2. Lloyd H. Witmer,   b. 3 Apr 1905,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Flossie Belle Witmer,   b. 11 Jun 1906, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Sep 1993, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   4. Beulah Mae Witmer,   b. 31 Dec 1907, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   5. Ethel Amanda Witmer,   b. 6 Sep 1909, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 2006, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)   6. Raymond Isaac Witmer,   b. 19 Oct 1912,   d. 25 Jun 1954  (Age 41 years)   7. Leonard Stanley Witmer,   b. 21 Dec 1914,   d. 26 Nov 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   8. Violet Loretta "Vi" Witmer,   b. 12 Jul 1916,   d. 10 Oct 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F19889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Witmer, Edmund B., son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Witmer, was born March 3, 1881, in Wilmot Twp., Ont.; died Nov. 5, 1960, at Kitchener, Ont.; aged 79 y. 8 m. 2 d. On Oct. 7, 1903, he was married to Lovina Hallman, who survives. Also surviving are 7 children (Leonard, Clifford, Mrs. Seibert Schneider, Mrs. Walter Cook, Mrs. Herman Geiger, Mrs. Byron Weber, Mrs. Irvine Manske) and 3 sisters (Mrs. Emma Spaetzel, Mrs. Nancy Spaetzel, and Mrs. Enoch Gingerich). Three sons preceded him in death. He was a member of the First Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held Nov. 7, in charge of Edgar Metzler and Wilfred Ulrich; interment in Woodland Cemetery Gospel Herald - Vol. LIII, Number 47 - December 6, 1960, Page 1054 1055

  
  

• 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..., 187. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Melinda Hallman - Rickert. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 12. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 6, 1960 - Obituary of Edmund B. Witmer. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 39. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 12. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, W. (1881). Edmund Baer Witmer (1881-1960) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 23 March 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34505339/edmund-baer-witmer. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Isaac Witmer February 28, 1929. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Isaac Wittmer, 25, res. Guelph tp, b. Guelph tp, son of Abraham & Katharina, married 9 Nov 1867 Lea Baer, 28, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of John & Nancy

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Mar 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1929 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Nov 1960 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth