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

Anna Hess[1, 2]

Female 1833 - 1919  (85 years)


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  • Name Anna Hess 
    Born 28 Aug 1833  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 1835  , Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Name Anna Roesgen 
    Residence 1852  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1861  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-87987 
    Died 22 Jan 1919  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Cause: Cause: Influenza (3 weeks) - Cerebral Apoplexy (4 days) 
    Buried Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I87987  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Adam Hess,   b. CALC 24 Jun 1796, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1876, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria "Mary" Friedrich,   b. CALC 12 Jan 1802, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Family ID F252461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Roesgen,   b. CALC 4 Sep 1824, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1888, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Married 30 Mar 1852  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 10
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Roesgen,   b. 6 May 1854, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953  (Age 98 years)
     2. Minnie Roesgen,   b. 1855, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Wilhelmina Roesgen,   b. 1855, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Carolina "Carrie" "Caroline" Roesgen,   b. 6 Jan 1858, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1939, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     5. Kate Ann Roesgen,   b. 1865, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951  (Age 86 years)
     6. Rosina Roesgen,   b. 1865, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1957  (Age 92 years)
     7. Katyann Roesgen,   b. 1865, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Alvina Roesgen,   b. 1867, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1943, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     9. Jeanette Roesgen,   b. 3 Feb 1870, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953  (Age 82 years)
     10. Nettie Roesgen,   b. 4 Feb 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Edward Adam Roesgen,   b. 1872, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Edward Roesgen,   b. 6 Nov 1872, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     13. Ida Jane Roesgen,   b. 31 Mar 1875, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1985, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 110 years)
     14. Arthur Edwin Roesgen,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     15. Edgar Irving Roesgen,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     16. Arthur Roesgen,   b. 18 Oct 1877, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     17. Edgar Roesgen,   b. 18 Oct 1877, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F22808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11261-81.
      Timothy Spillan, 29, Occ. Carpenter, b. Galt, Res. Same, son of Denis Spillan and Mary Costello, married Whilhelmina Roesgen, 26, b. Preston, Res. Galt, daughter of William Roesgen and Ann Hess, Witness(es): Thomas and Johanna Spillan of Galt, 17 Jan 1881 at Galt

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011729-85.
      Alexander Wylie, 26, occ. Baker, b. Gloucester England, res. Toronto, son of Alexander and Catharine Married Carrie Roesgen, 27, b. Preston, res. Preston, daughter of William and Annie, Witn W.H. and Rosa Roesgen both of Preston, 7 January 1885 In Preston.

    3. [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-1 Page 2.

    4. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 9.

    5. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Wilhelm Roeschen, 25, labourer of Preston, married 30 Mar 1852 at Greenbush by banns to Anna Hess, 18, of Preston, wit: Jacob Roos of Waterloo & John Rirden of Waterloo

    6. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 1 Page 9.

    7. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 60.

    8. [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link .
      William Roesgen/ Died Oct. 15, 1888/ Aged 64 Yrs. 1 Mo./ & 11 Dys./ Annie Hess/ His Wife/ Died Jan. 22, 1919/ In Her 86th Year./ Verse.

    9. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Name:Annie Roesgen Gender:Female Age:85 Birth Date:abt 1834 Birth Place:Germany Death Date:22 Jan 1919 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    10. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Aug 1833 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1835 - , Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Mar 1852 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Cause: Influenza (3 weeks) - Cerebral Apoplexy (4 days) - 22 Jan 1919 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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