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

Dilman Hunsburger Ziegler[1, 2, 3]

Male 1781 - 1848  (66 years)


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  • Name Dilman Hunsburger Ziegler 
    Born 29 Aug 1781  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/269773751 
    Land Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Immigration 1816  , Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Land 22 Aug 1818  Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Occupation 1832  Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Inn Keeper 
    Eby ID Number 00139-8409.10 
    Died 1848  Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8
    Person ID I9455  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Jacob Ziegler,   b. CA 1763, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Mother Catharina Hunsberger,   b. Abt 1763, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Clemmer,   b. 8 Sep 1808, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
     1. Veronica Ziegler,   b. 1839, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F2721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catherine Schwartz,   b. 1782,   d. CA 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jacob Swartz Ziegler,   b. 1808, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1832, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     2. Nancy Ziegler,   b. 1 Feb 1810, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1872, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. Elizabeth Ziegler,   b. 31 Dec 1811, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     4. Noah Ziegler,   b. 15 Nov 1815, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1893, New Paris, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Emanuel Ziegler,   b. 5 Mar 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Enoch Ziegler,   b. 2 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F2742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Dilman Ziegler, who first took up his land in 1818, offered a substantial dwelling house, bank barn 65' by 45' a pump of excellent water at the door, and thriving young orchard of 40 to 50 bearing apple trees. This land is supplied with an excellent stream of water which never fails"

      (Canada Museum Weekly)


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      This property was auctioned off by the sheriff 19 Dec 1837 to the highest bidder who was Dr. William Craigie for ten pounds. By that time Dilman was living in Hamilton, Ontario.

      Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries, Elizabeth Bloomfield

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      Surrogate Office Gore


      Dielman Ziegler of Dundas in the district of Gore, tavern keeper, solemnly affirmth and said that Jacob Ziegler late of Waterloo in the district of Gore, Yeoman, died on or about the tenth day of January without having made no past or will or testament as this affirmant believes and leaving him surviving this affirmant his father, Sarah Ziegler his widow and Aaron Ziegler his own son an infant of the age of two years or thereabouts and this affirmant further affirms that and saith that the said Sarah Ziegler has declined taking out letters of administration to the effects of the said Jacob Ziegler and her requested this deponent to do the same. Affirmed before me at Hamilton this 25th day January 1832

      Signed Tho TaylorSigned Dielman Ziegle

  • 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..., 666.

    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..., 456.

    3. [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..., 449.

    4. [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..., 696.

    5. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 63.

    6. [S2332] The Ziegler Family and Descendants Pennslvania to Waterloo County and Beyond, pg 6.

    7. [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..., 697.

    8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 4.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Aug 1781 - , Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - - Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1816 - , Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Inn Keeper - 1832 - Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1848 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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