Dilman Hunsburger Ziegler^{[1, 2, 3]}

1781 - 1848  (66 years)

• Name	Dilman Hunsburger Ziegler
  Born	29 Aug 1781	, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/269773751
  Land	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario   [5]
  Immigration	1816	, Canada   [6]
  Land	22 Aug 1818	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario   [5, 6]
  Occupation	1832	Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Inn Keeper
  Eby ID Number	00139-8409.10
  Died	1848	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I9455	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Clemmer,   b. 8 Sep 1808, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 16 Jan 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Veronica Ziegler,   b. 1839, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F2721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Schwartz,   b. 1782,   d. CA 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)
  Children	1. Jacob Swartz Ziegler,   b. 1808, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Jan 1832, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 24 years)   2. Nancy Ziegler,   b. 1 Feb 1810, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 14 Oct 1872, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   3. Elizabeth Ziegler,   b. 31 Dec 1811, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 5 Jan 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   4. Noah Ziegler,   b. 15 Nov 1815, Near Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Sep 1893, New Paris, Elkhart, Indiana, USA  (Age 77 years)   5. Emanuel Ziegler,   b. 5 Mar 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Enoch Ziegler,   b. 2 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  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) ______________ 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 ____________ 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

  [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. [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. [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. [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. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 63. [S2332] The Ziegler Family and Descendants Pennslvania to Waterloo County and Beyond, pg 6. [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. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 4.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Aug 1781 - , Pennsylvania, USA Land - - Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 03, Waterloo County, Ontario Immigration - 1816 - , Canada Occupation - Inn Keeper - 1832 - Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 1848 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth