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

Josiah Cassel[1, 2, 3]

Male 1856 - 1943  (86 years)


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  • Name Josiah Cassel 
    Born 1 Nov 1856  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00021-1569 
    Died 4 Feb 1943  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11
    Person ID I9666  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Jesse B. Cassel,   b. 20 Aug 1827, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1906, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Maria "Mary" Oberholtzer,   b. 23 Aug 1829, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Family ID F2800  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Ann Hallman,   b. 25 Dec 1868, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1958  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 4 Jan 1887  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Children 
     1. Myrtle Belle Cassel,   b. 27 May 1888, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1942  (Age 54 years)
     2. Lincoln Hubert Cassel,   b. 2 Aug 1892, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1968  (Age 76 years)
     3. Idella Mae "Mae" Cassel,   b. 31 Aug 1897, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1929  (Age 32 years)
     4. Harvey Cassel,   b. 1899,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F1872  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Maria Hallman,   b. 11 Dec 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1886, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 25 Sep 1878  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Edgar Aylmer Cassel,   b. 20 Dec 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Edna Estella Cassel,   b. 14 Jul 1883, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1964, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Clayton Morris Cassel,   b. 20 Jan 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F1896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Josiah Cassel, "was first married to Maria Hallman and after her decease to Sarah Hallman, a cousin to his first wife. He resides on his father's old place, near Haysville, Ontario. With his first wife there were two children, namely: Edna, and Edgar. With the second wife there are three children".


      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..., 385.

    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..., 754.

    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..., 759.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10781-79.
      (Waterloo Co..), Josiah CASSEL, 21, farmer, Wilmot, of Wilmot, s/o Jesse & Maria CASSEL, married Maria HALLMAN, 18, Wilmot, of Wilmot, d/o Samuel & Mary HALLMAN, witn: Isaac THUPE, Wilmot & Judith Ann HALLMAN, Wilmot, on 25 September 1878, at res bride's parents, Wilmot

    5. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 1.

    6. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Josiah Cassel born Nov 1 1856 died Feb 4, 1943 / Maria Hallman his wife born Dec 25, 1867 died March 10, 1958

    7. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 4.

    8. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 1.

    9. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 40.

    10. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 33.

    11. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, B., America, N., Municipality, O., & Cemetery, B. (1856). Josiah Cassel (1856-1943) - Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 12 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20370179/josiah-cassel.

    12. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, New Dundee Couple Marks Anniversary - 5 Jan 1942.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Nov 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Sep 1878 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Jan 1887 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Feb 1943 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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