Michael Esch^[1]

1821 - 1877  (56 years)

• Name	Michael Esch
  Born	3 Mar 1821	, Alsace Lorraine, France   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1846	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Occupation	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00058-3909.1
  Died	24 May 1877  [2]
  Buried	Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I9757	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Michael Jacob "Jacob" Esch,   b. 8 May 1784, Gröttweiler, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. Bef 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age < 66 years)
  Mother	Margareth Waltz,   b. 19 May 1783, , Germany ,   d. 12 Nov 1863, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F165017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria W. "Polly" Horst,   b. 30 Sep 1826, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Sep 1895  (Age 68 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1846	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Daniel Esch,   b. 9 Nov 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1865  (Age 16 years)   2. Christian Heinrich Esch,   b. 1 Aug 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Mar 1922, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   3. Menno Esch,   b. 5 Jul 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jul 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   4. Mary Magdalene "Magdelene" Esch,   b. 9 Nov 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jul 1913, Moorefield, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   5. Mary Esch,   b. 1855, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Susanah Esch,   b. 30 Dec 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jan 1866  (Age 6 years)   7. Peter Esch,   b. 1861, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Esch,   b. 2 Jul 1864, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1930  (Age 65 years)   9. Hannah Esch,   b. 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Amos Horst Esch,   b. 15 Apr 1867, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 24 Nov 1946, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   11. Joseph Esch,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Alexander Esch,   b. 1871, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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..., 820. [S154] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Mennonite CC#4584 Internet Link. Zum Andenken an/ Michael Esch/ geboren 3 Maerz 1821/ gestorben 24 Mai 1877/ Alt 56 Jahr 2 M. / und 21 Tage/ [verse]/ [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 3, Pg. 12. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Jacob Huttner - Minister of The Lutheran Evangelical Church In The Village of Preston report 65. Michael Esch, married Maria Horst, both of Woolwich. 22 Dec. 1846

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Mar 1821 - , Alsace Lorraine, France Residence - 1846 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 22 Dec 1846 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth