Anna Bricker "Nancy" Martin^{[1, 2, 3]}

1855 - 1936  (81 years)

• Name	Anna Bricker "Nancy" Martin
  Born	19 Jan 1855	, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42987512
  Name	Anna Bricker "Nancy" Gingrich
  Name	Nancy B. Martin
  Eby ID Number	00075-4570
  Died	14 Mar 1936	Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States   [4]
  Buried	Pike Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania   [4]
  Person ID	I11467	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Martin Martin,   b. 12 Mar 1827, Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Apr 1902  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Rachel Bricker,   b. 20 Jun 1831, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1911  (Age 79 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1848	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F3446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elias Martin Gingrich,   b. 8 May 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Oct 1940, Myerstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1876  [4]
  Children	1. Sidney Gingerich,   b. 10 Jan 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Sep 1940, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   2. Leah Gingerich,   b. 23 Mar 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lavina Gingerich,   b. 29 May 1881, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Nov 1959, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 78 years)   4. Amos Gingerich,   b. 23 Nov 1883, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1888  (Age 4 years)   5. Rachel Gingerich,   b. 8 May 1885, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elias M. Gingrich,   b. 8 Sep 1887, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Oct 1966, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 79 years)   7. Moses M. Gingerich,   b. 30 Dec 1889, , , Iowa ,   d. 29 Oct 1934, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   8. John Gingerich,   b. Abt 1891, Of, May City, Osceola, Iowa, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Nancy Martin, "is married to Elias Gingerich. They reside in May City, Iowa." 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.]. ___________________________ Gingrich.-Nancy, daughter of the late John M. and Rachel (Bricker) Martin, was born Jan. 19, 1855; died Mar. 14, 1936; aged 81 y. 1 m. 25 d. On Jan. 18, 1876, she was united in marriage to Chas.[should read Elias] Gingrich. To this union 9 children were born. She was preceded in death by 3 sons (Amos in 1888, Moses in 1934, Menno in 1936) and 1 daughter (Rachel). She leaves her aged husband, 3 sons (Sidney, Elias, and John, all of near Myerstown, Pa.), 2 daughters (Leah, wife of Jacob M. Brubaker, with whom she resided; Lovina, wife of Elam Martin, deceased, both of near Lincoln, Pa.), 46 grandchildren, 62 great-grandchildren, also many other relatives and friends. She was the last of a family of five to pass away. She was a devoted wife and mother and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a member of the Mennonite Church for 62 years, and tried to follow the meek and lowly Jesus to the best of her knowledge and ability. She was true and faithful to the end. She was confined to her bed only nine days before her death. Several days before her death she had a clear vision of the glory world and spoke about what she saw. Funeral services were conducted at the house by Bro. Frank Hurst and at the Pike Mennonite Church by Bro. Amos Martin in English and Bro. Joseph Hostetter in German. Text, Rev. 14: 12, 13. Burial in adjoining cemetery. "We have lost our dear, sweet mother, She no more on earth shall roam; And there'll never be another Who can take her place at home." Gospel Herald, April 16, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.3 - page 62, 63

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 59. [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..., 698. [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..., 312. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 16, 1936 - Obituary of Anna B. Martin. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin Rev. - Minister of the Mennonit Society #99.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Jan 1855 - , Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Mar 1936 - Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Buried - - Pike Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth