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

John Bricker, III[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1805 - 1871  (66 years)


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  • Name John Bricker 
    Suffix III 
    Born 15 Feb 1805  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94678433 
    Residence 1835  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Occupation 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Farmer 
    Residence 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Land 1861  North Dumfries Concession 11 Lot 33, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Name Johann Bruecker 
    Occupation 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00016-1260 
    Died 20 May 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 11
    Cause: suddenly 
    Buried 23 May 1871  Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11
    Person ID I12433  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father John Bricker,   b. 28 Dec 1769, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1854, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Anna "Nancy" Erb,   b. 11 Dec 1774, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1866, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F2213  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Rosenberger,   b. 7 Apr 1806, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1834, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Bricker,   b. North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. IN INFANCY, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Polly Bricker,   b. North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. IN INFANCY, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Benjamin R. Bricker,   b. 19 Dec 1825, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1907, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Christian Bricker,   b. 20 Dec 1827, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     5. Abraham Bricker,   b. 4 Mar 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1847, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susannah Bergey,   b. 14 Dec 1814, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1884, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 25 Aug 1835  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Children 
     1. Sophia Bricker,   b. 12 Jun 1834, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1877, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     2. Jacob B. Bricker,   b. 22 Sep 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1912  (Age 75 years)
     3. Nancy Bricker,   b. 26 Jun 1836,   d. 25 Sep 1902, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Susannah Bricker,   b. Abt 1838, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. IN INFANCY, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. David B. Bricker,   b. 15 Dec 1839, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1917  (Age 77 years)
     6. Elizabeth Bricker,   b. 24 Apr 1841, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     7. Wendel Bricker,   b. Abt 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. IN INFANCY, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Noah B. Bricker,   b. 1844, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1924  (Age 80 years)
     9. Lydia Bricker,   b. 12 May 1847, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1927, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     10. Leah Bricker,   b. 20 May 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1921  (Age 71 years)
     11. Isaac B. Bricker,   b. 2 Aug 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1912, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     12. Sarah Ann Bricker,   b. 23 Mar 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1926  (Age 75 years)
     13. Hannah Bricker,   b. Jul 1852, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1916, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     14. Angeline Bricker,   b. 1855, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Bricker," the fifth son of John and Annie Bricker, was born February 15th, 1805. He was first married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Detweiler) Rosenberger. She was born April 7th, 1806. After their marriage they moved on a farm a little east of Roseville, Ontario, where she died of cholera, August 2nd, 1834. After her decease Mr. Bricker was married to Susannah, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wagner) Bergey. She was born December 14th, 1814 and died February 7th, 1888. He died May 20th, 1871. His family consisted of eighteen children, five of which were born unto his first wife and thirteen to the second wife

      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.].

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      On the 20th of May, in Dumfries township, Waterloo county, Ont., John Bricker, aged 66 years, 2 months and 5 days. He was buried on the 23rd at Carlisle. Funeral discourses by Enoch Detweiler and John McNelly. His death occurred suddenly. His Son came home late at night with a team, and he was holding the horses by the head until his son would get a lamp, but before the Son had reached the house, the horses ran away, an he was found lying on the ground near the place where the horses started, and soon expired.

      Herald of Truth - Volume VIII, Number 7 - July, 1871 - pp 110,111

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 363.

    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..., 375.

    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..., 234.

    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..., 199.

    5. [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..., 314.

    6. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.

    7. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Volume VIII, Number 7 - July, 1871 - pp 110,111.

    8. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 6.

    9. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 53.

    10. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 70.

    11. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, B., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, B. (1805). John Bricker (1805-1871) - Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 8 September 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94678433/john-bricker.

    12. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 3 Sep 1835:2.
      25 Aug 1835 By Rev Benjamin Eby, Johann Bruecker of Dumfries m. Susanna Schwarz of Preston

    13. [S498] Map - Tremaine's 1861 Map of Waterloo County.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Feb 1805 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1835 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Aug 1835 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - 1861 - North Dumfries Concession 11 Lot 33, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: suddenly - 20 May 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 23 May 1871 - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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