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

Anna "Nancy" Bricker[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1854 - 1946  (92 years)


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  • Name Anna "Nancy" Bricker 
    Born 6 Feb 1854  Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Gender Female 
    Name Anna "Nancy" Detweiler 
    Name Nancy Bricker 
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mennnonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1911  Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Income 
    Residence 1911  Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00016-1266 
    Died 28 Dec 1946  Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 14
    Buried Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I12459  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Esther Bechtel,   b. 4 Mar 1826, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1909, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 1 Jul 1846  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16, 17
    Family ID F3454  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Schlichter Detweiler,   b. 14 Dec 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1905, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 13 Oct 1874  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 13
    Children 
     1. Jacob Detweiler,   b. 1875, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Jacob Astor "Astor" Detweiler,   b. 24 Oct 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1972, Pittsford, Monroe, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     3. Benjamin Irvin Detweiler,   b. 30 Oct 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     4. Joanna Detweiler,   b. 17 Nov 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Herbert Bricker Detweiler,   b. 20 Sep 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1959, , Santa Clara Co., California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Bertha Detweiler,   b. 16 May 1886, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F3461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Anna Bricker," was born February 6th, 1854. She is married to Joseph Detweiler, a miller. They reside at Wolverton, Oxford County, Ontario, and have a family of five 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.].

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      Ths funeral of Mrs. J. S. Detweiler of Windsor was held on Monday afternoon with service at the United Brethren Church and the pastor, Rev. Mrs. Ruth Snider, officiating. Interment was made in the Roseville cemetery. The late Mrs. Detweiler was in her 93rd year and was a native of this village. Nancy Bricker Detweiler was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bricker. About 27 years ago she went to Windsor to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Tenant. Surviving are two sons, Astor of Rochester, N.Y., and Herbert of California, two daughters, Mrs. Sararus (Annie) of Chicago, and Mrs. Tenant (Bertha) of Windsor, and grandchildren; also one brother, George Bricker, of Yale, Mich. Many beautiful floral tributes spoke of the high esteem held for the deceased. The pallbearers were five grand-nephews: Roy and Elmer Stoltz, Melvin Becker, Merle Coleman, Harvey Hallman, and George Hope.

      Those attending the funeral of Mrs. Detweiler from a distance were Mrs. Sararus, Mrs. Tenant and daughter, Miss Iris Tenant, and Mr. Astor Detweiler and sons.

      Waterloo Chronicle, 3 Jan 1947, p. 7

  • 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..., 212.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    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..., 509.

    4. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 009846-74.
      Joseph Detweiler, 25, occ. Miller, b. Waterloo, res. Waterloo, son of Jacob and Hannah Married Nancy Bricker, 20, b. North Dumfries, res. North Dumfries, daughter of Benjamin and Esther, Witn Abel Detweiler of Waterloo and Amos Bricker of North Dumfries, 13 October 1874 at The Bride's Fathers In North Dumfries.

    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..., 315.

    6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 009846-74.

    7. [S147] Census - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - 1901, Blenheim c-4 Page 8.

    8. [S62] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries, Roseville - Roseville Mennonite [formerly Detweiler Mennonite] CC#4493 Internet Link.
      Detweiler/ at rest/ Joseph S. Detweiler/ 1848-1905/ Nancy Bricker/ his wife/ 1854-1946

    9. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 47.

    10. [S1282] Census - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - 1911, p 13.

    11. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 50.

    12. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 71.

    13. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 1 Page 30.

    14. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      NameNancy Detweiler
      [Nancy Bricker]
      GenderFemale
      RaceSwiss
      Age92
      Birth Date6 Feb 1854
      Birth PlaceRoseville, Ontario
      Death Date28 Dec 1946
      Death Place Windsor, Essex, Ontario
      FatherBenjamin Bricker
      MotherEsther Bricker
      SpouseJoseph S Delweiler
      Certificate Number039878

    15. [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.

    16. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Rev. Alex'r Ritchie Presbyterian Minister, Dumfries pg 60.
      Benjamin Bruker, to Esther Bechtel, both of Dumfries. 1 Jan [no year], by banns. Rev. Ritchie, Wit. John Bruker, George B. Bechtel

    17. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 25, 1907 - Obituary of Benjamin Bricker.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Feb 1854 - Roseville, 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 MapsResidence - Mennnonite - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Oct 1874 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Income - 1911 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Dec 1946 - Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada Link to Google Earth
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