Leah Bricker

1822 - 1869  (46 years)

• Name	Leah Bricker
  Born	24 Jul 1822	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lea Bruecker  [6]
  Name	Leah Groff
  Name	Nancy Bricker
  Residence	1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00016-1347
  Died	11 Mar 1869  [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I12803	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Bricker,   b. 25 Jul 1776, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 15 Nov 1868, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Eby,   b. 14 Apr 1781, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Nov 1861, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1801  [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F3512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaac Groff,   b. 2 Mar 1818, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Jun 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 32 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1840	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 6]
  Children	1. Fannie Groff,   b. 7 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Dec 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   2. Sarah Groff,   b. 2 Mar 1842, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1843  (Age 1 years)   3. Anna "Annie" Groff,   b. 29 Dec 1845, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Oct 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   4. Samuel Groff,   b. 14 Sep 1847, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 1930, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 82 years)   5. Mary Groff,   b. 13 Apr 1848, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1921  (Age 73 years)   6. Leah Groff,   b. 2 Jan 1851, Near, Galt, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leah Bricker,"the eighth and youngest child of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker, was born July 24th, 1822. On February 4th, 1840, she was married to Isaac Groff who was born March 2nd, 1818. Soon after their marriage they moved on his father's old homestead about halfway between Preston and Galt where he died June 2nd, 1850. She died March 11th, 1869. To them were born six 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

  [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..., 332. [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..., 722. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . [eroded] In memory of/ Lea Bricker/ wife of/ Isaac Groff/ died March 11, 1869/ aged 46 yrs. 7 mo's. 15 ds./ A faithful friend, companion dear/ a tender mother lieth here/ ? [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 7. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 69. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 29 Feb 1840:48. 4 Feb 1840 In Galt, Rev Bayne m. Isaak Graff, Dumfries, to Miss Lea Bruecker, daughter of Samuel Bruecker, senior, of Waterloo Twp. [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..., 326. [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..., 573. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 46.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Jul 1822 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 4 Feb 1840 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth