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

Leah Unger[1]

Female 1825 - 1864  (39 years)


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  • Name Leah Unger 
    Born 12 May 1825  Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Leah Bowman 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00127-7900.3 
    Died 13 Jun 1864  Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I18480  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father George Unger,   b. 1802, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1880, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Catherine Kraft,   b. 1803, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph B. Bowman,   b. 11 May 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1889, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 2 May 1848  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Children 
     1. Hannah U. Bowman,   b. 29 Aug 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     2. Susannah U. Bowman,   b. 8 Sep 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     3. Lydia U. Bowman,   b. 14 Apr 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1929, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. Rev. Benjamin Unger Bowman,   b. 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936  (Age 80 years)
     5. Catharina Bowman,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Noah Unger Bowman,   b. 5 May 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     7. Mary U. Bowman,   b. 26 Aug 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1924, Near Guernsey, Saskatchewan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2086  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Leah Unger, "was married to Joseph Bowman, a farmer. They resided at Manheim where she died, leaving 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 
    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..., 608.

    2. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 13.

    3. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 49.

    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..., 552.

    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..., 80.

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Jun 1864.
      13 Jun 1864 in Wilmot, wife of Joseph S., about 35 yrs old.

    7. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link.
      [eroded] Leah/ wife of/ Joseph S. (Bowman)/ (born) May 18, ?/ (died) June (14) ?/ aged/ 39 yrs 1 mo 1 day

    8. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin Rev. - Minister of the Mennonit Society #99.

    9. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 5 May 1848 Pg 19.
      BAUMANN, Joseph S. married 2 May 1848 To Lea UNGER. minister Benjamin Eby

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 May 1825 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 May 1848 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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