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

Elizabeth "Betsy" Beeshy[1, 2]

Female 1842 - 1920  (77 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth "Betsy" Beeshy 
    Born 24 Dec 1842  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth "Betsy" Brubacher 
    Residence 1865  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1911  Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00018-1463.1 
    Died 29 May 1920  [7, 8, 9
    Buried Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I290  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Ludwig Louis "Louis" Beeshy,   b. CA 1821, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1871  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Barbara S. Wanner,   b. 2 Jun 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 30 Oct 1838  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Family ID F150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rev. Daniel M. Brubacher,   b. 20 Sep 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1921  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 19 Sep 1865  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Lydia B. Brubacher,   b. 16 Aug 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1921  (Age < 54 years)
     2. Barbara B. Brubacher,   b. 5 Jan 1868, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1940, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. Catharine B. Brubacher,   b. 4 Mar 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Rev. Menno B. Brubacher,   b. 16 Jul 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Peter B. Brubacher,   b. 16 Jun 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1943, Three Bridges, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     6. Lizzie Brubacher,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Elizabeth B. Brubacher,   b. 12 Apr 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1954  (Age 76 years)
     8. Enoch B. Brubacher,   b. 14 Feb 1879, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1882  (Age 2 years)
     9. Mary Ann B. Brubacher,   b. 14 Nov 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Leah B. Brubacher,   b. 4 Oct 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1956, Kitchener Daily Record Newspaper, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F95  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Beeshy, "was married to Rev. Daniel S. Brubacher. They reside west of St. Jacobs."


      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. [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..., 361.

    2. [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..., 561.

    3. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-7 Page 4.

    4. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 15.

    5. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Daniel Brubacher b. Woolwich res: Woolwich Age: 25 born abt 1840 father: John Brubacher mother: Catharine Brubacher married Elizabeth Spice Age:: 22 born abt 1843 b. Waterloo Spouse res: Woolwich father: Lewis Spice mother: Barbara Spice married 19 Sep 1865 county: Waterloo

    6. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div.. 18 Page 2.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39325372/elizabeth-brubacher.

    8. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 6 Page 5.

    9. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, SubDist. 17 Page 2.

    10. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 1 Nov 1838:46.
      30 Oct 1838 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Louis Bieschy to Barbara Wanner, daughter of Tobias Wanner, all of Waterloo Tp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Dec 1842 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1865 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Sep 1865 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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