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

Mary "Polly" Witmer[1, 2, 3]

Female 1834 - 1931  (96 years)


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  • Name Mary "Polly" Witmer 
    Born 18 Jul 1834  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary "Polly" Graybiel 
    Name Polly Witmer 
    Residence 1851  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1854  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Dunkard 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Tunker 
    Residence 1929  Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Eby ID Number 00135-8298 
    Died 22 Apr 1931  Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Fordwich Cemetery, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I3570  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Abraham E. Witmer,   b. CALC 27 Feb 1808, Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Catharine Groh,   b. 25 Nov 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1891, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Graybiel,   b. 4 Jan 1831, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1911, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 17 Dec 1854  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. David Graybiel,   b. 11 Mar 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1923, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Dr. Alexander Gordon Graybill,   b. 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lovina A. Graybiel,   b. 11 Jul 1858, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1946, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Mary Ann Graybiel,   b. 27 Mar 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1947, Winthrop, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. William Greybiel,   b. 22 Jul 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1942, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Magdalena Graybiel,   b. 5 Mar 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1953, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     7. Jemima Graybiel,   b. 1 Oct 1866, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1949, Monroe, Snohomish, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     8. Melinda Graybiel,   b. 1 Oct 1867, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years)
     9. Ephraim William Graybiel,   b. 21 Aug 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1959, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     10. Nathaniel Graybiel,   b. 6 Oct 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1930, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     11. Euphemia Graybiel,   b. 14 Nov 1872, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1952, Collingwood, Nottawasaga Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F1158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Polly Witmer, "is married to Edward Graybill. They reside in Howick Township, Huron County, where he is engaged in farming."


      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..., 677.

    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..., 732.

    3. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 pg 33.

    4. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 50.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, Mary Witmer Graybiel (1834 - 1931) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96635444.

    6. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 50.

    7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Edward Graybiel, carpenter of Waterloo Twp? married 17 Dec 1854 in Waterloo Twp by license to Mary Wittmer of Waterloo Twp. wit: Albert Werlich of New Hope & William Bindemann of Waterloo

    8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Isaac Witmer February 28, 1929.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Jul 1834 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Dec 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dunkard - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Tunker - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1929 - Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Apr 1931 - Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Fordwich Cemetery, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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