Samuel Witmer^{[1, 2]}

1849 - 1885  (35 years)

• Name	Samuel Witmer
  Born	6 Feb 1849	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1884	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	pump maker
  Eby ID Number	00135-8309
  Died	1885	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I3589	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Rife,   b. 25 Jul 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1919, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Witmer,   b. 15 Jan 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1958  (Age 85 years)   2. Ida Rosella Witmer,   b. 17 Sep 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1914, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)   3. Hubert Edwin Witmer,   b. 17 Sep 1876, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Ervin "Ervin" Witmer,   b. 7 Mar 1879, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Zilpha Margaret Witmer,   b. 16 Feb 1882, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Petala Blanch Witmer,   b. 18 Jan 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   7. Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie" Witmer,   b. 6 Nov 1885, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Witmer, "was a carpenter by trade. He was married to Sarah Rife and resided in Hespeler where he died some time ago." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 732. [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..., 183. [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..., 678. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 26.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Feb 1849 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - pump maker - 1884 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1885 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth