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

Catherine Witmer

Female 1850 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Catherine Witmer 
    Born 23 May 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Catherine Geary 
    Residence 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number 00135-8350 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I3729  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Martin Witmer,   b. 22 Apr 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1853  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Catherine Redinger,   b. 7 Jan 1812, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1877, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F1197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Roche James Geary,   b. 1850, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Annie Geary
     2. Alvin Geary
     3. Homer Geary
     4. Wilfred Lloyd Geary,   b. 2 Jun 1877, York Township, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Horace Geary,   b. 1878, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Catherine Witmer, "was born May 23rd, 1850. She resides at Albany, New York, and is married to James Geary, a mechanist. They have five children, namely: Wilfrid, Annie, Horace, Alvin and Homer."


      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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 684.

    2. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 17.

    3. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 2 Page 12.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 May 1850 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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