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

Abraham Bergey[1, 2]

Male 1828 - 1897  (69 years)


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  • Name Abraham Bergey 
    Born 10 Feb 1828  Snyder Co. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00004-863 
    Died 13 Mar 1897  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried 16 Mar 1897 
    Person ID I5191  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Jonas S. Bergey,   b. Abt 1790, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mary Roat,   b. Abt 1790, Of, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Kinzie,   b. 1 Jun 1842, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 1880  [2
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susannah Bretz,   b. 7 Apr 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1879, Snyder Co. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 15 Aug 1858  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Isaac Bergey,   b. 6 Jan 1861, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1862, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. John W. Bergey,   b. 10 Oct 1862, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Jonas Bergey,   b. 16 Mar 1864, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1923, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     4. Maria "Mary" Bergey,   b. 24 Mar 1866, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Elizabeth Bergey,   b. 3 Dec 1868, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940  (Age 71 years)
     6. Abraham Bergey,   b. 15 Feb 1871, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1873, , Snyder Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Abraham Bergey, "resides at Strasburg, Waterloo County, Ontario. He was born February 10th, 1828. On August 15th, 1853, he was married to Susannah Bretz who was born in 1833, and died in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, where they then resided, August 19th, 1879, In Spring, 1880, he became acquainted with Sarah, daughter of Abraham and Salome (Latschaw) Kinzie, whom he afterwards married. She was born in Ontario, near Doon June 1st, 1842. Soon after the second marriage he moved to the place where he now resides. To him and his first wife were born 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.].

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      BERGEY - On the 13th of March, 1897, at Berlin, Ont. , Abraham Bergey, aged 69 years, 1 moth and 3 days. Buried on the 16th at the C. Eby M. H. The deceased had been feeble for some time and required the same attention in as that given a child.

      Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIV, No. 7, April 1, 1897 - Page 109, 110, 111

  • 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..., 300.

    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..., 846.

    3. [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..., 230.

    4. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Abraham Bergey - April 1, 1897.

    5. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

    6. [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..., 301.

    7. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Abraham Berge, aged 29, res Waterloo, born Pennsylvania, son of Jonas and Molly (Roth) married 15 Aug 1858 to Susan Braetz, aged 25, res. Waterloo, born Waterloo daughter of John and Elizabeth (Reist)

    8. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 14 Sep 1858.
      By the Revd. F. W. Bindeman at Berlin, on the 15th August, Abraham Berge, to Susan Braety, of Waterloo

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Aug 1858 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Mar 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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