William W. Honsberger

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• Eby ID Number: 00057-3867.3

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William Honsberger, "was killed in a stable in Galt by a horse crushing him against the side of a box stall."


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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FATAL ACCIDENT. A very sad accident, which terminated fatally, occurred at `Rosehill', the farm of J.C. Dietrich, Esq., Blair Road, on Monday evening last. The unfortunate victim was Mr. William W. Hunsperger, who resided with his family in the stone cottage on the farm and has been employed as a gardener by Mr. Dietrich for the past four years. About six o'clock on Monday evening Mr. Johns, the farm foreman, with another employee happened into the stable where they found Hunsperger lying on his face near the door in an apparently dying condition, although they had noticed him a few minutes before unhitching the team. Physicians were summoned, but before their arrival the unfortunate man had breathed his last. The body was taken to the house where on an examination being made, it was found that several of the ribs on the left side had been broken with some of them pressed in against the heart. Just how the accident really occurred is not known, and likely never will be. Deceased had been engaged during the day in drawing stone with the heavy farm team, and when the accident happened was putting the horses in for the night. When discovered the horses were standing in their stalls with the bridles off, but the harness still on, and the general belief is that the deceased was jammed against the post in the stall, crushing in his ribs. The horses are considered very quiet, but the quietest animal will sometimes kick, and the accident might have been the result of a kick, although there was no mark on the body to indicate such a thing. Deceased was in his 27th year and was a quiet, steady, exemplary young man and was well thought of by his employer. He leaves a widow and two young children, a boy and a girl, to mourn his untimely death.


Galt Reporter Feb 26, 1892

William married Nancy Jane "Annie" Wildfong 31 Aug 1887, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of Joseph Wildfong and Mary Ann Groh) was born 24 Aug 1867, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1952; was buried , Hillside Cemetery, Williams, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46682

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46891