Abraham Miller Witmer^{[1, 2]}

1851 - 1949  (98 years)

• Name	Abraham Miller Witmer
  Born	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142334785
  Eby ID Number	00135-8326
  Died	22 Apr 1949	Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
  Buried	Hatley Memorial Gardens, Colwood, British Columbia
  Person ID	I3656	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Elias Witmer,   b. 19 Feb 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Mar 1910, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Miller,   b. 5 Jan 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	27 Jul 1841	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Cober,   b. 4 Dec 1856, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Mar 1941, Esquimalt, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1876	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Mabel Amanda Witmer,   b. 4 Feb 1880, Amaranth Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario ,   d. 7 Oct 1956, Victoria, British Columbia  (Age 76 years)   2. Private Orwell Bruce Witmer,   b. 23 Jan 1883, Amaranth Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario ,   d. 1 Feb 1949  (Age 66 years)   3. Private Goldie Lewis Witmer,   b. 23 Oct 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1957, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F3367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Abraham Witmer, "nothing heard from him." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 681. [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..., 463. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin - Minister of the Mennonist Society, Berlin. Elias WITMER, to Elisabeth MILLER, both of Waterloo. 27 July 1841. Wit. Christian MILLER and Henry WITMER. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 30 Jul 1841 Pg 31. 27 Jul 1841 Pastor Benjamin Eby m. Elias WITMER to Elisabeth MILLER, daughter of Christian Miller, all from Waterloo Township. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Hannah Cober Born: Canada Age: 19 Father: Nicholas Cober Mother: Nancy Cober Born: abt 1857 Spouse: Abraham Miller Witmer Age: 24 born: Canada Father: Elias Witmer Mother: Elizabeth Witmer married 6 Jun 1876 married: Wellington, Puslinch

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Jun 1876 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hatley Memorial Gardens, Colwood, British Columbia  = Link to Google Earth