Edwin Witmer Hilborn^{[1, 2]}

1878 - 1965  (87 years)

• Name	Edwin Witmer Hilborn
  Born	1 Jan 1878	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171263528
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Brethren
  Eby ID Number	00053-3737
  Died	3 May 1965	Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I20362	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Hilborn,   b. 14 Dec 1833, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jan 1910, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Caroline Witmer,   b. 16 Apr 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Apr 1919  (Age 81 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1855  [5]
  Family ID	F1171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Edwin Hilborn, "was born January 1st, 1878. At present he is attending the Galt High School, preparing himself for some profession." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ____________ HILBORN, Edwin Witmer - Af the Henderson General Hospital, on Monday, May 3, 1965, Edwin Witmer Hilborn, of 78 Arnold Street, in his eighty-eighth year. Beloved husband of the late Mary Westaway and dear father of Gordon, of Ottawa and Mrs. Martin Johns (Margaret), of Hamilton. Also survived by seven grandchildren. Member of the Session and Honorary Elder of Westdale United Church. A former Sunday School teach. and for many years, secretary of the Boy's Work Board. Friends may call at Swackhamer and Hilts Funeral Home, 1341 Main Street West at University, until Wednesday noon. Ser. vice in Westdale United Church at 1.30 o'clock. Interment, Woodland Cemetery. The Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Tue, May 4, 1965 Page 33

  
  

• 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..., 790. [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..., 679. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 14. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 35. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 74.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Jan 1878 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 May 1965 - Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth