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

Tobias Wanner Gingrich[1, 2]

Male Cal 1826 - 1883  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Tobias Wanner Gingrich 
    Born CALC 11 Jul 1826  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Name Tobias W. Gingerich 
    Residence 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Dunkard 
    Eby ID Number 00039-3090 
    Died 11 Apr 1883  Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7
    Cause: asthma 
    Buried Wingham Cemetery, Wingham, Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I5645  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Michael Groh Gingrich,   b. 13 Mar 1802, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Mary M. Wanner,   b. 2 Nov 1806, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1886, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F1744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Magdalena Bechtel,   b. 24 Dec 1830, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1902  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1848  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    Children 
     1. Mary Gingrich,   b. 13 Sep 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1943, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     2. Elizabeth Gingrich,   b. 27 Sep 1850, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1902, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     3. Amos Bechtel Gingrich,   b. 17 Dec 1851, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1932, Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     4. Nancy Gingrich,   b. 27 Sep 1853, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1916, Machar Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     5. Hannah Charlotte Gingrich,   b. 1855, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Sophia Gingrich,   b. Jan 1855, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1928, Clarion, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
     7. Rebecca B. Gingrich,   b. 9 Apr 1857, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1945, Grant Township, Huron Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     8. James C. Gingrich,   b. 18 Jul 1861, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1862, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Margaret "Maggie" Gingrich,   b. 13 Feb 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1868, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     10. Abraham Tobias Gingrich,   b. 13 Aug 1874, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1966  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F1745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Tobias Gingerich, "was married to Magdalena Bechtel and resided on the old homestead for a number of years, then moved to Hay Township, Huron County, then back to Waterloo County, thence to Wingham, Huron County, where he died. Their family consisted of ten 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.].

  • 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..., 215.

    2. [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..., 588.

    3. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 72.

    4. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate.
      Tobias Gingrich d. 11 Apr 1883 Wingham, aged 56y, 9m, b. Tp. and County Waterloo, farmer, cause: asthma

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., County, H., & Cemetery, W. (1826). Tobias Wanner Gingrich (1826-1883) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66159676/tobias-wanner-gingrich.

    6. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Revd Strang Presbyterian, Waterloo, Dumfries, Blenheim (pg. 117 - 119).
      Tobias Genrich, of Waterloo, married Madeline Bechtel, of Dumfries. 4 Apr 1848, by banns, Witnesses: Abraham Bechtel and Michael Gingrich.

    7. [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..., 680.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CALC 11 Jul 1826 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Apr 1848 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dunkard - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: asthma - 11 Apr 1883 - Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wingham Cemetery, Wingham, Huron Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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