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

Edwin Hembling Wideman[1]

Male 1887 - 1968  (80 years)


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  • Name Edwin Hembling Wideman 
    Born 27 May 1887  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1931  Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Eby ID Number 00129-8059.4 
    Died 7 Feb 1968  McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Sheridan Mennonite Cemetery, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I13275  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Abraham B. Wideman,   b. 15 Nov 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1931, Near Kingman, Alberta Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Anna Hembling,   b. 6 Feb 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1925, near, Kingman, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 6 Feb 1876  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F3664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leah D. Brubacher,   b. 20 Aug 1884, Near, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1956, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F18450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Wideman, Edwin H., son of Abraham and Anna (Hembling) Wideman, was born in Ontario, May 27, 1887; died at McMinnville, Ore., Feb. 7, 1968; aged 89 y. 8 m. 11 d. On Oct. 15, 1902, he was married to Leah Brubaker, who died in 1956. Surviving are 8 children (Rachel-Mrs. Wesley Ellis, Mary-Mrs. Daniel Lauber, Walter, Oscar, Ann-Mrs. Willard Byers, Irene, Lena-Mrs. Amos Hostetler, and Ethel-Mrs. Henry Birkey), 19 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, and 3 sisters. Funeral services were held at Adamson's Sheridan Funeral Home, Feb. 10, in charge of W. R. Nafziger; interment in Sheridan Mennonite Cemetery.

      Gospel Herald - Volume LXI, Number 10 - March 12, 1968-pages 239-240.

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 637.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 12, 1968 - Obituary of Edwin H. Wideman.

    3. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Abraham Wideman Vol. XXIV, No. 37- December 10, 1931 - p. 814, 815.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11147-76.
      11147-76, (Waterloo Co..), Abraham WIDEMAN, 25, laborer, Woolwich, of Woolwich, s/o John & Susan WIDEMAN [nee BRANDT], married Anna HEMBLING, 16, Woolwich, of Woolwich, d/o William & Elisabeth HEMBLING [nee MARTIN], witn: John & Elisabeth WIDEMAN both of Wellesley, on 6 February 1876, at Woolwich

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 May 1887 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1931 - Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Feb 1968 - McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sheridan Mennonite Cemetery, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
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