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William Honsberger

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Birth  1 Mar 1810    [1
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00057-3862 
Died  22 Mar 1895  West of New Dundee, Waterloo Co., Ontario  [2
Person ID  I11061 
Last Modified  03 Mar 2004 
 
Father  Abraham Honsberger, b. 3 May 1782 
Mother  Catharine S. Bergey, b. 3 Dec 1786 
Group Sheet  F3105 
 
Family 1  Veronica Hallman, b. 14 May 1814, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 
Children 
 1. Samuel H. Honsberger, b. 26 Feb 1835
 2. Elizabeth Honsberger, b. 4 Jun 1836
 3. Moses H. Honsberger, b. 8 Jun 1838
 4. Benjamin Honsberger, b. 16 Dec 1839
 5. Abraham Honsberger, b. 26 May 1841
 6. Aaron Honsberger, b. 17 Sep 1842
 7. Jacob Honsberger, b. 19 Sep 1844
 8. William H. Honsberger, b. 5 Jun 1846
 9. Isaac Honsberger, b. 25 Dec 1847
 10. John Honsberger, b. 13 Nov 1849
Group Sheet  F854 
 
Notes  William Honsberger, "was born March 1st, 1810. He came to Canada when a young man. On April 15th, 1834, he was married to Veronica Hallman who was born May 14th, 1814, and died January 9th, 1894. After their marriage they moved on lot lying next to the old "Grody Farm" north-west of the Schmidt Mennonite Meeting House, Wilmot Township. Here they commenced in the bush in June, 1834, and remained until spring, 1836, when he purchased John Strohm's 100 acres situated about one mile west of New Dundee on which were cleared about 20 acres. Here they resided until their deaths. He died March 22nd, 1895. To them were born ten children, viz:"
 
Sources  1. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 811   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 811   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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