| Birth |
18 Feb 1812 |
, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania [1,2] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00128-7971 |
| Died |
6 Mar 1890 |
Ayton, Grey Co., Ontario [3,4] |
| Person ID |
I21400 |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2004 |
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| Father |
Joseph Wenger |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Zimmerman, b. 21 Nov 1778 |
| Group Sheet |
F1592 |
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| Family 1 |
Mary Bowman, b. 16 Jul 1818 |
| Married |
26 Mar 1839 |
[5,6] |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F3926 |
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| Notes |
Isaac Wenger, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 18th, 1812. In 1825, when in his thirteenth year, he came to Canada with his mother who settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, where Mr. Wenger was raised. On March 26th, 1839, he was married to Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Polly (Schneider) Bowman, (See No. 208) who was born July 16th, 1818. Some time after his marriage he moved to Elmira where he was engaged in the mercantile business for some years. Some twenty years ago he sold out his business in Elmira and moved to Ayton, Grey County, where he was engaged in the mercantile and milling business, doing an extensive trade up to the time of his death which took place March 6th, 1890. Mr. Wenger was an energetic and a thorough man of business and was widely known in this and Grey Counties where he was held in high esteem by all classes. His business career was unblemished. Their family consisted of five sons, viz:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 622 [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), 100 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 622 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [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), 100 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S2] 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..., Ezra Eby, 622 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [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), 100 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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Region of Waterloo