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Henry Wismer[1,2]

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Birth  10 Mar 1794  , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania  [3,4
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00133-8157, 8163 
Died  11 Jun 1876    [5,6
Person ID  I21620 
Last Modified  20 Aug 2004 
 
Father  Joseph Wismer, b. 23 Jul 1753, Near Hilltown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Barbara Wismer, b. 9 Mar 1766, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania 
Group Sheet  F5031 
 
Family 1  Mary Cressman, b. 17 Aug 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Married  Jan 1815    [7
Children 
 1. Barbara Wismer, b. 25 Oct 1816, , Waterloo Co., Ontario
 2. Abraham Wismer, b. 2 Sep 1818, , Waterloo Co., Ontario
 3. Daniel WISMER, b. 29 Jul 1820, , Waterloo Co., Ontario
 4. Jacob Wismer, b. 9 Jan 1822
 5. Elizabeth Wismer, b. 28 Mar 1824
 6. Esther Wismer, b. 1 Jun 1826
 7. Mary Wismer, b. 12 Jun 1831
 8. Henry Wismer, b. 21 Aug 1833
Group Sheet  F2673 
 
Notes  Henry Wismer, "was born March 10th, 1794, and died June 11th, 1876. He was married to Mary Cressman. The sixth child of Joseph and Barbara Wismer, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, March 10th, 1794, and came to Canada in 1815. He was married to Mary, daughter of Daniel and Esther (Bechtel) Cressman. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, August 17th, 1792, and came to Canada with her parents in 1806. In January, 1816 (a few weeks after their marriage), they moved on their farm three miles south-east of Berlin. This farm is still known as the old 'Wismer Farm' and is at present owned by John Kercher. Here they resided until their deaths. She died July 12th, 1872, and he died June 11, 1876. They had a family of eight 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), 277   [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), 320   [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, 655   [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), 504   [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, 655   [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), 504   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [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), 504   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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