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Abraham Mayer 1803–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 JUL 1803

Birth Location: Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 20 NOV 1893

Death Location: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Father: Henry Moyer

Mother: Susanna None

Spouse(s): Barbara Shanty

Children(s): Aaron Moyer, Mary Moyer, Isaac MOYER, Nancy MOYER, Nettie Eby, Magdalena Moyer, Moses Moyer, David MOYER, Sarah Moyer, Samuel Moyer, Lavina Moyer, Abraham MOYER, Levi Moyer

The story of Abraham Mayer began in 1803 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. Abraham Mayer married Barbara Shanty, and had children including Aaron Moyer, Abraham Moyer, David Moyer, Isaac Moyer, Lavina Moyer, Levi S Moyer, Magdalena Moyer, Mary Ann Shantz Moyer, Moses S Moyer, Nancy Moyer, Nettie Moyer Eby, Samuel S Moyer, Sarah Moyer. Abraham Mayer passed away in 1893 in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Abraham Mayer began in 1803 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Abraham Mayer married Barbara Shanty, and had children including Aaron Moyer, Abraham Moyer, David Moyer, Isaac Moyer, Lavina Moyer, Levi S Moyer, Magdalena Moyer, Mary Ann Shantz Moyer, Moses S Moyer, Nancy Moyer, Nettie Moyer Eby, Samuel S Moyer, Sarah Moyer.
  • Abraham Mayer passed away in 1893 in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Moyer
1778–1845
Birth Location: Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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Susanna None
1779–1860
Birth Location: Lower Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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Spouses(s)

Barbara Shanty
1812–1887
Birth Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
BS

Children(s)

Aaron Moyer
1837–1907
Birth Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Mary Moyer
1833–1857
Birth Location: Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
MM
Isaac MOYER
1834–1916
Birth Location: Berlin Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Nancy MOYER
1835–1914
Birth Location: Berlin,Waterloo,Ontario
NM
Nettie Eby
1838–1930
Birth Location: Preston, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
NE
Magdalena Moyer
1840–1841
Birth Location: Berlin,Waterloo,Ontario
MM
Moses Moyer
1842–1925
Birth Location: Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada
MM
David MOYER
1844–1916
Birth Location: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
DM
Sarah Moyer
1847–1934
Birth Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
SM
Samuel Moyer
1849–1941
Birth Location: Kitchner, Ontario, Canada
SM
Lavina Moyer
1851–1914
Birth Location: St. Jacobs, Waterloo County, Upper Canada, British North America
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Abraham MOYER
1853–1927
Birth Location: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Levi Moyer
1856–1880
Birth Location: Berlin,Waterloo,Ont
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Abraham Mayer's Ancestors

Self
Abraham Mayer
1803–1893
Birth Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Henry Friedt Moyer
1778–1845
Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Susanna
1779–1860
Lower Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
Christian MOYER
1755–
Montgomery Co., PA
Abraham SOUDER
1745–
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U. S. A.
Catherine FREID
1759–
Great-Grandparents
Christian MOYER
1728–1783
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian MOYER
1705–1787

Abraham Mayer's Descendants

1.
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Abraham Mayer (14 JUL 1803–20 NOV 1893) m. Barbara Shanty (6 MAY 1812–22 APR 1887)
  1. 1. Aaron Moyer 1837–1907 m. Veronica BOWMAN 1846–1931
    1. 1. Abram Moyer 1867–1867
    2. 2. Twin Daughters 1877–1877
    3. 3. Maria MOYER 1866–1940 m. Edward (N) Butchart 1863–1923
      1. 1. Vinetta (Tremaine) BUTCHART 1889–1982 m. George (Ernest) Ashwell 1890–1975 m. John (Samuel Stanhope) Bellamy 1884–1947
        1. 1. William (Edward) BELLAMY 1913–2010 m. Ona (Christina) Innes 1917–1980 m. Phyllis Boydell 1920–2000
        2. 2. Margaret BELLAMY 1916–1998 m. Albert (Sydney) Walker 1913–1972
        3. 3. Ruth BELLAMY 1919–2007 m. Bert 1914–2004
        4. 4. James (Roy) BELLAMY 1920–1926
        5. 5. Vivian (Elizabeth) BELLAMY 1914–1980 m. Edward (Arthur) HOPKINS 1903–1996
      2. 2. Isabell (Vivian) BUTCHART 1891–1968 m. York Blayney 1892–1973
        1. 1. Edward (Bruce) BLAYNEY 1920–
        2. 2. James (Leonard) BLAYNEY 1922–2003
        3. 3. Alan (John) BLAYNEY 1924–2010
        4. 4. Robert (York) BLAYNEY 1926–
      3. 3. Goldwyn (Clayton) Butchart 1893–1957
        1. 1. Robert Butchart 1920–
      4. 4. Leila (Veronica Merle) BUTCHART 1896–1962
      5. 5. Edward (Alexander) Butchart 1897–1981 m. Muriel (Grace) Adkins 1898–1978
      6. 6. Willis (Bowman) BUTCHART 1900–1965 m. Elizabeth (Ann) McDonald 1901–1971
        1. 1. John Butchart 1926–
      7. 7. Edward (John Leonard) BUTCHART 1904–1905
    4. 4. Sylvia MOYER 1868–
    5. 5. Adline Moyer 1870–
    6. 6. Samuel MOYER 1863–1872
    7. 7. Alfred MOYER 1873–1875
    8. 8. Annie 1875–1936 m. John (Macdonald) MILLAR 1873–1933
      1. 1. (nom (de plume) Ross) MACDONALD 1915–1983 m. Margaret STURM 1915–1994
        1. 1. Linda (Jane) MILLAR 1939–1970
    9. 9. Laura MOYER 1879– m. Frederick (Stephen) Carr 1881–1934
      1. 1. John (Lawrence) CARR 1922–2006 m. Bertha (Frances) BATTY 1918–2008
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Laura) CARR 1909–1969 m. Andrew Johnson 1907–1973 m. Robert (Thomas) SIMPSON 1895–1941
      3. 3. Stephen (Frederick) CARR 1911–1982 m. Thora (Augusta) LORENZEN 1912–1991
      4. 4. Dorothy CARR 1918–1920
      5. 5. Mary (Veronica) CARR 1908–2006
    10. 10. Viola 1881–
      1. 1. Larry STEVENSON 1907–
      2. 2. David STEVENSON 1910–
      3. 3. Robert STEVENSON 1910–
    11. 11. Louisa 1881– m. Albert (Gardner) WOOD 1886–1973
      1. 1. Paul (Winthrop) WOOD 1922–
      2. 2. Bertram WOOD 1917–1996
      3. 3. Gardner WOOD 1915–1997
      4. 4. Margaret (Louise) WOOD 1919–
      5. 5. Francis (Frost) WOOD 1918–1994
      6. 6. Albert (Moyer) WOOD 1913– m. 1913–
    12. 12. Edwin Moyer 1886–
    13. 13. Stanley 1887– m. Vella Moyer 1890–1918
  2. 2. Mary (Ann Shantz) Moyer 1833–1857
  3. 3. Isaac MOYER 1834–1916 m. Barbara SCHANTZ 1838–1885
    1. 1. Josiah MOYER 1861–
    2. 2. Sylinda MOYER 1863–
    3. 3. Ephriam MOYER 1866–
    4. 4. Dilman MOYER 1868–1878
    5. 5. Susannah MOYER 1870–1870
    6. 6. Lydia (Ann) MOYER 1871–
    7. 7. Oliver MOYER 1875–
  4. 4. Nancy MOYER 1835–1914
  5. 5. Nettie (Moyer) Eby 1838–1930
    1. 1. Ida (Priscilla) Eby 1878–1973 m. Lawrence (Alexandor) Wood 1876–1953
      1. 1. Esther (Marett) Wood 1905–1987
      2. 2. Marion (Louise) Wood 1907–
      3. 3. Laura (A.) Wood 1913– m. Delbert Hand 1904–
      4. 4. Helen (E.) Wood 1916–
  6. 6. Magdalena Moyer 1840–1841
  7. 7. Moses (S) Moyer 1842–1925
  8. 8. David MOYER 1844–1916 m. Sarah Eby 1847–1880 m. Fannie WIDEMAN 1855–
  9. 9. Sarah Moyer 1847–1934 m. Abraham (H.) MOYER 1838–
    1. 1. Harriet MOYER 1866–
    2. 2. Simon MOYER 1868–
    3. 3. Mary (Ann) MOYER 1869–1888
    4. 4. Noah MOYER 1872–
    5. 5. Levi MOYER 1874–
    6. 6. Barbara MOYER 1876–
    7. 7. Melissa MOYER 1878–
    8. 8. Laura MOYER 1880–
    9. 9. Lincoln MOYER 1882–
    10. 10. Wesley MOYER 1885–
    11. 11. Ada MOYER 1887–
  10. 10. Samuel (S) Moyer 1849–1941 m. Lydia WISMER 1852–
  11. 11. Lavina Moyer 1851–1914 m. Absalom (Wenger) Meyer 1847–1914
    1. 1. Edith (Moyer) MEYER 1882–1974 m. Ernest (Joseph) Vigour 1880–1969
      1. 1. Ina Beth 1913– m. Edmund (A.) Melvin 1913–
      2. 2. Elsie (LaVerne) VIGOUR 1904–1994
  12. 12. Abraham MOYER 1853–1927 m. Mary (Ann) DAUM 1858–1939
    1. 1. Clara MOYER 1879–
    2. 2. Clinton MOYER 1882–
    3. 3. Byron MOYER 1885–
    4. 4. Ella MOYER 1889–
    5. 5. Stanley MOYER 1891–1981
    6. 6. Edna (Beatrix) MOYER 1893–
    7. 7. Malissa MOYER 1880–
    8. 8. Zelda (Viola) MOYER 1889–1976 m. Charles (Meloin) Bartlett 1890–
    9. 9. James (Abram) MOYER 1895–1989
    10. 10. Wilfred MOYER 1900–1902
  13. 13. Levi (S.) Moyer 1856–1880 m. Magdalena BRICKER 1859–
    1. 1. Dalton (B.) MOYER 1879–
    2. 2. Myra (B.) MOYER 1880–

Abraham Mayer's Timeline

10 Records

1803
14 JUL 1803
Birth of Abraham Mayer in Bucks Cty, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Bucks Cty, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1803
14 JUL 1803
Birth of Abraham Mayer in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
1825
7 MAR 1825
Age 22
Abraham Mayer was employed
None
1871
1871
Age 68
Abraham Mayer resided here in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1880
1880
Age 77
Abraham Mayer resided here in Upper Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Upper Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1881
1881
Age 78
Abraham Mayer resided here in Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1891
1891
Age 88
Abraham Mayer resided here in Berlin, Waterloo North, Ontario, Canada
Berlin, Waterloo North, Ontario, Canada
1893
1893
Age 90
Burial of Abraham Mayer in Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1893
20 NOV 1893
Age 90
Death of Abraham Mayer in Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
1893
20 NOV 1893
Age 90
Death of Abraham Mayer in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 JUL 1803
    Event Place: Bucks Cty, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 20 MAR 1825
    Event Place: arrived Preston, Ontario 13 days later

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 7 MAR 1825

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Pennsylvania Deutch (Mennonites)

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Berlin, Waterloo North, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1893
    Event Place: Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 8 August 2020), Abraham Moyer, ; Burial, Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, First Mennonite Cemetery; citing record ID 128547370, <i>Find a Grave<i>

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 NOV 1893
    Event Place: Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 JUL 1803
    Event Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 8 August 2020), Abraham Moyer, ; Burial, Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, First Mennonite Cemetery; citing record ID 128547370, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [2] Canada Census, 1891, "Canada Census, 1891," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 August 2016), Abram Moyer, Berlin, Waterloo North, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148176.
    [3] Canada Census, 1871, "Canada Census, 1871," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 7 April 2022), Abraham Moyer, Waterloo, Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
    [4] Canada Census, 1881, "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 2 March 2021), Abraham Moyer, Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. <i>Ancestry<i>. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Abraham Moyer, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Upper Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 NOV 1893
    Event Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 8 August 2020), Abraham Moyer, ; Burial, Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, First Mennonite Cemetery; citing record ID 128547370, <i>Find a Grave<i>
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