Benjamin Burkholder
ID # 8761, (1814-1898)
| Birth | Benjamin Burkholder was born on 26 March 1814 at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. |
| Marriage | He married Barbara Kinsey, daughter of John Kinsey and Elizabeth Moxley, on 13 August 1860 at Waterloo County. MS248 reel 16, Vol. 75, page 49 Waterloo County Marriage Register Extracted from a list of marriages solemnized by Thomas Isaac Hodgskin, a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Canada for the year ending 31st day of December, A.D. 1860 Benjamin Burkholder, 40, born PA, U.S., residing Waterloo Twp. Parents Christ. & Elizabeth Burkholder. Barbara Kinsey, 28, born and residing Waterloo Twp. Parents John Kinsey and Elizabeth Moxley. Witnesses Jacob Kinsey and Isaac Staufer, both of Waterloo Twp. (The witnesses names are poorly written and open to interpretation.) On 13 August, 1860 The Waterloo Region branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society produced a list of baptisms for the Doon & Hespeler Presbyterian Church. The preamble mentions the name of Thomas Isaac Hodgskin. At a guess, Benjamin and Barbara were married at the Doon church, though the Hespeler church is at least a possibility. |
| Death | He died on 5 January 1898 at age 83. |
| Burial | He was buried at Kitchener First Mennonite, Section C. |
| Note | See Eby, Vol. 1, pages 378-379. |
| Last Edited | 25 Aug 2021 |