Susannah Strickler
ID # 9262, (1852-1935)
| Birth | Susannah Strickler was born in 1852 at Markham Township, York Co., Canada West. |
| Marriage | She married Elijah Wismer, son of David Wismer and Mary Tohman, on 18 September 1871 at Markham Township, York Co., Ontario. Mrge reg. Markham, York Co. Elijah Wismer, 23, bachelor, farmer, Christian Denomination. Born and residing Markham. Parents David and Mary Wismer. Susan Strickler, 19, spinster, Christian Denomination. Born and residing Markham. Parents Daniel and illeg. Strickler. Witnesses Hugh Barrie of Pickering and Nellie Wismer of Markham. On Sept. 18, 1871, at Markham, by C. H. Hainer. While the above registration isn't explicit, the birth place of the bride and groom was almost certainly Markham Township. The clergyman's surname may be Haines or Hainer. Initially, the handwriting on the above marriage registration gives us no clarity as to the name of Susannah's mother. District marriages show Daniel Strickler of Markham marrying Christiana Byer of Pickering on 4 May, 1848, by banns. The witnesses were Daniel Lehman and Wm. James Lesslie. The clergyman was Rev'd. Ludwick Kribs, the Congregational minister at Stouffville. The 1851 census at Markham Township shows Daniel married to a Christiana and she will be of the above 1848 marriage. The 1861 census has him married to a woman named Elizabeth, born at Whitchurch, and the 1871 census has him still married to Elizabeth. The York County branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has transcribed the Byer Cemetery in Markham Township. (The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid assisted in locating this place of burial for Christiana.) The transcription records 'Christina', the wife of Daniel Strickler, and dates her death to June 2, 1857. Her age is given as 29 years and 16 days. We must believe her to be Susannah's mother. |
| Death | She died in 1935. |
| Burial | She was buried on 9 April 1935 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Markham. |
| Note | A death registration for Susannah has yet to be found. The York County OGS transcription of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery simply shows her year of death as 1935. Rather more, we do find page 30 of the April 10, 1935, edition of the Toronto Daily Star. This has a small, one paragraph story near the bottom of column four. This reads as follows: Mourn Mrs. E. Wismer Markham, April 10:- Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs. Elijah Wismer, 81, descendant of a pioneer York County family which settled near here from Pennsylvania in the early part of the 19th century. Unquote. This does not tell us her date or place of death. We are left to wonder that the family might, at the end, have been Presbyterian. And of course it is possible. It is also true that a cemetery having a parochial name did not necessarily limit it to members of the church. Rather, it is possible that is was more a community cemetery. Such situations can be found all over Ontario. Certainly, the transcription for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery, excluding the index, runs to some 63 pages, which is rather large for a cemetery limited to members of a given church in a non-metropolitan area. |
| Last Edited | 25 Sep 2022 |