1802 Christian Wenger was born on December 20. [1]
1814 Elizabeth Good was born on January 20. [2]
1835 Christian's first wife, Magdalena Wenger, died on April 3 and was buried at Martindale Mennonite Church Old Order, Martindale, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [3]
1850 Christian Wenger (age 47) and Elizabeth (age 36) lived in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with children Joseph (age 19), Anna (age 17), Susanna (age 15), Mary (age 12), Peter (age 10), Jonas (age 9), Magdalena (age 7), Isaac (age 5), Christian (age 4), and Jacob (age 1), all born in Pennsylvania. Brother-in-law, Peter Good (age 43), was listed adjacent. [4]
Christian Wenger lived in Indiana. [5]
1858 Christian Wenger died on February 4, of paralysis, while on a trip to Canada [6]. He died at age 55y 1m 13d and was buried at Old Yellow Creek Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. [7] [8] [9]
1860 Elizabeth Winger (age 46), Peter Winger (age 21), Magdalena Winger (age 17), Jemima (age 8, female)[sic, Zimmerman], and Barbary (age 5) lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. [10]
1870 Elizabeth Winger (age 56, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Caledonia Twp, Kent County, Michigan, in a household with Jonas Winger (age 27), Fanny Winger (age 30), Barbara Winger (age 14), and Zimmerman Winger (age 18). [11]
1875 Elizabeth, wife of Christian Wenger, died on November 15, at age 61y 9m 15d, and was buried at Holy Corners Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan. [12] An obituary reported [13]:
November 15th, in Kent Co., Mich., of palsy, Sister Elizabeth Wenger, widow, aged 64 years, 9 months and 25 days. Her maiden name was Good. She leaves 9 children to mourn their loss. Services by John Speicher, Peter Keim and George Long, from Philip. 1:21.
1942 Zimmerman G Wenger, son of Christian Wenger and Elizabeth Good, died on November 24, in Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan. [14]
Research Notes:
"GC3334 Elizabeth Good, born Jan. 20, 1814; died Nov. 15, 1875; 10 children, married Christian Wenger, born Dec. 20, 1802; died Feb. 4, 1858; son of Joseph S. Wenger and Elizabeth Zimmerman." [15]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, GC 3334.
[2] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, GC 3334.
[3] Find A Grave Memorial 97092383, [FindAGrave].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[5] Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, Vol. 2 (1896), 622, person 7970, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, Vol. 2 (1896), 622, person 7970, [GoogleBooks].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial 33010587, [FindAGrave].
[8] Elkhart County Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Elkhart County, Indiana, Vol. 2 (1990), 104, row 2, #20, [GoogleBooks].
[9] David L Miller, Record of the Old Yellow Creek Cemetery, 8, #50, [GoogleBooks].
[10] US census, 1860, Reel 256, Image 295, family 864, [InternetArchive].
[11] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[12] Find A Grave Memorial 30040711, [FindAGrave].
[13] Mennonite Obituary Archives, Herald of Truth, Volume XIII, Number 1 - January 1876, Page 15, [MennObits].
[14] Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952, [FamilySearchRecord].
[15] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, GC 3334.