Born about 1848 in Markham, York, Canada West

Ancestors

Wife of Dillman G. Wideman — married 6 Apr 1870 in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada

Died 8 Dec 1932 in Richmond Hill, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Esther was born in about 1848 ^[1][2]to Daniel Burkholder and Barbara Grove. ^[3]

She married Dillman Wideman in 1870. ^[4]

"Their [Jacob and Maria's] son Daniel preceded them [to Upper Canada], selling his fine Pennsylvania-bred horse for land ... [he] was married to Barbara Groff; their family was Elizabeth (Gehman), Mary (Wideman), Veronica (Sherk), Abraham, who married first Catherine Wideman, and then Elizabeth Reesor, Susanna (Wideman), Barbara, 1834-1924 (Shaffer), Samuel, b. 1835, Solomon, b. 1838, Christina (Brillinger), Esther, b. 1841 (Dilman Wideman). Lewis J. Burkholder, author of A Brief History of the Mennonites in Ontario^[5], was a son of the above Abraham." ^[6]

Esther passed away in 1932^[7] and is buried in Heise Hill Cemetery.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ79-YVV : 9 March 2018), Esther Burkholder, Markham, York, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 147, line 40; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1088-1089, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 390,222. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=&img&id=4108435_00310
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVF7-2P6 : 19 September 2020), Eshter Wideman in household of Dilman Wideman, Markham, York, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Dilman Wideman, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=&img&id=e008183559
3. ↑ Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ancestry.com. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
4. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFL-H8D : 11 March 2018), Dilman Wideman and Esther Burkholder, 06 Apr 1870; citing registration , Markham, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,475. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y39T-8BN?cc=1784216&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFMFL-H8D
5. ↑ Burkholder, L. J. A Brief History of the Mennonites in Ontario: Giving a Description of Conditions in Early Ontario, the Coming of the Mennonites into Canada, Settlements, Congregations, Conferences, Other Activities, and Nearly 400 Ordinations. Waterloo, Ont.: Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, 1986.
6. ↑ Champion, Isabel. Markham, 1793-1900. Markham, Ont.: Markham District Historical Society, 1989.
7. ↑ Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 455 Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 September 2020), memorial page for Esther Burkholder Wideman (1847–1932), Find a Grave Memorial no. 26147020, citing Heise Hill Cemetery, Gormley, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Perry Doner (contributor 46987236) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26147020/esther-wideman

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