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Mathias | Basilius Wurm

Male 1807 - 1896  (89 years)


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  • Name Mathias | Basilius Wurm 
    Birth 23 Jun 1807  Herbstein, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Dec 1834  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    As indicated in the baptism record of his godson, Matties Wurm, born 29 Dec 1834. 
    Census 1861  Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1871  Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1881  Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1891  Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 4 Sep 1896  Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I09935  All
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2023 

    Father Nicolaus Wurm,   b. 4 Aug 1779, Herbstein, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1836, Bleidenrod, Homberg (Ohm), Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Anna Barbara Lauer,   b. 22 May 1783, Rauischholzhausen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1816  Bleidenrod, Homberg (Ohm), Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Elisabetha Neeb,   b. 16 Dec 1810, Hainbach, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1880, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 22 Nov 1840  Ehringshausen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The family resided in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario where Mathias was employed as a carpenter. They attended St. Peter's Lutheran Church. The census of 1861 shows this couple residing in Berlin, Ontario in a 1 1/2 storey frame house along with the family of Henry Wurm and Elizabeth Steinacker.

      Mathias died on Sept 4, 1896. His wife predeceased him on May 12, 1880 following an illness of one week. Following the death of his wife, Mathias lived with his son, Conrad.
    Children 
     1. Katharine J. Wurm,   b. 4 Mar 1833, Hainbach, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1911, Lot 20, Conc 4, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. Heinrich Wurm,   b. 15 Aug 1835, Hainbach, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1868 (Age < 32 years)
     3. Daniel Wurm,   b. 29 May 1839, Bleidenrod, Homberg (Ohm), Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1867, Mountain Pass, Taylor County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     4. Helena Wurm,   b. 5 Nov 1841, Ehringshausen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1927, Winnipeg, Manitoba Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     5. Andreas "Andrew" Wurm,   b. 7 Aug 1844, Ehringshausen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1894, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     6. John "Conrad" Wurm,   b. 28 Jan 1848, Oberndorf (part of Ehringshausen), Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1922, 44 Elgin Street, Kitchener, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     7. Johannes Wurm,   b. 21 Sep 1850, Ehringshausen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1850, Ehringshausen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F2652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Jun 1807 - Herbstein, Hessen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - As indicated in the baptism record of his godson, Matties Wurm, born 29 Dec 1834. - Dec 1834 - Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1861 - Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1871 - Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1881 - Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1891 - Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Sep 1896 - Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Marriage record of Basilius Wurm and Elizabetha Neeb    		Marriage record of Basilius Wurm and Elizabetha Neeb
    Page 1 of 2

    Ehringshausen

    [Marriage] No. 5

    20 November 1842

    Groom: Basilius Wurm, son of the deceased master carpenter, Nicolaus Wurm of Bleidenrod in the district of Alsfeld, and his wife, Barbara Lauer, age 34 years, citizen and master carpenter here in Ehringshausen

    Bride: Elisabetha Neeb, daughter of the deceased Johann Heinrich Neeb of Hainbach in the district of Alsfeld and Catharina Maria Loch, age 30 years

    The groom has declared that he has had out-of-wedlock children with the bride:

    1) Catharina, born in Hainbach on 4 March 1833, baptized in the church there on the 17th of the month

    2) Heinrich, born 15 August 1835 in the same place, and baptized in the same church on the 23rd of the same month

    3) Daniel, born 29 May 1839 in Bleidenrod, district of Alsfeld, and baptized in the church there on 2 June

    Witnesses are the groom’s still unmarried brother, Daniel Wurm, and a relative, the school teacher here, Balthasar Schaefer

    Signatures: Basilius Wurm

    Daniel Wurm

    Schäfer, schoolteacher

    Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Helm
    Marriage record of Basilius Wurm and Elizabetha Neeb    		Marriage record of Basilius Wurm and Elizabetha Neeb
    Page 2 of 2
    Death record of Mathias Wurm    		Death record of Mathias Wurm

    Headstones
    WURM, Matthew    		WURM, Matthew
    off site link

  • Notes 
    • Some documents refer to Mathias as Basilius Wurm.


      From Mitchell & Co.'s Canada Classified Directory for 1865-66
      page 192 found at
      http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/

      Matthias is listed as a carpenter living in Berlin, Ontario.

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      The obituary of this ancestor has recently been posted at http://192.237.29.216/getperson.php?personID=I137893&tree=Eby as follows:

      Basilius Wurm died here on Friday after a short bladder ailment at the great age of 89 years, which he had attained on July 23rd. He was born in 1807 in Herbstein in the Vogel mountains in Hesse-Darmstadt; emigrated to Canada in 1852 and had resided ever since in Berlin. He was a building carpenter and was still practising his trade 5 years ago. In Germany, he had spent 12 years in the military, and that could still be seen in him in his old age, as he always walked "straight as a candle" and was always very tidily dressed. His wife Elisabeth, nee Loeb, who pre-deceased him in 1880, bore him 6 children, of whom 3 sons are deceased, and one son and 2 daughters are still living. His oldest son, Daniel, fought in the civil war in the United States and was killed there. Basilius was awarded a pension for this. His burial took place on Sunday afternoon and despite the rainy weather, large numbers of citizens followed his cortege to the cemetery.

      Berliner Journal September 10, 1896 Page 4 Column 2 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

  • Sources 
    1. [S069165] Obituary.

    2. [S065460] Ontario Deaths #019838/96.

    3. [S136132] Cemeteries, Waterloo County, City of Kitchener, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery.



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