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Rudolph Detweiler

Male 1771 - 1837  (66 years)


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  • Name Rudolph Detweiler  [1
    Born 13 Feb 1771  Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Mar 1837  Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I12123  All
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2006 

    Father Rudolph Dettweiler,   b. Abt 1733, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1797  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Family ID F3276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna M. Wanner,   b. 9 Nov 1776, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1814, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Children 
     1. Rudolph W. Dettweiler,   b. 9 Aug 1807, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1889  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F3275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Mar 1837 - Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Allan Dettweiler is studying Ezra Eby's work and extending the mennonite tree at ezraeby.com. He indicates the following.

      (Research): Newspaper Obituary, it is from the Canada Museum and is dated March 16, 1837. It reads as follows:
      "Suicide: Last Friday afternoon, Rudolph Dettweiler gave himself such a terrible cut in the throat with a pocket knife, presumably in a fit of madness, that he died the following Sunday, despite all measures to save him, in the home of Samuel Eby (the older). He was in his 67th year. (translated from German -perhaps not perfectly).

      According to Ezra Eby, the father of Rudolph is Heinrich Dettweiler[Eby 2200] . However, there are 2 reasons to doubt this information. Firstly, no records have been located in Pennsylvania which would support this, and secondly, an obituary for the son of the above Rudolph, also named Rudolph, states that his father AND GRAND-FATHER were also named Rudolph (not Heinrich). Records located in Pennsylvania show that one Melchior Dettweiler had a son and grandson, both named Rudolph. It is thought that Melchior's grandson is the same Rudolph (Canada Rudolph) who, with his wife Anna Wanner, and their family, arrived in Canada in 1810. Eby also states that Anna Dettweiler, the wife of Cornelius Pannebecker was a sister to Canada Rudolph. However the Pennsylvania records do not show that Canada Rudolph had a sister Anna. Hopefully, information will be found which will clear up this matter.

  • Sources 
    1. [S065344] Ezra Eby Book.




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