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Christian Wenger

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Death: April 09, 1882 (82)
Wayland, Henry County, Iowa, United States
Place of Burial: Washington County, Iowa, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Johannes Wenger and Katharina Wenger
Husband of Anna Marie Wenger
Father of Joseph Wenger; Magdalena Ernst; Christian Wenger; Nichelos Wenger; Anna Maria Rich and 3 others

Managed by: Geoffrey David Trowbridge
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About Christian Wenger

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38065136/christ-wenger

WENGER.- April 9th, in Wayland, Henry Co., Iowa, in the house of his son-in-law, of the infirmities of age, Christian Wenger, aged 82 years and 6 months. He was on a visit to his children, and was not able to return to his home. He was buried on the 11th in Joseph Sommers burying ground. Funeral services by S. T. Miller and Sebastian Gerig, from 1 Cor. 5. His wife died 10 years ago. Brother Wenger was a faithful member of the Amish Mennonite church for 68 years. He came from Basle,(sic) Switzerland, to Canada in the year 1835, where he lived 17 years. From there he went to Iowa, and lived 30 years one half mile from where the body now rests. He furnished the evidence to all that he with Paul has fought the good fight and finished his course, and that there is crown of righteousness laid up for him.

--Herald of Truth

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Christian Wenger's Timeline

1799
December 2, 1799
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
1833
October 28, 1833
Switzerland
1835
July 11, 1835
1837
November 18, 1837
New Hamburg, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
1840
January 31, 1840
Ontario, Canada
1842
January 24, 1842
Ontario, Canada
1843
October 11, 1843
New Hamburg, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1846
July 16, 1846
Canada
1848
August 7, 1848
Ontario, Canada