Josiah SAWLER

1828 - 1855  (26 years)

• Name	Josiah SAWLER
  Birth	20 Nov 1828	Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	5 Dec 1828	Lunenburg County, NS   [1]
  Name	Joseph Sawler
  Death	28 Sep 1855	Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS   [2]
  Person ID	I59295	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2008

  
  

  Father	Johann Friedrich SAWLER,   b. 6 Apr 1786, Middle Settlement, Lunenburg, NS d. 28 Oct 1858, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah Catherina SLAUENWHITE,   b. 12 Mar 1796, North West, Lunenburg, NS d. 25 Sep 1865, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1815	Lunenburg County, NS   [3]
  Family ID	F756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Elizabeth ZWICKER,   b. 21 Jun 1831, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	23 Dec 1851	Chester, Lunenburg, NS   [1]
  Children	1. Hannah Elizabeth SAWLER,   b. 27 Dec 1852, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joseph Azariah SAWLER,   b. 21 Jun 1855, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS d. 5 Oct 1940, Clearland, Lunenburg, NS (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F23733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The known facts are as follows: a. In 1828, Josiah SAWLER, s/o Johann Friedrich and Sarah Catherine (Slauenwhite) SAWLER is born [SSAC] b. In 1835, Joseph SAWLER, s/o Fred and Catherine PIELER is born [ZLL] c. In 1848, a Joseph SAWLER, widower, m. a Rachel LANTZ [ d. In 1851, a Joseph SAWLER m. a Catherine ZWICKER at Western Shore [SSAC] e. In 1852, Hannah Elizabeth, d/o Joseph and Catherine SAWLER is born [SSAC] f. In Jun 1855, a Joseph Azariah SAWLER is born; at his baptism, the sponsors are Fred and Sarah SAWLER. [SSAC] g. In Sep 1855, Josiah SAWLER dies at Western Shore. [SSAC] h. in 1880, Joseph Azariah SAWLER m. Emma Jane DOREY and gives his parents as Joseph and Catherine i. In 1901, a Joseph and Rachel SAWLER who appear to be the couple married in 1848 appear in the census of Cambridge, Kings, NS The problem is--who is the husband of Catherine ZWICKER. The key to it's solution appears to lie in three clues: a. When Joseph Azariah SAWLER is baptised, it seems clear that the witnesses are Johan Friedrich and Sarah Catherine SAWLER. So, it seems a safe bet that they are his grandparents, which makes his father their son. b. Joseph and Catherine (Zwicker) have only two known children, and both are born before Sep 1855, when Josiah SAWLER dies c. Josiah is often mistaken for Joseph during this time. Thus it seems most likely, at least to me, that it is Josiah SAWLER, b. 1828, who is the husband of Catherine ZWICKER. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9299] Parish Register, St. Stephen's Anglican Church--Chester. [S9300] Parish Register, St. Stephen's Anglican Church--East Ship Harbour. [S9315] Parish Register, Zion Lutheran Church--Lunenburg, 1815, entry #11.