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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Louise Witmer

    Louise — Howard Dressler. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harold Henry "Harry" WitmerHarold Henry "Harry" Witmer was born 18 Aug 1904, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada (son of David Witmer and Louisa Koehler); died 14 Dec 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Business: Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harry Witmer Garage
    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59226811
    • Name: Harry Witmer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-126582
    • Residence: 1928, 23 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Harold married Alice Vera Cook 12 Apr 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Alice (daughter of Samuel John Cook and Henrietta Strassburger) was born 23 Apr 1909, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; died 20 Jul 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Alice Vera Cook was born 23 Apr 1909, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada (daughter of Samuel John Cook and Henrietta Strassburger); died 20 Jul 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59232486
    • Name: Alice Vera Witmer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133561
    • Residence: 1928, 131 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    WITMER Alice Vera At St Mary's Hospital. on Friday, July 20, Following a brief illness, Mrs. Alice Witmer (Cook) of Meadowcroft Place formerly of Harold Avenue. Kitchener. Alice and her husband Harry, owned and operated Witmer's General Store in Blair for many years. Latterly. she was employed with HiWay Market before retirement Loving mother of Ralph and his wife Freda of Kitchener. Grace and her husband Merle Miller of Cambridge (G). Louise and her husband Lloyd Herchenrader of Waterloo, Harold and his wife Donna of Waterloo, sister of Lloyd Cook and his wife Bertha of Kitchener. Dorothy Thomas of Mississauga. Gladys Schott of Kitchener Also remembered by nine grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband. Harry, In 1982 one brother. Gordon Cook: two sisters, Lilian Abbot and Hilda Cook and two grandchildren Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Borne. 821 King St W., Kitchener, on Sunday from 7-9 p.m. and Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal services will be held in the chapel on Tuesday at 3 p m. , with Rev. Willis Hunking officiating. Interment Blair cemetery. Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre As expressions of sympathy donations to St Mary's Hospital Building Fund or the Alzheimer Society would be grateful acknowledged.

    Children:
    1. 1. Louise Witmer
    2. Harold Witmer
    3. Ralph Laurel Witmer was born 1928; died 28 Apr 2015, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cremated.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David Witmer was born 1871 (son of George Witmer and Sarah Cober); died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-170828

    David — Louisa Koehler. Louisa was born Abt 1875; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Louisa Koehler was born Abt 1875; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario.

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    • Name: Louisa Witmer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-170829

    Children:
    1. 2. Harold Henry "Harry" Witmer was born 18 Aug 1904, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 14 Dec 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Samuel John Cook was born 8 May 1883, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died 14 Jan 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184786286
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151157
    • Residence: 1945, 135 Palmer Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Samuel passed away on Sunday, aged 62 years, from a heart attack at St. Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness.

    Survived by his wife Henrietta, his two sons Gordon of Sunnyside and Signalman Lloyd Cook serving with the Canadian Army overseas, and his five daughters, Lillian Abbott (Martin) of Regina, Sask., Vera Witmer (Harry) of Blair, Hilda Cook of Sarnia, Dorothy Watt (Allen) of Hamilton, Gladys Cook at home, and seven grandchildren.

    Samuel had been employed as an engineer at Cluett-Peabody for the past 17 years. He was a member of Zion Evangelical Church and the Grand Union Lodge, I.O.O.F.

    His remains rested at his late residence, 135 Palmer Avenue. Arrangements entrusted to the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where his funeral service was held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Rev. G.F. Barthel of Waterloo officiated.

    Samuel — Henrietta Strassburger. Henrietta (daughter of Carl F. Bernhardt "Bernhardt" Strassburger and Catherine Schafer) was born 25 May 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Nov 1951, RR3, Moorefield, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Henrietta Strassburger was born 25 May 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Carl F. Bernhardt "Bernhardt" Strassburger and Catherine Schafer); died 22 Nov 1951, RR3, Moorefield, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184786109
    • Name: Henrietta Cook
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146554
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1945, 135 Palmer Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Henrietta passed away on Thursday, aged 77, at the home of her son Gordon at R.R.3 Moorefield. She had been ill for 5 months.

    Predeceased by her husband, Samuel, and her parents.

    Survived by her sons, Gordon of Moorefield and Lloyd of Kitchener, and by her daughters, Lillian Abbott (Martin) and Vera Witmer (Harry) of Kitchener, Hilda Cook of Sarnia, Dorothy Thomas (Morley) of Hamilton, and Gladys Schott (Ervin) of Kitchener.

    Also survived by her brother, Bernhardt Strassburger of Preston, and 11 grandchildren.

    Henrietta was a member of Zion Evangelical Church in Kitchener.

    Arrangements were entrusted to the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home in Kitchener where the funeral was held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Rev. E. Hallman officiated.

    ________________

    Mrs. Henrietta Cook

    The death occurred yesterday after a five months illness of Mrs. Henrietta Cook, age 77, at the home of her son, Gordon C. Cook, R.R. 3, Moorefield. Mrs. Cook was born in Mannheim, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bernhardt Strassburger. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Church, Kitchener.

    Her husband, Camuel J. Cook, predeceased her Jan. 4, 1945. Surviving are two sons, Gordon, of Moorefield, and Lloyd of Kitchener; five daughters, Mrs. Martin (Lillian) Abbott and Mrs. Harry (Vera) Witmer, Kitchener: Miss Hilda Cook, Sarnia; Mrs. Morley (Dorothy) Thomas, Hamilton, and Mrs. Ervin (Gladya) Schott, Kitchener.

    One brother, Bernhart Strassburger, Preston, and 11 grand- children also survive.

    Funeral services will be held at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. with interment in Woodland Cemetery. Rev. E. E. Hallman will officiate. The body rests at the funeral home.

    Children:
    1. Lillian Cook was born 7 Jul 1907, , Manitoba, Canada; died 9 Sep 1984, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Alice Vera Cook was born 23 Apr 1909, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; died 20 Jul 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Gordon Charles Cook was born 5 May 1911, Morris, , Manitoba, Canada; died 13 Jul 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Hilda M. Cook was born 6 Apr 1913; died 8 Jul 1988, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario.
    5. Dorothy Evelyn Cook was born 20 Jan 1915, , Manitoba, Canada; died Jul 1997, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , White Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton Region, Wentworth Co., Ontario.
    6. Gladys May Cook was born 22 Apr 1927, , Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jul 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Jul 2008, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Lloyd Richard Cook was born 8 Jul 1917, , Manitoba, Canada; died 24 Sep 2001, Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George Witmer was born Sep 1842 (son of Christian Witmer and Mary Bechtel); died 28 Aug 1921; was buried , Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00025-1993.1

    George married Sarah Cober 9 Feb 1869. Sarah (daughter of Jacob Cober and Mary Groh) was born 12 Sep 1846, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Nov 1918; was buried , Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah Cober was born 12 Sep 1846, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Cober and Mary Groh); died 1 Nov 1918; was buried , Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario.

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    • Name: Sarah Witmer
    • Eby ID Number: 00025-1993

    Notes:

    Sarah Cober, "was born September 12th, 1846. She is married to George Witmer. They reside in Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. Their family consists of five children. No names received."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. 4. David Witmer was born 1871; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Babylon Line Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario.
    2. Sylvanus Witmer was born 9 Sep 1873, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 Oct 1958.

  3. 14.  Carl F. Bernhardt "Bernhardt" Strassburger was born 20 Feb 1839, Possonck?, Grand Dutchy of Sacherdingen, Germany (son of Georg Friedrich Strassburger and Henrietta Behringer); died 21 Sep 1883, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184785235
    • Name: Bernhardt Strassburger
    • Name: C. F. B. Strassburger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151156
    • Residence: 1860, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1860, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
    • Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • House of Industry and Refuge: 1881, House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Pauper
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
    • Residence: 1881, House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Carl married Catherine Schafer 27 May 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Conrad Schafer and Elizabeth Blummauer) was born 17 Sep 1835, , Chur Hessia, Germany; died 16 May 1912, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Morris Cemetery, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Catherine Schafer was born 17 Sep 1835, , Chur Hessia, Germany (daughter of Conrad Schafer and Elizabeth Blummauer); died 16 May 1912, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Morris Cemetery, Morris, Pembina Valley Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114926886
    • Name: Catherine Strassburger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-155546
    • Immigration: 1850
    • Residence: 1860, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1860, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Elisabeth A. Maria Strassburger was born CALC 6 May 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Nov 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Conrad H. Strassburger was born 21 Nov 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1897, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Anglican Church, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Carl Otto August Strassburger was born CALC 6 Dec 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Nov 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Anglican Church, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jacob B. Strassburger was born 7 Mar 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jun 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Anglican Church, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 7. Henrietta Strassburger was born 25 May 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Nov 1951, RR3, Moorefield, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Bernhardt "Bernard" Strassburger was born 1 Mar 1877, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jan 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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