John Louis "Jack" Hofstetter

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-139001
• Residence: 1997, 95 Queen St. E., Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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HOFSTETTER, Jack-Peacefully, on Monday, August 11, 1997, at St. Mary's General Hospital, in Kitchener, John Louis Hofstetter, of 95 Queen St. E., Wellesley.

Born in Kitchener 74 years ago, son of the late Louis Hofstetter and the late Della Mae Ellis. Jack was a member of First St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wellesley, where he was Sunday School Superintendent for many years. Jack was a past president of the Lutheran Laymens League, as well as the Wellesley and District Board of Trade. He was employed for 38 years at Ornamental Mouldings Ltd. of Waterloo. Mr. Hofstetter was a veteran of the Second World War.

Beloved husband of Irene E. (Wagner) Hofstetter of Wellesley; loving father of Lorrie and her husband Paul Detzler of Wellesley, Tim and his wife Sherry Hofstetter of Waterloo; lovingly remembered by his mother-in-law, Hilda Wagner of Wellesley and by his six grandchildren, James, Sarah, Emily and Mark Detzler, Rachel and T.J. (Timothy John) Hofstetter; loving brother of June and her husband Wally Widmeyer of Waterloo.

Visitation at the Futher Bros Funeral Home, 40 Henry St. W., in Wellesley, where family and friends will be received today (Tuesday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. At 11 a.m. Wednesday removal will be made to First St. Paul's Lutheran Church for the funeral service at 3 p.m. Pastor George Reinhart will officiate. Burial to follow in First St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley.

John — Irene Elvera Wagner. Irene (daughter of Philip A. Wagner and Hilda Elizabeth Reibling) was born 6 Oct 1933, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 2015, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Saint Pauls Lutheran Church, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Lorrie Hofstetter
2. Tim Hofstetter

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• Name: Louis Hofstetter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46494
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Lover married Della May Ellis 30 Aug 1922, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Della (daughter of Harvey Percy "Harry" Ellis and Mary Saltzberger) was born 5 Mar 1904, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1984; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Della May Hofstetter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-175380
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Birth: Atlantic Ocean
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46177
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1882, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stone Mason
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1935, 106 St. Leger St, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Jacob married Annie Goldbeck 21 Nov 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Johann Friederich "John" Goldbeck and Sophia Rachow) was born 2 Dec 1865, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jun 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Annie
• Name: Annie Hofstetter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46487
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1882, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Harry P. Ellis
• Eby ID Number: 00098-5501.1
• Immigration: 1885, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1886, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; miller
• Residence: 1886, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; button maker
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Rubber Worker, Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1939, 25 Cedar St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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"Ellis, Harry P., 25 Cedar Street south, May 27, 74 years. Harry P. Ellis, age 74, died at 25 Cedar Street south, on Sat. afternoon. A s/o Edwin Ellis and Louise Oakley,deceased was born at Greenwich, England on Jan. 28, 1865. He was married to Mary Saltzberry in Kitchener, Aug. 7, 1886. Mr. Ellis was employed asa messenger at the B.F. Goodrich Company. He was a member of St. John'sAnglican church and the Sons of England. Surviving are his widow, one son, Charles of United States, sixdaughters, Mrs. Walter Eager, Mrs. John Head, Mrs. Ray Gillespie, Mrs. S.E. Rickert and Mrs. Louis Hofstetter, all of Kitchener, and Mrs. Gordon Daub of St. Agatha; three brothers, Charles, Fred and George, all of Kitchener, one sister, Miss Florence, 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild....Mount Hope Cemetery..."

Kitchener Daily Record 29 May 1939

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Harry P. Ellis

The death took place on Saturday of Harry P. Ellis, age 74. A son of Edwin Ellis and Louise Oakey, deceased was born at Greenwich, England, on Jan. 28, 1865. He was married to Mary Saltzberry in Kitchener, Aug. 7, 1886. Mr. Ellis was employed as a messenger at the B. F. Goodrich Company. He was a member of St. John's Anglican church and the Sons of England.

Surviving are his widow, one son, Charles of United States, six daughters, Mrs. Walter Eager, Mrs. John Head, Mrs. Ray Gillespie, Mrs. S. E. Rickert and Mrs. Louis Hofstetter, all of Kitchener and Mrs. Gordon Daub of St. Agatha; three brothers, Charles, Fred and George, all of England, one sister, Miss Florence, 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment. Rev. J. N. H. Mills officiated.

The Waterloo Chronicle Jun 2 1939 pg 3

Harvey married Mary Saltzberger 7 Aug 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Jacob B. Saltzberger and Esther Honsberger) was born 26 May 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1939; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
• Name: Mary Ellis
• Name: Mary Saltzberger
• Eby ID Number: 00098-5501
• Residence: 1886, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1939, 25 Cedar St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mary Saltzberger, "was born May 26th, 1865. She is married to Harry Ellis, a sewing-machine agent. They reside in the city of Guelph. Their family consists of four children".


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.].

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• Name: Wilhelm Hofstetter
• Name: William Hofstetter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-123490
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: Bef 1898, Victoriaburg (Wilmot Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Hofstetter.-On the 12th of May, 1898, in Baden, Waterloo Co., Ont., Bro. William Hofstetter, aged 75 years, 5 months and 23 days. He had been ill for several weeks. On Saturday afternoon, the 14th, the remains were taken to the Mennonite cemetery near Mannheim, of which church the deceased was a member, where they were laid in their last resting place. A large number of sympathizing friends attended the funeral. The services were conducted by Daniel Wismer and Tobias Bowman. Bro. Hofstetter came here from Germany. He lived hear Victoriaburg for many years till his retirement a few years ago, when his son William took the farm. He then moved to Baden with his wife, who is still living, although she is very ill and small hopes are entertained for her recovery.

Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXV, No. 11, June 1, 1898 - page 172, 173

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William Hofstetter, father-in-law of Mr. John Schenk, was called to eternal rest on Thursday, May 12th, and buried in the Mennonite cemetery in Mannheim on Saturday, accompanied by a great crowd. He was born in the year 1822 in Beergelden, Hess-Darmstadt, and came to Berlin, Canada 44 years ago. He had married Maria Magdalena Wereg in Germany, and from this marriage, 8 children were born, one girl of whom died. From Berlin he moved to Wilmot, where he farmed for 30 years. Three and a half years ago, he moved to Baden and settled into retirement at his son-in-law's.

He is survived by his deeply saddened widow, who suffered an eye ailment 40 years ago and has been completely blind for 11 years. Besides his 7 surviving children, he leaves 39 grandchildren. Three grandchildren have died. He died of a heart ailment. His wife is confined to her bed because of frailty and a lung ailment, and was not able to attend the burial. Rev. Tobias Baumann preached from Isaiah, Chapt. 3, 10-11 and Rev. Daniel Wismer from the gospel of John, Chapt. 11, 19-26. He lived to be 75 years, 5 months and 11 days old. (poem follows)

Berliner Journal May 19, 1898 Page 5 Column 2 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

Wilhelm married Maria Magdalena "Magdalena" Wernwag 27 Feb 1848, Reutlingen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Maria (daughter of Samuel Wernwag and Maria Margareth Hecht) was born 27 Jul 1824, , Germany; died 22 May 1898, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Misfortune: blind from 1887
• Name: Lena Wereg
• Name: Lena Wernsweg
• Name: Magdalena
• Name: Magdalena Wereoach
• Name: Maria Magdalena "Magdalena" Hofstetter
• Name: Maria Magdalena Wereg
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137974
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Maria is reported to have been born in Wurttemberger Hof, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, documentation needed.

Med. Note:
Blind from 1887

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• Name: Johann Friederich "John" Golbeck
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-35212
• Residence: 1851, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran Protestant
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Johann married Sophia Rachow 21 Sep 1851, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sophia was born 30 Jul 1830, , Germany; died 25 Apr 1896; was buried , St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Bamberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sophia Goldbeck
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-35213
• Residence: 1851, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran Protestant
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70470

Edwin — Louisa. Louisa was born Abt 1834, of, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Louisa Ellis
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70471

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• Eby ID Number: 00098-5496
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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Jacob Saltzberger, "was born May 25th, 1825. He is married to Esther Honsberger who was born October 16th, 1826. They reside in Plattsville Oxford County, Ontario, and have had a family of five children"


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.].

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Death of Mr. Jacob Saltzberry - One of the old pioneers has passed away in the person of Mr. Jacob Saltzberry. He had made his home for the last 3 years with his daughter, Esther (Mrs. Miller), Haysville. For the last ten weeks he had been ailing with dropsy and on Sunday, Aug. 20th, about 10 o'clock a.m. passed quietly away in his 87th year. He leaves to mourn his loss, 3 daughters, Lovina, Mrs. J. T. Underwood; Esther, Mrs. Geo. A. Miller, Haysville and Mary, Mrs. H. P. Ellis, Berlin. One son and two daughters died several years ago, Moses, Veronica, Mrs. A. Hilborn and Katherine, Mrs. Geo. Miller. His wife predeceased him about 9 years. the funeral will be held from Mrs. Miller's residence in Haysville to Blenheim cemetery. Service at the house at 1.30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22nd.

The Daily Telegraph Aug 21 1911 pg 1

Jacob — Esther Honsberger. Esther (daughter of Abraham Honsberger and Catharine S. Bergey) was born 16 Oct 1826, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jan 1902; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Esther Saltzberger
• Eby ID Number: 00057-3881

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Esther Honsberger, "was born October 16th 1826. She was married to Jacob Saltzberger, a farmer. They reside several miles south-west of New Dundee. To them were born several children."


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.].