Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Dorothy Minnie Stevens

Female 1908 - 1993  (84 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dorothy Minnie Stevens was born 31 Mar 1908 (daughter of Charles Herman Stevens and Bertha Lina "Lina" Bierwagen); died 1993, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Dorothy Minnie Nagy
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-140540
    • Residence: 1964, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

    Dorothy — Emil Paul Henry Nagy. Emil was born 7 May 1907, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died Jun 1944, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Herman StevensCharles Herman Stevens was born 31 Dec 1883, , Germany (son of Carl Henry "Charles" Schippanowski and Wilhelmine Borowski); died 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Charles Herman Schippanowski
    • Name: Charles Herman Shippenowski
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97788
    • Immigration: 1889, , Germany

    Notes:

    Charles was reported to have been born in Seibertsdorf Estate, Garnsee, West Prussia, documention needed.

    Charles married Bertha Lina "Lina" Bierwagen 17 Jun 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Bertha (daughter of John Ferdinand Julius "Ferdinand" "Fred" Bierwagen and Henrietta Bertha "Bertha" Paschke) was born 17 Mar 1881, , Germany; died 10 Apr 1964, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Bertha Lina "Lina" Bierwagen was born 17 Mar 1881, , Germany (daughter of John Ferdinand Julius "Ferdinand" "Fred" Bierwagen and Henrietta Bertha "Bertha" Paschke); died 10 Apr 1964, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Bertha Lina "Lina" Stevens
    • Name: Lena Bierwagen
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98741
    • Immigration: 1883
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shirt Factory Operator

    Notes:

    Mrs. Charles H. Stevens

    Toronto - Mrs. Charles H. Stevens, 83, of 116 Watson Ave., a former Kitchener resident, died here in Toronto Western Hospital today after an illness of three weeks. The funeral will be held in Kitchener, but arrangements have not been completed.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 10, 1964

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    Mrs. Charles H. Stevens

    Funeral for a former Kitchener woman, Mrs. Charles H. Stevens, 83,of 116 Watson Ave., Toronto, will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home. Mrs. Stevens died Friday after a brief illness at Western Hospital, Toronto. Rev. Albert A. Lorch of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Toronto, will officiate at the funeral service. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery. The former Lina Bierwagen, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Bierwagen. She was born in Germany March 17, 1881. Mrs. Stevens was a member of Redeemer Church, Toronto. She moved to Toronto from Kitchener 15 years ago. Surviving are her husband, to whom she was married June 17, 1907, in Kitchener; two sons, Carl and Edwin, both of Kitchener; two daughters, Ruth and Mrs. Dorothy Nagy, both of Toronto; a brother, Carl, of Bridgeport; two sisters, Mrs. Otto (Bertha) Heimpel and Mrs. Mary Piellusch, both of Kitchener, and seven grandchildren.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 11, 1964

    Children:
    1. Ruth Victoria Stevens
    2. 1. Dorothy Minnie Stevens was born 31 Mar 1908; died 1993, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Carl Edward Stevens was born 11 Jan 1910, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2006; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Edwin Stevens was born 11 May 1913, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1999, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Carl Henry "Charles" Schippanowski was born 14 Sep 1852, , Germany; died 27 Nov 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Nationality: , Germany
    • Name: Carl Sczepanowski
    • Name: Charles Shippenowski
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-309789
    • Immigration: 1889, , Germany
    • Immigration: 1890, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; hostler
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Furniture Factory
    • Residence: 1921, 12 Sharon St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • House of Industry and Refuge: 1925

    Carl — Wilhelmine Borowski. Wilhelmine was born 17 May 1847, , West Prussia, Germany; died 26 Jun 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Wilhelmine Borowski was born 17 May 1847, , West Prussia, Germany; died 26 Jun 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178457765
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-471722
    • Immigration: 1889, , Germany

    Children:
    1. August Albert Stevens was born 23 Mar 1881, Wieshof, , Bayern, Germany; died 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. Charles Herman Stevens was born 31 Dec 1883, , Germany; died 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Herman Julius Sheppard was born 6 Sep 1886, , Germany; died 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Albert Stevens was born 1 Dec 1888, , Germany; died 1982; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    5. Rev. James Reynold Sheppard was born 15 Mar 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Apr 1970, , Anoka County, Minnesota, USA; was buried , Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.

  3. 6.  John Ferdinand Julius "Ferdinand" "Fred" BierwagenJohn Ferdinand Julius "Ferdinand" "Fred" Bierwagen was born 13 Sep 1848, , Prussia, Germany (son of Augustus Charles Bierwagen and Ernestina Wilhelmina Heise); died 15 Jun 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Ferdinand Bierwagen
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98738
    • Immigration: 1883
    • Naturalization: 1886
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brick Layer, Building
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, 224 Waterloo St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1930, 60 Simeon St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    John Ferdinand Julius Bierwagen

    The death of John Ferdinand Julius Bierwagen, occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. Piellusch, 60 Simeon street yesterday morning in his 82nd year. Mr. Bierwagen had been ill four days. He was a retired mason and attended St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. He was born in Germany in 1848, and came to Canada in 1882. His wife predeceased him nine years ago, and he is survived by one son, Carl Bierwagen of this city, five daughters, Mrs. Conrad Rockel, Lanigan, Sask., Mrs. H. Hilker, Mrs. C. Shippanowski, Mrs. C. Heimpel and Mrs. H. Piellusch, of Kitchener, two brothers, Robert Bierwagen, Kitchener and Gustave Bierwagen of Germany, one sister, Mrs. Ernestine Bock, Waterloo, 15 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. One son died in infancy. The funeral will be held on Wednesday from the residence 60 Simeon street at 2 o'clock to St. Matthew's Lutheran Church at 2.30. Internment will be made at Mount Hope cemetery, Rev. J. Schmieder officiating.

    Kitchener Daily Record, June 16, 1930

    John — Henrietta Bertha "Bertha" Paschke. Henrietta was born 25 Aug 1853, , Germany; died 6 Oct 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Henrietta Bertha "Bertha" Paschke was born 25 Aug 1853, , Germany; died 6 Oct 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Bertha Paschke
    • Name: Henrietta Bertha "Bertha" Bierwagen
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98739
    • Immigration: 1883, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, 224 Waterloo St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Late Mrs. Bierwagen

    The death of Mrs. Bertha Bierwagen occurred early this morning. The deceased was sixty-eight years of age and was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church. She has resided in Kitchener for the last thirty-eight years of her life having come here from Germany. She is survived by her husband Mr. Ferdinand Bierwagen, five daughters, Mrs. H. Hilker, Louisa St., Mrs. C. Shipanowski, Louisa St., Mrs. C. Rockel, Saskatchewan, Mrs. H. Pilluch, Simeon St., and Miss Bertha at home, and one son, Mr. Charles Bierwagen, Pinke St. The funeral will take place on Sunday from the house 224 Waterloo street, at 2 o'clock to Mount Hope cemetery for internment.

    Kitchener Daily Telegraph, October 6, 1921

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    Mrs. Fred Bierwagen

    There passed away at 7: 30 this morning after a lengthy illness Mrs. Ferdinand Bierwagen, 224 Waterloo street. The deceased was about 68 years of age. Surviving are her husband, six children who are, Mrs. Rockle of Saskatchewan, Mrs. H. Hilker, Mrs. Shipanowski, Mrs. H. Piellusch, Miss Bertha and Charles all of Kitchener, and 16 grandchildren. Before her marriage she was known by the name of Bertha Paske. The deceased was a member of St. Matthews church. The funeral will be at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the residence to Mount Hope cemetery for internment.

    Kitchener Daily Record, October 6, 1921

    Children:
    1. Ida Augusta Bierwagen was born 7 Jul 1876, , Germany; died 11 Jul 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Lanigan, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    2. Emma Bierwagen was born 9 Oct 1878, , Germany; died 2 Feb 1950, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Bertha Lina "Lina" Bierwagen was born 17 Mar 1881, , Germany; died 10 Apr 1964, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Carl Ferdinand Henry "Charles" "Charlie" Bierwagen was born 19 Jan 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Robert Henry Bierwagen was born 8 Jun 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Oct 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Bertha Pauline Bierwagen was born 14 Jan 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Maria A. "Mary" Bierwagen was born 16 Mar 1890, , Ontario, Canada; died 1972; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Augustus Charles Bierwagen was born CA 1828, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-101979

    Augustus — Ernestina Wilhelmina Heise. Ernestina was born CA 1828, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Ernestina Wilhelmina Heise was born CA 1828, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ernestina Wilhelmina Bierwagen
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106793

    Children:
    1. 6. John Ferdinand Julius "Ferdinand" "Fred" Bierwagen was born 13 Sep 1848, , Prussia, Germany; died 15 Jun 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Robert John Carl Bierwagen was born 10 Dec 1852, Zirge, Prussia, Germany; died 11 May 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Ernstine Pauline Bierwagen was born 1858, , Prussia, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Ernestina Amelia Bierwagen was born 29 Sep 1858, , Germany; died 18 Jun 1935, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.