Robert Harold "Bob" Soehner

Robert married Shirley Anne Johnston [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169959
• Residence: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1926, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1963, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

John married Erma Aberle 15 Sep 1926, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Erma (daughter of Jacob Aberle and Mary S. Geisel) was born 1 Jun 1900, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Sep 2001. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ellen Aberle
• Name: Erma Soehner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55698
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1926, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic

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• Name: Friedrich Soehner
• Name: Fritz Soehner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56761
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Labourer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
• Occupation: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1921, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Frederick — Catherine Ziegler. Catherine (daughter of Zeigler, daughter of George Michael Ziegler and Catherine Meyer) was born 31 Aug 1862, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Mar 1946, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Soehner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56762
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Luthern

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55695P
• Immigration: 1828, , Canada
• Immigration: 1889
• Naturalization: 1896
• Occupation: 1899, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Jacob married Mary S. Geisel 5 Jan 1899, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Johannes "John" Geisel and Elisabeth F. Schweitzer) was born 31 Jul 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary S. Aberle
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115661P
• Residence: 1899, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

WEDDING BELLS - Last Wednesday evening St. Paul's Lutheran church was the scene of one of the those interesting events which always cause a ripple of excitement in the com-munity. The occasion was the marriage of Mr. Jacob Aberle, a well-known and respected young man of the neighborhood, to Miss Mary Geisel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Geisel of Woolwich Township. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W.C. Boese of Berlin, and was witnessed by a large number of spectators. Miss L. Geisel, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid while Mr. August Pfaff assisted the groom through the trying ordeal. After the wedding the young couple went to their future home on the Muth farm in Woolwich where a merry evening was spent by the young people who had been invited there. We join their many friends in wishing the young couple a long and prosperous married life.


THE ELMIRA ADVERTISER January 12, 1899.

Other Events:

• Name: Henry Soehner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130055
• Occupation: 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; wagon maker
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wagonmaker
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waggon Maker
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

On the 24th November there died here Henry Soehner, who had gone a little past the 70th milestone. Deceased was born in 1830 in Baden, Germany, and came to this country at the age of 25 years. He worked in Berlin for some time and then came to this village, where he carried on a wagon-making business, 13 years ago he had a paralytic stroke which partially lamed him and deprived him of the power of speech which he recovered only to an imperfect degree. He patiently bore the cross thus laid upon him. Deceased always manifested a lively interest in church and school. He leaves behind a widow, four sons and two daughters, also a brother residing in Michigan, who came over to see the remains of his brother laid in the grave. The burial took place on Tuesday Nov. 27th in presence of a large number of friends. Funeral services were held by Rev. R. T. Vorberg in the Lutheran church. May the Lord comfort the bereaved family and may consolation come to them through the hope of a reunion with the departed in the realms of light where there shall be no more sorrow and tears shall cease to flow.

1aElmira Advertiser 6 Dec 1900

Heinrich married Elisabeth Wohlfarth 25 Oct 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth was born CALC 2 Jul 1829, , Germany; died 6 Sep 1915, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Floradale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabeth Soehner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55827
• Immigration: 1838
• Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Michael Ziegler
• Eby ID Number: 00002-154.2
• Occupation: 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Occupation: 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
• Residence: 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster

Notes:

Name also referred to as "George Michael" by others.


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.].

George married Catherine Meyer 15 Nov 1853, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Ludwig Moyer and Mary) was born CALC 12 Jan 1831, , Germany; died 12 Mar 1906, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Meier
• Name: Catherine Moyer
• Name: Catherine Ziegler
• Name: Katherine Meyer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-113579
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

On Friday of last week, the earthly remains of Katherine Ziegler, mother of David Ziegler, Elmira, were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery here. Deceased died on the 13^th at the asylum at London where she had spent the last 33 years suffering from mental derangement. A funeral service was held in the Lutheran church; where a large number of friends, gathered in honour of the deceased. The husband of the deceased lay ill at the home of one of the sons in Michigan, and could not be at the funeral ??? the age of 76 years and leaves behind her husband, 5 sons, 3 daughters, ? grandchildren and one great-grandchild.


Elmira Signet March 1906

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• Name: John Geisel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55561
• Immigration: 1854, , Canada
• Immigration: 1854
• Residence: 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1865
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Naturalization: 1879
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

WOOLWICH PIONEER DEAD.

Another of the old Woolwich farmers passed away on Monday in the person of John Geisel, Sr. The deceased was born in Reimenrod, Germany, on Sept. 6^th, 1840. He came to Canada when 14 years old and lived in Woolwich ever since. On the 11^th of August 1863 he was married to Elizabeth Schweitzer. They took charge of the farm on which he died and they spent all their married life there. To them were born ten children, one of whom died in his third year. There remain, to mourn his departure, the sorrowing widow and the following children: Elizabeth (Mrs. Herman Geisel) George, John, Henry, Katie (Mrs. Wm. Witter), Lena (Mrs. Josia Bauman, of Michigan), Margaret (Mrs. Noah Reist), Mary (Mrs. Jacob Aberle), Lavina (Mrs. John Schmermund) 32 grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive him. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of a large circle of relatives and friends. The funeral is being held this afternoon. Rev. R. A. Eifert of St. Paul's church officiating.

Elmira Signet 20 Dec 1917

Johannes married Elisabeth F. Schweitzer 11 Aug 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth (daughter of Johann Philip Schweitzer and Magdalena H. Frey) was born 14 Sep 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1932, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elisabeth F. Geisel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55562
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Mrs. John Geisel, Sr.

After a long life of nearly ninety years, there died on Saturday, September 17, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Noah W. Reist in Woolwich, Mrs. Elizabeth Geisel, Sr., of Woolwich Township. Mrs. Geisel was born on September 14, 1843, in Wellesley Township, the daughter of Philip Schweitzer and his wife, Magdalena Frey. She was married to John Geisel on August 11^th, 1863. This union was blessed with eleven children, two having died in infancy. There are left to mourn the loss of a faithful Christian mother, three sons and six daughters, namely, Mrs. Herman Geisel, George Geisel, John Geisel, Henry Geisel, Mrs. William Witter of Kitchener, Mrs. J. Baumann of Caledonia, Mich., Mrs. N. W. Reist, Mrs. Jacob Aberle and Mrs. John Schmermund, also twenty-nine grandchildren, twenty-four great-children, one sister, Mrs. G. Reichenbach of Pandora, Ohio, and one brother, Conrad Schweitzer of Kitchener.

Since the death of her husband in 1917, Mrs. Geisel made her home with her daughters. She died on Saturday, September 17^th, surrounded by her children, aged eighty-nine years and two days.

The funeral was held on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 2 o'clock p.m., from the home to St. Paul's church, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Elmira Cemetery. Rev. F. Malinsky, the family pastor officiated. The pall-bearers were grandson, Albert Geisel, Theophiel Geisel, Edward Geisel, Norman Geisel, Hilbert Reist and Leslie Aberle. Relatives from a distance included Mrs. J. Baumann and daughter of Caledonia, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Basinger, Mr. and Mrs. J. Diller, Mrs. Gottlieb Reichenbach of Pandora, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Eisenbach and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Eisenbach , also of Pandora, Ohio, and others from Kitchener, Waterloo and Lexington.