Erle Martin

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-171410

Erle — Anne. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23989
• Occupation: 1924, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

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MARTIN, Emerson

At the K-W Hospital, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1981, following a lengthy illness, aged 81 years, Emerson Martin of 21 Rose St., Kitchener. A member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and a retired employee of CNR. Son of the late Christian Martin and Susannah Martin. Father of Earle of Waterloo and Gertrude (Mrs. Donald Seiling) of RR 3. Waterloo; dear friend of Margaret Duench of Kitchener. Also survived by seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Predeceased by two brothers and one sister. Visitation at the Schrelter-Sandrock Funeral Home, 51 Benton St., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. tonight, until 9 a.m. Thursday, when transfer will be made to St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Chapel for funeral and committal services, at 11 a.m, Rev. Fred Zinck officiating. Following cremation, interment will be held in Memory Gardens.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 13 Jan 1981 pg 23

Emerson married Eda Philipina "Edith" Beckner 18 Mar 1924, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Eda (daughter of Henry Beckner and Caroline Oswald) was born 6 Oct 1902, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eda Philipina "Edith" Martin
• Name: Edith Beckner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-168628
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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MARTIN, Edith (nee Beckner)

Passed away peacefully, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1995, at St. Mary's Hospital, in her 93rd year.

Edith Martin was born and raised near Hawkesville in 1902 and later lived in Elmira and Kitchener. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and was a proud employee of Seagram's where she worked for 21 years. She most recently resided at LaFontaine Retirement Home.

She is survived by her daughter, Gertrude Seiling and her son Erle Martin and his wife Anne, together with seven grandchildren, 11 great- grandchildren and one great-great- grandchild.

Predeceased by her parents, Carolyn Oswald and Henry Beckner; her sister, Leona and her brother, Harry.

Visitation at the Schreiter- Sandrock Funeral Home & Chapel, 51 Benton at Church St., Kitchener, today (Tuesday), where the family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, March 1 at 2 p.m., Rev. James Bindernagel officiating. In- terment St. James Cemetery, Elmira.

Donations to St. Mary's Hospital Foundation, 911 Queen's Blvd., Kitchener, N2M 1P2 or K-W Hospital Foundation, 835 King St. W., Kitch- ener, N2G 1G3, would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

The Record Tue, Feb 28, 1995 Page 9

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Christian — Susannah Martin. Susannah (daughter of Noah B. Martin and Catharine Martin) was born 23 Jan 1873, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1943; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4568.789

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54477P
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1907, 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
• Residence: 1912, Woolwich Township German Company Tract 050, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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HENRY BECKNER

Henry Beckner, 76, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Emmer- son Martin, 21 Rose St., Kitchener, on Wednesday morning, after a lengthy illness and having sustained sev- eral strokes. He had been living in Kitchener for about six months.

He farmed on the town line of Hawkesville until four years ago when he moved to the village. Mr. Beckner was a life-long member of St. James' Lutheran Church. Elmira.

He married the former Caroline Oswald of Woolwich 49 years ago. His wife and three children survive. They are Harry and Mrs. Arthur (Leona) Reist of Winterbourne and Mrs. Emerson (Edith) Martin of Kitchener. There also are six grand-children and, one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Oscar Taylor of Vancouver and one brother Tilman of Detroit.

The remains are resting at Dreisinger's Funeral Home. Funeral ar- rangements have not yet been made.

Henry married Caroline Oswald 22 Feb 1898, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Caroline (daughter of Michael B. Oswald and Philipena Braun) was born 26 Jul 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jul 1953, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Caroline Beckner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54478P
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1912, Woolwich Township German Company Tract 050, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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CAROLINE BECKNER

Mrs. Caroline Beckner, 82, of Hawkesville died Tuesday, July 21. She was the widow of Henry Beckner, who died in 1947.

After her marriage, she lived on a farm in Woolwich Township until 13 years ago when she and her husband retired to Hawkesville. She
was a member of St. James's Lutheran Church, Elmira.

Surviving are one son, Harry of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. A. (Leona) Reist of Kitchener and Mrs. E. M. (Edith) Martin of Elmira, six grandchildren and six great-grand-children.

The body was at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor until Friday at 1 p.m. when removal was made to St. James's Church for funeral at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Henry Baetz officiating. Burial was in St. James's Cemetery.

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• Eby ID Number: 00075-4581
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Jacob B. Martin, "the fourth son, was born August 29th, 1840. He is married to Mary Fry. They reside in Peel Township, near Yatton P.O., where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of nine 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.].

Jacob married Maria "Mary" Frey 11 May 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Christian Frey and Anna Musselman) was born 24 Feb 1846, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1920, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , South Peel Mennonite Cemetery, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria "Mary" Martin
• Name: Mary Frey
• Eby ID Number: 00083-5017.2
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Mary Fry, "the eldest, was born February 24th, 1846. On May 11th, 1865, she was married to Jacob B. Martin. They follow farming and reside in Peel Township, near Wallenstein P.O., Ontario."


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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• Eby ID Number: 00075-4568
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Occupation: 1871, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

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Noah B. Martin, "is married to Catharine Martin."


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.].

Noah married Catharine Martin 12 Dec 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of Elias Martin and Susannah Shantz) was born 1 Aug 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1919; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4308
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Catharine Martin, "was born August 1st, 1853. She is married to Noah Martin."


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: Heinrich "Henry" Boeckner
• Name: Henry Boeckner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-279891
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; laborer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• House of Industry and Refuge: 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Henry Beckner

The death occurred at St. Jacobs on Friday of Henry Beckner in his 80th year, after a sudden illness. Surviving him are his wife, two sons, Henry of Hawkesville and Tillman of Detroit, and one daughter, Mrs. C. Kallar of Alberta; also one sister, Mrs. Chas. Stockfish of Milverton. The funeral was held on Tuesday. from the residence of his nephew, Jacob Mansz, of Heidelberg, to the Heidelberg Lutheran Church and cemetery for service and interment.

Waterloo Chronicle 20 Oct 1927 pg 5

Heinrich — Kathrine "Catherine" Huehn. Kathrine (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Huehn and Elizabeth Catherina Heimpel) was born 12 Oct 1850, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jun 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Kathrine "Catherine" Beckner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-236745
• Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Mrs. Cathrine Beckner

The death occurred at the K-W Hospital at 10:00 am of Mrs. Cathrine Beckner, wife of the late Henry, Beckner, in her 78th year. The deceased who was born in Heidelberg. the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Huehn, was a member of the St. Matthew's Lutheran church. Her residence was at 64 Alma street. She leaves to mourn, one daughter, Mrs. Oscar Koehler, Swift Current. Saskatchewan, two sons, Henry of Elmira and Tillman of Detroit, alau two sisters, Mrs George Kahn, Waterloo and Mra. Noah Bowman of Preston. Two sons predeceased her. Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of the daughter from Saskatchewan.

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• Interesting: pioneer, story
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26258
• Immigration: 1847, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1849, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• 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
• Naturalization: 1878
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 50 German Company Tract
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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MR. M. B. OSWALD JOINS THE MAJORITY

PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY LAST

There passed from life unto death, on Sunday, Nov. 13, a respected resident in the person of Mr. Michael B. Oswald. He was one of the pioneers of Woolwich and had reached the ripe old age of 89 years, 2 months and 10 days.

Mr. Oswald was born in Germany in the year 1832, in Wilgartsweisen, Rhine Phalz, Bavaria. He came to Canada when a youth of 15 years. His parents took up land in Woolwich Township. Mr. Oswald spent 66 years of his long life on the farm.

On December 22, 1856, he married Miss Philippine Braun and their union was blessed with twelve children, only four of whom are living. Mrs. Oswald died 7 years ago.

The surviving children are: Mr. Jacob Oswald and Mrs. Albert Lorch, of Elmira, Mrs. Henry Ott, of Listowel and Mrs. Henry Beckner on the old homestead.

A brother, Mr. Jacob Oswald, of Kitchener, survive him as do also 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Mr. Oswald was an industrious and intelligent man. He succeeded as a farmer and took a strong interest in every thing that would promote progress. He is credited with having been one of the founders of the Elmira and Woolwich Agricultural Society, was for many years a director and when age overtook him he was, in recognition of his services, made an Honorary President.

He had lived for sixteen years in Elmira and was a lifelong member of St. James' Lutheran Church.

His funeral was on Tuesday afternoon held and was largely attended by sorrowing friends. The funeral procession left the home of his son-in-law Mr. Henry Beckner, at 2 o'clock and proceeded to St. James' Church for services, with Rev. John Strempfer officiating; after which interment took place in the St. James' Church Cemetery.
Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were: Mr. Jacob Oswald, Mr. Henry and Mr. Wm. Oswald, of Kitchener, Mr. Michael Braun of Neustadt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wells and Mrs. Gerbracht, of Ayton.

There were presented a number of floral offerings by relatives and friends, including a pillow from the children.

A good, useful life has closed and his death has called forth for the members of his family the sympathy of the community.

Michael married Philipena Braun 22 Dec 1856, , Ontario, Canada. Philipena (daughter of Georg Jakob "Jacob" Braun and Wilhelmine Prenkert) was born 29 Oct 1839, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Sep 1914, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Philipena Oswald
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26259
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Another old resident of Elmira passed away early on Monday morning in the person of Philippena Braun, beloved wife of Mr. Michael B. Oswald, The deceased was born in Woolwich in 1839. In December 1856 she was married to Mr. Oswald and they shared the joys and sorrows of life for nearly sixty! years. To them were born 12 children. 6 died young and one after marriage. The following remain to mourn with their father in their hour bereavement: Mary (Mrs. A. Lorch), Eva (Mrs. Henry Ott, of Wallace), Caroline (Mrs. Henry Beckner), Jacob and Philippena who is still at home. There are also 18 grandchildren greatgrandchildren, and 2 sisters, Mrs. Philip Oswald, Elmira, and Mrs. Henry Otterbein, Michigan, and one brother, Jacob Braun, Vancouver. Mrs. Oswald had suffered long from that dread disease, cancer, having been ill in bed the last 14 weeks. Death came as a relief from all sickness and pain. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon and was attended by a large number of relatives and friends.