Maureen Ernst

Maureen — Ernest Springall. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-173596
• Residence: 1963, 174 Bridgeport Rd., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Maurice married Marie Kirby [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37293
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Furniture Finisher
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster, in Town
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Sun. Nov. 10 weather mild, sunny most of the day - got up late about8.30 - don jores, dressed - after dinner I looked over my Simplex Music lessons and arranged them in order - have not practiced anny for about a year, will begin fresh again next week - then went out on the street in front of the house, where Laura Eby and Ervin Velzing were talking -the[y] told me that Alton Ernst and two girls went in the house a minute ago - I went in was introduced to the girls, "both Miss["] - we listened to the phonograph most of the afternoon. Kenneth Dunke & another boy were here this afternoon, to see the chickens. Just before supper Altonand the girls made a record for me singing a german song "Shane ist deyungen und se comt nicht meir" - after that I also joined in and we sang the [choruses] of "Silver Bell" & ["] Put on your Old Grey Bonnet.["] After supper I took little Benney home - carried him for he was sleepy. Then we looked over my snapshots - Wess came about 8 oclock - Alt and the girls went out with me to see the rabbits etc. - then got some apples in the wash-house celler before going home - Alt is conductor on the car night shift, begins work at 10 oclock - I then milked - Wess played phonograph. It is too late to develop Wesses pictures which he took in St. Agatha today - will develop them tomorrow night - got to bed about 11 o clock.

Gordon Christian Eby Diary

Alton married Mary Magdalene "Magdalene" Steffler 29 Apr 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Anthony Steffler and Sarah Grasser) was born 4 Dec 1885, Formosa, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jun 1949, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Magdalene "Magdalene" Ernst
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-173614

Notes:

Mrs. Alton Ernst

PRESTON, June 15. Mary Magdalene Steffler, wife of Alton Burton Ernst, 248 Queen St. and well-known Preston resident for the past 33 years, died in Toronto General Hospital, this morning, at the age of 63 years. Mrs. Ernst had been seriously ill for three months and confined to hospital, for the past two months. During many years of residence in the community she had formed a large circle of friends. Born in Formosa, she lived in Kitchener, prior to coming to Preston, in 1916. She was a member of St. Clement's R. C. Church, the Catholic Women's League and the Altar Society. Surviving are her husband; three daughters, Vernetta, Mildred and Laureen Ernst at home; two sons, Wilbert of Preston and Maurice of Kitchener; six grandchildren and two brothers, Joseph and George Steffler of Formosa. Two sisters, Mrs. Michael Cody of Guelph and Mrs. George Seigfried of Walkerton predeceased her. The body is resting at the Stager-Pass Funeral Home, where funeral will take place Saturday, with requiem high mass at St. Clement's R. C. Church, at 8 a.m. Interment will be in the Preston R.C. Cementery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Jun 1949 pg 5

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75139771
• Name: Lewis Ernst
• Eby ID Number: 00033-2957.2
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, 66 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Louis Ernst, "the eldest, is married to Lydia Richert and resides at German Mills, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists 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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Ernst - Louis Ernst passed away suddenly at the Kitchener and Waterloo Hospital, late on Friday afternoon, May 27, 1938; aged 78 y. 1 m. 16 d. He had been about in his usual health until a few hours previous to his sudden and unexpected death. The deceased was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ernst and was born in Wilmot Twp., a few miles north of Baden on April 11, 1860. After his marriage to Lydia Rickert who predeceased him 20 years ago, he farmed for many years near Kitchener, retiring from active farming about 20 years ago. He has resided in this city for the past 45 years. He was a life-long member of the Mennonite Church, and interested in her welfare. He is survived by his second wife, 2 daughters (Mrs. George Uhrig and Miss Lillie Ernts both of Kitchener), 3 sons (Ephraim and Milton of Kitchener and Alton of Preston), 1 brother (Samuel Ernst of Kitchener), 2 sisters (Mrs. William Reamer of Drayton, and Mrs. William Martin of Millbank), 20 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild. The services were conducted by Bros. C.F. Derstine, and O. Burkholder. Themes, "The Living Hope," and "Exaltation by God.^"


Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXI, No. 12 - June 23, 1938, Page 279, 280

Louis married Lydia Rickert Mar 1880. Lydia (daughter of Johann "John" Rickert and Anna "Nancy" Eby) was born 31 Dec 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75139799
• Name: Lydia Ernst
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2561
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Lydia Rickert, "was born December 31st, 1855, and is married to Louis Ernst, a farmer. They reside near Berlin."

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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ERNST. - Sister Lydia Rickert, beloved wife of Bro. Louis Ernst, was born Dec. 31, 1855; died of apoplexy at her home in Kitchener, Ont. Dec. 25, 1917; aged 61y. 11m. 24d. She was the mother of 3 sons and 2 daughters, who mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother. The funeral was held Dec. 29, 1917, at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Ont., by the brethren, Samuel Bowman and U.K. Weber. Text, Rev. 21: 4, last clause. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald - January, 1918

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• Name: Anton Steffler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-173623
• Occupation: 1895, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Anthony — Sarah Grasser. Sarah (daughter of Francis Joseph "Joseph" Grasser and Barbara Weiler) was born 1863; died 4 Jul 1893, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah Steffler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-173624