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

Ella Marie Seyffert

Female 1927 - 2008  (80 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ella Marie Seyffert was born 13 Apr 1927 (daughter of Gordon Ainslie Seyffert and Jessie Lee McCarley); died 30 Mar 2008, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ella Marie Bilton
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-193278

    Ella — Robert Bilton. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gordon Ainslie Seyffert was born 9 Feb 1898, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of William Gordon Seyffert and Mary Ainslie); died 20 Jun 1968; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Military: WW1
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64024P
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Gordon married Jessie Lee McCarley 5 May 1927, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jessie was born 14 May 1907, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died 9 Nov 1992, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Jessie Lee McCarley was born 14 May 1907, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died 9 Nov 1992, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Jessie Lee Seyffert
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-193273

    Children:
    1. 1. Ella Marie Seyffert was born 13 Apr 1927; died 30 Mar 2008, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Margaret Helen Seyffert was born 17 Jun 1928, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jun 2015, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario.
    3. Dorothy Elizabeth Seyffert was born 21 Jul 1930, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 May 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. William Gordon Seyffert was born 10 Sep 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Aug 1934, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joan Seyffert was born 1 Jul 1936; died 18 Jul 1991, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Gordon Seyffert was born 14 Jun 1853, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Christoph Frederich "Frederick" Seyffert and Margaretha Hess); died 23 Feb 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Feb 1938, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: William Seifert
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64019
    • Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gardener
    • Occupation: 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
    • Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agent, Farm Implements
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    WILLIAM G. SEYFFERT

    Charter member of St. Paul's Lutheran church, Galt, William G. Seyffert, 381 Victoria street, died at the K-W Hospital today in his 85th year. Death was due to a stroke. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Seyffert, deceased was born in Preston on June 14, 1853. For the past number of years he has lived at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lorne Cook. Mr. Seyffert was a former resident of Galt. He was a member of First English Lutheran church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. George Strangways of Elora and Mrs. Lorne Cook of Kitchener, three sons, Ernest of Toronto, Herbert R., of Kitchener and Gordon A., of Galt, one brother, Fred of Detroit, Mich., five sisters, Mrs. Fred Lippert, Margaret, Rosa and Mrs. Harry Ernst, all of Preston and Mrs. Samuel Brauch of Buffalo. N. Y., ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from, Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, with burial in Mount View Cemetery, Galt. Rev. A. G. Jacobi will officiate. Remains will rest at the funeral home.

    Kitchener Daily Record 23 Feb 1938 pg 17

    William married Mary Ainslie 2 Nov 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of William Ainslie and Margaret Gamble) was born 15 Jun 1869, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1912, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Ainslie was born 15 Jun 1869, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of William Ainslie and Margaret Gamble); died 11 Jan 1912, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Mary Seyffert
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64020P
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. Evelina Katie "Evelyn" Seyffert was born 24 Nov 1893, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 2. Gordon Ainslie Seyffert was born 9 Feb 1898, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jun 1968; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Marguerite Violet Seyffert was born 6 Feb 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1956; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Christoph Frederich "Frederick" Seyffert was born 30 Dec 1824, Ochsenburg, , Hessen, Germany; died 8 Sep 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Frederic Seifert
    • Name: Frederick Seifert
    • Name: Frederick Seyffert
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-88689P
    • Immigration: 1846, , Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1855
    • Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
    • Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
    • Occupation: 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
    • Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Retired: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Christoph married Margaretha Hess 26 Sep 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaretha (daughter of Adam Hess and Maria "Mary") was born 17 Aug 1831, , Hessen, Germany; died 21 Oct 1934, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 24 Oct 1934, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margaretha Hess was born 17 Aug 1831, , Hessen, Germany (daughter of Adam Hess and Maria "Mary"); died 21 Oct 1934, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 24 Oct 1934, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Margaretha Seyffert
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-88690P
    • Immigration: 1837, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1837, , Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1934, 384 Middle St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Mrs. M. Seyffert Dies at Preston In 104th Year

    In her 104th year, Mrs. Margaretha Seyffert, of Preston, passed away quietly in her sleep on Sunday. Mrs. Seyffert retired early Saturday evening and passed away about 4.30 in the morning. Mrs. Seyffert was born in Hessen in Germany in the year 1831, on August 17th. Her parents, who were Maria and Adam John Hess emigrated to Canada when she was five years of age. The party landed at New York and journeyed to Albany, N.Y. and later to Rochester, thence to Charlotte, across the waters of Lake Ontario to Hamilton in Canada. The trip through the bush was fraught with dangers in those days and the party finally arrived in safety at the home of Valentine Ratz, a cousin of the deceased. After spending about two months in that place they went on to Kingbush and later still to Bergeyville. From Bergeyville they journeyed to New Hope, now Hespeler where they first settled. As a child Mrs. Seyffert attended the Bergeyville school which stood opposite the home of C. T. Groh. Mrs. Seyffert was the last living attendant at that historical Institution of learning. Mrs. Seyffert had the honor of being the oldest living attendant at the Lutheran Church in Preston which celebrated its centenary this year. Her marriage to Mr. Frederick Seyffert took place in the Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Rev. Wunderlich performed the ceremony. Mr. Seyffert was born in Ochenburg, Wurtemberg, Germany. He died at the age of 78. The marriage took place in the year 1852. There are numbered among the survivors, five daughters and two sons. They are: Rose and Margaretha who have remained at home with their mother during her declining years: Mrs. Frederick Lippert of Walkerton; Mrs. Samuel Branch of Buffalo, N.Y., Mrs. James Soutar of Preston, William of Kitchener and Frederick of Detroit. One daughter, Amelia, predeceased her besides her husband. The funeral. which was widely attended, was held from the home on Tuesday, followed by the usual church services at St. Peter's Lutheran Church.

    Waterloo Chronicle 25 Oct 1934 pg 1

    Children:
    1. 4. William Gordon Seyffert was born 14 Jun 1853, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Feb 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Feb 1938, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Frederick Seyffert was born 1856, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Adam Seyffert was born CALC 18 Aug 1858, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jun 1889, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Jun 1889, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Catherine Seyffert was born 1860, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jun 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Jun 1945, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Minnie Seyffert was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Emilia "Amelia" Seyffert was born 31 Jan 1862, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jul 1933, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 18 Jul 1933, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Mary Amanda Seyffert was born 1864, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1938; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Amanda Mary Seyffert was born 19 Feb 1864, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1938; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Rosina "Rosa" Seyffert was born 26 May 1866, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1950, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Jun 1950, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Marguerite "Margaret" Seyffert was born 20 Oct 1868, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jun 1947, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 3 Jun 1947, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. -- Seyffert was born Dec 1870, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Albert Seyffert was born 24 Dec 1870, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Aug 1871, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Robert Seyffert was born 14 Jan 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Mar 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 14 Mar 1873, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    14. Adeline Juliana Seyffert was born 5 Mar 1874, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1946; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  William Ainslie was born 1838, , Ontario, Canada (son of George Ainslie and Maria); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33467
    • Occupation: 1868, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada

    William married Margaret Gamble 11 Aug 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Robert Gamble and Mary) was born 1846, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Margaret Gamble was born 1846, , Scotland (daughter of Robert Gamble and Mary); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Margaret Ainslie
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33470

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Ainslie was born 15 Jun 1869, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1912, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Isabella Ainslie was born 1870, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Bessie Allan Ainslie was born 1875, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Margaret Jane Ainslie was born Feb 1883, Clyde, Beverley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.