Florence Bricker

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-382273
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Iron Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Ervin Bricker

PRESTON, Ervin E. Bricker, 64, of 22 Grand River St. East, Paris, Ont., an electrician for 30 years, with the Preston PUC, died in Paris Saturday evening. Mr. Bricker was born in Toronto and had resided in Preston, since 1911, until he moved to Paris, five months ago. He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Preston, the Masonic Lodge and Loyal Order of the Orange Lodge No. 2308, Preston. Surviving are his wife, the former Beta Geffroy, two sons, Kenneth of Preston and Clifford of RR 1, Alton; two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Florence) Walker, of Paris, Mrs. James (Dorothy) Brown of RR 2, Hespeler; one brother, Clifford Bricker of Waterloo; one sister, Mrs. Eva Stephen of Toronto; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The body is at the Stager-Barthel Funeral Home, where the funeral will be conducted, Tuesday, at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Preston Park Lawn Cemetery. Rev. J. S. Dauphinee will officate.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 2 Oct 1960 pg 7

Ervin married Reta Avada "Betty" Geoffroy 5 Oct 1915, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. Reta was born 3 Aug 1896, Tuckersmith Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1993, Orangeville, Mono Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Jan 1993, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Reta Avada "Betty" Bricker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-382274

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BRICKER, Reta

At the Orangeville Hospital, Orangeville, Ont., on Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, Reta Goeffory, beloved wife of the late Ervin Bricker, in her 97th year. Dear mother Kenneth and his wife Mavis of Listowel, Clifford and his wife Shirley of Orangeville, Mrs. Edna Walker of Paris, Ont. and Dorothy Brown of Cambridge. Also survived by 15 grandchildren. Mrs. Bricker was a resident of Orangeville for four years, from Cambridge, Ont. The family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge (today) Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1993, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held at the funeral home Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at 3: 30 p.m. Interment Parklawn Cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 26 Jan 1993 pg A11

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198054220
• Eby ID Number: 00016-1279.6
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
• Occupation: 1895, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1901, Toronto Junction, York Co., Ontario
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: Abt 1916, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada

Ervin married Lydia Jane Gofton 4 Feb 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Robert G. Gofton and Rosannah Fonger) was born 20 Mar 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1913, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lydia Jane Bricker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218360
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: 1901, Toronto Junction, York Co., Ontario
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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DEATH OF MRS. GOFTON

The death occurred in Preston on Saturday of Lydia Jane Bricker, wife of Ervin Bricker. Death was caused by dropsy of which she had been a sufferer for about a year. Mrs. Bricker was in her 47th year. She is survived by a hushand, three sons, three daughters and her mother Mrs. Gofton of 48 Schneider avenue of this city. There are six surviving brothers and three sisters, viz. Mrs. Benjamin Godbold, Gilbert Plains, Mrs. A. Meyers, Waterloo, Mrs. Nyland, Rodger F. Gofton, Samuel Gofton, Smyth Gofton of Berlin, John and Isaac of Barrie, and Robert of Markham. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock to-day from the residence. Chestnut street Preston, to the Preston cemetery.

The Berlin News Record Mon, Nov 10, 1913 Page 7

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• Eby ID Number: 00016-1279
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

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Jacob B. Bricker," the eldest son of John Bricker and his second wife, Susannah Bergey, is married to Hannah Unger. They reside in Howick Township, Huron County, Ontario. where he is engaged in farming. To them were born ten 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 Hannah Unger 1 Jan 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Adam Unger and Margaret Hallman) was born 6 Nov 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1921; was buried , Brethern in Christ Cemetery, Howick Township, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hannah Bricker
• Eby ID Number: 00124-7586
• Residence: 1861, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren
• Residence: 1881, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethern in Christ

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Hannah Unger, "is married to Jacob Bricker, a farmer. They reside near Fordwich, Howick Township, Huron County, and have a family of ten 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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Roseville United Brethren in Christ Church

Although early meetings are reported to have begun in the Roseville area as early as 1860, it was not until 1881 that Rev. George Backus of New Dundee came to the area to conduct regular services in Roseville homes on Sunday evenings. The first services were held in the home of Mrs. Jacob Bricker; there were seven charter members in the group. Shortly after this time, c.1884, the present church building, which was originally of frame and dates to 1852 when it belonged to a Lutheran Congregation, was bought from the Wesleyan Methodists who had acquired it earlier from the Lutherans. The first United Brethren in Christ pastors after Rev. Backus were Revs. David B. Sherk and Jacob. B. Bowman. The congregation remained on a circuit until 1969 when the connection ended with New Dundee and Roseville became independent. A parsonage was purchased in 1971 and on September 9, 1973 a sod-breaking ceremony was held for the Christian Education addition. Dedication services were held on October 6, 1974.
A split in the United Brethren in Christ in 1889 resulted in two groups calling themselves by that name. One group joined the Congregationals in 1906. The other group remained United Brethren in Christ until November 16, 1946 when most congregations of the United Brethen in Christ organization joined with the Evangelical Church to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church - later to join with the United Church on January 1, 1968. This congregation is one of three United Brethren in Christ Churches in Waterloo County today. The others are Stanley Park in Kitchener, and New Dundee. The headquarters of the church is in Huntington, Indiana.
Although the building was originally of frame construction, remodelling and renovations have resulted in the church building of today.

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

Residence:
Although early meetings are reported to have begun in the Roseville area as early as 1860, it was not until 1881 that Rev. George Backus of New Dundee came to the area to conduct regular services in Roseville homes on Sunday evenings. The first services were held in the home of Mrs. Jacob Bricker ; there were seven charter members in the group..<sup>1a

1a</sup>Ambrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143928229
• Eby ID Number: 00117-7327.1
• Residence: 1859, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; No religion
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Robert married Rosannah Fonger 1 May 1859, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Rosannah (daughter of William Fonger and Mary Regne Day) was born 25 Oct 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rosannah Gofton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-39015
• Residence: 1859, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

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Mrs. Rosana Gofton Has Been Called

RELICT OF THE LATE R. G. GOFTON

The Deceased Had Resided in City Thirty Years

Another of the community's worthy residents has departed this life, Mrs. Rosana Gofton, relict of the late R. G. Gofton, being called. Home yesterday after a lingering illness.

About four months ago Mrs. Gofton suffered with a stroke and during the greater part of that time had been confined to her bed. Her condition became more critical and during the last two weeks she was unconscious. While Mrs. Gofton during recent years had been handicapped and had to take to the us of crutches, yet it wasn't until last fall that serious illness overtook her.

The deceased, before her marriage, was Rosana Founger [sic] and was born in Brantford on Oct. 25, 1841. Her husband predeceased her thirty years ago. For many years the family. conducted a farm near Mannheim and after the death of the husband Mrs. Gofton removed to this town and had resided here ever since. During her residence here and at Mannheim she made many aequaintances among whom the intelligenre of her passing away will kindly regret. Possessed of pleasing and gentle qualities, kindness and sociableness, the deceased lady was be loved by all who knew her. Her demise means a loss to the community as well as to the family, who will have the sympathy of citizens.

The age of the deceased was 76 years, 5 months and 23 days. Surviving her are six sons and three daughters; four children predeceased her, three in infancy and one daughter about five years ago. The surviving children are: Roger, Samuel and Smith, of this city; Robert, of Brantford: John and Isaac, of Orillia: Mrs. M. Godbold, of Gilbert Plains. Man: Mrs. Geo. Nyland, Sault Ste. Marie: Mrs. Alf. Meyer of Waterloo. There are forty-two grandchildren and eleven great grand- children.

The funeral will be held at 2.15 p.m. Sunday at the residence. 45 Schneider Ave.. to the United Brethern Church of which the deceased was a valuable member. Interment will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery.

The News Record Fri, Apr 19, 1918 Page 6