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James "Jim" Shantz

Male 1941 - 2008  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James "Jim" Shantz was born 1941 (son of Lester Woodrow Shantz and Charlotte Jean "Jean" Schippling); died 25 May 2008, Hemet, Riverside, California, United States.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202204

    Notes:

    SHANTZ, James W. (Jim) - Died suddenly May 25, 2008, at the age of 66, at his home in Hemet, California. Husband of Janet, he will be sadly missed by sister, Sandy and Brian Moyer of Ayr; nieces, Becky and Thom, Sara and Matt, Jessica and Brad and great-niece, Jailyn Mills, all of Cambridge. Also missed by cousins, Debbie and Doug McDaniel and aunt, Ruth Bruder. Predeceased by his parents, Jean and Norm Stahle and Lester Shantz. Jim worked over 30 years for Cooks/Hoegler Pharmacy where he had many cherished friendships, including Walter Cook and Herb Hoegler, prior to retiring in 2004 and moving to Hemet. Jim always had a helping hand or just a gentle ear for anyone who needed it. He will be greatly missed by all his friends. Jim has been laid to rest in Hemet, California. Expressions of sympathy could be made to the Humane Society in memory of Jim. Details of memorial service in Kitchener will be made at a later date.

    WATERLOO REGION RECORD, Kitchener, Ontario - May. 31, 2008

    James — Janet. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lester Woodrow Shantz was born 25 Nov 1916 (son of Leander C. Shantz and Alberta Histand); died 14 Mar 2000, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146772698
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-185723

    Notes:

    SHANTZ, Lester - Passed away peacefully, at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, on Tuesday, March 14, 2000, in his 84th year.

    Survived by his son, Jim Shantz and his wife Janet of Kitchener and his sister, Ruth Bruder of Breslau.

    Predeceased by his parents, Leander and Alberta Shantz as well as his brother-in-law, Ferdinand Bruder.

    Relatives and friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener on Thursday from 1 p.m. until the funeral service in the chapel at 2: 30 p.m. Interment Woodland Cemetery.

    The Record 15 Mar 2000 B4

    Lester — Charlotte Jean "Jean" Schippling. Charlotte (daughter of Gustav Carl Schippling and Charlotte Annie "Lottie" Kalbfleisch) was born 1920, , Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jan 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Charlotte Jean "Jean" Schippling was born 1920, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Gustav Carl Schippling and Charlotte Annie "Lottie" Kalbfleisch); died 12 Jan 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Charlotte Jean "Jean" Shantz
    • Name: Charlotte Jean "Jean" Stahle
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-323459
    • Residence: 1921, 29 Spring St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    STAHLE, Jean - Peacefully after a brief battle with cancer, at the K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, on Friday, Jan. 12, 2001, Charlotte Jean Stahle (nee Schippling), 80 years of Kitchener.

    Mrs. Stahle was a member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church. She was the baby picture lady who took all the baby pictures at St. Mary's and K-W Health Centre Hospitals for the past 35 years. Also a volunteer with the K-W Hospital Auxiliary.

    Beloved wife of the late Norman Stahle, who predeceased her in 1981. Dear mother of Jim and his wife Janet of Kitchener, Sandy and her husband Brian Moyer of Ayr; loving grandmother of Becky, Sara and Jessica and great-grandmother of Lee-Anne; sister of Rev. Roy Schippling and his wife Marjorie of California and Bernice McDaniel of Kitchener. Missed by her many nieces and nephews.

    Predeceased by her parents and daughter, Toni Dale in infancy.

    Memorial visitation will be held in the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener on Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The memorial service will be held in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel on Tuesday at 1 p.m., Rev. Robert Towler will officiate. Cremation has taken place.

    Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre.

    In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Cambridge Rotary Centre would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy by the family.

    Children:
    1. 1. James "Jim" Shantz was born 1941; died 25 May 2008, Hemet, Riverside, California, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Leander C. Shantz was born 15 Apr 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Levi M. Shantz and Nancy Cressman); died 1 Jan 1964; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100950040
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6783.7
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Trunk Maker, Trunk Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

    Leander — Alberta Histand. Alberta (daughter of John M. Histand and Leah Fried) was born 23 Nov 1890, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Apr 1974; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Alberta Histand was born 23 Nov 1890, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of John M. Histand and Leah Fried); died 29 Apr 1974; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Alberta Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00054-3751.2
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

    Children:
    1. 2. Lester Woodrow Shantz was born 25 Nov 1916; died 14 Mar 2000, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Ruth Evangeline Shantz was born 23 May 1926; died 13 Jun 2010, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Gustav Carl Schippling was born 6 Nov 1884, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada (son of Adolph Schippling and Katherine Kalbfleisch); died 1956, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Gustave Charles Schippling
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184263
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Restaurant
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Butcher, Meat Packer
    • Residence: 1921, 29 Spring St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1954, 208 Kent St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Gustav married Charlotte Annie "Lottie" Kalbfleisch 10 Mar 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charlotte (daughter of Frederick Kalbfleisch and Veronica Krein) was born 27 Oct 1893, Tavistock, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Charlotte Annie "Lottie" Kalbfleisch was born 27 Oct 1893, Tavistock, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Frederick Kalbfleisch and Veronica Krein); died 26 Jan 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-323457
    • Residence: 1921, 29 Spring St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1954, 208 Kent St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Mrs. Gustave C. Schippling

    Mrs. Gustave C. Schippling, 60, of 208 Kent Ave., died today at the K-W Hospital, after a brief illness. Born in Tavistock, Oct. 27, 1893, she was the former Charlotte A. Kalbfleisch. She attended St. Andrew's Anglican Church. Surviving are her husband; one son, Rev. Roy Schippling of Los Angeles; two daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Shantz of Kitchener and Mrs. Arthur (Bernice) McDaniel of Kitchener; one brother, Edwardof Kitchener; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Goldbeck and Mrs. Con Olies of Toronto and Mrs. Celse Ducharme, Mrs. Samuel Humphrey of Kitchener and three grandchildren. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel FuneralHome, pending funeral arrangements.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 26 Jan 1954 pg 5

    Children:
    1. Rev. Roy Schippling was born 1915, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Charlotte Jean "Jean" Schippling was born 1920, , Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jan 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Levi M. Shantz was born 10 Dec 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Amos Y. Shantz and Nancy Moyer); died 25 Feb 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6783
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Butter Maker
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Button Turner
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Drummer, Button Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawing, Button Factory
    • Residence: 1921, 58 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Levi Shantz, "was born December 10th, 1853. He is married to Nancy Cressman and resides in Berlin where he is engaged with the J. Y. Shantz & Son Button Co., To them were born seven 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.].

    Levi — Nancy Cressman. Nancy (daughter of John S. Cressman and Mary Shantz) was born 28 Aug 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1925; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Nancy Cressman was born 28 Aug 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of John S. Cressman and Mary Shantz); died 9 Apr 1925; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Nancy Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2169
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite
    • Residence: 1921, 58 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Nancy Cressman, "the second in family, is married to Levi Shantz, a farmer. They reside in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee."


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Lanson Shantz was born 28 Jul 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1880; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Elminda Shantz was born 12 May 1882, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1966; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Shantz was born 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Diana Shantz was born 6 Feb 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Mar 1935; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Ann Shantz was born 11 Apr 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Ida Shantz was born 27 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Morgan C. Shantz was born 3 Nov 1888, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1958; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 4. Leander C. Shantz was born 15 Apr 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1964; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Arthur C. Shantz was born 25 Aug 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Rosetta Shantz was born 8 Oct 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  John M. Histand was born 11 Nov 1866, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (son of John B. Histand and Leah Martin); died 1935; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00054-3751
    • Occupation: 1890, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Trimer, Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

    Notes:

    John M. Histand, "was born November 11th, 1866. He resides in Blenheim Township, near his father's homestead, where he is engaged in farming. His wife was Leah Fried, and to them are born two children named"


    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.].

    John — Leah Fried. Leah (daughter of John Fried and Fannie Groff) was born 1869, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1948; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Leah Fried was born 1869, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Fried and Fannie Groff); died 1948; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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    • Name: Leah Histand
    • Eby ID Number: 00054-3751.1
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran
    • Residence: 1921, 31 Scott St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

    Children:
    1. 5. Alberta Histand was born 23 Nov 1890, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Apr 1974; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Cora May Histand was born May 1894, , Ontario, Canada; died 1964; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Agnes Hiestand was born Mar 1898, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  5. 12.  Adolph Schippling was born 15 May 1855, , Germany; died 1926, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184261
    • Immigration: 1871, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1875, , Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1878, , Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1878, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, 65 Edward St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Adolph married Katherine Kalbfleisch 7 Oct 1879, Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Katherine was born 9 Jun 1858, , Germany; died 25 Apr 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Katherine Kalbfleisch was born 9 Jun 1858, , Germany; died 25 Apr 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Nationality: , Canada
    • Name: Katherine Schippling
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184262
    • Immigration: 1872, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1875, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, 65 Edward St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Oscar Franz Schippling was born 3 Aug 1880, Sebringville, Ellice Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Alvina Schippling was born 1882, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 1959, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 6. Gustav Carl Schippling was born 6 Nov 1884, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 1956, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Charles Adolph Schippling was born 8 Feb 1887, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1942, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. William J. Schippling was born Apr 1892, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Emil Herman Schippling was born 31 May 1894, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Frederick A. Schippling was born 6 Aug 1898, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1954; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Adam Schippling was born 25 Nov 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died 1974, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Hilda Schippling was born 15 Mar 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  Frederick Kalbfleisch was born CA 1863; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-467541

    Frederick — Veronica Krein. Veronica was born CA 1863; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Veronica Krein was born CA 1863; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-467542

    Children:
    1. 7. Charlotte Annie "Lottie" Kalbfleisch was born 27 Oct 1893, Tavistock, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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