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

David Kraatz

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David Kraatz

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Herbert George Kraatz was born 1916 (son of Herman August Kraatz and Louise Bartmann); died 1978; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-168240

    Herbert — Grace Lynetta Wendt. Grace (daughter of Gustave Otto Wendt and Bervilla Cressman) was born 1918, , Ontario, Canada; died 2009. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Grace Lynetta Wendt was born 1918, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Gustave Otto Wendt and Bervilla Cressman); died 2009.

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    • Name: Grace Lynetta Devitt
    • Name: Grace Lynetta Kraatz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-168239
    • Residence: 1921, 51 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Notes:

    DEVITT, Grace Lynetta Passed away peacefully at Eventide Home A.R. Goudie on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at the age of 91. Dear mother of Gregory Kraatz and his wife Linda of Ancaster, Paul Kraatz and his wife Barbara of Forest, David Kraatz and his wife Sandra of Edmonton, Alberta, Mark Kraatz and his wife Carol of Waterloo, and Lynne Korobanik and her husband John of St. Albert, Alberta. Survived by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Grace is predeceased by her parents Gustav and Bervilla Wendt, husbands Herbert George Kraatz (1978) and Earle "Bruce" Devitt (2001) and sisters Ruth Wheeler, Valeria Miller, Irene Hambleton and Beulah Runstedler. The family will receive friends at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King Street West, Kitchener on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Service and committal will be held from the chapel on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 1: 00 p.m. Interment Memory Gardens at a later date. As expressions of sympathy donations to the Alzheimer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario would be appreciated. Online tributes may be made at www.mem.com

    Children:
    1. Gregory Kraatz
    2. Paul Kraatz
    3. 1. David Kraatz
    4. Mark Kraatz
    5. Lynne Kraatz


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Herman August Kraatz was born 30 Nov 1881, , Germany (son of Adolph Kraatz and Wilhelmina "Mina" Hoffman); died 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70230
    • Immigration: 1882, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cutter Shoe
    • Naturalization: 1902, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foreman Cutter, Rubber Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Herman — Louise Bartmann. Louise was born 31 Jul 1885, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Louise Bartmann was born 31 Jul 1885, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Louise Kraatz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-267560

    Children:
    1. 2. Herbert George Kraatz was born 1916; died 1978; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Margaret Kraatz was born 1919; died 1999, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Gustave Otto WendtGustave Otto Wendt was born 3 May 1875, , Germany (son of Ferdinand Wendt and Pauline Romni); died 1939; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Augustus Wendt
    • Name: Otto Wendt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-22732P
    • Immigration: 1879, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1882, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1882
    • Residence: 1882, Sternbach, Prussia, Germany
    • Naturalization: 1885, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Naturalization: 1896
    • Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Occupation: 1902, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
    • Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shipper, Factory
    • Residence: 1921, 51 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Gustave married Bervilla Cressman 27 Aug 1902, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Bervilla (daughter of Noah E. Cressman and Pauline "Polly" Bricker) was born 26 Oct 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1972; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Bervilla Cressman was born 26 Oct 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Noah E. Cressman and Pauline "Polly" Bricker); died 1972; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Bervilla Wendt
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2128.4
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
    • Residence: 1921, 51 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1944, 51 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Ruth M. Wendt was born Jun 1903, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Valeria Pauline Wendt was born 24 Aug 1904, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1987; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Irene Marguerite Wendt was born Jul 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 2001; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Beulah Edith Wendt was born 27 Jan 1909, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1996; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario.
    5. Ethel Bervilla Wendt was born 23 May 1911, , Ontario, Canada; died 7 Oct 1911; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 3. Grace Lynetta Wendt was born 1918, , Ontario, Canada; died 2009.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Adolph Kraatz was born 1839, , Germany; died 1896; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-310573
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Adolph — Wilhelmina "Mina" Hoffman. Wilhelmina was born 13 Jul 1845, , Germany; died 1936; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Wilhelmina "Mina" Hoffman was born 13 Jul 1845, , Germany; died 1936; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Nationality: , Germany
    • Name: Wilhelmina "Mina" Kraatz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-310572
    • Immigration: 1884, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1884, , Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, 102 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Friedrich Johann Martin "Frederick" Kraatz was born 21 Dec 1866, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Charles Kraatz was born 27 Jul 1870, , Germany; died 18 Nov 1939; was buried , Forest Hill Cemetery, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin, United States.
    3. Paul Kraatz was born CALC 9 Sep 1875, , Germany; died 9 Jun 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm August "Henry" Kraatz was born 28 May 1879, , Germany; died 26 Sep 1957; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 4. Herman August Kraatz was born 30 Nov 1881, , Germany; died 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 12.  Ferdinand WendtFerdinand Wendt was born 27 Mar 1840, , Germany; died 4 Dec 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-22779P
    • Residence: 1882, Sternbach, Prussia, Germany
    • Immigration: 12 Apr 1882, , Canada

    Notes:

    Immigration:
    Sailed on the "Geneva"

    Ferdinand — Pauline Romni. Pauline was born CALC 3 Apr 1838, , Prussia, Germany; died 16 Jun 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Pauline RomniPauline Romni was born CALC 3 Apr 1838, , Prussia, Germany; died 16 Jun 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Pauline Wendt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-22780P
    • Residence: 1882, Sternbach, Prussia, Germany
    • Residence: 1882, Sternbach, Prussia, Germany
    • Residence: 1882, Sternbach, Prussia, Germany
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Augusta Wendt was born CALC 27 Apr 1866, , Prussia, Germany; died 3 Apr 1939, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Martha Marie Wendt was born 24 Sep 1869, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Paul Wendt was born CALC Jul 1870, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Mary Wendt was born 1873, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Herman Wendt was born 1873, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Maria Paulene "Mary" Wendt was born 29 Nov 1873, , Germany; died 31 Jul 1944, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 6. Gustave Otto Wendt was born 3 May 1875, , Germany; died 1939; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Annie Wendt was born 1876, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Anna Wendt was born 1878, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

  5. 14.  Noah E. Cressman was born 21 Dec 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Daniel Cressman and Veronica "Frances" Eby); died 25 Jan 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46061271
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2128
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: 1873, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelican Association

    Notes:

    Noah E. Cressman, "the youngest son of Daniel and Veronica (Eby) Cressman, was born December 21st, 1850. He followed farming for some years, but having more taste for the mercantile calling, he rented his farm and entered into partnership with Mr. Chas. Letherman, and is now doing an extensive business in general merchandise in the village of Baden, Ontario. He is married to Polly Bricker who was born January 29th, 1854. They reside in Baden and have a family of three 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.].

    Noah married Pauline "Polly" Bricker 8 Jun 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Pauline (daughter of Abraham "Abram" Bricker and Catharine Hallman) was born 29 Jan 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jul 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Pauline "Polly" Bricker was born 29 Jan 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham "Abram" Bricker and Catharine Hallman); died 3 Jul 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46140938
    • Name: Pauline "Polly" Cressman
    • Name: Polly Bricker
    • Eby ID Number: 00016-1306
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelican Association

    Notes:

    Polly Bricker,"the youngest child of Abraham and Catharine (Hallman) Bricker, was born January 29th, 1854. She is married to Noah Cressman. They reside in Baden, Ontario, where he in company with Mr. Lederman are doing an extensive business in general merchandise. Their family consists of three 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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    MRS. PAULINE CRESSMAN

    Mrs. Pauline Cressman, 90, died last night at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. G. O. Wendt, 51 Weber St. E after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Cressman was the last surviving member of the Adam Bricker family of 12 children. She was a member of the Zion Evangelical Church, and also of the Ladies' Aid Society and the home department of the church.

    Surviving, besides Mrs. Wendt, is another daughter, Mrs. David Hunsberger of Baden, one son, R. W. Cressman, Kitchener, seven grand-daughters and two great-grand- daughters.

    The remains are resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until 1 p.m. on Thursday when removal will be made to the Zion Evangelical Church where friends may pay their respects until the hour of service at 2 o'clock, Rev. E. E. Hallman, pastor of the church, will of- Aciate. Interment will be made in Woodland Cemetery.

    Kitchener Daily Record Jul 4 1944 pg 13

    Children:
    1. Cevira Cressman was born 3 Nov 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1855; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    2. Malinda Cressman was born 15 Dec 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Receveous Walter Cressman was born 17 Jul 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1957; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Menno Cressman was born 14 Aug 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Sep 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 7. Bervilla Cressman was born 26 Oct 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1972; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Alexander Cressman was born 3 Mar 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.