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Female 1911 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Fischer was born Jan 1911, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Otto Frederick Fischer and Mabel Edna Davidson); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-230251
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Otto Frederick Fischer was born 28 Dec 1886, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Frederick L. A. "Fred" Fischer and Anna Magdalena Gress); died 2 Oct 1967, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Oct 1967, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89790
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Draughtman,
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Otto Fischer

    PRESTON - Otto Fischer, formerly of 1010 Duke St. Preston, died Monday at South Waterloo Hospital, Galt. He was 80. Mr. Fischer was born in Preston and had lived here most of his life, except for a few years in Montreal and Toronto. He was a draftsman for many years at the Canadian Office and School Furniture Co. He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. He was predeceased by his wife the former Mable Davidson. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Bert (Anita) Carter of Yellowknife, North West Territories; one sister, Mrs. Charles (Hilda) Creswell of Minden, Ont.; one grandchild and two great-grandchildren. The body is at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, where the service will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Preston cemetery.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 3 Oct 1967 pg 23

    Otto married Mabel Edna Davidson 15 Dec 1909, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mabel (daughter of John Clifford Davidson and Anna Mathews) was born 9 Nov 1886, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jun 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Jun 1948, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mabel Edna Davidson was born 9 Nov 1886, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Clifford Davidson and Anna Mathews); died 3 Jun 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Jun 1948, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mabel Edna Fischer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-354154
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baller Girl
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Mrs. Otto Fischer

    PRESTON, June 4 --- Suddenly stricken with a heart attack yesterday afternoon, Mabel Edna Davidson, wife of Otto Frederick Fischer, died at 5.30 shortly after emergency admittance to St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener. She was 61 years of age. Mrs. Fischer had been active in her duties and apparently in good health. Born in Doon, she moved to Preston early in her life and resided here since that time, forming a large circle of friends. She was married to Otto Fischer in Preston, in 1909. Mrs. Fischer was an adherent of the Lutheran Church. Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Hough, of Lindsay; her father, John Clifford Davidson, Preston-Breslau road; two brothers, Harvey B. Davidson, Breslau road, and F. Bertram Davidson, of Preston and a granddaughter. Her mother predeceased her two years ago. The body is resting at the Stager-Pass Funeral Home where the funeral will be held Saturday at 2.30. Interment will be in the Preston cemetery.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 4 Jun 1948 pg 21

    Children:
    1. 1. Mary Fischer was born Jan 1911, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Mary Anita Fischer was born 19 Jan 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Frederick L. A. "Fred" Fischer was born 24 Aug 1859, Chippewa, Welland Co., Ontario, Canda (son of Frederick Fischer and Marie E. "Mary" Mueller); died 24 Jul 1927, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Jul 1927, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Business: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Commercial Hotel
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89788
    • Residence: 1886, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
    • Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; hotel keeper
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Public Service: 8 Nov 1892, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Preston Fire Brigade
    • Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
    • Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant, Coal & Wood
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Public Service:
    From Minute Book of Preston Fire Brigade

    Frederick married Anna Magdalena Gress 16 Mar 1886, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Henry Gress and Elizabeth Kanmacher) was born 2 May 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1961; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Anna Magdalena Gress was born 2 May 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry Gress and Elizabeth Kanmacher); died 1961; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Magdalena Fischer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89789
    • Residence: 1886, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 2. Otto Frederick Fischer was born 28 Dec 1886, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1967, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Oct 1967, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Hilda Elizabeth Fischer was born 7 Jun 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1968; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  John Clifford Davidson was born 10 Oct 1863, Nassagaweya Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Henry Davidson and Ann Clfford); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91806
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Engineer

    John — Anna Mathews. Anna was born 28 Aug 1864, , Gloucestershire, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna Mathews was born 28 Aug 1864, , Gloucestershire, England; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Davidson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-39450
    • Immigration: 1873, , Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Franklin Bertram "Bertram" Davidson was born 11 Feb 1884, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Dec 1976, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Mabel Edna Davidson was born 9 Nov 1886, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jun 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Jun 1948, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Harvey George Davidson was born 11 Aug 1888, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Dec 1975, Newmarket, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Frederick Fischer was born 6 Jul 1829, , Germany; died 25 Sep 1916, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227953
    • Immigration: 1856, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1856, , Canada
    • Naturalization: 1861
    • Naturalization: 1867, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brewer
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Retired: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Retired: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Frederick — Marie E. "Mary" Mueller. Marie was born CALC 19 Sep 1832, , Germany; died 28 Jan 1898, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Marie E. "Mary" Mueller was born CALC 19 Sep 1832, , Germany; died 28 Jan 1898, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Marie E. "Mary" Fischer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-353714
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 4. Frederick L. A. "Fred" Fischer was born 24 Aug 1859, Chippewa, Welland Co., Ontario, Canda; died 24 Jul 1927, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Jul 1927, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Friedrick (?) was born Feb 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Mary H. Fischer was born 13 Feb 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Sophia Fischer was born 28 Jul 1871, Chippewa, Welland Co., Ontario, Canda; died 26 Nov 1953, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 28 Nov 1953, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Henry GressHenry Gress was born 12 Feb 1822, Trimbach, , Alsace, France (son of Michael Gress and Catherine); died 8 May 1896, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177440380
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-112233
    • Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brushmaker
    • Occupation: 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotelkeeper
    • Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    It is probable that his brother is George Henry Gress who is buried in the same cemetery.

    Henry married Elizabeth Kanmacher 1849. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Kanmacher and Elizabeth Burghert) was born 12 Feb 1821, Hohwiller, , Alsace, France; died 15 Sep 1910, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth KanmacherElizabeth Kanmacher was born 12 Feb 1821, Hohwiller, , Alsace, France (daughter of Henry Kanmacher and Elizabeth Burghert); died 15 Sep 1910, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177440355
    • Interesting: midwife - 2,700 deliveries
    • Name: Elizabeth Gress
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-112235
    • Immigration: 1852, , Canada
    • Retired: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Elizabeth was born in Hohnweiler, Alsace, France 12 Feb 1821. She was a midwife by profession and was trained in Strasbourg. She received her degree in 1847 and delivered over 2,700 babies retiring in 1900. She married Henry Gress in 1849 and they came to Preston in 1853. She sometimes charged food, sometimes up to $5.00 and sometimes nothing depending on the financial condition of the family she was helping. In 1880 aged 59 she was required to take a certification test and passed and continued until 1900.

    Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

    __________________________

    ELISABETH GRESS


    Several issues ago in Branch Notes, we told you about the Preston midwife "Mother" Gress, who helped babies into the world for 55 years (c1853-c1910). We speculated about her records...if only they could be found.

    Well, your genealogical detectives in the branch have found the surviving records of Elizabeth Gress, and the key word is "surviving".

    In 1962 the Galt Reporter ran a feature on Mrs Gress having borrowed the substance from the London Free Press. At the time, a reporter from the paper met with Mrs Gress' grandson and borrowed her meticulously kept record book of the babies she had brought into the world. The records were never returned, and the Reporter cannot now find them.

    What survives is her account book and her notebook of midwifery methods from her German college. The account book records what she was paid up to about 1883. These two records are in the hands of a descendant, and were found. We were graciously allowed to borrow the records and had them microfilmed. They will shortly be available for scrutiny at the Kitchener and Cambridge libraries; sharpen up your German handwriting analysis skills if you hope to read them!

    Branch Notes Volume 15 No 4., Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society

    ________________________


    ... In 2006 or 2007? I donated to the Cambridge Archives several items belonging to my great-great grandmother. These items included the described accounts ledger listing the births and amounts received as well as a medical book written in German, a woollen shawl and a photo of Gramma Gress taken late in life. Due to the very fragile nature of the items (in particular the ledger and book), my brother, John Huggan and myself thought it important that these important family artifacts could be better preserved (and perhaps displayed) in an archival facility. We have long known of Elizabeth Kanamacher-Gress and her significant contribution to the births of many, many children in the Waterloo County Region and we are very proud to be her descendants.

    Jane Huggan email

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    DEATH OF MRS, GRESS

    Preston, Sept. 16. - There died in Preston to-day one of the oldest and most respected citizens in town in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Gress. She was in her 90th year, and had only been ill for about ten days.

    This venerable old lady was highly educated and led a very unusual life. She Was educated in a French College at Flasbourg, Germany, as a midwife, getting a degree, and started practicing in 1847. In the year 1853 she migrated to Canada with her husband, the late Henry Gress, and started a practice in Preston. Her husband predeceased her 14 years. She practiced from that date until the year 1900. Her records, which are in very beautiful handwriting, show that she attended the birth of 2,700 children.

    The late Mrs: Gress was born February 12, 1831, at Honweiler. Alsace, Germany, and was married in Germany in November, 1849. Those who survive her, are three sons, four daughters, 18 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The sons are: Henry, Detroit, Chris. Brantford, and Gcorge, Preston. The daughters are: Mrs. J. W. Gardner, Toronto, Mrs. Mahler, Detroit; Mrs. Fred Fischer, Presten and Mrs. Peter Middlemiss, Preston.

    The funeral will take place on Sunday to the Lutheran Church, Preston, where services will be held, and thence to Preston cemetery.

    The Chronicle Telegraph, 22 Sep 1910, p. 2

    Children:
    1. Alice Gress was born 1850, , France; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Adelaide Gress was born 24 Sep 1850, Trimbach, , Alsace, France; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Caroline Gress was born 3 Jan 1852, , France; died 1942; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. George H. Gress was born 3 Oct 1854, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Sep 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Christian Gress was born 30 May 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died 15 Sep 1921, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elizabeth Gress was born 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 5. Anna Magdalena Gress was born 2 May 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1961; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Henry Gress was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  5. 12.  Henry Davidson was born 1826, , England; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-139736
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brickmaker
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. of England
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

    Henry — Ann Clfford. Ann was born 1826, , England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Ann Clfford was born 1826, , England; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ann Davidson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-139737
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

    Children:
    1. Sarah Davidson was born 1847, , England; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Ester Davidson was born 1848, , England; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Helen Davidson was born 1852, , England; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Thomas Davidson was born 1854, , England; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Samuel Davidson was born 1855, , England; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Elizabeth Davidson was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Henry "Harry" Davidson was born 13 Mar 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died 1934; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Edwin Davidson was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 6. John Clifford Davidson was born 10 Oct 1863, Nassagaweya Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Emma Davidson was born 15 Oct 1865, Nassagaweya Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Reuben Davidson was born 11 Dec 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


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