Charles Knipfel

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• Business: Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Merchant
• Name: Charles Knuepfel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25153
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant on Farm
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Charles Knipfel, 74, of Petersburg died Thursday at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, following a lengthy illness.

He was born in Petersburg, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. August Knipfel. Owner of a general store, he operated the post office for more than 25 years. He built up a waxed turnip shipping business, operated a coal dealership and was engaged in farming operations for about 15 years.

He was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Petersburg, and on the church council for many years.

His marriage to the former Mabel Hildebrand, who survives, took place in Kitchener in 1925.

Surviving besides his wife are one son, Robert of Petersburg; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Delores) Neeb, RR 3, New Hamburg, and Mrs. James (Marilyn) Einwechter of New Dundee; one brother, William, of Petersburg; one sister, Mrs. Walter (Rose) Player, Kitchener, and eight grandchildren. Two brothers, Harry and Jack, predeceased him.

The body was at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home, Kitchener, until noon Monday, when removal was made to Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Petersburg, for the funeral at 3:00 p.m. Rev. Ronald Reisdorf officiated, and interment was in the Petersburg Cemetery.

New Hamburg Independent, January 30, 1964

Charles married Mabel Hildenbrand 15 Apr 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mabel (daughter of Conrad Hildenbrand and Hannah Knipfel) was born 13 Sep 1893, Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1983, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Marilyn Knipfel
2. Robert Charles Knipfel was born 29 Apr 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Dec 1986, New Holland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried , Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, New Holland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. Dolores Leona Knipfel was born 9 Apr 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1999, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Name: August Knuepfel
• Name: August Knueppel
• Name: Augustin Knipfel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25148
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1883, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Elderly Resident Dies at Petersburg
August Knipfel Dies In 80th Year.

PETERSBURG. August Knipfel passed away at his residence at Petersburg Wednesday night after a lingering illness. He was in his 80th year, and was born on February 1, 1862 in Petersburg.

On July 22, 1883, deceased was married to Miss Matilda Becker. He was the son of Adam Knipfel and his wife Marie Grimm. Mrs. Knipfel predeceased him in October 25, 1937. Two sons and one daughter also predeceased him. He leaves four sons, Harry, William and Charles of Petersburg, and John at Toronto; one daughter, Mrs. Alfred Seip also of Petersburg, 17 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Mr. Knipfel was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Petersburg, and was an elder of the church for over thirty years. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon with a private service at the residence at 2 o'clock and a public service at the Lutheran Church in Petersburg at 2.30. Interment will take place in Petersburg cemetery. Rev. C. A. Kraemer will be in charge.

Waterloo Chronicle, 5 Dec 1941, p. 1

Residence:
Lived with Menno E. Shantz & Barbara his wife.

August married Matilda Becker 24 Jul 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Matilda (daughter of John F. Becker and Barbara Reichart) was born 31 May 1860, Rosebank, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Oct 1937, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mathilde
• Name: Matilda Knipfel
• Eby ID Number: 00089-5145.2
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Mrs. Matilda Knipfel

There passed away at her home in Petersburg on October 25th, in her 78th year, Mrs. Matilda Knipfel. Deceased was born in Rosebank in 1860 and in 1883 married August Knipfel of Kitchener. She is survived by her husband, four sons, Harry, William, and Charles of Petersburg, Jack of Toronto, and one daughter, Mrs. Alfred Seip, Petersburg. Two sons and one daughter predeceased her. Five brothers, Simon, Superior, Wisc., Allan, Atland, Oregon, Steve, Kitchener, Isaac and Titus, of Saskatchewan, two sisters, Mrs. Frank Fisher, Clarence, N.Y., Miss A. Becker, of Toronto, 17 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren also survive.

The remains will be at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home until Tuesday 10 a.m. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday with private service at the house at 2 p.m., followed by public service at the Lutheran Church at Petersburg at 2.30. Interment in Petersburg cemetery.

Waterloo Chronicle, 26 Oct 1937, p. 6

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• Name: Adam Knuepfel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42654
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

John — Maria Grimm. Maria was born 5 Feb 1828, , Germany; died 15 Jul 1916; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Knipfel
• Name: Mary Grimm
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42655
• Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1856, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Marie lived with her son August in Wilmot Township in 1901 as a widow.

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• Eby ID Number: 00089-5145.1
• Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1856, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

John married Barbara Reichart 9 May 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of Daniel B. Reichard and Elizabeth Groh) was born 2 Jun 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1905, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Becker
• Name: Barbara Reichard
• Eby ID Number: 00089-5145
• Residence: 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

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Barbara Reichert, "is married to John F. Becker, a farmer and carpenter. They reside near New Dundee, Ontario."


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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• Name: Andrew Becker
• Eby ID Number: 00089-5145.66

Andreas — Catherine Fischer. Catherine was born CA 1805, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Becker
• Eby ID Number: 00089-5145.67

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• Name: Daniel B. Reichert
• Name: Reichard
• Eby ID Number: 00045-3407.1
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

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Daniel Reichert, "was born in 1806. He was married to Elizabeth Groh who was born September 6th, 1812, and died August 29th, 1882. They resided in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee, Ontario, where he was engaged in farming. At present he has his home with his daughter, Mrs. Main who resides at Williamsburg. Their family consisted 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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REICHARD. - Died, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Main, Williamsburg, Waterloo county, Ontario, March 16, 1896, Bro. Daniel Reichard, aged 89 years, 9 months and 12 days. Funeral was held on the 19th, at Mannheim, in the United Brethren church. Services conducted by Bro. George Detwiler, of Sherkston, Ont., and the writer, from Paa. 90:12. Interment in the Reichard cemetery. He was for a great many years a member of the Brethren in Christ, and lived a quiet, peaceful life. We trust that our loss is his eternal gain. Hespeler, Ont.

John Wildfong

Evangelical Visitor 15 Apr 1896

Daniel — Elizabeth Groh. Elizabeth (daughter of John Groh and Susannah Wanner) was born 6 Sep 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1882; was buried , Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Reichard
• Eby ID Number: 00045-3407
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

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Elizabeth Groh, "was born September 6th, 1812. She was married to Daniel Reichert who resided on a farm situated on the Huron Road, Wilmot Township. She had 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.].