Wilhelmina "Mena" "Minnie" Pfeifer

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• Name: Mena Pfeifer
• Name: Wilhelmina "Mena" "Minnie" Kinzie
• Eby ID Number: 00065-4064.1
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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PAYS FIRST TAX AT 99 By Record Staff Writer

PRESTON - Mrs. Daniel (Minnie) Kinzie, who was 99 Monday, experienced something new this year - the paying of income tax. Developers have paid more than $100,000 to Mrs. Kinzie for her home and 28 acre property on Limerick Road. Thus she filed her first income tax return this year based on the interest she has received from the money, Mrs. Kinzie and her husband, who died in 1920, purchased the property in 1912. Terms of the sale allow her to live the rest of her life in the home.

The Kitchener Waterloo Record 1969

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KINZIE, Mrs. Daniel-Of Limerick Rd., Route 1, Preston, passed away at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Saturday, Sept. 9, Mena Pfeiffer, beloved wife of the late Daniel Kinzie; dear mother of Nelson, Alfred, Ernest, Laura (Mrs. Hugh Ariss), Minerva (Mrs. Louis Wilkens), and Mary (Mrs. Monte Kay), all of Preston; Sarah (Mrs. Otto Weigel), Waterloo and Mabel (Mrs. John Sapsworth) of Kitchener, in her 103^rd year; also survived by 33 grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren; predeceased by her husband in 1920; one son, Gordon of Preston; two daughters, Gertrude (Mrs. George Lonsbury), Preston; Della (Mrs. Norman Ruppel) Elmira.

Resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Preston. Funeral and committal service Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Kinzie Bean cemetery, Doon.

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Mrs. Daniel Kinzie Dies Preston's Oldest Resident

Preston's grand old lady, Mrs. Daniel Kinzie, Limerick Road, died Saturday at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital in her 103^rd year.
Mrs. Kinzie was born in 1870 in a log cabin on the same road where she lived up until the time of her death. The youngest member of her family, the former Mena Pfeiffer suffered a stroke two years ago, but was hospitalized only for two days.

Until recently, Mrs. Kinzie, although confined to a wheelchair was up at 7 a.m. and ate her meals regularly at the table without assistance.

Earlier this year, Mrs. Kinzie motored to Toronto with her nurse-housekeeper Mrs. Claire Andrews, and on July 2, celebrated her 102^nd birthday at which time The Preston Reporter published an interview with Mrs. Kinzie.

Surviving are three sons, Nelson, Alfred and Ernest of Preston; daughters Mrs. Hugh (Laura) Ariss of Preston, Mrs. Louis? (Minerva) Wilkens also of Preston, Mrs. Otto (Sarah) Weigel of Waterloo, Mrs. Monte (Mary) Kay of Preston, and Mrs. John (Mabel) Sapsworth of Kitchener.

Mrs. Kinzie was predeceased by her husband Daniel in 1920 and by a son Gordon of Preston and by two daughters, Mrs. George (Gertrude) Lonsbury of Preston and Mrs. Norman (Bella) Ruppel of Elmira. Thirty-three grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren and three great, great-grandchildren also survive.

Mrs. Kinzie was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Preston. She is resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Preston, where funeral and committal services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. Interment will take place in Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Doon.

Cambridge Reporter, Mon. Sept 11/72

Wilhelmina married Daniel H. Kinzie 11 May 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Daniel (son of Jacob L. Kinsey and Anna High) was born 17 Apr 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Sep 1921; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario. [Group Sheet]

1. Barbara Kinsey was born 18 Nov 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Laura Kinzie was born 10 Nov 1894, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1981; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
3. Bella Kinzie was born 28 Nov 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jul 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Gordon Kinzie was born 28 Nov 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1971; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
5. Gertrude "Gertie" Kinzie was born 20 Jul 1899, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1938, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 May 1938, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Minerva Kinsey was born 7 May 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2002; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
7. Sarah Kinzie was born Apr 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1994; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Nelson Kinzie was born May 1905, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1998, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
9. Ernest Kinzie was born Jun 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1976; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
10. Alfred Kinzie was born 19 Jun 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Dec 1992; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
11. Mable Kinsey was born Jun 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1994; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.
12. Mary Wilhelmina Kinzie was born 23 Dec 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Name: Leonhard Pfeifer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-145061
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Johann — Catharina Barbara Beichy. Catharina was born CALC 9 Oct 1827, , Germany; died 14 Mar 1891, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharina Barbara Pfeifer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-240684
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran