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Conrad Adolf Lorch

Male 1892 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Conrad Adolf Lorch was born 6 Mar 1892, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Philip Lorch and Barbara Weidenhammer); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-373781


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Philip Lorch was born 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Carl "Charles" Lorch and Maria Catharina Durst); died 10 Jan 1914, Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA; was buried , Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-129965
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Misfortune: 1914, Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA; kicked to death by horse

    Notes:

    LORCH - At Hartley, Iowa, Jan. 10th, Philip Lorch, aged 64 years. Deceased was a brother of Albert Lorch here and died after suffering for several months from the effects of a kick from a horse.

    Elmira Signet Jan 15 1914 pg 2

    Philip — Barbara Weidenhammer. Barbara (daughter of Johann Christoph "Christopher" Weidenhammer and Anna Maria Brodbeck) was born 14 Mar 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1937, Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA; was buried , Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Barbara Weidenhammer was born 14 Mar 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johann Christoph "Christopher" Weidenhammer and Anna Maria Brodbeck); died 26 Feb 1937, Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA; was buried , Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States.

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    • Name: Babette Weidenhammer
    • Name: Barbara Lorch
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-140124
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    MRS. BARBARA LORCH

    HARTLEY. Iowa, March 12. After an illness of nearly 20 years, Mrs. Barbara Lorch passed away on February 26. She was the sixth of seventeen children of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Wcidenhammer of Heidelberg, Ontario and was born there in 1854. Shortly after the family moved to Elmira where the deceased was married to Philip Lorch in 1871. Soon after their marriage the young couple moved to Listowel where they farmed for 22 years, after which they returned to Elmira. Five years later they settled on a farm near May City Iowa. After 16 years Mr. Lorch passed away and later Mrs. Lorch retired to Hartley were her death occurred at the age of 82 years. Surviving are seven sons and two daughters. Three children predeceased her. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, March 2.

    Kitchener Daily Record 12 Mar 1937 pg 18

    Children:
    1. 1. Conrad Adolf Lorch was born 6 Mar 1892, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Carl "Charles" Lorch was born 8 Aug 1822, , Germany; died 7 Sep 1882; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Charles Lorch
    • Name: Karl Lorch
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-114626
    • Occupation: 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tanner
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Carl married Maria Catharina Durst 20 Aug 1848, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Theobald Durst and Katharina Margaretha "Catherina" Kappes) was born 8 Jun 1823, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Maria Catharina Durst was born 8 Jun 1823, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (daughter of Theobald Durst and Katharina Margaretha "Catherina" Kappes); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Maria Catharina Lorch
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-129964
    • Birth: 1827
    • Residence: 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 2. Philip Lorch was born 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 1914, Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA; was buried , Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States.

  3. 6.  Johann Christoph "Christopher" Weidenhammer was born 20 Sep 1818, Aglasterhausen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 16 Feb 1896, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Christopher Weidenhammer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-114111
    • Residence: 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Joiner
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    The graveyard property of our Evangelical Lutheran St. Jacobs' congregation had been purchased 19th April 1884 for $150.00 from Mr. Chr. Weidenhammer, which was agreed upon in a meeting of the congregation members. Before this time the deceased were buried on the church property in the village of Elmira. On the cemetery property, purchased from Mr. Weidenhammer, they began the burials in rows. On 5th January 1889 the congregation decided, in order to obtain a graveside lot, to have a draw.

    St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Church Street East, Elmira, Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society 2002

    Johann married Anna Maria Brodbeck 16 Aug 1846, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna was born 3 Nov 1825, Neuhansen, Wurtemberg, Germany; died 27 Jan 1910, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna Maria Brodbeck was born 3 Nov 1825, Neuhansen, Wurtemberg, Germany; died 27 Jan 1910, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Anna Maria Weidenhammer
    • Name: Mary Brodbeck
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-114112
    • Residence: 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    The late Mrs. Weidenhammer, whose funeral took place last Saturday, was born in Neuhansen, Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1825. She came to Waterloo in 1846 and was married the same year to Christopher Weidenhammer, who died in 1896. In 1868 they moved to Heidelberg, where they lived on a farm for a number of years, after which Mr. Weidenhammer bought the Girling farm east of Elmira, where deceased passed the rest of her days. There were born to them 13 sons and 4 daughters of whom 2 sons and one daughter died young and three sons in mature age. Deceased and her husband were a typical German couple, industrious, economical, thoroughly honest, and kind and helpful neighbors. They were consistent members of St. James Lutheran church where they were regular attendants as long as their health permitted. Deceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Chas. O. Stroh on the old homestead, Mrs. H. Schierholtz at Lamlash and Mrs. Philip Lorch in Iowa. Of the surviving 8 sons, Jacob lives in Waterloo, Fred at Hawkesville, William at Exeter, and Andrew, George, Conrad and Christopher in the Northwest. 80 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren also survive.

    Elmira Advertiser 3 Feb 1910

    Children:
    1. Weidenhammer died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Henry L. Weidenhammer was born 23 Sep 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Jan 1894, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States.
    3. Christopher Weidenhammer was born CALC 15 Sep 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1916, Rosedale, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Hillside Cemetery, Portage La Prairie, , Manitoba, Canada.
    4. Charles Weidenhammer was born 31 Aug 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Dec 1906, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Jacob Weidenhammer was born 11 Dec 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Dec 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Johann George "John" Weidenheimer was born 11 Sep 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jun 1910, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; was buried , Aventine Cemetery, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States.
    7. 3. Barbara Weidenhammer was born 14 Mar 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1937, Hartley, O'Brien, Iowa, USA; was buried , Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States.
    8. George Weidenhammer was born 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Elisabetha Weidenhammer was born 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Mary Weidenhammer was born CALC 2 Apr 1857, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Elizabeth Weidenhammer was born 21 Nov 1858, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1923, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Mayor Andrew Weidenhammer was born 20 Mar 1864, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Nov 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
    13. Justus Weidenhammer was born 22 Oct 1865, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1906; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    14. Conrad Weidenhammer, MPP was born 27 Jan 1866, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jan 1919, Spruce Grove, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , St. Matthew's and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Cemetery, Spruce Grove, , Alberta, Canada.
    15. Frederick Weidenhammer was born 1867, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    16. William Benjamin Weidenhammer was born 24 Dec 1867, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1924, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; was buried , St. Jude's Cemetery, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Theobald Durst was born 10 Feb 1789, , Germany; died 2 Apr 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97216
    • Residence: 1818, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Theobald married Katharina Margaretha "Catherina" Kappes 22 Jan 1818, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Katharina was born 1786, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Katharina Margaretha "Catherina" Kappes was born 1786, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Catharina Kappes
    • Name: Katharina Margaretha "Catherina" Durst
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-171098
    • Residence: 1818, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Philipp "Philip" Durst was born 29 Sep 1818, , Germany; died 24 Jun 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 5. Maria Catharina Durst was born 8 Jun 1823, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.


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