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

George Gordon "Gordon" Maier

Male 1895 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George Gordon "Gordon" Maier was born 24 Feb 1895, , Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob "Jake" Maier and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Engelter); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Gordon Maier
    • Name: Gordon Moyer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38782
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Maintenance
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Notes:

    Just days after World War One was declared, three young Berlin men (Fred Bolton, Alan Smith and John Ferguson) toppled the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I from the Friedensfest Denkmal (Peace Memorial) in Victoria Park and dumped it into the lake. It was recovered the next morning by three teens (brothers Clayton and Gordon Maier & Otto Knechtel) and given to the Concordia Society for safekeeping in its closed meeting hall.

    Kitchener100.ca (2012)

    George married Mildred Julie Marchand 31 Mar 1923, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Mildred (daughter of Arnold Marchand and Emma Weierheiser) was born 28 Aug 1902, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1983. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob "Jake" MaierJacob "Jake" Maier was born 15 Jun 1867, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John George Maier and Fredericka); died 10 Jan 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Employer: Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo Glove Manufacturing Co.
    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173644793
    • Name: Jacob Moyer
    • Name: Jake Maier
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-176633
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker, Edge Gilting
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1916, 26 Courtland Ave. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Jacob Maier

    IIl a short time, Jacob Maier, 26 Courtland avenue west, died at his home Monday evening. He was a member of Zion Evangelical church a and an employee of the Ontario Shoe C Co. He was born at Lexington, Ont., in June 1867 and was therefore in his 71st year. He was married in Heideiberg 47 years ago.

    Mr. Maier is survived by his widow, four sons, Gordon, Bloomingdale. Clayton of Kitchener. Walter and Lester at home, one brother, Henry of Kitchener, and one sister, Mrs. Robert Causick, Toronto. One grand daughter also survives.

    The funeral was held Thursday at 30 p.m. from the residence to Mount Hope cemetery. Dr. C. A. Hirschman, pastor of Zion Evangelica Church, officiated.

    Waterloo Chronicle, 14 Jan 1938, p. 3

    Jacob married Wilhelmina "Minnie" Engelter 27 Apr 1890, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Wilhelmina (daughter of Eigelber, daughter of George William Engelter and Catherine Schneider) was born 18 Jan 1868, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Mar 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Wilhelmina "Minnie" Engelter was born 18 Jan 1868, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Eigelber, daughter of George William Engelter and Catherine Schneider); died 21 Mar 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173644846/wilhelmine-maier
    • Name: Minnie Engelter
    • Name: Wilhelmina "Minnie" Maier
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-176634
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1916, 26 Courtland Ave. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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    Mrs. Minnie Maier

    Mrs. Minnic Maier, 75, of 26 Courtland Ave. West, Kitchener, died Sunday at her home following an illness of seven weeks. Born at Heidelberg, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Engelter. Her husband, Jacob Maier, predeceased her. Mrs. Maier attended Zion Evangelical Church.

    Surviving are four sons, Gordon, Sunnyside, Clayton and Walter, Kitchener, and Pte. Lester, stationed on the west coast; two brothers, Rev. G. W. Engelter, Genessee, Ill., and Norman, Toronto; two sisters, Mrs. John Schondelmayer, Waterloo, and Maud Engelter, Toronto. One grandchild also survives.

    Waterloo Chronicle, 26 Mar 1943, p. 3

    Children:
    1. Annie Edna Maier was born 9 Aug 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Oct 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. George Gordon "Gordon" Maier was born 24 Feb 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Clayton William Maier was born 15 Oct 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Walter Maier was born 30 Oct 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Lester Wilson Maier was born 18 Apr 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1998; was buried , Vermilion Cemetery, Vermilion, , Alberta, Canada.
    6. Norman Elvin Maier was born 1 Dec 18993; died 27 Apr 1899; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John George Maier was born CA 1837; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54003

    John — Fredericka. Fredericka was born CA 1837; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Fredericka was born CA 1837; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Fredericka Maier
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-118208

    Children:
    1. 2. Jacob "Jake" Maier was born 15 Jun 1867, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Maier
    3. Henry Maier

  3. 6.  Eigelber died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38784

    Children:
    1. 3. Wilhelmina "Minnie" Engelter was born 18 Jan 1868, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Mar 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Emma Eigelber was born 15 Jun 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. George W. Eigelber was born 25 Mar 1877, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.