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

Esther Hoffman

Female 1921 - 2018  (97 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Esther Hoffman was born 22 Feb 1921, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Norman John Hoffman and Berta Luella "Bertie" Meyer); died 12 Dec 2018, Beamsville, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario; was buried , Freeborn Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235346271
    • Name: Esther Trussler
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-393327
    • Residence: 1921, 27 Pine St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Notes:

    TRUSSLER, Esther Esther passed away peacefully at Albright Manor with family by her side on December 12, 2018 in her 97th year. Beloved wife of the late Oliver (Sonny) Trussler - (1982). Dear mother of Sharon Trussler and John Trussler and his wife Judy. Loving grandmother of Kim Hicks, Terry Lehman, Chris (Tracey), Kevin (Katrina), Trevor (Melissa). Great-grandmother of Jack, Hudson, Carter, Callie, Austin and Jacob, Kyle, Ryan and Amanda. Great-great- grandmother of Mia. Predeceased by sisters Marie Beam, Helen Eby and Jean Brunk. A special thanks to the 5th floor staff at Albright Manor where she resided this past year and Conestoga Lodge who provided her with wonderful care for over 10 years. Esther's family will receive relatives and friends on Monday, December 17th from 12:00 Noon until 12:45 p.m. at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467. The funeral service will take place in the chapel of the funeral home at 1 p.m. on Monday followed by a reception. Private family interment Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations in Esther's memory can be made to the Albright Foundation, Beamsville (cards available at the funeral home 519-749-8467). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Esther's memorial

    Published by Waterloo Region Record from Dec. 12 to Dec. 19, 2018.

    Esther Trussler - Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 (2023). Available at: https://memorials.henrywalser.com/Trussler-Esther/2834272/service-details.php (Accessed: 19 June 2023).

    Esther — Oliver A. Trussler. Oliver (son of Oliver Samuel Trussler and Minerva Jena "Minnie" Martin) was born 1917; died 1982; was buried , Freeborn Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Norman John Hoffman was born 23 Aug 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Justus Hoffman and Catherine Deisenroth); died 1965; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44304
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster, Teaming
    • Residence: 1921, 27 Pine St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Norman — Berta Luella "Bertie" Meyer. Berta (daughter of Herman H. Meyer and Salinda Sitler) was born 11 Dec 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1987; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Berta Luella "Bertie" Meyer was born 11 Dec 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Herman H. Meyer and Salinda Sitler); died 1987; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Berta Luella "Bertie" Hoffman
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156364
    • Occupation: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Button Shirt Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, 27 Pine St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Marie Hoffman was born 1916, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Margaret Helen "Helen" Hoffman was born 6 Dec 1917, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Oct 2011; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 1. Esther Hoffman was born 22 Feb 1921, , Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 2018, Beamsville, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario; was buried , Freeborn Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jean Catharine Hoffman was born 12 Sep 1927; died 24 Apr 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Justus Hoffman was born 17 Dec 1857, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44300
    • Immigration: 1880, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1882, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1885, , Canada
    • Naturalization: 1890, , Canada
    • Naturalization: 1891
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teaming, Gravel Pit
    • Residence: 1921, 27 Pine St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evengelical

    Justus married Catherine Deisenroth May 1889. Catherine was born 20 Jan 1864, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catherine Deisenroth was born 20 Jan 1864, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Catherine Hoffman
    • Name: Katie Deisenroth
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44301
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1921, 27 Pine St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Children:
    1. Elsie Lavina Hoffman was born 2 Mar 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Mar 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Gertrude Hoffman was born 14 Nov 1892, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 2. Norman John Hoffman was born 23 Aug 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Edith Hoffman was born 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Edith Magdalena Hoffman was born 13 May 1897, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Fred Hoffman was born Mar 1905, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Adam Hoffman was born Jan 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Herman H. Meyer was born 24 Apr 1867, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John George "George" Meyer and Angeline Haas); died 1949; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Residence: Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156360
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    HERMAN H. MEYER - was born in German Mills, Ontario (now Parkway) April 27, 1867, on a small farm owned by his father John George Meyer, who was born in Hessen, Germany. His mother was Magdalena Haas, also born in Hessen, Germany. Herman was the seventh member of a family of fourteen children. He was married to Salinda Sitler, Jan. 1889 ,the daughter of Henry and Susannah (Good) Sitler , of Mosa Township, Middlesex County. She was born May 12, 1869. Owing to the father's death Salinda was raised by her aunt, Mrs. Isaac Snider of German Mills. Her public school education ended in the Jr. II class. She was taught good housekeeping methods which were considered more important for a girl . She met Herman Meyer at a singing school held, at the Mennonite church and were married by Von Pirich, pastor of St. Peter' s Lutheran church at Berlin. After their marriage they moved to Mr. Fry' s farm between Breslau and Bridgeport where he was employed as a married hired nan.. They were here for some years and in 1896 Herman Mever decided to purchase a small plot of land and settled in Rosendale with his family. The kept a few cows and did market gardening disposing of their produce at the Berlin weekly market.

    There were six children - Lola, Ada and Berta born at Bridgeport: Elma, Verna and Roy born at Rosendale. The children attended S.S.#12 Bloomingdale Public School and the United Brethren Church. Eighteen years later (1914) Herman H. Meyer bought the Isaac Moyer place, next door (north) and sold this small property to Konrad Grundig.


    Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History Bridgeport Branch, Volume 2 Rosendale

    Herman — Salinda Sitler. Salinda (daughter of Henry C. Sitler and Susannah Good) was born 12 May 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1935; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Salinda Sitler was born 12 May 1869, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry C. Sitler and Susannah Good); died 25 Sep 1935; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Salinda Meyer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156361
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Owing to the father's death Salinda was raised by her aunt, Mrs. Isaac Snider of German Mills. Her public school education ended in the Jr. II class. She was taught good housekeeping methods which were considered more important for a girl . She met Herman Meyer at a singing school held, at the Mennonite church and were married by Von Pirich, pastor of St. Peter' s Lutheran church at Berlin

    Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History Bridgeport Branch, Volume 2 Rosendale

    Children:
    1. Lola Mavilla Meyer was born 25 Jan 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Ada C. Meyer was born 17 Jan 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 3. Berta Luella "Bertie" Meyer was born 11 Dec 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1987; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elma E. Meyer was born 19 Nov 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Verna I. Meyer was born 16 Oct 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Roy G. Meyer was born 3 Sep 1902, Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Wilma Meyer was born 1913, Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Eva Meyer was born 1917, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John George "George" Meyer was born 1820, , Hessen, Germany; died 2 Sep 1893; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: George Mayer
    • Name: George Meyer
    • Name: George Moyer
    • Name: John George Moyer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25469
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    John married Angeline Haas 2 Oct 1849, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Angeline was born 1827, , Germany; died 15 Aug 1894; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Angeline Haas was born 1827, , Germany; died 15 Aug 1894; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Angela Haas
    • Name: Angeline Meyer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25470
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Catharina "Katie" "Catherine" Meyer was born 17 Nov 1849, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 24 Mar 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Feb 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Jacob Meyer was born 21 Feb 1851, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 11 May 1851, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Maria Magdalena Meyer was born 27 Sep 1852, Jewsburg (Kitchener, German Mills), Waterloo Region, ON; was christened 15 May 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1853, Jewsburg (Kitchener, German Mills), Waterloo Region, ON.
    4. John H. Meyer was born 3 Feb 1854, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 25 Jun 1854, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. George H. Meyer was born 28 Apr 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 4 Dec 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Feb 1941; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Meyer was born 28 Jan 1857, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1928; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Charles H. Meyer was born 29 Dec 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Apr 1919, Meaford, St. Vincent Twp., Grey Co., Ontario; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Magdalena Meyer was born 4 Aug 1858, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1920; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Wilhelmina "Mina" Meyer was born 18 May 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1933, Southampton, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; was buried , Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Bruce Co., Ontario.
    10. Frederick Henry Meyer was born 1 Dec 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 1952, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Henry Hass Meyer was born 22 Jan 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. 6. Herman H. Meyer was born 24 Apr 1867, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Henry Meyer was born 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    14. Angeline Meyer was born 23 Mar 1869, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Apr 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    15. Adam H. Meyer was born 6 Feb 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 14.  Henry C. Sitler was born 16 Feb 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johann "John" Sitler and Sarah Clemmer); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00114-7219
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1876, Mosa Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario; farmer

    Notes:

    Henry Sitler, "was born February 16th, 1842. He was married to Susannah Good and died in 1862. They resided in Mosa Township, Middlesex County, 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.].

    Henry married Susannah Good 26 Mar 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Dr. Joseph Good and Anna Witmer) was born 2 Oct 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jul 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Susannah Good was born 2 Oct 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Dr. Joseph Good and Anna Witmer); died 27 Jul 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Susannah Erb
    • Name: Susannah Sitler
    • Eby ID Number: 00041-3282
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Susannah Good, "was born October 2nd, 1849, She is married to Henry Sitler."


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Alom Sitler was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 7. Salinda Sitler was born 12 May 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1935; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Sarah Sitler was born 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Magdalena Sitler was born 29 Aug 1873, Mosa Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Henry Sitler was born 31 Jan 1876, Mosa Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Alvina Sitler was born 1878, Mosa Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Ezra Sitler was born 23 Aug 1881, Mosa Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Clara Sitler was born 17 Jul 1885, Mosa Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Ira Sitler was born 4 Sep 1887, Mosa Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.