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

Mary Elizabeth Seyler

Female 1914 - 1997  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Elizabeth Seyler was born 8 Apr 1914, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Edward George Seyler and Anna C. Roos); died 8 Feb 1997, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Feb 1997, Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104905973
    • Name: Mary Elizabeth Lang
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-399722

    Notes:

    LANG: Mary Elizabeth (Seyler) - Passed away; peacefully at her residence, on Saturday Feb. 8, 1997. In her 83rd year. Mrs. Lang was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Waterloo and had been retired from Equitable Life Insurance Co. after 25 years of service. Beloved wife for 60 years of Leonard. Loved mother of Joan and her husband Gerald Donelle of Waterloo, Sally and her husband Donald Eley of Burlington and Douglas and his wife Sandra of Waterloo. Lovingly remembered by nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Lang's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, this evening (Monday) from 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal service to be held in the funeral home chapel on Tuesday at 3:PM. Rev. Don Kranz officiating. As expressions of sympathy donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario appreciated.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record: Monday February 10th 1997, Page B 4

    Mary — Leonard August Lang. Leonard (son of Albert Boehmer Lang and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Schleen) was born 19 Jan 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Nov 2004, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Joan Elizabeth Lang was born 1937; died 26 Jun 2021; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Douglas Lang
    3. Sally Lang

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edward George Seyler was born 8 Apr 1878, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Seyler and Elisabeth Miller); died 1954; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149033
    • Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Edward — Anna C. Roos. Anna (daughter of Jacob S. Roos and Elizabeth Liphardt) was born 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Anna C. Roos was born 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob S. Roos and Elizabeth Liphardt); died 1962; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Anna C. Seyler
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-191672
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Life Assurance Office
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. 1. Mary Elizabeth Seyler was born 8 Apr 1914, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1997, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Feb 1997, Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob SeylerJacob Seyler was born 18 Nov 1834, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johann Theobald "Theobald" Seyler and Philipina Durst); died 6 Dec 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Artifact: Jacob Seyler imprinted cigar box
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42064
    • Occupation: 1858, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
    • Occupation: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Inn Keeper
    • Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotelkeeper
    • Occupation: 1880, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; hotel keeper
    • Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
    • Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Commercial Hotel
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Jacob married Elisabeth Miller 10 Apr 1870, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth (daughter of John J. Miller and Elisabeth) was born 8 Nov 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1936, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elisabeth Miller was born 8 Nov 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John J. Miller and Elisabeth); died 8 May 1936, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Elisabeth Seyler
    • Name: Elizabeth Meuller
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42063
    • Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Boarding House

    Children:
    1. August Julius Seyler was born 27 Jun 1870, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Alfred Jacob Seyler was born 2 May 1872, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1953; was buried , Gethsemene Lutheran Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
    3. Zuleima Melinda Seyler was born 14 Jun 1876, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1934, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 2. Edward George Seyler was born 8 Apr 1878, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1954; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Herman Louis Seyler was born 18 Mar 1880, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Jacob S. Roos was born 4 May 1833, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Nov 1833 (son of John Roos and Elisabeth G. Weicker); died 21 May 1905, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: J. S. Roos
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45228
    • Occupation: 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Elected Office: 1867, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo City councillor
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Elected Office: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Business: 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Jacob S. Roos manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of boots and shoe, sewning machine agent
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: Abt 1900, 85 King St. N., Waterloo, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Occupation: 1904, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker

    Notes:

    J. S. Roos.

    At the front in the boot and shoe trade of the town is the large, flourishing and extensively stocked establishment of Mr. J. S. Roos. This store is a credit to its proprietor as well as to the town. For years back an extensive business has been done here and the establishment has maintained a high standard of excellence, affording to the public every possible advantage. Mr. Roos thoroughly understands the shoe business and buys for cash from the leading factories of the country. He handles everything in this line from the ladies' finest kid to the men's and boys' heavier wear. To be convinced of the bargains offered here it is only necessary to call and examine the stock
    and prices

    Waterloo County Chronicle 8 Nov 1894, p. 1

    Jacob — Elizabeth Liphardt. Elizabeth was born 19 May 1844, , Germany; died 1929; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Liphardt was born 19 May 1844, , Germany; died 1929; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Elizabeth Roos
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45230
    • Immigration: 1853, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1855
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Mary D. Roos was born 2 Feb 1876, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Anna C. Roos was born 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Charles Herbert Roos was born 21 Aug 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Albertina Roos was born 29 Jun 1883, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Nelda A. Roos was born 17 Dec 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johann Theobald "Theobald" Seyler was born 1807, , Germany (son of Jacob Seyler and Margaret Durst); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Interesting: hotel, business
    • Name: Theobold Seyler
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42908
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; innkeeper
    • Residence: Bef 1883, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Jacob Merner with his wife and family emigrated from Germany and settled on a farm miles west of New Hamburg in 1837. Several of the ten children still survive, among them being Mr. Christian Merner of whom a sketch appears elsewhere. Wm. Smith had the first blacksmith shop. It was here that the late Samuel Merner learned his trade. Jacob Brill was the first cooper and did a thriving trade in barrels, churns, &c. The pioneer weaver was John Oehm who made cloth for his numerous patrons on his hand loom. Theobald Seyler owned a frame hotel on the site of the present Queen's and John Boeckner did the cobbling and shoemaking for the neighborhood. The latter's shop was on the site of the present residence of Mr. D. Becker. Wendel Schuyler was the first teacher in 1838 or 1839. A portion of the first log schoolhouse still stands near the Cemetery and is used for a dwelling: Soloman Weaver was a miller in the early days and later became an evangelical minister. Business men who came a little later were Wm. Burkhold, who established a brickyard; Fred Merner who started a carriage business and Wm. Hunter, who had a general stare. In the early 50's Sylvester Frank built a brewery. It was of brick and a portion of it is still in use in connection with the present brewery. The village has gradually increased in population and assessment with no particularly stirring events to mark its even progress. The great flood of 1883 due to a cloudburst is an event never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. On that occasion the water covered the streets up to the door of the Imperial hotel, and swept away the Rau, Hartman and Helmer bridges, thus cutting the village off from the outside world. In this its golden jubilee year, New Hamburg stands a community of contented, busy people, living in good homes and doing admirably their little share of the great world's work.

    Special Industrial souvenir number of New Hamburg: containing a comprehensive review of the natural advantages and resources of the village of New Hamburg, 1908, Berlin Daily News, Berlin, Ontario

    Johann married Philipina Durst 28 Feb 1834, Quirnbach, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Philipina was born CALC 7 Apr 1809, , Germany; died 25 Nov 1883, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Philipina Durst was born CALC 7 Apr 1809, , Germany; died 25 Nov 1883, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Philipina Seyler
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42909

    Children:
    1. 4. Jacob Seyler was born 18 Nov 1834, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Dec 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Philippina Seyler was born 15 Mar 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 4 Sep 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Adam Seyler was born 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Catherina Seyler was born 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Elisabetha Seyler was born 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Carolina Seyler was born 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. John Seyler was born 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Ludwig Seyler was born 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Louise Seyler was born 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Josephine Seyler was born 11 Nov 1856, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 28 Jun 1857, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  John J. Miller was born Abt 1820, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42910

    John — Elisabeth. Elisabeth was born Abt 1820, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elisabeth was born Abt 1820, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Elisabeth Miller
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42911

    Children:
    1. 5. Elisabeth Miller was born 8 Nov 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1936, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  John Roos was born 6 Dec 1809, , Alsace Lorraine, France (son of Johannes "John" Roos and Elisabeth); died 20 Nov 1885, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Johann Roos
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34336
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tavern keeper [catagory: hotel keeper, inn keeper, tavern keeper]
    • Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
    • Occupation: 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker

    Notes:

    He was a native of Dettweiler in Alsace and emigrated here in 1828.

    Med. Note:
    In the last few years, he was afflicted with kidney stones, accompanied in addition by rheumatism and he had to suffer untold pain.

    John — Elisabeth G. Weicker. Elisabeth was born 15 Aug 1811, , Germany; died 10 Jul 1875, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Elisabeth G. Weicker was born 15 Aug 1811, , Germany; died 10 Jul 1875, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Elisabeth G. Roos
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34337
    • Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 6. Jacob S. Roos was born 4 May 1833, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Nov 1833; died 21 May 1905, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. George Michael Roos was born CALC 10 Dec 1834, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jul 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John W. Roos was born 5 Mar 1835, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 5 Apr 1835, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Nov 1882, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Henry Roos was born 13 Mar 1837, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Apr 1837, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Charles J. Roos was born 26 Mar 1839, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Sep 1909, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Rosina Roos was born 25 Sep 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jun 1902; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Adam Roos was born 9 Jan 1846, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1923, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 28 Apr 1923, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Elizabeth Mary Roos was born 1850, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Dec 1928; was buried , Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
    9. August Roos was born 1853, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.