Lieutenant Margaret Klassen: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Lieutenant Margaret Klassen was born 8 Oct 1910, , Ukraine (daughter of Henry Klassen and Margarete Dirks); died 18 Dec 1972; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246049276
Military: WW2 - nurse
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401948

Notes:

"She enlisted in the Army in 1942 and served with the Canadian Nursing Service during World War II. She served in Europe where she met and married her husband, Walter Atlee Armstrong, in October of 1943. She was discharged in 1944. After the war, she continued to live in England until the death of her husband in 1961. In 1962, she returned to Canada and lived the rest of her life in New Hamburg. Lieutenant Margaret Armstrong was awarded the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Medal, Clasp to the CVSM, the War Medal 1939-45, and the General Service Badge. Margaret was the mother of four children. In the 50s she returned to her nursing career. She passed away on December 18, 1972 at the age of 62."

Military Service Recognition Book, Volume IV (https://www.on.legion.ca/msrb/Volume-4/)

Generation: 2

Henry Klassen was born CA 1876; died Yes, date unknown.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401937

Henry — Margarete Dirks. Margarete was born 15 Jul 1878; died 23 Oct 1964, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Margarete Dirks was born 15 Jul 1878; died 23 Oct 1964, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246047926
Name: Margarete Klassen
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401938

Children:

Henry Klassen died Yes, date unknown.
Constantine H. Klassen was born 15 Feb 1906, , Ukraine; died 1982; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Victor Klassen died Yes, date unknown.
Helen Klassen died Yes, date unknown.
Agnes Klassen died Yes, date unknown.
Anna Klassen died Yes, date unknown.
Marie Klassen died Yes, date unknown.
1. Lieutenant Margaret Klassen was born 8 Oct 1910, , Ukraine; died 18 Dec 1972; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
David H. Klassen was born 14 Jan 1903, , Ukraine; died 11 Jul 1968, , Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Irene K. Klassen was born 6 Sep 1916; died 5 Mar 1983; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Nicklas Klassen was born 1905, Reimerhof, Russia; died 6 Jan 1993, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 9 Jan 1993, Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.