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

Norman Brunk

Male 1902 - 1981  (79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Norman Brunk was born 13 Sep 1902 (son of Charles Brunk and Ellen Grody); died 23 Dec 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Dec 1981, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-401987

    Notes:

    BRUNK, Norman - At the K-W Hospital, on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1981, following a brief illness, Norman Brunk, age 79 years, of 127 Belleview Ave., Kitchener. Husband of the former Laura Becker; father of Ronald N., Douglas and Betty (Mrs. Ralph Grein), all of Kitchener and Lenore (Mrs. Jim Murray) of St. Thomas; brother of Arthur and Adeline of Stratford and Mrs. Amelia Dow of Kitchener. Survived also by nine grandchildren. Predeceased by his parents, two brothers and five sisters. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 2 p.m. Thursday. Funeral and committal service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, on Saturday, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Donald Linkletter officiating. Interment Memory Gardens.

    Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

    Norman — Laura M. Becker. Laura (daughter of William B. Becker and Annie Seftel) was born 20 Aug 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 12 Jul 2000, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Ronald Brunk
    2. Ronald N. Brunk
    3. Douglas Brunk
    4. Margaret Brunk
    5. Lenore Brunk

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Brunk was born 8 Jan 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Peter Brunk and Catherine Ernst); died 17 May 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8034961
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33969
    • Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Charles married Ellen Grody 26 Dec 1881, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of Daniel Grody and Elizabeth Wildfong) was born 6 Mar 1863, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1929, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ellen Grody was born 6 Mar 1863, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Daniel Grody and Elizabeth Wildfong); died 11 Jun 1929, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8034981
    • Name: Ellen Brunk
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33968

    Children:
    1. 1. Norman Brunk was born 13 Sep 1902; died 23 Dec 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Dec 1981, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Amelia Brunk was born 1907; died 1991; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter Brunk was born 1812, , France; died 14 Jul 1895, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33970
    • Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Peter — Catherine Ernst. Catherine was born 1818, , France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catherine Ernst was born 1818, , France; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Catherine Brunk
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33971
    • Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Magdalena Brunk was born Jul 1846, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Barbara Brunk was born 12 Aug 1847, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Dec 1937, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Maple View Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Catherine Brunk was born 4 Mar 1850, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1928; was buried , Mapleview Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Ontario, Canada.
    4. 2. Charles Brunk was born 8 Jan 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 May 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joseph Brunk was born 15 May 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1908; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Brunk was born 1859, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. John Edward Brunk was born 11 Jun 1863, Hampstead, North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1901, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pinehill Cemetery, Pinehill, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Jacob Brunk was born 10 Apr 1865, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Leah Brunk was born 3 Oct 1868, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 20 Oct 1959; was buried , Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly 3rd Line], Wellesley Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Daniel Grody was born 1816, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Grody and Elizabeth Shoemaker); died 30 Jun 1889, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hampstead, North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73170829
    • Eby ID Number: 00042-3330

    Notes:

    Daniel Grody, "was married to Elizabeth Wildfong. They resided in North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, where he died in 1889, leaving a family of fourteen children, but names were not received"

    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.].

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    GRODY. - On the 30th of June, in Perth Co., Ont., Daniel Grody. He was born in the state of Pensylvania*, in 1816. In 1830 he came with his parents to Canada. In 1839 he was married to Elizabeth Wilfang, with whom he lived in matrimony over 50 years. He was the father of fourteen children. He leaves a widow and twelve children, 30 grand-children and 2 great-grandchildren. he suffered severely for about five months with dropsy, though he bore it all with great patience, for he had peace with God. Several days before his death he said to his family that he could already see the beautiful road he was to go: he saw the door of heaven standing open. He also saw the beautiful city of Jerusalem gleaming in its beauty. Also many other testimonies he had that his soul was in peace with God. So we need not mourn as those who have no hope, but feel assured that he is at rest. He was a member of the old Mennonite Church, and was buried on the 2d of July at the Hamstead meeting-house. Services by Tob. Bowman and Noah Stauffer, from Rom. 5: 1.

    Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVI, Number 14, July 15, 1889, page 222, 223

    Daniel — Elizabeth Wildfong. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Wildfong and Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher) was born 6 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1904, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States; was buried , Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Wildfong was born 6 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Benjamin Wildfong and Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher); died 4 May 1904, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States; was buried , Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73170524
    • Name: Elizabeth Grody
    • Eby ID Number: 000131-8099.5

    Children:
    1. Aaron Grody was born 16 Nov 1850, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jun 1930, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States.
    2. Elisabeth Grody was born 17 Sep 1855, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1934; was buried , St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario.
    3. Jacob Grody was born 1842, , Ontario, Canada; died 1928, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario; was buried , Hampstead Cemetery, Hampstead, Perth Co., Ontario.
    4. 3. Ellen Grody was born 6 Mar 1863, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1929, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Amanda Grody was born 19 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Feb 1937, Mayfield Township, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Jacob Grody was born 24 Jun 1785, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 21 Jul 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00042-3325
    • Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Jacob Grody, "the original settler of this family, was a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he was born June 24th, 1785. He was married to Elizabeth Shoemaker who was born May 18th, 1789. In 1830 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. After their arrival in this county they settled temporarily a little north of Waterloo, on the farm now possessed by Franklin Shuh. From here they moved to Wilmot Township, near the Schmidt Mennonite Meeting House where he was engaged in farming. He died July 21st, 1867, and she died November 24th, 1879. To them were born nine children"

    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.].

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    On the 21st of July, 1867, in Wilmot, Waterloo Co., Ont., Jacob Grody, aged 82 years and 27 days. He was buried at Shantz's Meeting-house, upon which occasion the brethren Moses Bowman, Enoch Detweiler, and G. R. Smith preached appropriate discourses from Job 16: 22 and 17: 1, which were selected by the deceased himself. He was a member of the Mennonite Church.

    Herald of Truth, February, 1868, page 31

    Jacob — Elizabeth Shoemaker. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Mary Tyson) was born 18 May 1789, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Nov 1879. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Elizabeth Shoemaker was born 18 May 1789, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Mary Tyson); died 24 Nov 1879.

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    • Name: Elizabeth Grody
    • Eby ID Number: 00042-3325.1
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Polly Grody was born Abt 1809, , Pennsylvania, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. David Grody was born Abt 1811, , Pennsylvania, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Aaron Grody was born Abt 1813, , Pennsylvania, USA; died , Ohio.
    4. Elias Grody was born Abt 1815, , Pennsylvania, USA; died Abt 1815, Penn Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    5. 6. Daniel Grody was born 1816, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 30 Jun 1889, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hampstead, North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Jacob Grody was born 1819, , Pennsylvania, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Magdalena Grody was born 15 Oct 1819, , Pennsylvania, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Johannes S. "John" Grody was born 30 Oct 1826, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 13 Apr 1834; was buried , Wilhelm Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Elizabeth Grody was born 18 Sep 1828, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 29 Nov 1896, Odessa, Ionia, Michigan.

  3. 14.  Benjamin Wildfong was born 1792, , North Carolina (son of Jacob Wildfong and Susan Ruth); died 1871, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 000131-8099

    Notes:

    Benjamin Wildfong, "was married to Polly Hammacher. They resided in Wellesley for a number of years, then moved to Perth County, near Listowel, Ontario. To them were born seven children".


    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.].

    Benjamin — Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher. Maria (daughter of Peter Hammacher and Elizabeth Shaefer) was born 16 Aug 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1872, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher was born 16 Aug 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Peter Hammacher and Elizabeth Shaefer); died 22 Sep 1872, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Maria Caroline "Polly" Wildfong
    • Name: Polly Hammacher
    • Eby ID Number: 00049-3673

    Notes:

    Polly Hammacher, "was married to Benjamin Wildfong. They resided in Wellesley County Township, Waterloo County, thence they moved to Perth County, near Listowel.


    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. 7. Elizabeth Wildfong was born 6 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1904, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States; was buried , Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States.
    2. Daniel Wildfong was born Abt 1829, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Jacob Wildfong was born Abt 1833, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Magdalena Wildfong was born 1834, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Veronica Wildfong was born Abt 1835, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Maria Wildfong was born 30 Nov 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Aaron Wildfong was born 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Mary Caroline Wildfong was born 1840, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Samuel Wildfong was born 1844, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.