Bryon D. Draves

Bryon — Jean Frances "Jeannie" Reinhart. [Group Sheet]

1. Christine Draves

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-380665
• Residence: 1990, 609 King St. N., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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DRAVES, Harry John

At K-W Hospital, on Thursday, Feb. 8, 1990, of 809 King St. N., Waterloo, age 71 years.

Mr. Draves was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, a member of the BF Goodrich Foremen's Club and the Canadian Order of Foresters.

Loving husband of the former Ruby Bauer; dear father of Wayne and his wife Jean of St. Clements, Bryon and his wife Jean of Waterloo; brother of Edward of Cheetawagua, N.Y., Helen (Mrs. Ted Kalbfleisch), Betty (Mrs. Robert Hofstetter) and Robert, all of Kitchener. Also survived by three grandchildren, Richard, Timothy and Christine. Predeceased by his parents, John Draves and the former Selena Oppertshouser.

At the request of the family, there will be no visitation at the funeral home. At noon on Saturday, transfer will be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, Waterloo, for funeral service at 2 p.m., Rev. Eric Weber officiating. Cremation to follow.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 9 Feb 1990 pg A15

Harry — Ruby Lucetta Bauer. Ruby (daughter of Henry Bauer and Ida Magdalena Klein) was born 24 Jun 1919, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Jul 2009, Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ruby Lucetta Draves
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-298301
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1990, 609 King St. N., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Ruby L. Draves

1919 - 2009, Passed away peacefully, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, on Sunday, July 19, 2009, at the age of 90 years. Ruby will be sadly missed by her two sons, Bryon of Waterloo and Wayne of New Hamburg; her three grandchildren, Rick (Jody), Tim and Christine (Kevin Wilson); and her great-grandchildren, Daniel, Gregory, Geoffery, Camryn, Caitlin and Julia. She is also survived by her sister Lorraine Soehner and her brother, Clinton Bauer. Ruby was predeceased by her parents, Henry and Ida Bauer; her beloved husband, Harry John Draves; brothers, Henry, Vernon, Garfield and Clifford and Norman; sisters, Pearl, Dorothy and Henrietta; and her daughter-in-law, Jean Draves (nee Reinhart). Ruby will be remembered as an avid gardener and was a member of St. James Lutheran Church, St. Jacobs. The family wishes to extend a sincere thank you to Dr. Day and the nurses of the 7th floor of St. Mary's Hospital for their care and compassion shown to Ruby. The funeral service will be held at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South, Waterloo, on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at Parkview Cemetery, followed by a reception in the Fireside Reception Room of the funeral home.

Waterloo Region Record 20 Jul 2009 pg B7

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• Name: John Edward Draves
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-405396
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Driver, Outside
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

John married Margaret Selena "Selena" Oppertshauser 12 Feb 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Henry S. Oppertshauser and Elizabeth Hannah Schaefer) was born 22 Nov 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jan 1988, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 24 Jan 1988, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Selena "Selena" Draves
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-405395
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Operator - Stamping Factory
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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DRAVES, Selena - At K-W Hospital, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 1988, Selena Draves (Oppertshauser), of Heritage House, St. Jacobs, in her 95th year. Mrs. Draves was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Loving mother of Helen (Mrs. Ted Kalbfleisch), Betty (Mrs. Robert Hofstetter) and Robert, all of Kitchener, Harry of Waterloo and Edward of Cheektowaga, N.Y.; dear sister of Elvina Yager of Cambridge, Dora Brox of Michigan and Mae (Mrs. John Brox) of Waterloo. Also sadly missed by 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her parents; her husband, John in 1974; two sisters, Millie Bartley and Pauline Oppertshauser; a grandson, Dale Hofstetter and a great-granddaughter, Nicole Draves. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 821 King St. W., Kitchener, today (Friday) from 7- 9 p.m. and Saturday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal Services will be held in the chapel on Sunday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Harold Brill officiating. Interment Mount Hope cemetery, Kitchener.

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• Name: Heinrich Bauer
• Name: Henry Kissner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-298294
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Employee
• Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Henry married Ida Magdalena Klein 25 Apr 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of John Klein and Caroline Zinger) was born 23 Nov 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Mar 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 17 Mar 1979, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ida Magdalena Bauer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-380668
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Primitive Methodist (?)

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BAUER, Mrs. Ida

At St. Mary's Hospital, on Wednesday, March 14, 1979, after a brief illness, Ida Klein of 16B Brubacher St., Kitchener, and formerly of Glasgow Street, Kitchener, age 92 years.

A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Wife of the late Henry Bauer who predeceased her in 1957; mother of Norman and Henry, both of Kitchener, Clinton of Route 2, Wallenstein, Garfield of Guelph, Henrietta (Mrs. Joseph Hehn), Dorothy (Mrs. Waldemar Schieman), Lorraine (Mrs. William Soehner), Mrs. Pearl Straus, all of Kitchener and Ruby (Mrs. Harry Draves) of Waterloo; sister of William Klein of Kitchener; 43 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren also survive. She was predeceased by her parents, John Klein and Caroline Zinger; two sons, Clifford and Vernon, four brothers and six sisters.

Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, until noon on Saturday, when removal will be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Queen Street South, Kitchener, for the funeral and committal service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Roger Winger officiating. Interment St. Peter's Lutheran cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Mar 1979 pg 29

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• Name: August Drews
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38268
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer

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1871 - August Drewss is staying with Frederick Scheuermann.

August — Frederica Dora "Ricca" Zeller. Frederica was born CALC 18 Feb 1852, , Germany; died 22 Oct 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Frederica Dora "Ricca" Draves
• Name: Ricca Zeller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38269
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Henry Oppertshauser
• Name: Oppertshauser
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86005
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Buffer - Brass Factory
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Henry S. Oppertshauser, 75, died at his residence, 32 Pequegnat Avenue, early today. He was born in Woolwich Township, on May 9, 1866, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Oppertshauser. In 1890, in New Hamburg, he married Elizabeth Schaefer who predeceased him one year ago.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Robert Bartley, Mrs. J. Draves and Mrs. C. Yager of Kitchener, Mrs. Henry Brox of Detroit, and Mrs. John Brox of Sunnyside. Twenty-five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service will be held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. Yager, 63 Bingeman Street, on Sunday at 2 pm to St. Matthew's Lutheran Church for service at 2: 30 pm. Interment will be made in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. Dr. John Schmieder will officiate. Remains are resting at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home until Saturday at 6 pm when they will be removed to the residence of his daughter.

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Henry married Elizabeth Hannah Schaefer 7 Jul 1890, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann Valentin "Valentine" Schaefer, daughter of Johann Valentin "Valentine" Schaefer and Anna Katharina "Catherine" Lang) was born 23 Feb 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 8 Aug 1940, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
• Name: Elizabeth Hannah Oppertshauser
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86006
• Residence: 1881, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1940, 43 Bingeman St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mrs. Henry S. Oppertshauser, 71, of 43 Dingman street, died at her home early today after two weeks illness following a stroke. Born in Pilkerton, Nickol township, Mrs. Oppertshauser was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Schafer. She married Mr. Oppertshauser July 7, 1890 in New Hamburg, and the couple came to his city 18 years ago. She attended St. Matthew's Lutheran church.

Surviving. in addition to husband are, five daughters, Mrs. Robert J. Bartley, Mrs. John E. Draves, and Mrs. Christian Yager, all of Kitchener, Mrs. Henry Brox of Detroit. Mich., and Mrs. John Brox of Sunnyside one brother, Fred Schafer of Olds, Alta., one sister, Mrs. Catherine Maurer of Hanover 25, grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock from her late residence to St. Matthew's church at .2.30. Internent will be In St, Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. Remains are resting at Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until seven o'clock tonight.

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• Name: Henry Bowers
• Name: Henry P. Bauer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56143
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Heinrich married Magdalena Krueger 22 Feb 1881, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Freidrich Wilhelm "William" Krueger and Ernestine Wilhelmina Luick) was born 25 Dec 1863, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Dec 1942, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Bauer
• Name: Magdalena Kissner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351570
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1937, 55 David St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1942, 30 Spetz St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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MRS. MAGDALENA KISSNER

Mrs. Magdalena Kissner, 78 died at the home of her son, Charles Kissner, 30 Spetz Street, early this morning. Death followed an illness of eight weeks. Born in Waterloo Township, Dec. 25, 1863, she was a daughter of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Krueger. She is the last surviving member of the family. Her husband predeceased her Oct 19, 1937. Mrs. Kissner was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and took an active part in the Ladies' Aid of the church. Surviving are four sons; Henry, Herman, Fred and Charles, all of Kitchener: three daughters, Mrs. Sadie Crowther, Kitchener, Mrs. George Ringle, Diebolt, Alta., Mrs. Edmund Otterbein, Strasburg. The funeral will be held from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Saturday at 2 p.m. and at St. Paul's Lutheran church at 2.15 p.m. Rev.Albert Orten will officiate. Interment will he in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The remains are resting at the funeral home.

Kitchener Daily Record 3 Dec 1942 pg 19

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Golden Wedding Quietly Celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kissner, Kitchener, Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary.

The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kissner of Kitchener, was quietly marked at their home on Friday Numerous congratulations poured in on the happy couple. Although Mr. Kissner 70 years of age and his wife 71. both still enjoy the best of healh.

A native of West Prussia, Mr. Kissner emigrated to Canada in 1884 and a year later. he married Mrs. Magdalena Bauer Krueger, who was born. on the Petersburg road. Rev. Anders, pastor of the St. Paul's Lutheran vicinity of Mannheim for several Church officiated. After living in the years, they returned to Kitchener where they have lived ever since. Their family included eight children, three of whom are deceased and 13 grandchildren. Their five remaining children are Messrs. Herman, Fred and Charles of Kitchener, and Mrs. Edwin Otterbein of Strassburg and Mrs. George Ringle of Alberta. The deceased members were Miss Lena and Mr. Willie Kissner and a baby who died in infancy. Mr. Henry Bauer and Mrs. S. Crowther of Kitchener are the children of Mrs. Kissner's first marriage.

Waterloo Chronicle, 17 Jan 1935, p. 5

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97668
• Residence: 1863, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

John married Caroline Zinger 14 Apr 1863, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario. Caroline (daughter of Aloysious "Alois" Zinger and Maria Anna Linser) was born 17 May 1843, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario; died 4 May 1933; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Caroline Klein
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97557
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1863, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC