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

William Ehrhardt

Male 1912 - 1954  (42 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Ehrhardt was born 1912 (son of Henry Karl "Harry" Ehrhardt and Edna Elizabeth Foerter); died 1954; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-439570

    William — Merle Tremaine. Merle was born 1916; died 1995; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry Karl "Harry" Ehrhardt was born 24 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Wilhelm "William" Ehrhardt and Sophia M. W. Hefsky); died 23 Jan 1967, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Harry Ehrhardt
    • Name: Henry Charles Ehrhardt
    • Occupation: Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; warble fly inspector
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93698P

    Notes:

    EHRHARDT, HENRY KARL "HARRY"

    Of R. R. #1, Hespeler, on Monday, January 23, 1967, at Marsdale Manor in Galt, in his 77th year. Mr. Erhardt was born in Waterloo Township on May 24, 1890, son of the late William Erhardt and Sophia Hefkey. He had lived in the Hespeler area for over fifty years. He was a farmer and was warble fly inspector for the Township of Waterloo. He was a member of the Brethren in Christ Church in Puslinch Township. Predeceased by his wife, Edna Arietta Fetter (1964), a son, William (1954) and a daughter, Beatrice (Mrs. Alllan Tremain, 1937). Surviving are three daughters, Olive (Mrs. Laurence Johnson); Patricia (Mrs. Robert Howlett), both of R. R. #1, Hespeler; Eileen (Mrs. Thomas Henry) of Ottawa; and eight grandchildren. The funeral was held from the Nelson Funeral Home, 23 Galt St. in Hespeler on Jan. 26 at 2. Interment Zion Cemetery, Waterloo Township.

    -Information from Our Germans Were Linked Through Puslinch Township by Chris Bowman and B. & B. Woolsey: Son of William Adam Ehrhardt (1842-1931) and his second wife, Sophia Hefkey. This family resided on concession 5 in Puslinch.

    -Information from the marriage certificate: On Feb. 7, 1912, he married Edna Arietta Fetter, born c. 1888, daughter of Nicholas Fetter and Mary Centgraf.

    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    Henry married Edna Elizabeth Foerter 7 Feb 1912, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Edna (daughter of Nicholas D. Foerter and Mary Margaret Centgraf) was born 1 Nov 1884; died Jan 1964; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Edna Elizabeth Foerter was born 1 Nov 1884 (daughter of Nicholas D. Foerter and Mary Margaret Centgraf); died Jan 1964; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Edna Elizabeth Ehrhardt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-168788

    Children:
    1. Olive Ehrhardt
    2. Patricia Ehrhardt
    3. Eileen Ehrhardt
    4. 1. William Ehrhardt was born 1912; died 1954; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Beatrice Louisa Ehrhardt was born 10 Mar 1914, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2 Feb 1937, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Wilhelm "William" Ehrhardt was born 12 Apr 1842, Wiederode, Hessen, Germany (son of Casper Ehrhardt and Christina Magdalena); died 15 Dec 1931, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: William Ehrhardt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93693
    • Immigration: 1861
    • Residence: 1866, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1867
    • Occupation: 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1885, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Wilhelm married Sophia M. W. Hefsky 19 Feb 1878, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sophia (daughter of John Hefkey and Carolina Lambke) was born 13 Apr 1849, Müsselmow, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 20 Apr 1920, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sophia M. W. HefskySophia M. W. Hefsky was born 13 Apr 1849, Müsselmow, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (daughter of John Hefkey and Carolina Lambke); died 20 Apr 1920, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Honoured: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; stained glass windows in St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church erected in memory.
    • Name: Sophia M. W. Ehrhardt
    • Name: Sophia M. W. Shoemaker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93694
    • Immigration: 1856
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    EHRHARDT, SOPHIA (Nee Hefkey, formerly Schoemaker)

    Mrs. William Ehrhardt of Puslinch, at the home of her son, George, on Tuesday, April 27th 1920, as a result of falling down the cellar steps on Sunday evening, suffering concussion of the brain and a broken wrist, in her 72nd year. She came to Canada from Germany, when she was 7 years old and was twice married, first to Louis Schoemaker of Preston, who died a year after their marriage and forty-two years ago, to William Ehrhardt, who survives with children, Mrs. Gehl of Preston; John and Henry of Puslinch; George of Clearview in Waterloo Township; and Mrs. Ernst Radke of Kitchener. Mrs. Ehrhardt was highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends, as she had been well known, a resident of this vicinity for many years. In religion, she was a Lutheran and in her younger years, took an active part in church work. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon from the residence of her son, George to Hespeler Cemetery. It was very largely attended, many of the older inhabitants of Hespeler turning out. Rev. Erischick of St. James' Church conducted the service.

    -Information from the death certificate: Born in Germany on April 13, 1849, daughter of John Hefsky and Caroline Lambke. Informant - her son, George W. Ehrhardt of R. R. #1, Hespeler.

    -Information from Our Germans Were Linked Through Puslinch Township by Chris Bowman and B. & B. Woolsey: Daughter of John Hefkey and Caroline Lambky. Second wife of William Adam Ehrhardt (1842- 1931), son of Casper and Christina Magdalena Ehrhardt of Wiedenrod, Germany. His first wife was Barbara Albrecht. Sophia and William Ehrhardt's children were Mary M. (born c. 1871); William F. (b. 1874); Henry Carl; Alberta Gerhard (b. 1880); John (1881-1958); and George W. (1885-1962).


    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    Children:
    1. A. Christine Ehrhardt was born 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Alberta Ehrhardt was born 20 Aug 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John Frederick Ehrhardt was born 14 Jul 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died 17 May 1958, Clarkson, Peel Co., Ontario; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. George William Ehrhardt was born 24 Jan 1885, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 14 Oct 1962, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 2. Henry Karl "Harry" Ehrhardt was born 24 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jan 1967, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Nicholas D. Foerter was born 11 Dec 1850, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Johann Heinrich "Henry" Fetter and Mary Margaret Tischer); died 1934; was buried , Campbellville Burying Ground, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Nicholas Foether
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41647

    Nicholas married Mary Margaret Centgraf 1880. Mary (daughter of Johann Christian "John" Centgraf and Sophia Werner) was born 11 Sep 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1932, , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Campbellville Burying Ground, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Margaret Centgraf was born 11 Sep 1857, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johann Christian "John" Centgraf and Sophia Werner); died 29 Aug 1932, , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Campbellville Burying Ground, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Mary Margaret Foerter
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134034
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 3. Edna Elizabeth Foerter was born 1 Nov 1884; died Jan 1964; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Casper Ehrhardt was born Abt 1811, Of, Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79163

    Casper — Christina Magdalena. Christina was born Abt 1811, Of, Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Christina Magdalena was born Abt 1811, Of, Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Christina Magdalena Ehrhardt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79311

    Children:
    1. 4. Wilhelm "William" Ehrhardt was born 12 Apr 1842, Wiederode, Hessen, Germany; died 15 Dec 1931, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  John Hefkey was born 3 Feb 1819, , Germany; died 19 Mar 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-353149
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
    • 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 Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    John — Carolina Lambke. Carolina was born 24 Nov 1825, , Germany; died 3 Feb 1886; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Carolina Lambke was born 24 Nov 1825, , Germany; died 3 Feb 1886; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Carolina Hefkey
    • Name: Caroline Lambky
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-353150
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 5. Sophia M. W. Hefsky was born 13 Apr 1849, Müsselmow, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 20 Apr 1920, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. William Hefkey was born 10 Mar 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died 1917; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Ann Hefkey was born 26 May 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1949, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Christian Hefkey was born 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Lydia Ann Hefkey was born 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  Johann Heinrich "Henry" Fetter was born 1 Dec 1813, Ostheim, , Hessen, Germany (son of Johann Heinrich "Henry" Foerter and Elizabeth Catherina Ann Koehler); died 31 Oct 1890; was buried , Crown Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248687538
    • Name: Henry Fetter
    • Name: Henry Foerter
    • Name: Henry Vetter
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232885

    Johann — Mary Margaret Tischer. Mary was born 17 May 1852; died 10 Jul 1897, Acton West, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crown Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Mary Margaret Tischer was born 17 May 1852; died 10 Jul 1897, Acton West, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crown Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248687538
    • Name: Mary Margaret Fetter
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232886

    Notes:

    VETTER, MARY MARGARET (Nee Tischer, sometimes spelled Discher)

    Sometimes spelled FETTER.

    Another old resident of Puslinch has passed away in the person of Mrs. Vetter, relict of Henry Vetter, whose demise occurred on Saturday, 10th July 1897, at the residence of her son-in-law, Joseph Bowman. Mrs. Vetter was 84 years of age and she leaves twenty-eight grandchildren and seventeen greatgrandchildren to mourn her death. The funeral took place on Monday to the Crown Cemetery and was very largely attended.

    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    Children:
    1. Anna Catherine "Anna" Fetter was born 1845, Ostheim, , Hessen, Germany; died 29 Dec 1928, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 6. Nicholas D. Foerter was born 11 Dec 1850, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1934; was buried , Campbellville Burying Ground, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Margaret Fetter was born 17 May 1852, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 30 Apr 1930, Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Milton, Halton Co. Ontario.

  7. 14.  Johann Christian "John" Centgraf was born 1813, , Saxony, Germany; died 8 Jun 1897, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Christian Centgraf
    • Name: John Christian Centgraf
    • Name: John M. Centgraf
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-110340
    • Directory: 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stonemason
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stone Mason
    • Directory: 1884, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; stone mason
    • Residence: 1897, King St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Johann — Sophia Werner. Sophia was born CA 1813; died Bef 1861. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Sophia Werner was born CA 1813; died Bef 1861.

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    • Name: Sophia Centgraf
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41646

    Children:
    1. Maria Centgraf was born 1843, , Saxony, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Elisabeth Centgraf was born 1845, , Saxony, Germany; died 2 Jun 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Paulina "Polly" Centgraf was born 1846, Werningsleben, Sachen, Germany; died 20 Jul 1924, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Clifford Cemetery, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Albert Centgraf was born 1850, , Saxony, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Matilda Centgraf was born 15 Oct 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Sophia Centgraf was born 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 7. Mary Margaret Centgraf was born 11 Sep 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1932, , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Campbellville Burying Ground, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.