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

Alvin Henry Frickey

Male 1886 - 1954  (68 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alvin Henry Frickey was born 6 Jun 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Heinrich M. "Henry" Frickey and Wilhelmina Gorsalitz); died 18 Jul 1954, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States; was buried , Mt. Hope Cem., Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57670


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Heinrich M. "Henry" Frickey was born 6 Dec 1836, Braunschweig, , Niedersachsen, Germany (son of Conrad Fricke and Sophia Leithoff); died 16 Mar 1909, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Henry Fricke
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57668
    • Immigration: 1846
    • Residence: 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    Death of Henry Frickey

    The death occurred very unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 16th of one of our oldest and highly respected residents in the person of Mr. Henry Frickey, aged 72 years, 3 months and 10 days. Deceased was around, about the usual time on Tuesday morning and seeded in good health. After preparing his own breakfast, owing to his wife's illness he went back to bed and when his wife returned to his room after preparing dinner shortly after eleven o'clock she found that her husband had passed away suddenly.

    The funeral was held on Friday morning and a very large number of friends gathered to show their last tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased. The pall-bearers were his sons: - Herman, Alvin of Rochester, N.Y., Charles of Buffalo, N.Y., Richard of Berlin, Gordon and Walter at home.

    The late Mr. Frickey was born in Braumschyeig, Germany in 1836 and when ten years of age accompanied his parents to Canada and settled in Erbsville. He had the distinction of cutting down the first tree where his home stands. In 1860 he married Miss Margaret Schnarr, daughter of the late Balzer Schnarr of Erbsville who predeceased him in 1883. He married again in 1885 to Wilhelmina Gorselity, daughter of the late John Gorselity of Cranbrook, Ont. a wife, five sons and one step-son and two sons and one daughter from the first marriage are left to mourn, their loss. One brother, two sisters, and ten grand children also survive.

    The Chronicle-Telegraph Mar 25 1909 pg 4

    Heinrich married Wilhelmina Gorsalitz 14 Sep 1884, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Wilhelmina (daughter of John Gorselitz and Carolline Katzer) was born 19 Aug 1859, , Germany; died 14 Dec 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Wilhelmina Gorsalitz was born 19 Aug 1859, , Germany (daughter of John Gorselitz and Carolline Katzer); died 14 Dec 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Wilhelmina Doerbecker
    • Name: Wilhelmina Frickey
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57669
    • Immigration: 1871, , Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1938, 208 Albert St. N., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Mrs. Wilhelmina Frickey Doerbecker.

    After an illness of four weeks, Mrs. Wilhelmina Frickey Doerbecker passed away at the home of her son, ex-mayor Walter W. Frickey, 208 Albert St. North, Waterloo, on Wednesday. She was in her 80th year.

    Born in Germany, the deceased came to Canada with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Corsalitz of Brussels. For the past 55 years she had resided in the Heidelberg and Erbsville districts. She was an adherent of Erbsville Lutheran Church.

    She is survived by four sons, one step-son, two step-daughters, four brothers and two sisters, namely, Fred of Saskatchewan, William, Henry and John, of Brussels, Mrs. Collins and Ida of Buffalo. The sons are Charles, of Buffalo, Alvin, of Rochester, Gordon of Erbsville, Walter, of Waterloo, and Richard of Kitchener; the step-daughters are Mrs. Theresa Nixdorf, of Baden, and Mrs. Ed. Lantz, of Milverton. Thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.

    The funeral will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Letter and Dreisinger Funeral Home, and thence to Erbsville Lutheran Church for service at 2.45. Interment will be made in the adjoining cemetery, Rev. Lamach, a former pastor, officiating.

    Waterloo Chronicle, 16 Dec 1938, p. 3

    Children:
    1. 1. Alvin Henry Frickey was born 6 Jun 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1954, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States; was buried , Mt. Hope Cem., Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.
    2. Gordon G. Frickey was born 7 Oct 1887, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mayor Walter William Frickey was born 27 Jun 1892, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 May 1941, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Clarence C. Frickey was born 1 Mar 1896, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Feb 1915, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Henry Stanley Frickey was born 19 Aug 1899, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Oct 1918, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Conrad Fricke was born 1799, , Germany; died 2 Dec 1878, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24697
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Conrad — Sophia Leithoff. Sophia was born 10 Oct 1810, Rodorf, Prussia, Germany; died 2 Dec 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sophia Leithoff was born 10 Oct 1810, Rodorf, Prussia, Germany; died 2 Dec 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Sophia Fricke
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24698
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 2. Heinrich M. "Henry" Frickey was born 6 Dec 1836, Braunschweig, , Niedersachsen, Germany; died 16 Mar 1909, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Friederich "Frederick" Fricke was born 6 Jan 1839, , Germany; died 30 May 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Maria "Mary" Fricke was born 19 Apr 1841, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Christoph "Christopher" "Christian" Frickey was born 9 Nov 1843, , Germany; died 3 Apr 1918, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, USA; was buried , Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States.
    5. Caroline Fricke was born 8 Aug 1848, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jan 924, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  John Gorselitz was born Abt 1829, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-15

    John — Carolline Katzer. Carolline was born Abt 1829, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Carolline Katzer was born Abt 1829, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Carolline Gorselitz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-100

    Children:
    1. 3. Wilhelmina Gorsalitz was born 19 Aug 1859, , Germany; died 14 Dec 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.