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John Kress

Male 1899 - 1904  (4 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Kress was born 22 Jun 1899, , Ontario, Canada (son of Andreas S. "Andrew" Kresz and Mary Forler); died 1904; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Johann Kress
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80735


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Andreas S. "Andrew" Kresz was born 19 Feb 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 9 Mar 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of George Adam "Adam" Kress and Catharine Schmitt); died 27 Nov 1951; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Andrew Kress
    • Name: Andrew S. Kress
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-10836P
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper, Shop
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1951, 182 Kent Ave., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Andrew Kress

    Andrew S. Kress, 89, of 182 Kent Ave., died early today of a heart condition. He had been ill for three weeks. Mr. Kress was born Feb. 19, 1862, in Wilmot Township, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kress. He was a retired cooper having worked at Canada Barrels and Kegs, Ltd., Waterloo. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Waterloo. He moved to Waterloo in 1903 and four years ago made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Abram McKersie, Kent Ave. Surviving are two sons, Louis of South Burnaby, B.C. and Clayton of London, Ont.; three daughters, Mrs. McKersie, Mrs. William (Hattie) Bonaney of St. Catherines, and Mrs. Adolf Berlet of Kitchener; one sister, Mrs. William (Sophia) Thomas of Kitchener. Four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive. Five children predeceased him, three sons, George, Adam and John, and two daughters, Mrs. Harry Knack and Mrs. Clarence Forler. The body will be at the home of Mrs. Berlet, 212 Wellington St. North, from Wednesday. The funeral will be held there Friday at 2:30 p.m., followed by a memorial service at 3 o'clock at St. John's Church. Rev. A. L. Conrad will officiate and interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, November 27, 1951

    Andreas married Mary Forler 1 Sep 1885. Mary (daughter of John F. Wagner and Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker, daughter of John K. Forler and Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker) was born 19 Dec 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jun 1917, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Forler was born 19 Dec 1864, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of John F. Wagner and Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker, daughter of John K. Forler and Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker); died 13 Jun 1917, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Maria D. Forler
    • Name: Mary Kresz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80727P
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1885, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Mrs. Andrew S. Kresz

    The death took place on Wednesday afternoon of Mrs. Mary C. Kresz, wife of Andrew S. Kresz, John Street, aged 52 years, 5 months and 26 days. The deceased had been in poor health for several years. She is survived by her husband, two sons and five daughters, Louis and Clayton, Louise, Pauline and Emma at home, Hattie, Hamilton, and Anna McKersie, Kitchener, one brother, George C. Forler, Wilmot township, and sister, Margarita Pfanner, Kitchener. The funeral will take place on Saturday, June 16 that 1:30 o'clock from the residence John Street, to St. John's Lutheran Church, for service and from thence to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment.

    Berlin Daily Telegraph, June 14, 1917

    Children:
    1. George Kress was born 1886, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Annie M. C. Kress was born 18 Nov 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Hendrich Kress was born 16 Nov 1890, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Adam Kress was born 1 Jun 1893, near St. Agatha, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Louisa Kress was born 1 Jun 1893, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1975; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Louis Kress was born Jul 1896, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Clayton Kress was born 9 Sep 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 1. John Kress was born 22 Jun 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died 1904; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Pauline Henrietta Kress was born 19 Jul 1903, , Ontario, Canada; was christened 9 Aug 1903, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jan 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Jan 1947, Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Catharine Emma "Catherine" Kresz was born 14 Jun 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1947; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Adam "Adam" Kress was born 11 May 1831, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany (son of George Michael "Michael" Kress and Katharina Dengel); died 30 Aug 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Lutheran Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Adam Kress
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137873
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    probably known as Adam Kress.

    George married Catharine Schmitt 30 Dec 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine was born 30 Dec 1832, , Ontario, Canada; was christened 17 Mar 1833, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catharine Schmitt was born 30 Dec 1832, , Ontario, Canada; was christened 17 Mar 1833, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Kress
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137874
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lady Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Christopher Kresz was born 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. John Christoph Kress was born 29 Mar 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 23 Apr 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Margarethe Kress was born 6 Jun 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 29 Jun 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 May 1913.
    4. Adam Kress was born 12 Mar 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 5 Apr 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 May 1939, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Jacob S. Kress was born 10 Mar 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 6 Apr 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 2. Andreas S. "Andrew" Kresz was born 19 Feb 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 9 Mar 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1951; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Sophia Barbara Kress was born 12 Jun 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1962, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  John F. Wagner was born Abt 1831; died Bef 1901.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80729

    John — Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker. Anna (daughter of Johann Georg Doerbecker and Anna Martha Vetter) was born 2 Jul 1831, , Hessen, Germany; died 30 Sep 1915, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker was born 2 Jul 1831, , Hessen, Germany (daughter of Johann Georg Doerbecker and Anna Martha Vetter); died 30 Sep 1915, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Maria "Maria" Wagner
    • Name: Maria Doerbecker
    • Name: Maria Durrbecker
    • Name: Mariah Derbecker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-398631
    • Immigration: 1845, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1845, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Philipsburg News Item - It is this week our sad duty to chronicle the death of Mary Forler (nee Doerrbecker) she died on Thursday, Sept. 30th at 8 p.m. and reached the ripe age of 84 years, 2 months and 28 days. Deceased was born in Hesson, Germany, and came to Canada when a young girl of 14 years and has lived in Wilmot Township ever since with the exception of a few years when she lived in Wellesley. Deceased was well respected and beloved by all who knew her. She leaves to mourn her loss, one son and two daughters, also 22 grand-children and 15 great-grandchildren. The mourning son and two daughters are namely; George Forler of Wilmot, Mary (Mrs. Kress) of Waterloo and Mrs. Margaret Pfanner of this place with whom the deceased lived until her end. May she rest in peace.

    Berlin Daily Telegraph, October 7, 1915

    ______________________

    Mrs. Mary Forler, nee Doerbecker, died at Philipsburg on Sept. 30th, aged 84 years.

    New Hamburg Independent, October 11, 1940 - Twenty-Five Years Ago

    Children:
    1. Margaretha Wagner was born Apr 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Mary Forler was born 19 Dec 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jun 1917, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George Michael "Michael" Kress was born CALC 8 Sep 1790, , Baden, Germany; died 28 Jul 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Michael Kress
    • Name: Michael Kresz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96145
    • Residence: 1824, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Residence: 1831, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retired
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    George — Katharina Dengel. Katharina was born Between 1793 and 1794, , Baden, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Katharina Dengel was born Between 1793 and 1794, , Baden, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Katharina Kress
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96146
    • Residence: 1824, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Residence: 1831, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Johann Christoph "Christopher" Kress was born 5 Dec 1824, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 6 Apr 1908, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 4. George Adam "Adam" Kress was born 11 May 1831, Epfenbach, Epfenbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 30 Aug 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Lutheran Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Amalia Kress was born 1837, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Jacob Seiler was born 1844, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 14.  Johann Georg Doerbecker was born 14 Jul 1790, Breitenbach am Herzberg Kreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hessen, Germany (son of Johann Dietrich Doerbecker and Anna Margareth Raeuber); died 4 Apr 1862, Near, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Georg Derbecker
    • Name: George Doerbecker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91092
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Johann — Anna Martha Vetter. Anna was born Abt 1790, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Anna Martha Vetter was born Abt 1790, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Martha Doerbecker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-165162
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Andreas "Andrew" Doerbecker was born 15 Apr 1819, , Germany; died 20 Mar 1902, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Valentine Doerbecker was born 23 Nov 1820, , Germany; died 7 Jul 1908, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 7. Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker was born 2 Jul 1831, , Hessen, Germany; died 30 Sep 1915, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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