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

John Frederick Ehrhardt

Male 1881 - 1958  (76 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Frederick Ehrhardt was born 14 Jul 1881, , Ontario, Canada (son of Wilhelm "William" Ehrhardt and Sophia M. W. Hefsky); died 17 May 1958, Clarkson, Peel Co., Ontario; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93696
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son

    Notes:

    EHRHARDT, JOHN F.

    At his home, Lakeshore Road West in Clarkson, ON, on Saturday, May 17, 1958, in his 77th year. Husband of Sarah Aitken. Father of Margaret (Mrs. George Lynch) of Weston; Viola (Mrs. Lloyd Herridge) of Clarkson; Becky (Mrs. Charles Burns) of Clarkson; and Joyce (Mrs. Donald Pentelow) of Aberfoyle. S. S. Russell and Son Funeral Home, Dunn St. (at the lake) in Oakville. Service in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Hespeler on Tuesday at 2: 30. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

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

    John — Sarah Jane Aitken. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Aitken and Margaret Neilson) was born 10 Dec 1891, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1980, Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Margaret Ehrhardt
    2. Viola Ehrhardt
    3. Joyce Ehrhardt
    4. Helen May Ehrhardt was born 25 May 1913, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jul 1928, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Edith Jane Rebecca "Becky" Ehrhardt was born 14 Apr 1915, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jul 2003; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  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.

    Other Events:

    • 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. 1. 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. 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.


Generation: 3

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

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79163

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


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

    Other Events:

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

    Children:
    1. 2. 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. 6.  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.

    Other Events:

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

    Other Events:

    • 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. 3. 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.