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

Walter Andrew Schmidt

Male 1906 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Walter Andrew Schmidt was born Jul 1906, , Ontario, Canada (son of Theodore J. Schmidt and Emma Mary Pfanner); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-178497
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Walter — Nellie Irene Bowman. Nellie (daughter of Mervyn Buckborough Bowman and Mary Madter) was born Dec 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Theodore J. Schmidt was born Jan 1881, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Heinrich P. "Henry" Schmidt and Maria "Mary" Faulhefer); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-178493
    • Occupation: 1904, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Motorman, Street Railroad
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Theodore married Emma Mary Pfanner 20 Oct 1904, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emma (daughter of Moses Pfanner and Margaretha "Martha" Forler) was born 31 May 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Emma Mary Pfanner was born 31 May 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Moses Pfanner and Margaretha "Martha" Forler); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Emma Mary Schmidt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81186
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Irene Elizabeth Schmidt was born Nov 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 1. Walter Andrew Schmidt was born Jul 1906, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Howard David Schmidt was born 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Apr 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Apr 1978, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Heinrich P. "Henry" Schmidt was born 24 Jun 1839, Hatterode, , Hessen, Germany; died 29 Jan 1905, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Henry P. Schmidt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-342316
    • Residence: 1867, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

    Heinrich married Maria "Mary" Faulhefer 31 Mar 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria was born 27 Feb 1848, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jul 1885, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Maria "Mary" Faulhefer was born 27 Feb 1848, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jul 1885, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Maria "Mary" Schmidt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-342320
    • Residence: 1867, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. J. K. Schmidt
    2. Theodore Schmidt
    3. Schmidt
    4. Anna Schmidt was born 29 Oct 1867, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Henry F. Schmidt was born 6 Apr 1870, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Oct 1909, Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Christina Schmidt was born 23 Dec 1874, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 13 Mar 1929, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Mar 1929, Oetzel Evangelical Cemetery, Ratzburg, North Easthope Twp, Perth Co., Ontario.
    7. John F. Schmidt was born 7 Apr 1878; died Jan 1952, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario.
    8. 2. Theodore J. Schmidt was born Jan 1881, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Barbara Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schmidt was born 9 Jun 1883, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1963, RR2, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Moses Pfanner was born 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Martin Pfanner and Dorothea Holzmann); died 21 Jun 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81185
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; inn keeper
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Moses married Margaretha "Martha" Forler 21 May 1880, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaretha (daughter of John K. Forler and Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker) was born 1 Apr 1860, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Feb 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Margaretha "Martha" ForlerMargaretha "Martha" Forler was born 1 Apr 1860, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John K. Forler and Anna Maria "Maria" Doerbecker); died 24 Feb 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Business: Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Robitsch Inn
    • Name: Margaretha "Martha" Pfanner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81184
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Mrs. Martha Pfanner, 85, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Hammer, 90 Stirling Ave. Born April 1, 1860, in Wilmot Township she was a daughter of Jacob Forler and Marie Derbecker. The late Mrs. Pfanner was a regular attendant of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and a member of the Ladies Aid Society. Her husband Moses Pfanner, predeceased her 50 years ago. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clara Doering of Philipsburg and Mrs. John Hammer of Kitchener. Five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren also survive. One son Edward died five years ago and a daughter, Mrs. Theo. Schmidt predeceased her ten years. Remains are resting at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home until Monday morning when the removal will be made to the residence of her daughter, 90 Stirling Ave., where a private funeral service at St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery. Rev. John Schmieder will officiate. Sympathy of friends will be accepted without flowers.

    Kitchener Daily Record 24 Feb 1945

    Children:
    1. Anna Schmitt was born 25 Sep 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Katie Schmitt was born 3 Mar 1877, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 3. Emma Mary Pfanner was born 31 May 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Clara Catharina Pfanner was born 21 May 1883, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 May 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Edward Pfanner was born 11 Nov 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Saloma Pfanner was born 1 Jun 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1989; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Martin Pfanner was born 1811, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 7 Feb 1896; was buried , St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152281
    • Residence: 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Joiner
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Martin — Dorothea Holzmann. Dorothea (daughter of Holzman and Magdalena) was born CALC 19 Jun 1821, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 19 Nov 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Dorothea Holzmann was born CALC 19 Jun 1821, , Alsace Lorraine, France (daughter of Holzman and Magdalena); died 19 Nov 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Dorothea Hammer
    • Name: Dorothea Holzmann
    • Name: Dorothea Pfanner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152282
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Sarah Pfanner was born 1841, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. John Pfanner was born 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Salome Pfanner was born 28 Nov 1843, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 31 Dec 1918; was buried , Berlet's Corners Cemetery, Berlet's Corners, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. George Pfanner was born 22 Apr 1845, Niederseebach, , Alsace, France; died 5 Dec 1914, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Martin Pfanner was born 28 Oct 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 27 Feb 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Martin Pfanner was born 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Magdalena "Lena" Pfanner was born 9 Nov 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1926; was buried , St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Barbara Pfanner was born 30 May 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jul 1924, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Elisabeth Pfanner was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Catharina Pfanner was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. 6. Moses Pfanner was born 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Maria "Mary" Pfanner was born 3 Mar 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Mar 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Jacob Pfanner was born 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Dec 1945; was buried , St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  John K. Forler was born 30 Nov 1829, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johannes "John" Forler and Catharine "Katie" Krieger); died 2 Feb 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-398630
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist

    Notes:

    How They Farmed Sixty Years Ago

    …I can well remember when Noah Bechtel, uncle of John B. Bricker our genial corn borer inspector for Waterloo county, shot a large black grizzly bear in October, 1863. They had seen the bear eight miles north where there was a large bush and swamp, called Queen's Bush, where the farmers had their pigs to get acorns and beechnuts, which were plentiful. Mr. Bear came out sometimes to help them to butcher. We had no selects, a pig was a pig. One day a squad went after him but did not get him. Later in October he came trotting along through Wilmot township. Moses Bechtel and Christian Hallman were ploughing beside Noah Bechtel's cedar swamp when he came walking right up to them. They went in and Bechtel brought his rifle with him. They followed the bear's tracks for a mile from the swamp, through John Forler's swamp, then across the road into another 400 acre bush. John Forler hitched his carriage team into the democrat, drove to Petersburg, and brought a man up with a hound, and John Ernst Jr. came along with his bulldog. Wm. Miller put his hound on the trail and in a short time found Mr. Bruin sound asleep. Miller fired a shot and the bear came trotting through the swamp with the dogs after him. When he saw that he was surrounded it did not take him long to climb a tree. Noah Bechtel, with a well aimed shot, brought the bear down. …

    Waterloo Chronicle, 5 Jul 1928, p. 9

    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. 15.  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

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    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. Catharina Forler was born 9 Jul 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 11 Sep 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1896.
    2. John Forler was born 4 Oct 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1 Jan 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. George D. Forler was born 31 Jan 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Cemetery, Rostock, Ellice Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. 7. Margaretha "Martha" Forler was born 1 Apr 1860, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Feb 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Jacob D. Forler was born 2 Sep 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Nov 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 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.