Tom Hiller

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-185045
• Residence: 1987, Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

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Hiller, Bob - At Palliative Care Unit of Stratford General Hospital, on Friday, Feb. 7, 1997, Robert John (Bob) Hiller, of Mitchell, in his 75th year. Beloved husband of Edna (Stauffer) Hiller; dear father of Tom and his wife Gerrie of Red Lake and William of London; special Grandpa of Caitlin, Aaron, Shawn and Alyson Hiller; dear brother-in-law of Barbara Hiller of Welland. Predeceased by a brother, Jack. There will be no funeral home visitation. A private family service was held at the Lockhart Funeral Home, Mitchell, today (Monday), with Pastor Derek Mathers officiating. Internment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Memorial donations to Grace Lutheran Church, Mitchell, Palliative Care Unit of Stratford General Hospital or the charity of one's choice would be appreciated.

The Record, February 10, 1997

Robert — Edna Stauffer. Edna (daughter of Alden Johnson Stauffer and Christina Bauman) was born 1918, , Ontario, Canada; died 23 Feb 2009. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Edna Hiller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-308333
• Residence: 1921, 300 Wellington St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1987, Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

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Hiller, Edna - On February 23, 2009. Edna, loving and devoted wife of the late Robert John. Beloved mother of Tom and Lynne, Dave and Gerrie, and Bill. Loving grandmother of Aaron, Caitlin, Shawn and Lauren, and Alyson. Edna is predeceased by her sisters, Anita and Hulda, and Edna will be missed by her nieces, Bonnie, Sandra and the late Keith. A private family service was held.

Waterloo Region Record, February 28, 2009

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• Residence: New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 80 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Ontario
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-85837
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer - Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, 1st Depot Battalion, Service #3130703
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Gunner, 4th Battalion
• Residence: 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Hiller, Alvin E. - Suddenly, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Sunday, Sept. 27, 1987, Alvin Hiller, of Golden Years Retirement Home, Cambridge, in his 93rd year. Dear husband of Sally (Gedcke) of Cambridge; father of Robert (Bob) and Edna of Mitchell, Jack and Barbara of Welland, Carolyn and Joe Andrassy of Bradford, Dale and Ann Gedcke of Oakridge, Tenn.; brother of Ed and Florence of New Hamburg, Roy John of Waterloo and Mabel Quandt of Plattsville; loving grandfather of Tom, Dave, Bill, Jeffrey, Steven and Scott Hiller, Andrew, Stephanie and Julie Andrassy, Jeff, Scott and Kimberley Gedcke. Also survived by five great-grandchildren. Predeceased by his first wife, Erna Betzner; sister, Alice Honderich and brother, Oliver. Mr. Hiller was a member of Highland Road Baptist Church, Rockway Lawn Bowling Club and was a veteran of the First World War. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, today (Tuesday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, Wednesday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Frank Morgan officiating. Internment Memory Gardens. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, September 29, 1987

Alvin married Erma Betzner 29 Jun 1920. Erma (daughter of John B. Betzner and Sophia M. Brockel) was born 15 Oct 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1969; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Erma Hiller
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0928.33
• Residence: 1901, 46 Duke St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

Residence:
Betzner J B : Bookkeeper [Current Address 2023] 46 Duke St [Historical Address] 16 Duke

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• Eby ID Number: 00117-7417
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher Furniture
• Occupation: 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ? Furniture, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1921, 300 Wellington St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1929, 296 Wellington St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Alden G. Stauffer, "the only son, is engaged as a finisher in Kreiner & Co's furniture factory."

Alden married Christina Bauman 20 Sep 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Christina (daughter of Emanuel P. Bauman and Maria "Mary" Hemmerich) was born 24 Jan 1878, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1948; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Christina Stauffer
• Eby ID Number: 00002-412.3
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 300 Wellington St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00059-3939.22
• Occupation: 1894, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter - house building
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

John married Sarah Ann Hostetler 1893, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Isaac Hostetler and Lydia Zimmerman) was born 21 Aug 1873, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Oct 1930, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah Ann Hiller
• Eby ID Number: 00059-3939.2
• Residence: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Death of Mrs. John Hiller

The death occurred at her home here last Friday morning, October 10th, of Sarah Ann Hostetler, beloved wife of Mr. John Hiller at the age of 57 years, 1 month and 19 days. She had been ill for several months and went through an operation for a goiter a month ago. Other complications developed which were the cause of her demise. The deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hostetler and spent practically all her life in this neighborhood. She was married in 1893 to her now bereaved husband and for the past twenty years resided in New Hamburg. Besides her husband she leaves four sons and two daughters, namely, Alvin, Oliver, Edwin and Roy, of Kitchener, Mrs. Delford Honderich, of Wilmot, and Mabel, at home. She is also survived by three brothers and one sister, Nelson Hostetler of Ceylon, Sask., Edwin Hostetler, of Winnipeg, Oliver Hostetler, of Elkton, Mich., and Mrs. John Hunsberger, of Baden. The funeral was held on Monday from her late home to Hostetler's Church and cemetery, Snyder's Road. The funeral services were held by Rev. Mr. Steele of Humberstone. Cousins of the deceased acted as pall bearers. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were: Mr. Oliver Hostetler and family, Mrs. Dilman Stauffer and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Stauffer of Elkton, Mich., Mrs. Nettie McCrae and Mrs. Florence Otterbein, of Bad Axe, Mich., Mrs. Solomon Sitter, of Sarnia, besides a host of other relatives and friends from Kitchener, Waterloo, Stratford, Tavistock, Wellesley, St. Clements and surrounding district. The bereaved family have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends in their sad bereavement.

New Hamburg Independent, October 17, 1930

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• Name: J. B. Betzner
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0928
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Occupation: 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer
• Business: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Berlin Brush Company - manager
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; book keeper
• Residence: 1901, 46 Duke St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; grocer
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant, Grocery
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

John B. Betzner "was born January 5th, 1856. He is married to Sophia Brockel. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged as book-keeper for the J. R. Stouffer Company, of which firm he is also a shareholder. His family consists of one child, a daughter"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Passing of J. B. Betzner

For Many Years Conducted Grocery Store on King St. in Berlin

The Grim Reaper removed on Saturday afternoon at 4: 45 o'clock, Mr. John B. Betzner, at his home 45[6] Duke St., after a long illness, aged 57 years, 11 months and 29 days. The deceased was born in Waterloo County on January 5th, 1856, and has lived in this vivinity continuously. The funeral service will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late residence to the East End Mennonite church for short service, and internment at the East End cemetery. The request is made that no flowers be sent.

The late Mr. Betzner is a direct descendent of Samuel Betzner, who settled in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1755, coming to this continent from Merspurg, Germany. The deceased was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. David Betzner. At one time he was employed as a bookkeeper for the J. R. Stouffer Co., but for many years has conducted the well known grocery store on the corner of King and Foundry streets. While the deceased had been in ill health for a number of years he was always cheerful and bright. For two days preceding his death he was confined to his bed.

He was married to Sophia Brockel who survives. This marriage was blest by three children, two of whom survive, namely, Edna and Erma, both at home.

The Daily Telegraph, January 5, 1914

Business:
Berlin Brush Company started in the Berlin/Kitchener around 1891 with offices and plant located on Foundry (Ontario) Street. Joseph Bingeman, E. H. Schiedel, who was general superintendent and Jonas B. Bingeman were involved.

Residence:
Betzner J B : Bookkeeper [Current Address 2023] 46 Duke St [Historical Address] 16 Duke

John married Sophia M. Brockel 21 Jun 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sophia (daughter of Philip Broeckel and Christina Doffge) was born 27 Jun 1861, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 14 Dec 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sophia M. Betzner
• Eby ID Number: 00006-0928.1
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1901, 46 Duke St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1914, 46 Duke St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mrs. John B. Betzner

The death took place at the family residence, 46 Duke street, of Sophia Brockel, relict of the late John B. Betzner, on Monday evening, after a brief illness. The deceased was in her 54th year and was born in Guelph. Her husband passed away about a year ago. Two daughters, Misses Edna and Erma survive, and the sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be extended to them in their bereavement. The funeral will take place on Thursday, Dec. 17th, at 2 o'clock, from the residence, where a brief service will be held and from thence to the East End Mennonite cemetery for internment.

Berlin Daily Telegraph, December 15, 1914

Residence:
Betzner J B : Bookkeeper [Current Address 2023] 46 Duke St [Historical Address] 16 Duke

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• Eby ID Number: 00117-7415
• Occupation: 1881, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Deputy Sheriff
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Peter R. Stauffer, "was born August 11th, 1843. He was married to Hannah Janzen. They resided at Washington, Oxford County, where they followed farming until April 16th, 1889, when they left the farm and moved to Berlin where they still reside. To them were born two children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Peter married Hannah Johnson 29 Nov 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of John C. Johnson and Mary Shupe) was born 25 Sep 1837, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Mar 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hannah Janzen
• Name: Hannah Stauffer
• Eby ID Number: 00061-4002
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Hannah Janzen, "the eldest in family, was married to Peter Stauffer. They reside in Berlin and have a family to two children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Name: E P Bauman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-412
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith Apprentice
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; blacksmith
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Employee Bicycle Factory
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist in Clock Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Emanuel P. Baumann, "the eldest son of Christian W. Baumann and his second wife, resides in Conestogo where he is engaged in the implement business. He is married to Mary Hemmerich, They have had a family of ten children".


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Emanuel — Maria "Mary" Hemmerich. Maria (daughter of George Michael "Michael" Hemmerich and Margaretha Herbold) was born 27 Oct 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1921, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria "Mary" Bauman
• Name: Mary Hemmerich
• Eby ID Number: 00002-412.1
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1921, 12 Clarence Place, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran