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

William Grosz

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Grosz

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Annanias Henry Grosz was born Abt 1905; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-286648

    Annanias — Mary Irene Stroh. Mary (daughter of William R. Stroh and Matilda Reist) was born 17 May 1905, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Irene Stroh was born 17 May 1905, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of William R. Stroh and Matilda Reist); died 21 Aug 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Mary Irene Grosz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-165457
    • Residence: 1963, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Mary Grosz

    Funeral service will be conducted at 2pm Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Chruch, Floradale, for the former Mary Stroh. Burial will follow in Floradale.

    She died Tuesday at K-W hospital, at the age of 68. She was the wife of Ananias Grosz of Floradale.

    She was the mother of Ruth (Mrs. William Aberle) of RR1 West Montrose and William of RR1 Fordwich; sister of Hilda (Mrs. Allen Dreisinger and Erma (Mrs. Oscar Hoffer) of Elmira, Milton Stroh of Waterloo and Clarence Stroh of RR2 Elmira; grandmother of ten. A sister and a brother predeceased her.

    Friends may call at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, until Thursday noon.

    Elmira Signet 22 Aug 1973 pg 12

    Children:
    1. Ruth Grosz
    2. 1. William Grosz


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  William R. Stroh was born 13 Apr 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Yost O. Stroh and Dorothea Ries); died 1968; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53786
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Labourer
    • Occupation: 1904, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    William married Matilda Reist 18 May 1904, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Matilda (daughter of John M. Reist and Mary Wanner) was born 18 Jun 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Matilda Reist was born 18 Jun 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John M. Reist and Mary Wanner); died 14 Apr 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Matilda Stroh
    • Eby ID Number: 00090-5207.15

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Irene Stroh was born 17 May 1905, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Hilda Catherine Stroh was born 1906, Of, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1994; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Milton George Stroh was born 20 Feb 1908, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Apr 1979; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Irvin Stroh was born 26 Apr 1909; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Erma Sara Stroh was born 5 Jul 1912; died 26 Oct 2006, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Florence Margaret Stroh was born 3 Aug 1915; died 20 Feb 1939; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Clarence William Stroh was born 10 May 1920; died 20 Jun 2006, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Yost O. Stroh was born 1 Oct 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Conrad Stroh and Anna Maria "Mary" Oswald); died 18 Jan 1919, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87977721
    • Name: Jost O. Stroh
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53784
    • Residence: 1866, Woolwich 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: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1906, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Retired: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Yost O. Stroh.

    On Wednesday evening death removed another of Elmira's oldest citizens in the person of Mr. Yost, O. Stroh. Deceased had been staying with his son, Mr. Geo. Stroh, near Glenallan, for a few weeks, where he was taken ill a short time ago. Mr. Stroh was born in Woolwich Township on October 1st 1841. He was married to Dorothea Ries, who predeceased him. Four sons, George, of Glenallan, William, of Moorefield, and Charles and Louis, of North Dakota, survive him, and one daughter, died about thirty years ago.

    Deceased lived on a farm near Conestogo until seventeen years ago, when he retired and moved to Elmira.

    The funeral will be held from the home of his son at Glenallan, on Saturday, June 31st [21st?], at 1 p.m. to St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, for burial. There will be no service in the church.

    Yost married Dorothea Ries 10 Apr 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Dorothea (daughter of Eckhart Ries and Catherine Opperthaeuser) was born 29 Oct 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 1904, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Dorothea Ries was born 29 Oct 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Eckhart Ries and Catherine Opperthaeuser); died 7 Apr 1904, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87977845
    • Name: Dorothea Stroh
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53785
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Died At Elmira, Thursday, April 7th, 1904, Dorathea Ries, Beloved wife of Yost O. Stroh, Aged 56 Years, 5 Months and 8 Days. The Funeral Will take place, from her late residence, on Saturday, April 9th, 1904, at 2 o'clock p.m., to the Elmira Cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

    Funeral Card

    Children:
    1. Louisa R. Stroh was born 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 1890, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. George R. Stroh was born 9 Nov 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jul 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Charles R. Stroh was born 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 6. William R. Stroh was born 13 Apr 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1968; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Ludwig R. "Louis" Stroh was born 12 May 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 May 1965, Coleharbor, McLean, North Dakota, United States; was buried , Coleharbor Cemetery, Coleharbor, McLean, North Dakota, United States.

  3. 14.  John M. Reist was born 12 Mar 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of David Reist and Mary Mosser); died 24 Sep 1915, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00090-5207
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John Reist, "the eldest son in the family, was born March 12th, 1831. He was first married to Susannah Wanner who died September 12th, 1860. After her decease he was married to Mary Wanner, a sister to his first wife. They reside on a farm in the township of Woolwich, about three miles north of Elmira. Of the first wife there were four children, namely:...and of the second wife there are nine 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.].

    John married Mary Wanner 14 May 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Henry M. Wanner and Anna B. Fordney) was born 10 May 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Aug 1920, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Mary Wanner was born 10 May 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry M. Wanner and Anna B. Fordney); died 13 Aug 1920, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Maria Wanner
    • Name: Mary Reist
    • Eby ID Number: 00090-5207.6
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Susannah Reist was born 18 Sep 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1895; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Ann Reist was born 18 Feb 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 1923, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Levi Reist was born 7 Sep 1864; died 7 Feb 1865; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Solomon W. Reist was born 5 Mar 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jan 1939, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. John William Reist was born 21 Jan 1869, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1955.
    6. Noah W. Reist was born 26 Nov 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jan 1957, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Sarah Ann Reist was born 11 Mar 1873, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1952, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Ephraim W. Reist was born 21 Mar 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1934, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Elizabeth Reist was born 11 Nov 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Nov 1876; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Catharine Reist was born 15 Dec 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1960; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Menno W. Reist was born 13 Mar 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1888, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. 7. Matilda Reist was born 18 Jun 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.