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

August Christian "Chris" Leiska

Male 1876 - 1940  (64 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  August Christian "Chris" Leiska was born 16 May 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Annie Leiskau); died 18 Nov 1940, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 Nov 1940, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    August married Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Rittinger 13 May 1903, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Frederick William Rittinger and Catherine Rothaermel) was born May 1883, , Lake Co. Michigan; died 28 Dec 1945, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Dec 1945, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Clayton Leiska
    2. Bertha Annie Leiska was born 11 Sep 1903, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Viola Leiska was born 15 Jan 1905, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Private Arthur Jacob Benjamin Leiska was born 8 Nov 1908, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1964, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried 1 Aug 1964, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Clarence August Leiska was born 22 May 1912, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1969.
    6. Edna Charlotte Leiska was born 1913; died 16 Sep 1974, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Margaret Eleanor "Eleanor" Leiska was born 1925, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Dec 1976, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 21 Dec 1976, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 3.  Annie Leiskau was born 24 Apr 1856, , Germany (daughter of Christian Leiskau and Henrietta Hintz); died 1940; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 1. August Christian "Chris" Leiska was born 16 May 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 1940, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 Nov 1940, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Christian Leiskau was born 15 Sep 1832, , Germany; died 8 Nov 1887.

    Christian — Henrietta Hintz. Henrietta was born 1831, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Henrietta Hintz was born 1831, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 3. Annie Leiskau was born 24 Apr 1856, , Germany; died 1940; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Caroline Leiskau was born 12 Mar 1860, , Prussia, Germany; died 13 Jul 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Frederick Leiskau was born 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.