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Richard Charles "Dick" Pfeifer

Male 1928 - 2003  (74 years)


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  1. 1.  Richard Charles "Dick" Pfeifer was born 30 Jun 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Lorne Philip Pfeifer and Constance Helen Harley); died 9 Jan 2003, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Glenhaven Memorial Gardens, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233842275
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199358

    Notes:

    Richard served in all 3 branches of the Canadian armed forces, first the Navy, then the army, finally the Air Force. So it goes without saying he was a career military man. ....

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233842275/richard-charles-pfeiffer

    _________________

    PFEIFFER, Richard Charles (Dick) Richard, passed away, peacefully, at Kingston General Hospital, on January 9, 2003, after a valiant and courageous battle with cancer, in his 75th year.

    He leaves to mourn his passing, his loving wife, Marina (Idiaquez) Pfeiffer; his three sons, Brian (Galena) of Waterloo, Richard (Beatrix) of Brussels ad Gene (Laurie) of Belmont; his four granddaughters, Angela, Tara, Amber and Kyra; six great- grandchildren; his sisters, Constance (Connie) Smith, Kathryn (Kathy) Jermy (Clifford), both of Waterloo and his sister-in-law, Eileen Pfeiffer of Southampton.

    He was predeceased by his first wife, Jean (Uttley) Pfeiffer; his father, Lorne P. Pfeiffer; his mother, Constance (Harley) Dunbrook; his brother, Lorne W. Pfeiffer and his step-son, Guillermo.

    At Richard's request, cremation has already taken place. There will be a memorial reception at the home of his son, Brian at 146 Auburn St., Waterloo from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003.

    Richard — Jean Loretta Uttley. Jean (daughter of Russell Robert Uttley and Ida Myers) was born 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1971, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Brian Pfeifer
    2. Richard Pfeifer
    3. Gene Pfeifer

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lorne Philip Pfeifer was born 21 Jul 1904, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johann George "Yarrick" Pfeifer and Judith Amelia Albert); died 17 Jun 1973, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192328081
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-145762
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1923, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wood Worker

    Lorne married Constance Helen Harley 8 Sep 1923, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Constance (daughter of Walter Harley and Ellen Owen) was born 19 Feb 1906, , England; died 10 Sep 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Constance Helen Harley was born 19 Feb 1906, , England (daughter of Walter Harley and Ellen Owen); died 10 Sep 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204631437
    • Name: Constance Helen Dunbrook
    • Name: Constance Helen Pfeifer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-221883
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
    • Occupation: 1923, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Spinner

    Children:
    1. 1. Richard Charles "Dick" Pfeifer was born 30 Jun 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 2003, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Glenhaven Memorial Gardens, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. Constance Ellen "Connie" Pfeiffer was born 17 Nov 1931; died 14 May 2017.
    3. Kathryn "Kathy" Pfeifer
    4. Eileen Pfeifer


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Johann George "Yarrick" Pfeifer was born 10 Nov 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Johann Leonardt Pfeifer and Catharina Barbara Beichy); died 10 Nov 1934, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Nov 1934, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: George Pfeifer
    • Name: Yarrick Pfeifer
    • Name: Yarrick Pfeiffer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-229599
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1883, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1883, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder
    • Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder
    • Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder, Foundry
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Johann married Judith Amelia Albert 5 Apr 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Judith (daughter of John Carstens Albert and Magdalena "Lena" Snyder) was born 29 Nov 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1914. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Judith Amelia Albert was born 29 Nov 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Carstens Albert and Magdalena "Lena" Snyder); died 1914.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Judith Amelia Pfeifer
    • Name: Julia Albert
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6293.2
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Judith Amelia Albert, "was born November 29th, 1872. She is married to George Peiffer and resides near Preston, Ontario."


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Emelia Pfeifer was born 5 Mar 1894, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Barbara Pfeifer was born 27 May 1895, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Georgina Anna Pfeiffer was born 2 Nov 1896, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Leonard John Pfeifer was born 11 Jul 1898, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. George Pfeifer was born Jun 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Kate Pfeifer was born 13 Dec 1900, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Alfred Pfeifer was born Nov 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 2. Lorne Philip Pfeifer was born 21 Jul 1904, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1973, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Harold Pfeifer was born Dec 1907, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Edna May Pfeiffer was born 12 May 1911, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 7 Jul 1937, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Walter Harley was born 19 Mar 1881, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire, England; died 21 Nov 1966, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Birth: Bilston, , Staffordshire, England
    • Residence: , England
    • Residence: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 49 Tait St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-221879
    • Immigration: 1906, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason, Builder
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
    • Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Sapper, 111th Battalion / 2nd Battalion
    • Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #730004

    Notes:

    Walter Harley

    By Record Staff Writer

    GALT-Walter Harley, 85, of 303 Main St. E., died at South Waterloo Hospital here Monday.

    A retired building contractor, Mr. Harley was born in Bilston, England, coming to Galt in 1907. He was an adherent of Trinity Anglican Church and a member of Alma Masonic Lodge number 72, A.F. and A.M.

    Mr. Harley served overseas in the First World War with the 111th Battalion. He was a member of the 111th Battalion Association.

    He is survived by his wife, the former Ellen Owen; two sons, Walter H. of Long Branch and Harold of Thornhill; four daughters, Mrs. Lorne (Constance) Pipher, Kitchener; Mrs. Richard (Edith) Harrison, Richmond Hill; Mrs. Nellie Coles, Galt; and Mrs. Fred (Florence) Carrotte, Timmins.

    Also surviving are a brother, Harry Fearnacombe, Victoria B.C.; 20 grandchildren, 38 great- grandchildren and one great- great-grandchild.
    The body is at Coutts and Son Funeral Home where service will be held Thursday, at 2:00 p.m. Burial will be in Mountview cemetery. Donations to the Ontario Heart Fund will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record Tue, Nov 22, 1966 Page 23

    Walter — Ellen Owen. Ellen was born 10 Apr 1882, , England; died 16 Jul 1972, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ellen Owen was born 10 Apr 1882, , England; died 16 Jul 1972, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ellen Harley
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-221881
    • Immigration: 1906, , Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

    Children:
    1. Edith Harley was born 17 Feb 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Feb 2002.
    2. Walter Harley was born 16 Jul 1904, , England; died 9 Oct 1998; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Constance Helen Harley was born 19 Feb 1906, , England; died 10 Sep 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Nellie Harley was born 17 Feb 1909, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Feb 2002.
    5. Florence Harley was born 19 Jun 1913, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Aug 1975, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Harold Harley was born 13 Sep 1915, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 2011, Tottenham, Tecumseth Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johann Leonardt Pfeifer was born 1821, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Leonhard Pfeifer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-145061
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Johann — Catharina Barbara Beichy. Catharina was born CALC 9 Oct 1827, , Germany; died 14 Mar 1891, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Catharina Barbara Beichy was born CALC 9 Oct 1827, , Germany; died 14 Mar 1891, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharina Barbara Pfeifer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-240684
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. George Pfeifer was born 14 Dec 1848, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Philip Pfeiffer was born CALC 13 Sep 1850, Albany, Albany, New York, United States; died 9 Dec 1927, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Dec 1927, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Pfeifer was born 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Mary Pfeifer was born 1854, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 4. Johann George "Yarrick" Pfeifer was born 10 Nov 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1934, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Nov 1934, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Charles Pfeifer was born 28 Mar 1864, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Fredrick Pfeifer was born 11 Jun 1867, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Wilhelmina "Mena" "Minnie" Pfeifer was born 28 Jul 1870, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1972, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario.

  3. 10.  John Carstens Albert was born 2 Nov 1846, , Germany (son of John Albert and Anna Carstens); died 19 Nov 1932; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6293.1
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of John C. Albert
    • Immigration: 1851, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Night Watchman
    • Directory: 1912, 24 Mitchell Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    John married Magdalena "Lena" Snyder 18 Feb 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of John Snyder and Judith Bingeman) was born 1 Jun 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1914; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Magdalena "Lena" Snyder was born 1 Jun 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Snyder and Judith Bingeman); died 4 Feb 1914; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lena Schneider
    • Name: Magdalena "Lena" Albert
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6293
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Directory: 1912, 24 Mitchell Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Magdalena Snyder, "was born June 1st, 1840, On February 27th, 1872, she was married to John C. Albert, a farmer. They reside near Kossuth, Ontario. To them were born four 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.].

    Children:
    1. 5. Judith Amelia Albert was born 29 Nov 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1914.
    2. Rachel Joanna Albert was born 17 Apr 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Mar 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Anna Isabella Albert was born 26 Jul 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluewell, Mercer, West Virginia, United States.
    4. Susannah Matilda Albert was born 21 Apr 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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