Gustave Walter "Walter" Scheffel

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• Name: Walter Scheffel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223665
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1923, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist

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Family Photograph:
From back row, left to right: Will, Marie, Max, Fred.
Front row, left to right: Frieda, August, Walter, Christianna, Louise (Frieda's twin), August.

Gustave married Eva May Harlock 11 Apr 1923, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Eva (daughter of William Harlock and Melinda Donnenwerth) was born 5 May 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: August Scheffel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223659
• Immigration: 1891, , Canada
• Immigration: 1892, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1897
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Picker
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Woolen Mill
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1922, Maple Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Marriage Certificate No. 10

Beckern, the sixth of May one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Before the undersigned registrar appeared today for the purpose of entering into a marriage contract:

1. the miller, known to be August Scheffel of Lutheran faith, born the eighth of December fifty-eight in Schweinern, the district of Trebnitz, living in Breslau, Wesser St. No. 26 son of the "Stellenbesitzer" (it could indicate occupant of a position or ownership..) Gottlieb Scheffel, deceased in Zedlitz, the district of Trebnitz, and of his wife Johanna, nee B r i c h, now S t a h n, "Stellenbesitzer" in Jeschiitz, the distrct of Trebnitz

2. the farmer's daughter, known to be Christianna Gerlach, of Lutheran faith, born the twenty-seventh of October of the year thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine in Beckern, the district of Ohlau, living in Beckern, the district of Ohlau, daughter of the farmer Wilhelm Gerlach, deceased in Beckern, and of his wife Elisabeth, nee Schlosser, now Dziallas living in Beckern, district of Ohlau.

As witnesses were present and appeared:

3. the farmer known to be Gottlieb Buhr, forty and one years old, living in Beckern, district of Ohlau

4. the wheelwright known to be Ernst Buhr, thirty and two years old, living in Laskowitz, district of Ohlau.

In the presence of the witnesses the registrar asked the engaged couple singly and one after the other: whether they wanted to enter into a marriage contract with one another. The engaged couple answered the question affirmatively and upon this the registrar announced that he declared them, based on the law, as legally married husband and wife.

Read, approved and signed. August Scheffel. Christiane Scheffel, nee Gerlach
Gottlieb Buhr. Ernst Buhr.

The registrar. Damzog I.V.

It is herewith certified that the above summary is the exact duplicate of the main marriage register of the registrar's office in Feltsch.

Provided by Lori Scheffel 2017

Family Photograph:
From back row, left to right: Will, Marie, Max, Fred.
Front row, left to right: Frieda, August, Walter, Christianna, Louise (Frieda's twin), August.

Johann married Christina Gerlach 6 May 1884, Beckern, Ohlau District, , Germany. Christina was born 27 Oct 1859, Beckern, Ohlau District, , Germany; died 22 Nov 1919, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Christina Scheffel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223660
• Immigration: 1891, , Canada
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Family Photograph:
From back row, left to right: Will, Marie, Max, Fred.
Front row, left to right: Frieda, August, Walter, Christianna, Louise (Frieda's twin), August.