Francis Xavier "Frank" Bleiler

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• Name: Frank Bleiler
• Name: Franz Bleiler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-231227
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Barber, Barber Shop
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic

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FRANK BLEILER DIED TODAY IN ALLANDALE HOME

Death Came Unexpectedly Altho Health Poor For Year And Half; Active In Sport Ventures

Frank Xavier Bleiler, former King street businessman and well known sport enthusiast of Preston, died at Simcoe Hall, Allandale, this morning according to a telegraph received by friends and relatives in this district. News of his passing was recieved with genuine regret. He had been in falling health for over a year and a half and had gone to Allandale to recuperate. In the passing of Frank Bleiler, Preston loses one of its prominent figures. A resident of the town all his life, with the exception of a short time he spent in Drayton where he and his brother Charles were engaged in the hotel business, the late Mr. Bleiler became prominently idenified with many orginisations and causes. His greatest interest probably was in sport, hockey was one of his favorites. Showing his love for the winter game, he was largely instrumental in the formation of the local arena company. He worked untiringly to give Preston a good place in the sport world and for some years was at the helm of local hockey clubs. He was also a member of the Preston Lawn Bowling Club. Born in Preston 65 years ago, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bleiler, the deceased attended the local separate school and upon graduation entered the shoe firm of W. D. Hepburn, where he learned the trade. Later he went to Drayton, where he and his brother became partners in a hotel establishment in that town. Returning to Preston after a few years, the late Frank Bleiler, learned the barbering business with the Schultz brothers. He eventually succeeded them in ownership of the business, still located on King Street and in time be erected the Bleiler block. The late Frank Bleiler married Miss Melinda Bolduc, who predeceased him three years ago. There are surviving three brothers, Charles and Gustav, of Cleveland and Joseph of Saginaw and five sisters, Mrs. Francis Malcolm, Detroit: Mrs. Joseph Werstein of Detroit: Mrs. Anna Lepine, Kitchener: Mrs. W. H. Fischer, Kitchener and Mrs. Mary Ebach of Toronto. Funeral arrangments have not been completed, altho interment will likely be made in Preston.

Kitchener Daily Record 21 May 1930 pg 3

Francis married Melinda Teresa "Linda" Bolduc 20 Feb 1895, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Melinda (daughter of Edward Bolduc and Elizabeth Bechtel) was born 20 Sep 1870, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Dec 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Dec 1926, Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-357297
• Occupation: 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason

Jacob — Caroline Ebach. Caroline (daughter of Francisus Antonius "Anthony Ibach and Ruffina Josephine "Rosina" Hoffman) was born 10 Oct 1837, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Apr 1909; was buried , Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Carlina Ebach
• Name: Caroline Bleiler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-129229
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC
• Retired: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Anthony Ebach
• Name: Anthony Ibach
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-171172
• Residence: 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Francisus — Ruffina Josephine "Rosina" Hoffman. Ruffina was born 10 Nov 1817, Ulm, Baden, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 21 Dec 1883, Long Prairie, Todd, Minnesota, United States; was buried , Saint Marys Cemetery, Long Prairie, Todd, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rosina Hoffman
• Name: Ruffina Josephine "Rosina" Ibach
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96770
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-35756

Egidius — Magdalena Winter. Magdalena was born CA 1780; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Ibach
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-35757