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Violet Emma Simon

Female 1914 - 2004  (90 years)


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  1. 1.  Violet Emma Simon was born 1914, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Emil Simon and Hannah Warnholz); died 6 Apr 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Violet Emma Dorscht
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-314924
    • Residence: 1921, 130 Shanley St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Dorscht, Violet E. - At St. Mary's Hospital, on Tuesday, April 6, 2004, surrounded by her family. The former Violet Emma Simon aged 89 years. Violet was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Dear mother to Janet Leadston and Art Werner of Ayr and Diane and her husband Jim Schaller of Kitchener; sister to Ron Simon of Brighton; loving Grandma to Sean Leadston and his wife Lee, David Leadston and Lori Schaller. Predeceased by her parents, Emil Simon and Hannah Warnholz; her husband, Louis in 1995 and a brother, Wilfred Simon. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 621 King St. W., Kitchener on Friday from 2-4 p.m. where the funeral service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. with Pastor Frank Haggarty and Pastor Eric Reble officiating. Interment will be in Woodland Cemetery. Reception to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre. Donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association or the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre as expressions of sympathy through the funeral home or email 1057@alderwoods.com.

    The Record, April 8, 2004

    Violet — Louis Joseph Dorscht. Louis (son of Louis Peter Dorscht and Agatha Barbara. "Aggie" Lorentz) was born 24 Sep 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Janet Dorscht
    2. Diane Dorscht

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Emil Simon was born 1894, , Russia; died 27 Sep 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Nationality: , Russia
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-314921
    • Immigration: 1913, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Tannery
    • Residence: 1921, 130 Shanley St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1964, 15 Braun St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Simon, Emil - On Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1989, at Sunnyside Home, after a brief illness, Emil Simon, formerly of Braun Street, Kitchener, age 95 years. Emil was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church and had been very active in church activities. He had been a foreman for the Dominion Button Company until his retirement in 1959. Father of Ronald of Toronto and Mrs. Violet Dorscht of Kitchener. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Dianne Schaller, Janet Leadston, Barbara Lawlor and Bob Simon and six great-grandchildren, Lori Schaller, Sean and David Leadston, Donny Lawlor and B.J. and Scott Simon. Predeceased by his parents; his wife, Hanna in 1965 and one son, Wilfred. He was the last surviving member of his family. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, where the funeral service will be held on Friday at 3: 30 p.m. with Pastor Ronald Leonard officiating. Internment will be in St. Peter's Lutheran cemetery. Donations to St. Peter's Lutheran Church TV Ministry, or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario may be made as expressions of sympathy.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, September 28, 1989

    Emil married Hannah Warnholz 3 Nov 1917. Hannah (daughter of John Julius Marcus "Julius" Warnholz and Marie Louise Dorothea "Mary" Springer) was born 9 Apr 1893, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 8 Oct 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Hannah Warnholz was born 9 Apr 1893, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (daughter of John Julius Marcus "Julius" Warnholz and Marie Louise Dorothea "Mary" Springer); died 8 Oct 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Nationality: , Germany
    • Name: Hannah Simon
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-314922
    • Immigration: 1913, , Canada
    • Residence: 1921, 130 Shanley St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1964, 15 Braun St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Mrs. Emil Simon, 71, of 15 Braun St. died today at St. Mary's Hospital after a brief illness. A resident of Kitchener for the past 50 years, she was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Julius Warnholz. Surviving besides her husband, whom she married Nov. 3, 1917, are two sons, Wilfred and Ronald, both of Toronto; a daughter, Mrs. Louis (Violet) Dorscht of Kitchener; four brothers, August of Kitchener, Herman of Hespeler, Julius of Waterloo, and Marcus of Kitchener, and four grandchildren. She was predeceased by one brother and four sisters. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where service will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery. Rev. H. W. Opperman will officiate. Donations to the building fund of St. Peter's Lutheran Church will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record, October 8, 1964

    Children:
    1. Ronald "Ron" Simon
    2. 1. Violet Emma Simon was born 1914, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Apr 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Wilfred J. Simon was born 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Aug 1975, Scarborough, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John Julius Marcus "Julius" Warnholz was born 27 Apr 1852, , Germany; died 12 Jun 1927, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183551145
    • Name: Julius Warnolz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34772
    • Residence: 1888, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
    • Immigration: 1902, , Canada
    • Naturalization: 1908, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Died While Here on Visit

    Mr. Julius Warnholtz, of Kitchener, passed away suddenly at the home of his son, Herman Warnholtz, about 8.30 Sunday evening. The deceased had come over to visit his son on Sunday, having visited friends at Kossuth and Beaverdale during the afternoon. He was sitting playing an auto harp when the call came. The deceased was born in Germany 75 years ago, coming to Hespeler from that country in 1902. He resided here for twenty one years until 1923, when he and his wife moved to Kitchener where they have lived with their children since. The late Mr. Warnholtz was an active member of the Lutheran Church. He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, four daughters, Maria, Emma, Martha and Hannah of Kitchener, and five sons, August, John, Julius and Marcus of Kitchener and Herman of Hespeler. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon in Kitchener the service being held St. Peter's Church, and internment in Mount Hope cemetery.

    Hespeler Herald, June 16, 1927

    John — Marie Louise Dorothea "Mary" Springer. Marie (daughter of John Springer and Margaretha Metzger) was born 24 Jan 1854, , Germany; died 16 Nov 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Marie Louise Dorothea "Mary" Springer was born 24 Jan 1854, , Germany (daughter of John Springer and Margaretha Metzger); died 16 Nov 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183551229
    • Name: Marie Louise Dorothea "Mary" Warnholz
    • Name: Mary Springer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43701
    • Residence: 1888, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
    • Immigration: 1902, , Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Mrs. J. Warnholz

    The death occurred Saturday at 1.30 p.m. of Mrs. Julius Warnholz at her residence, 15 Braun street, in her 76th year. The late Mrs. Warnholz who was born in Germany, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Springer, came to Canada in 1902. She was a member of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Her husband predeceased her three years ago. Three daughters, Mrs. C. Schmidt, Mrs. E. Simon, both of Kitchener, Mrs. E. Schycolowich, Toronto, five sons, August, John Julius and Marcus of Kitchener and Herman of Hespeler, 46 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, also one brother and two sisters in Germany survive. The funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon with private services at the residence on Braun street at 1.45 thence to St. Peter's Lutheran Church for public services at 2.15. Internment will take place in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. H. A. Sperling will officiate.

    Kitchener Daily Record, November 18, 1929

    Children:
    1. August Claus Warnholtz was born 20 Jun 1876, Stellau, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 2 Feb 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Louise Anna Warnholz was born CA 1877, , Germany; died 6 Oct 1880, , Germany.
    3. Maria Catharina Louise Warnholz was born 3 Feb 1880, , Germany; died 4 Jul 1927, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elise Anna Margaretha Warnholz was born 26 Feb 1881, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 13 Jan 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Emma E. F. Warnholtz was born 13 May 1882, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 15 May 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Herman John Warnholtz was born 31 Oct 1883, Kellinghusen, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 11 Mar 1974, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Martha Warnholz was born 5 Jul 1885, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 12 Jun 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Anna Helene Warnholz was born 12 Sep 1888, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 27 Sep 1889, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
    9. John Julius Warnholz was born 2 Sep 1890, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 31 Mar 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. 3. Hannah Warnholz was born 9 Apr 1893, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 8 Oct 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Julius "Jack" Warnholz was born 5 Aug 1895, Kellinghusen, , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 29 Apr 1969; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Marcus Warnholz was born 20 Aug 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 Apr 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  John Springer was born Abt 1825, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43384

    John — Margaretha Metzger. Margaretha was born Abt 1825, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Margaretha Metzger was born Abt 1825, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Margaretha Springer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29553

    Children:
    1. Margaretha Springer was born 19 Mar 1849, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1932, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Marie Louise Dorothea "Mary" Springer was born 24 Jan 1854, , Germany; died 16 Nov 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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