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

Gertrude Edith "Edith" Brighton

Female 1909 - 2004  (94 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gertrude Edith "Edith" Brighton was born 29 Jun 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Frederick John Brighton and Annie Marie Schultz); died 17 Jan 2004, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 21 Jan 2004, Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Gertrude married Kenneth Roy Matthews 10 Sep 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Kenneth (son of Francis Abram Matthews and Mabel Leah Clarissa Seibert) was born 14 Nov 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jun 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Jun 1989, Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Karen Matthews
    2. Dale Ronald Matthews was born 27 Mar 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 2013, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Frederick John BrightonFrederick John Brighton was born 25 Oct 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Frederick Charles "Charles" Brighton and Rosina E. Friedrich); died 24 Oct 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Oct 1918, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Frederick married Annie Marie Schultz 4 Oct 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Carl Frederick "Frederick" Schultz and Ernestine Draeger) was born 30 May 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Annie Marie SchultzAnnie Marie Schultz was born 30 May 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Carl Frederick "Frederick" Schultz and Ernestine Draeger); died 2 Mar 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Ralph Brighton
    2. Dorothea Mildred "Mildred" Brighton was born 8 Feb 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Oct 1977, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 1. Gertrude Edith "Edith" Brighton was born 29 Jun 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 2004, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 21 Jan 2004, Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Frederick Charles "Charles" Brighton was born Jan 1861, , Ontario, Canada (son of John Brighton and Amy Wilson); died 4 Feb 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Frederick married Rosina E. Friedrich 31 Jul 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rosina (daughter of John Friedrich and Susannah Baltzer) was born 15 Jan 1861, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA; died 18 May 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Rosina E. Friedrich was born 15 Jan 1861, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA (daughter of John Friedrich and Susannah Baltzer); died 18 May 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 2. Frederick John Brighton was born 25 Oct 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Oct 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Oct 1918, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Carl Frederick "Frederick" Schultz was born 7 Apr 1863, Schloen, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 6 Aug 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Carl — Ernestine Draeger. Ernestine (daughter of Daniel Freidrich "Frederick" Draeger and Johanna Hoffe, daughter of Daniel Draeger) was born 23 Sep 1869, , Mecklenburg, Germany; died 8 Nov 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ernestine Draeger was born 23 Sep 1869, , Mecklenburg, Germany (daughter of Daniel Freidrich "Frederick" Draeger and Johanna Hoffe, daughter of Daniel Draeger); died 8 Nov 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Edna Schultz died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Annie Schultz died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 3. Annie Marie Schultz was born 30 May 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Bertha Schultz was born 15 Oct 1886, , Mecklenburg, Germany; died 1963; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Arthur Frederick Schultz was born 24 Apr 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died 1988; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Harry Herman Schultz was born 25 Nov 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1979; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Edna Margurite Schultz was born 6 Aug 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Brighton was born CALC 24 Dec 1818, , England; died 2 Feb 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    John married Amy Wilson 1838. Amy (daughter of Ephraim Willson, Sr. and Mary Wright Brown) was born CALC 12 Aug 1818, , Suffolk, England; died 12 Mar 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Amy WilsonAmy Wilson was born CALC 12 Aug 1818, , Suffolk, England (daughter of Ephraim Willson, Sr. and Mary Wright Brown); died 12 Mar 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. William Brighton was born 6 Oct 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 23 Oct 1842, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario; died 30 Jul 1910, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 1 Aug 1910, Rosebank Community Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Ann Brydon was born 25 Apr 1840, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1925; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Matilda Brighton was born 3 Jul 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 23 Oct 1842, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario; died 16 Nov 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth Brighton was born 1846, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Aaron Brighton was born 6 Sep 1846, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    6. Charlotte Brighton was born 25 Mar 1849, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Nov 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Henrietta Brighton was born 23 Feb 1851, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Nov 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Isabella Brighton was born 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1897, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Harriet Elizabeth Brighton was born CALC 23 Feb 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Hester Brighton was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Charles Brighton was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Anne Maria "Annie" Brighton was born 17 Jan 1860, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    13. Margaret Brighton was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    14. 4. Frederick Charles "Charles" Brighton was born Jan 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    15. Benjamin Franklin Brighton was born 7 Mar 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Nov 1927, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    16. George Brighton was born 2 Feb 1866, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  John Friedrich was born CALC 30 Jun 1834, , Germany; died 18 Feb 1884, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    John — Susannah Baltzer. Susannah was born CALC 6 Jun 1841, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Susannah Baltzer was born CALC 6 Jun 1841, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 5. Rosina E. Friedrich was born 15 Jan 1861, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA; died 18 May 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Maria "Mary" Frederick was born 2 Aug 1862, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1917; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Louisa Frederich was born Feb 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Emma Friedrich was born 25 Aug 1864, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Louise Freidrich was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. George Friedrich was born 18 Jan 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1927; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Lizzie Friedrich was born 13 Feb 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Amanda Friedrich was born 10 Feb 1871, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Annie Frederich was born 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Anna Freidrich was born 31 May 1873, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. William Freidrich was born 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Charles Frederick was born 10 Sep 1878, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1960; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Ameil Frederich was born 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    14. John Emil "Emil" Freidrich was born 19 Feb 1883, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jan 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  Daniel Freidrich "Frederick" Draeger was born 2 Jan 1839, , Germany; died 17 Nov 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Daniel — Johanna Hoffe. Johanna was born 14 Dec 1844, Lübeck, Stadtkreis Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 1 Jun 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Johanna Hoffe was born 14 Dec 1844, Lübeck, Stadtkreis Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 1 Jun 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 7. Ernestine Draeger was born 23 Sep 1869, , Mecklenburg, Germany; died 8 Nov 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Wilhelmina Draeger was born 19 Aug 1870, , Germany; died 5 Jun 1944, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Willis Draeger was born 1873, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Gustave Draeger was born 10 Aug 1877, , Germany; died 9 Dec 1944; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Albert Draeger was born 27 Nov 1882, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Norman Draeger was born 1886, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Johanna Dora Louise "Hannah" Draeger was born 14 Jun 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died 1979; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.