Evelyn Diebel

Evelyn — Charles Powell. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179116127
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77743P
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1953, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Diebel, Edward Addison - Aged 76, of 157 Snyder Rd. E., Baden, passed away Oct. 17 at St. Mary's Hospital, following a brief illness. Born March 25, 1899 in Wilmot Township, resided in Baden most of his life and had been a telephone linesman; retired from Bennett and Wright Construction Company. He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church, Baden; a son of the late Peter C. Diebel and the former Veronica Wilhelm. He is survived by his wife, the former Olive Lieskau; also by two daughters, Mrs. Calvin (Jean) Prachar and Mrs. Charles (Evelyn) Powell, both of Kitchener; brothers, Albert of New Hamburg and Robert of Waterloo; three sisters, Mrs. Edward (Nellie) Manser of Kitchener, Mrs. Alex (Margaret) Cooper of Wallaceburg and Mrs. Stuart (Alice) Kechnie of Kitchener; and seven grandchildren. Will rest at the Bruce J. Omand Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, where friends will be received today from 7-9 and Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9. Funeral and committal services will be held at St. James Lutheran Church, Baden on Monday at 3 pm. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

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Edward — Olivia Amelia Leiskau. Olivia (daughter of Frederick W. Leiskau and Amelia Mueller) was born 30 Sep 1900, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jul 1987, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Jul 1987, Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Olivia Amelia Diebel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77746P
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1953, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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DIEBEL, Mrs. Olive - At the home of her daughter, Evelyn Powell in Kitchener, on Friday, July 24, 1987, aged 86 years, of 157 Snyder's Rd. E., Baden. Mrs. Diebel was a member of St. James Lutheran Church in Baden. Beloved mother of Jean and her husband Calvin Prachar and Evelyn and her husband Charles Powell, all of Kitchener; dear sister of Clarence J. Leiskau and his wife Fern and Ruth and her husband Harley Herner, all of Baden. She is lovingly remembered by her seven grandchildren. Rev. Thomas Prachar of Yorkton, Sask., Robert Prachar of Kanata, Linda and her husband Bruce Rodgers of North Bay, Lois and her husband Ronald Green of Kitchener, Brenda and her husband Michael D. Wiles and Joan and her husband Peter Trautrim, all of Waterloo ad Mark Powell and his wife Carol of Dorr, Mich.; her 10 great-grandchildren, Sarah, Edward and Anthony Rodgers, Cindy and Chad Green, Nathan and Crystal Wiles and Donald, Michael and Jennifer Powell. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward A. Diebel, in October of 1975; one brother, Harry Leiskau, in June of 1984, a sister, Leona, in infancy and her parents, Federick Leiskau and the former Amelia Mueller. Mrs. Diebel's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, after 7 p.m. this evening and again after 2 p.m. on Sunday. At noon on Monday, transfer will be made to St. James Lutheran Church in Baden for the funeral service at 2: 30 p.m. (Monday) with Intern James Koellner officiating. Interment to follow in Fairmount cemetery in Baden.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15025000
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-370099
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Lborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer - Bran factory
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Peter — Veronica Wilhelm. Veronica (daughter of John Sipple Wilhelm and Louisa Grube) was born 22 Dec 1873, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 May 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilhelm Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Fannie
• Name: Fronika Wilhelm
• Name: Veronica Diebel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179936P
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1941, 59 West Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mrs. Veronica Diebel, 67, of 59 West avenue, Kitchener, died at St. Mary's Hospital early Wednesday after a brief illness. Born in Petersburg, Dec. 22, 1873, she was the daughter of the late John Wilhelm and Mrs. Louise Wilhelm of Baden. She was the widow of Peter Diebel who died in 1919. Mrs. Diebel was a former resident of New Hamburg where she was a member of the New Hamburg Baptist church, but for the last 13 years she resided with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Manser of Kitchener.

Surviving are three sons, Albert A., Kitchener, Edward A., Baden and Robert of Waterloo, three daughters, Mrs. Manser, Mrs. Alec Cooper of Sarnia and Mrs. Stuart Kechnie of Kitchener, three brothers, Valentine, Edward and John Wilhelm, all of Baden, three sisters, Mrs. Amanda Geiger, Waterloo, Mrs. Clayton Smith, Zurich and Mrs. Albert Ludwig, Kitchener. Two sisters predeceased her.

Waterloo Chronicle, 9 May 1941, p. 3

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121379P
• Immigration: 1872, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1896, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; factory employee
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Oil Mill
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Frederick W. Leiskau

WELLESLEY, Frederick W. Leiskau, 82, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harley Herner, Baden, after a brief illness. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Leiskau, he was born in Germany and came to Canada with his parents when a child. He has lived in Baden ever since and for 57 years was an employee of the Dominion Linseed Oil Company. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. His wife, the former Amelia Miller, died 10 years ago. Surviving are two sons, Harry and Clarence, Baden; two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Olive) Diebel and Mrs. Harley (Ruth) Herner, both of Baden; two brothers, Godfried, Baden and William, Kitchener. Also surviving are six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body will rest at the Futher Funeral home, Wellesley, until 3 p.m. Thursday, when removal will be made to the home of Mrs. Harley Herner, Baden, where a private service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. A public service will follow at the Livingston Presbyterian Church at 2: 30 p.m. where Rev. B. Johnson of the New Hamburg Lutheran Church will conduct a funeral service. Interment will be made in the Fairmount Cemetery

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 14 Jan 1953

Frederick married Amelia Mueller 24 Dec 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Amelia (daughter of John M. Miller and Henrietta Braun) was born 20 Apr 1875, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA; died 1942; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Amelia Leiskau
• Name: Amelia Miller
• Name: Emilia Miller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77744P
• Immigration: 1876, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Button Maker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68392
• Immigration: 1848, , Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; FWC Baptist
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Retired: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Peter married Maria Koen 24 Aug 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of John Koen and Margaretha Schaefer) was born 28 Jun 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jul 1898; was buried , Baptist Mission Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Diebel
• Name: Mary Cain
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68394
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68221P
• Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. C. Baptist
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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John S. Wilhelm - By Record Correspondent - Baden, Jan 28 - John S. Wilhelm, one of the oldest residents of Wilmot Township, died at the home of his son, Valentine Wilhelm, Baden, early today. Mr. Wilhelm was in his 91st year. He was married to Louisa Grube in 1871. He attended the New Hamburg Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, three sons, Valentine and John of Baden, and Edward of New Hamburg, four daughters, Mrs. Peter Diebold, Kitchener, Mrs. Clayton Smith, Zurich, Mrs. John Geiger, Waterloo, Mrs. Albert Ludwig, Kitchener, three sisters, Mrs. David Luckhardt, Mrs. Lawrence Smith and Mrs. Henry Cook, all of New Hamburg. The funeral will be held Sunday at 1: 30 pm from the residence of his son, Valentine, to the Shantz Church on Erbs Road. Rev. Mr. Dale of New Hamburg Baptist Church will officiate.

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John S. Wilhelm Passes in 91st Year.

A lifelong and wellknown resident of Wilmot Township in the person of John S. Wilhelm, passed away early last Friday, January 28th, lacking six days of reaching the age of 91 years. He was one of the County's oldest residents. His death occurred at his home near Baden, following a three weeks' illness.

The late John Sipel Wilhelm was born on February 3rd, 1847, on the Wilhelm farm at Wilby, a son of Valentine Wilhelm and his wife, Margaret Sipel. This farm now owned by Mr. Nelson Wilhelm, was settled on by the deceased's grandfather, the late Michael Wilhelm, who came from Germany 100 years ago, when his father the late Valentine Wilhelm, was 9 years of age.

Mr. Wilhelm was married to Louisa Grube, Tavistock, on Feb. 14th,187H, Rev. John Stumpf officiating. They began their married life below Petersburg where they lived for seven years, returning to the present homestead on Erb's road sixty years ago.

Mr. Wilhelm was a loyal member of the New Hamburg Baptist Church, having joined 73 years ago. For years he led the singing in the Phi'iipsbur? church and was deacon. He had many friends who gathered in Shantz Mennonite Church (Sunday afternoon to pay tr/oute to his sterling worth. The service was conducted by Rev. Earle Dale, his pastor, and the mixed quartette from the Baptist Church sang at the house and church. Burial was in the Wilhelm Cemetery on the farm where he lived so long. The bearers were nephews, namely, Messrs. Emerson Luckhardt, Daniel Wilhelm, Connad Bolander, (Milton Schmidt, Reuben Koch, Wesley Wolfe.

Besides the sorrowing widow there survive three sons, Valentine on the homestead, Edward V. of Snider's Road, John E. of Erb's Road, and four daughters, Mrs. Amanda Geiger, of Waterloo, Mrs. Veronica Diebel, Kitchener, Mrs. Clayton Smith, Zurich, Mrs. A. E. Ludwig, Kitchener. Two daughters, Mrs. iMarion Geiger and Mrs. Lydia Groff, predeceased him. There are thirty-four grandchildren, twenty-four great grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Mary Luckhardt, Mrs. Henry G. Koch and Mrs. Veronica Schmidt, all of New Hamburg.

New Hamburg Independent 4 Feb 1938

John married Louisa Grube 14 Feb 1871, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Louisa (daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry" Grube and Philipine Rietz) was born 7 Sep 1850, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jan 1945, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilhelm Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Louisa Wilhelm
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68222P
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. C.Baptist
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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MRS. JOHN S. WILHELM - by Record Correspondent

- BADEN, Jan. 5 - Mrs. John S. Wilhelm, one of Wilmot Township's oldest residents, died at the home of her son, Valentine Wilhelm, 1 1/4 miles north of Baden, Wednesday night at the age of 94 years. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Grube, she was born at Tavistock, Sept. 7, 1850. On Feb. 14, 1870, she married John S. Wilhelm. After farming at Petersburg for seven years, they moved to a farm on Erb's Rd. where Mrs. Wilhelm has lived for the past 65 years. She was a member of the New Hamburg Baptist Church. Her husband died seven years ago and three daughters also predeceased her. Surviving are three sons, Edward V. Wilhelm of near New Hamburg, Valentine and John E. of Erb's Rd; three daughters, Mrs. Albert Ludwig, Kitchener, Mrs. Amanda Geiger, Waterloo, and Mrs. Clayton Schmidt, Hay Township; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Schaefer, Toronto, Mrs. Philip Hollinger, Clifford, Mrs. Andrew Schrag, Alberta, Mrs. F. Kneisel, Detroit, Mrs. Margaret Willert, Mich; one brother, William G. Grube, Mitchell; and 24 grandchildren. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence, to Shantz Mennonite Church for service followed by interment in Wilhelm's Cemetery, Erb's Rd. Rev. H. F. Schade of New Dundee will conduct the services.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121377
• Immigration: 1873, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1875, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1876
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Naturalization: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labore, Oil Mill
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

John — Augusta Lembke. Augusta was born 29 Nov 1843, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Augusta Leiskau
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121378
• Immigration: 1873
• Immigration: 1875, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1884, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: John M. Mueller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-39627
• Immigration: 1872, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1873, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1876
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Driver
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 61 Glasgow St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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JOHN MILLER

The- death occurred this morning of John Miller, aged 77 years at his home 61 Glasgow street. The deceased lived in Kitchener for 46 years having come here from Germany where he was born. He was a staunch member of St. Peter's Lutheran church church attended the services regularly up to the time he was forced to remain at home through illness. He Is survived by the widow, three daughters. Mrs. F. Leiskau, Baden, Mrs. Ed: Smith, and Mrs. L. Meglarini of Kitchener and three sons Herman of Waterloo, John and Reinhold of Kitchener.

John — Henrietta Braun. Henrietta was born 18 Sep 1843, , Germany; died 30 Jun 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Henrietta Brown
• Name: Henrietta Miller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-39628
• Immigration: 1872, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1873, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 61 Glasgow St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mrs, John Miller

There passed away on Friday evening Mrs. John Miller, at the residence, 61 Glasgow street. Deceased was aged 79 years and 8 months. Surviving are six children, Mrs. Fred. Leiskau of Haden, Mrs. Miglarine and Mrs. Ed, Smith of Kitchener, Herman of Waterloo, Jack of Kitchener and Reinhold at home

The funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house to Mount Hope cemetery, Rev. Sperling officiating.