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

Yvonne McDonald

Female 1922 - 2002  (80 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Yvonne McDonald was born 1922 (daughter of Kenneth William MacDonald and Hilda Marjory Legary); died 2002; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Yvonne Hoffman
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-416515

    Yvonne — Robert Henry Hoffman. Robert (son of Henry Magnus Hoffman and Lillian F. Sawyer) was born 1918; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Kenneth William MacDonald was born 15 Jun 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Rhoderick Alexander "Roderick" MacDonald and Nellie Fields); died 1965; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: K. W. MacDonald
    • Residence: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84164
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Corporal, Canadian Army Medical Corps
    • Business: 1934, 650 King St., Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; jeweler
    • Residence: 1942, 650 King St., Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Kenneth married Hilda Marjory Legary 24 Jun 1919, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Hilda (daughter of Archibald "Archie" Legary and Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Witmer) was born 30 Dec 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Hilda Marjory Legary was born 30 Dec 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Archibald "Archie" Legary and Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Witmer); died 24 Jan 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Hilda Marjory MacDonald
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-416513
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1942, 650 King St., Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    MACDONALD - Hilda M.

    Of the Golden Years Retirement Lodge, Cambridge, Wednesday January 24th, 1990, at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in her 94th year. Hilda Legary beloved wife of the late Kenneth W. MacDonald and dear mother of Yvonne (Mrs. Robert Hoffman) of RR#1 Cambridge. Mrs. MacDonald was born in Hespeler and lived in Cambridge all her life and was a member of St. Paul's United Church and a life member of the Order of Eastern Star, Preston Springs Chapter, member of the Queen Rebecca Lodge, Cambridge. By request of Mrs. MacDonald, there will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place.

    Cambridge Reporter 1990

    Children:
    1. 1. Yvonne McDonald was born 1922; died 2002; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rhoderick Alexander "Roderick" MacDonald was born CA 1873; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Residence: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84161
    • Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
    • Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Sergeant, 37th Infantry Battalion / 4th C, M. R.

    Rhoderick — Nellie Fields. Nellie was born Mar 1873, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nellie Fields was born Mar 1873, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Nellie MacDonald
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84160
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laundry

    Children:
    1. Rhoderick "Roddy MacDonald was born 10 Apr 1889, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Jane "Jennie" McDonald was born 27 Jun 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Ella May MacDonald was born 18 Oct 1893, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Nov 1987, Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 2. Kenneth William MacDonald was born 15 Jun 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Archibald "Archie" Legary was born 15 Feb 1874, , Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Nov 1958; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82567
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
    • Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist, Woolen Mill
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Archibald — Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Witmer. Lillian (daughter of Samuel Witmer and Sarah Ann Rife) was born 15 Jan 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 May 1958; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Witmer was born 15 Jan 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Samuel Witmer and Sarah Ann Rife); died 27 May 1958; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Lilie Witmer
    • Name: Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Legary
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224842
    • Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woolen Mill Worker
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. William Ray "Ray" Legary was born 17 May 1895, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Hilda Marjory Legary was born 30 Dec 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Clifford Earl Legary was born 27 Sep 1898, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Kenneth Archibald Legary was born 15 Feb 1906, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Samuel Witmer was born 6 Feb 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Abraham E. Witmer and Catharine Groh); died 1885, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00135-8309
    • Occupation: 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; pump maker

    Notes:

    Samuel Witmer, "was a carpenter by trade. He was married to Sarah Rife and resided in Hespeler where he died some time ago."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Samuel — Sarah Ann Rife. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Rife and Mary Hilborn) was born 25 Jul 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1919, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Sarah Ann Rife was born 25 Jul 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Samuel Rife and Mary Hilborn); died 27 Mar 1919, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Sarah Ann Witmer
    • Eby ID Number: 00092-5287
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Notes:

    Sarah Rife, "was born July 25th, 1851. She is married to S. Witmer and resides at Hespeler, Ontario."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. 7. Lillian Gertrude "Lily" Witmer was born 15 Jan 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 May 1958; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Ida Rosella Witmer was born 17 Sep 1874, , Ontario, Canada; died 11 Apr 1914, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. Hubert Edwin Witmer was born 17 Sep 1876, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. William Ervin "Ervin" Witmer was born 7 Mar 1879, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Zilpha Margaret Witmer was born 16 Feb 1882, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Petala Blanch Witmer was born 18 Jan 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Sep 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie" Witmer was born 6 Nov 1885, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.