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

Matilda Strebel

Female 1894 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Matilda Strebel was born 18 Nov 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Strebel and Matilda Mielke); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45801


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Strebel was born 11 May 1861, Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa, United States (son of George Valentine Strebel); died 2 May 1940, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226150959
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45798
    • Immigration: 1873, , Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1884
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harness Maker
    • Residence: 1940, 52 Cedar St. W., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    J STREBEL.

    It is many years ago since the enterprising gentleman above named established his harness manufacturing business. He has, by a course of fair and honorable dealing and turning out of superior work, not only built up a large trade but has made the business popular with the public. Mr. Strebel has had long experience and is an expert workman. He manufactures all kinds of harness, light and heavy, double and single, collars, etc., and keeps constantly on hand a full line of horse goods, blankets, robes, etc., in fact, everything to be found in a first class harness shop.

    Waterloo County Chronicle, 8 Nov 1894, p. 1
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    Well Known Merchant Passes


    John Strebel, well known throughout Waterloo county through his occupation as a harness maker, passed away in his sleep sometime early Thursday morning at his residence, 48 Cedar St. W.

    Deceased, who was in his 79th year, came to Waterloo from Iowa 55 years ago and served his apprenticeship in a harness manufacturing and repair shop. He continued in the work right up until the time of his death, operating his business on Erb street. Mr. Strebel had planned to retiré some time this year, however.

    Mr. Strebel was an active member of St. John's Lutheran Church. Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Fred Kudoba, Waterloo, Mrs. (Rev.) George Weidenhammer, Shelburne, Sask., and Miss Mathilde, at home, and five grandchildren.

    Remains will rest at the Letter and Dreisinger Funeral Home, King St. N., until Saturday, when they will be removed to his late residence. A private funeral service will be held at the residence at 2.30 Sunday afternoon, followed by public service in St. John's Luutheran Church. Interment will be made in Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev. C. S. Roberts officiating.

    Waterloo Chronicle 3 May 1940 pg 3
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    John Strebel started harness making in 1881 and owned and ran his shop from 1890 to 1940 in Waterloo, Ontario.

    John — Matilda Mielke. Matilda (daughter of Caroline Henriette Boerand) was born 15 Jan 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jun 1948, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Matilda Mielke was born 15 Jan 1866, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Caroline Henriette Boerand); died 24 Jun 1948, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Matilda Strebel
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45799
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1940, 52 Cedar St. W., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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    Deaths

    Strebel-June 24, Mrs. Matilda Strebel, 24 Cedar St. W., Waterloo, 82 years.

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    Mrs. Matilda Strebel, 82, of 24 Cedar St. West, Waterloo, died at her home yesterday after a lengthy illness.

    She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Waterloo, and an honorary member of the Ladies' Aid.

    Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian Mielke, she was born in Waterloo, Jan. 15, 1866. Her husband, John Strebel, died in 1940.
    Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. F. (Clara) Kudoba and Miss Matilda Strebel, both of Waterloo, Mrs. George (Ida) Weidenhammer, of Bashaw, Alta., and one brother, John Mielke of Waterloo. There are five grandchildren.

    Waterloo Chronicle 2 Jul 1948

    Children:
    1. Clara Martha Strebel was born 1 Feb 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Feb 1960; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Matilda Strebel was born 18 Nov 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Ida Strebel was born 18 Oct 1896, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Valentine Strebel was born 1818, , Bavaria, Germany; died 6 May 1891, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Bamberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237000341
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-147609

    Children:
    1. Magdalena Strebel was born 24 Feb 1860, Clayton, Clayton, Iowa, USA; died 16 Jan 1932, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. John Strebel was born 11 May 1861, Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa, United States; died 2 May 1940, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Henry Strebel was born 10 Feb 1857, Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa, United States; died 27 Aug 1936, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jacob Strebel was born 1 May 1870, Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa, United States; died 1923; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  2. 7.  Caroline Henriette Boerand was born 1836, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-411018
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Martha Mielke was born CALC 23 Oct 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 Oct 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. William Mielke was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 3. Matilda Mielke was born 15 Jan 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jun 1948, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Edward Frederick Mielke was born 22 Nov 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1938, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.