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

Rosabell Smith

Female 1891 - 1979  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rosabell Smith was born 14 Feb 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Francis W. "Frank" Smith and Lavina M. Bossenberry); died 1979.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Rosabell Murphy
    • Name: Rosabelle Schmidt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-61603
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machine, Kniting Mill
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Rosabell married Albert Charles "Charley" Murphy 27 Sep 1916, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Albert (son of James Albert Murphy and Delphia C. Bechtel) was born 25 Nov 1888, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1959. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Florence Murphy
    2. James Francis Murphy was born 4 Feb 1917; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Helen Murphy was born 14 Apr 1919, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1983.
    4. Bernard Charles "Bud" Murphy was born 9 Apr 1923; died 1 Jan 2022, West Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States.
    5. Douglas John Murphy was born 24 May 1927; died 2 Dec 1997.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Francis W. "Frank" Smith was born 18 Mar 1865, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Sebastian Schmidt and Mary Elizabeth Mura); died 30 Jan 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Frank Schmitt
    • Name: Frank W. Smith
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-216060
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ng
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shipping Clerk
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shipper, Wheel Works
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Residence: 1927, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1943, 66 Grand Ave. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Francis married Lavina M. Bossenberry 24 Jul 1888, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. Lavina (daughter of William Bossenberger and Lydia Gabel) was born 10 Jul 1868, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1960; was buried , Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lavina M. Bossenberry was born 10 Jul 1868, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of William Bossenberger and Lydia Gabel); died 18 Aug 1960; was buried , Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lavina Bossenberger
    • Name: Lavina M. Smith
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-61600
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Residence: 1940, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1943, 66 Grand Ave. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Agnes Elizabeth Smith was born 17 Dec 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Florence Margaret Smith was born 3 Jan 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 1. Rosabell Smith was born 14 Feb 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1979.
    4. Frances M. Smith was born 2 Feb 1893, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Joseph Victor "Victor" Smith was born 19 Mar 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Charles Hubert Smith was born 15 Jan 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Mary Catherine Smith was born 26 Jun 1908, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sebastian Schmidt was born 11 Dec 1811, Kreuzenach, Prussia, Germany; died 26 Feb 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-61873
    • Occupation: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ng

    Sebastian married Mary Elizabeth Mura 1841. Mary was born 11 Nov 1820, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 9 May 1898; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Elizabeth Mura was born 11 Nov 1820, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 9 May 1898; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Murray
    • Name: Mary Elizabeth Schmidt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-61874
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Children:
    1. Catherine Schmidt was born 1841, , USA; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Elizabeth Schmidt was born 25 Sep 1844, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States; died 17 Feb 1927, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Schmidt was born 1846, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Mary Ann Schmidt was born 11 Feb 1846, Caledonia, Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Nov 1912, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joseph Schmidt was born 1848, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Rosana Schmidt was born 20 Jan 1849, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jun 1900; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Peter Schmidt was born 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Charles Schmidt was born 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Alice Schmidt was born 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Alexander Schmitt was born 1 Mar 1858, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jun 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Magdalena "Lena" Schmidt was born Nov 1861, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1947; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. 2. Francis W. "Frank" Smith was born 18 Mar 1865, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  William Bossenberger was born 6 Jun 1821, , Germany (son of Francis "Franz" Bossenberger and Elizabeth Neuman); died 16 Jan 1872; was buried , Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59575
    • Immigration: Abt 1834, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
    • Residence: Aft 1858, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Hostetler School Reunion

    Like so many of the rural schools in the country the Hostleter School between Baden and New Hamburg was closed in 1965 with a reunion of about 200 former pupils held on July 3. Mr. Earl Hostetler whose great-grandfather, Joseph, came from Somerset, Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1836 and settled in the area, outlined the history of the school. In 1847 Joseph's son, Moses, along with William Bosonberger went to the council of the District of Wellington and asked for aid in building a school. For the first years a certain amount per pupil was collected to pay the teacher's salary and other expenses. The first school, a frame building, was built across the road from the present school on land now owned by Arthur Gingrich, while the building just closed was erected at a cost of $1,523. The school bell was imported at a cost of $19.50 including $6.40 for custom duty, 67 cents for freight and 21 cents for rope.


    Annual Volume Waterloo Historical Society 1963 - 1967 KPL MGSR 971.344 Water 1965/1966 Pg 43

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    Upper Canada Naturalization records 1828 -1850, Donald A. McKenzie, Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto, 1991
    Name in full / William Bossenberger; Residence on the 10th day of February 1841 / Waterloo; Present Residence / Wilmot; Date of the Expiration of the seven years Residence / June 1841; Whether the party was or was not under 16 years of age at the date named in the next preceding column and if he was then the date at which he attained that age / Declaration Not under 16 years; Signature; Date of Registry 3 March 1848; No of Registry 512. [Probable date of immigration 1834]


    Upper Canada Naturalization Records 1828 -1850 Microfilm C 15693 Vol 7-8 Page 8

    William — Lydia Gabel. Lydia (daughter of John Gabel and Magdalena Schwab) was born 9 Apr 1830, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1916, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lydia Gabel was born 9 Apr 1830, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Gabel and Magdalena Schwab); died 9 Sep 1916, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lydia Bossenberger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59576
    • Residence: 1901, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; Ontario German Canadian E & Ass.

    Children:
    1. Edward Bossenberger was born 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Amanda Bossenberger was born 10 Mar 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1871, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.
    3. Alexander Bossenberger was born 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1902; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Harding, , Manitoba.
    4. Allen Bossenberry was born 1857, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1934; was buried , Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    5. Frank Bossenberry was born 2 Jul 1859, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 7 Dec 1940, Kitchener Farmer's Market, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 3. Lavina M. Bossenberry was born 10 Jul 1868, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1960; was buried , Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Harriet Bossenberger was born 20 Apr 1949, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Oct 1938, Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States; was buried , Crystal Plains Cemtery, Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Francis "Franz" Bossenberger was born 1790, , Germany; died 2 Mar 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 3 Mar 1868, Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Franz Bossenberger
    • Name: Franz Bussenberger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59583
    • Land: 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Land: 1840, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 003, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
    • Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker

    Notes:

    Francis was a close neighbour of Rev. F. W. Bindemann (the marrying preacher) and as such, was a frequent witness to marriages her performed.

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    St Mary Our Lady of Seven Sorrows and reports he was buried 3 March 1868 in the churchyard there and later the interments were to have been moved to Mount Hope.

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    DELION, FREDERICK was the founder of a family in the New World who was born in what was then Prussia in 1809.

    He was first mentioned in a wedding announcement in the Deutsche Canadier on February l844, when he married Magdalena Kühn, of Waterloo.

    The issue of February 23, 1844 of the same paper had his professional card:

    Dr. Fr. Delion formerly living at Mr. John Eby's, later at Mr. H. Baumann's in Waterloo, has just moved to the house of Mr. Bossenberger, Greenbush, next to Pastor Bindemann.

    A news item on January 28, 1848 tells us that he treated his sister-in-law, Miss Salome Kühn for a tapeworm 1/8 to l/4 inches wide - doubtless interesting reading for her neighbors.

    Dr. Gottfried H. Schmutter, a recently arrived German physician, distributed handbills containing a virulent attack on Delion, as well as on Dr. John Scott. The injured parties and the newspaper published rebuttals which responded in kind. In the face of the enmity he had aroused, Schmutter soon left for other parts.

    Delion's response was in the February 11th. issue of Der Deutsche Canadier:

    Notice

    With regard to a public slander about me and another person, from one known as Smutter, in a poster issued by him for distribution, I take the liberty only to explain that this malicious attack against my private life has nothing to do with my practice as a physician, and that in regard to my knowledge as physician, I leave that to the public to decide. That Smutter's poster is an imitation and pretense of the truth from beginning to end, that a malicious character and half deranged intellect has gathered, everyone should perceive for himself.

    He made considerable use of the newspapers, notifying the public with regard to daily visits to Waterloo, cautioning of court actions for delinquint accounts, warning trespassers off his property, and admonishing those who had borrowed his books without returning them. He had what must have been a substantial library, some parts of which are still retained by members of his family.

    An outspoken announcement appeared in the issue of April 8, 1852 of Der Deutsche Canadiert

    I hereby announce that henceforth I will permit medicines to be given out only at my home. The reason therefor may be seen daily at any time in the unpleasant and disagreeable state to be met with in Mr. Henry 'Baumann's house in Berlin.

    On January 28, 1853 His card in the Berlin Telegraph gave his location as Woolwich, near Kressler's Tavern. From this time on he conducted a rural practice near Heidelberg, expanding his interests to include some veterinary practice, as is evidenced by one volume of his library which deals with veterinary homeopathy.

    He died on October 21, 1869, but the notice provided only the fact of his death. In the case of his wife however, some information is found. She was born in Alsace in 1825, and married in 1844. Some time after his death she moved to Elmira where she lived for twenty five years, until 1907. Of their children still alive were three sons, Frederick, Charles and Henry.

    Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925,

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    King Street , North Side

    Willow Street.

    A frame building parallel with King Street occupied by Bosenberger, a shoemaker, who lived there probably from 1855-60.

    A building on the ground level with a veranda extending its length occupied by Dr. James Whiting, during 1855-60.

    A garden.

    A stretch of forest, hardwood and pine, from Louisa to Wellington Street, with some pine trees at the corner of Shanley Street, where is now Casper Braun's house. From Wellington Street crossing somewhat diagonally over vacant land, was the way from Waterloo to the Grand Trunk Ry. station in Berlin. At the northwest corner of King and Wellington Streets, there was a hotel with a large barn, used by teams from the country. A Mr. Proudlove built the hotel. It was later occupied by Levi Weber and after him by Henry Glebe.

    A one and one-half story frame building, facing King Street, with a brick building in the rear and a large barn along King Street, the location later occupied by H. L. Janzen. Open space somewhat wooded, to the Grand Trunk track. East of the Grand Trunk there was a swampy section which, in wet weather, became almost impassable. It was not unusual for farmers' wagons to be stuck in the mud of the road.

    REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

    Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

    Residence:
    Log House

    Francis — Elizabeth Neuman. Elizabeth was born 1786; died 18 Jun 1841, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Elizabeth Neuman was born 1786; died 18 Jun 1841, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Bossenberger
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-167475

    Children:
    1. 6. William Bossenberger was born 6 Jun 1821, , Germany; died 16 Jan 1872; was buried , Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.

  3. 14.  John Gabel was born Abt 1790; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59582

    John — Magdalena Schwab. Magdalena was born 1790, , USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Magdalena Schwab was born 1790, , USA; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magdalena Gabel
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59581
    • Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Salome "Sarah" Gabel was born 4 Apr 1827, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1904, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zurich United Church Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.
    2. 7. Lydia Gabel was born 9 Apr 1830, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1916, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.