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

Family: Friedrich "Frederick" Pollakowski / Wilhelmine "Minnie" Reth (F43821)

m. 28 Nov 1882


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  • Father | Male
    Friedrich "Frederick" Pollakowski

    Born  1858  Riesenburg, Rosenberg, West Preussen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  28 Nov 1882  [1, 2]  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John Pollakowski | F34221 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Caroline Koreschinski | F34221 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Wilhelmine "Minnie" Reth

    Born  Jun 1861  Kleinfilitz, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Charles Reth | F34220 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sophia Kless | F34220 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Karl Rudolph Pollakowski

    Born  CALC 10 Mar 1883   
    Died  1 May 1883   
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Female
    Martha Pollakowski

    Born  1884  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1936   
    Buried    Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  William Henry Meisner | F184167 
    Married  27 Sep 1906  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Theodore Frederick "Ted" Pollakowski

    Born  3 Apr 1889  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 4 | Male
    Frederick Reinhold Pollakowski

    Born  4 Aug 1891  Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Nov 1973   
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Rebecca Catherine Maggie Thomas | F13152 
    Married     

    Child 5 | Male
    Victor A. Pollakowsky

    Born  Feb 1894  Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Mar 1959  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Viola Elizabeth Schaefer | F43791 
    Married     

    Child 6 | Female
    Gertrude Edith "Gertey" Pollakowski

    Born  18 Jul 1895  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Feb 1974  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Allister Ezra Huehnergard | F59963 
    Married  4 Sep 1918  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Female
    Olive Pollakowski

    Born  1898  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 8 | Female
    Alfreda Elizabeth "Olive" Pollakowski

    Born  1 Mar 1898  Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1961   
    Buried    Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Clarence Lorne Bennett Mundy | F187656 
    Married  28 Oct 1925  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    Minnie Pollakowski

    Born  Jan 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 10 | Male
    John Pollakowski

    Born  Jun 1905  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 11 | Female
    Helen Pollakowski

    Born  Nov 1909  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 7 Dec 1882.
      28 Nov 1882 Fritz Pollakowsky and Wilhelmine Reth, both of Berlin, were married by Pastor U. Berner in New Dundee.

    2. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 11719 (1882), Pollakowsky-Reth.
      Frederick Pollakowsky, 24, compositor of Berlin, b. Riesenburg, Prussia, Germany, s/o John Pollokowsky & Karoline Krusehinsky, married Minna Reth, 20 , d/o Charles Reth & Sophia Kless, wit. Charles Pollakocsky & Mary Bechler both of Berlin, married 28 Nov 1882 New Dundee