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

Family: Michael Scherer / Catharine Weitz (F8443)

m. 1 Jan 1861


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  • Father | Male
    Michael Scherer

    Born  1835   
    Died  21 Dec 1902  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
    Married  1 Jan 1861  [1, 2, 3]  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Mother   

    Mother | Female
    Catharine Weitz

    Born  27 Sep 1840  Altendon, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Feb 1930   
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Conrad Weitz | F24874 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anna Dehling | F24874 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Edytha Scherer

    Born     
    Died     
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Female
    Mary Scherer

    Born  1864  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 3 | Male
    George Edward Scherer

    Born  27 Mar 1864  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Mary Erison | F8519 
    Married  20 Sep 1893  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    Wilhelm Scherer

    Born  CALC 24 Jan 1866  Of, Roseville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Sep 1866  Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., 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

    Child 5 | Female
    Laura E. Scherer

    Born  27 Jan 1868  Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1964   
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John Heinrich Stiefke | F43477 
    Married     

    Child 6 | Female
    Louise Scherer

    Born  15 Feb 1871  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1941   
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Frederick Kreiner | F8360 
    Married     

    Child 7 | Female
    Edith Scherer

    Born  1873  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 8 | Male
    Alfred Carl Scherer

    Born  1 Jan 1876  Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1952   
    Buried    Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Edith Louise Totzke | F240240 
    Married  7 Sep 1904  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    Alice Scherer

    Born  1880  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 10 | Female
    Eleanor Scherer

    Born  12 Oct 1881  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 11 | Female
    Gertrude Scherer

    Born  19 Oct 1882  Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1963   
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 3 Jan 1861.
      Jan. 1, 1861 Michael Scherer of Waterloo and Catharina Weitz of Strassburg, in Preston by Rev. Wurster

    2. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 69.

    3. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Michael Scherer, 25, res. Waterloo Village, b. Katzinbeiler Bavaria, son of Wilhelm and Elizabeth, married 1 Jan 1861 Catherine Wertz, 21, res. Waterloo village, b. Altenton Bavaria, daughter of Conrad and Anna