Lieutenant Joseph Emmett Stauffer^{[1, 2, 3]}

1874 - 1917  (42 years)

• Name	Joseph Emmett Stauffer
  Prefix	Lieutenant
  Born	29 Oct 1874	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  	Stauffer, Joseph Erb Lieutenant. A native of Waterloo Country and educated in the Kitchener Collegiate Institute. He married Miss Ernst of Kitchener and went west. He became a Member of Provincial Parliament for Alberta. Enlisted as a Private.1a 1aStauffer, Joseph Erb: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 14 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2883481/data?n=2
  		Stauffer,JosephE.-WW1.jpg
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Teacher
  Eby ID Number	00117-7360.8
  Died	10 Apr 1917	, France
  Buried	Vimy Memorial, , Pas De Calais, France
  Person ID	I10143	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Stauffer,   b. 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 69 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Betzner,   b. 4 Aug 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jun 1924  (Age 80 years)
  Married	23 May 1865	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F2810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Ernst,   b. 4 Jan 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F51900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Stauffer,JosephE.-WW1-Tribute.jpg Roll of Honour – "This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."

  
  

• Notes

  Stauffer enlisted in the Canadian Forces and served overseas with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) 50th Battalion in World War I. He kept his seat in the provincial legislature while he was overseas fighting in the war. On April 10, 1917 he was killed in action during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Lieutenant governor Robert Brett honored Stauffer's memory and military service by making special note in the Throne Speech at the opening of the 4th Alberta Legislative Assembly on February 7, 1918. The small town of Stauffer, Alberta is named in his honor. Joseph Stauffer. (2016). Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 May 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stauffer _______________________ Lieutenant Joseph E. Stauffcr, of the 187th battalion of Alberta, who fell as a private in the battle of Vimy Ridge on that historic Easter Monday, and whose mother, a daughter of Jacob B. Betzner, late of Breslau, was an honored guest on this occasion. Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1920

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 509. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 248. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Rebecca Ernst Death Date: 24 May 1923 Death Location: Waterloo, Floradale b. 29 Sep 1846 Canada d/o Peter Bricker (b. Canada) & Susannah Eby (b. Canada) cause: diabetes (10 years), gangrene (7 days) informant Mrs. J. Stauffer of Calgary Alberta (daughter) [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 10. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 3. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 21. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 10, 1924. Obituary of Mary Betzner [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 Jun 1865. Married 23 May 1865 By Rev. Wurster, Benjamin Staufer was married to Maria Betzner, both of Waterloo. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Benjamin Staufer, 24, res. Waterloo, b. Wilmot, son of John and Hanna (Schlichter), married 23 May 1865 Mart Betzner, 22, res.Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Jacob and Mathi

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Oct 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Apr 1917 - , France Buried - - Vimy Memorial, , Pas De Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth