Melvina Gehl^{[1, 2]}

1868 - 1921  (53 years)

• Name	Melvina Gehl
  Born	27 Jan 1868	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Melvina Shiry
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00100-5579.1
  Died	25 Sep 1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 8]
  	Cause: Bright's disease, diabetes
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I10520	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Gehl,   b. 16 Mar 1825, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 8 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Rebecca B. Tohman,   b. 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 1904  (Age 74 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1850	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 9, 10, 11]
  		Richard Gehl & Rebecca Toman
  Family ID	F3187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Menno Shiry,   b. 5 Apr 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Oct 1946, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Harvey Shiry   2. Harold Shiry,   b. 13 Jan 1892,   d. 5 Feb 1892  (Age 0 years)   3. Ida Shiry,   b. 22 Jan 1894, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1953  (Age 58 years)   4. Alfred Shiry,   b. 11 Nov 1896, Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1963  (Age 66 years)   5. Herbert Shiry,   b. 27 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1988  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In/ Memoriam// Died/ At Riverbank, on Sunday, September 25th, 1921,/ Melvina Gehl/ beloved wife of Menno Shiry in her 54th year.// The Funeral/ Will take place on Wednesday, September/ 28th, at 2 p.m., from her late home at/ Riverbank to the Hagey Cemetery, Preston./ Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation Funeral Card

  
  

• 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..., 228. [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..., 538. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . Menno Shiry/ 1865-1946/ Melvina Gehl/ beloved wife of/ Menno Shiry/ died Sept. 25, 1921/ in her 54th year/ Shiry [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-3 Page 11. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Melvina Shiry Death Date: 25 Sep 1921 Death Location: Waterloo Born: abt 1868 Birth Location: Waterloo [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 44. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 3. [S184] Funeral Card - - Funeral Card Notices of Waterloo County from 1851 to 1980. Gehl Melvina - Funeral Card 1921.jpg [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Richard Gehl, 25, farmer of Waterloo married 19 Mar 1850 in Greenbush bybanns to Rebecca Tomann, 21, of Waterloo, wit: George H. Clemmens - farmer of Waterloo & Samuel Tomann - farmer of Waterloo [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 2. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 7 Page 46.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Jan 1868 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Bright's disease, diabetes - 25 Sep 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth