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

Madeline "Mattie" Zehr

Female 1889 - 1960  (71 years)


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  • Name Madeline "Mattie" Zehr 
    Born 24 Sep 1889  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Madeline "Mattie" Spenler 
    Name Matty Zehr 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-108117 
    Died 22 Dec 1960  Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Poole Mennonite Cemetery, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I108117  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Jacob S. Zehr,   b. 22 Jul 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1953  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Leah Kuepfer,   b. 26 Nov 1865, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1939, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F231776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter Spenler,   b. 8 Jan 1887, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1935, Poole, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 14 Dec 1911  [2
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Spenler,   b. 22 Apr 1920, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 2011, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. Madeliene Nancy Spenler,   b. 24 Aug 1931,   d. 7 Jan 2020, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F27619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MRS. PETER SPENLER

      Mrs. Peter (Mattie) Spenler, 71, of Milverton, died Thursday, December 22nd, at her home. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob S. Zehr, she was born in the Township of Wellesley September 25th, 1889. She was married to the late Peter Spenler in 1911. They farmed near Poole on the farm now owned by a son, John. Her husband died in 1935. She and her family remained on the farm until 1949 when they moved to Milverton, near the C.N.R. station. She was a member of the Amish Mennonite Church west of Poole. Surviving are two sons, Jacob, of Stratford, and John of Poole; five daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah and Amanda, at home, and Mrs. Lorne (Mary) Schmidt and Mrs. Norman (Madeliene) Gerber, of Millbank; two sisters, Mrs. William (Fannie) Poole, of Poole, and Nancy Zehr, of R.R. 1, Milverton; three brothers, Sam and William Zehr, of Poole, and Chris, K. Zehr, of Milverton, and 14 grandchildren. Three daughters died in infancy. The body rested at her home where the funeral was conducted Saturday at 1: 30 p.m., followed by a service at the Amish Mennonite Church, Poole, at 2: 15. Bishop Moses Nafziger officiated. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers were, Clarence Poole, Mahlon Zehr, Ezra Jantzi, John L. Erb, John Poole and Emanuel Bast (all nephews).

      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 1960 23 Dec

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. Peter Spenler - 1960 23 Dec.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Peter Spenler - November 14, 1935, pp 719,720.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Sep 1889 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Dec 1960 - Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Poole Mennonite Cemetery, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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