Charles Wirsching

1837 - 1910  (73 years)

• Name	Charles Wirsching
  Born	1837	, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Carl Wirsching
  Occupation	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Teamster
  Occupation	1881	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mason
  Occupation	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Stone Mason
  Residence	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-112036
  Died	31 Jan 1910	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I112036	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Schnitzer,   b. 1833, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Mary Wirsching,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Wirsching,   b. 27 Nov 1858, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Mar 1925  (Age 66 years)   3. William Wirsching,   b. 1860, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mona Wirsching,   b. 1862, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Edward Wirsching,   b. 12 Jan 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1922, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)   6. Wilhelmina Wirsching,   b. 1864, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elizabeth Wirsching,   b. 6 Jan 1866, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Margaret Wirsching,   b. 1869, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Henry Charles Wirsching,   b. 30 Aug 1870, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1948  (Age 77 years)   10. Annie Wirsching,   b. 1872, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Carl Wirsching,   b. 1874, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Sarah Nancy Wirsching,   b. 1 Sep 1879, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Sep 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F28375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Schweitzer,   b. 1834, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Edward Wirsching,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth Wirsching,   b. 1867, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Henry Wirsching,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Maggie Wirsching,   b. 1872, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F250369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The death occurred yesterday at two p.m., at the Galt hospital, of Mr. Charles Wirsching. Mr. Wirshing, who was a resident of Preston for the past sixty-six years, was well known, and in his death the town loses one of its oldest citizens. The family of the deceased consists of three sons and five daughters viz., John, Edward and Henry of town; Mrs. Mast, Michigan; Mrs. Merkel, of Hamilton; Mrs. Emil Ewald, Waterloo; Miss Maggie Hamilton, and Mrs. Kelonky, Burlington. The funeral will be held from the home of his son, Mr. John Wirsching on Wednesday at two p.m., interment to take place at Preston cemetery. Galt Weekly Reformer - 3 February 1910, page 5. (From Monday's Daily)

  
  

• Sources

  [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg. 55. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 10. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 49. [S1136] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Weekly Reformer (1892-1905), Obituary of Charles Wirsching - 3 Feb 1910 pg 5.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1837 - , Germany Occupation - Teamster - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mason - 1881 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Stone Mason - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Jan 1910 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth