Margaret Ellen Switzer^[1]

1864 - 1944  (80 years)

• Name	Margaret Ellen Switzer
  Born	30 Apr 1864	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99518881
  Name	Margaret Ellen Farr
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-115556
  Died	14 Aug 1944	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I115556	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Alexander G. Farr,   b. 1866, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1950  (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Frederick Laverne "Fred" Farr,   b. 7 Mar 1896, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1972  (Age 75 years)   2. Luella Belinda Farr,   b. 1902, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1963  (Age 61 years)   3. Norman J. Farr,   b. 1905,   d. 1992  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F42783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret Ellen Farr, wife of George Alexander Farr, passed away Monday, August 14th, 1944, following a brief illness of eight days, at her home on South St., Elmira, where she had resided for the past 24 years. She was eighty years of age, born on April 30th, 1864, on the Fourth Line of Peel, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Switzer. Mr. and Mrs. Farr would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary next December. She was a member of Wesley United Church and the Women's Missionary Society; also gave much help to the Red Cross. Surviving are her husband, one brother, Samuel Switzer, Elmira, three sons, Fred of Ancaster, Percy of Milverton, Norman of Drayton and one daughter, Luella, Mrs. Roy Robbins of Elmira, There are fifteen grandchildren, three grandsons be- ing in the armed forces and one in France at the present time; and one great granddaughter. The funeral took place on Wednesday, Aug. 16th, 1944, from the Dreisinger Funeral Chapel with interment in Elmira Cemetery. Rev. L. A. Thompson officiated. The pallbearers were O. W. Reichard, W. Martinson, Fred Ruppel, Earl Jackson, Wilmer Freeman and Roy Honsinger.

  
  

• Sources

  [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 39593 (1896), Fredy Farr. Fredy Farr, b. 7 Mar 1896 Peel Township, s/o Alexander Farr (farmer) & Margaret Switzer

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Apr 1864 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Aug 1944 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth