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

Edward August Schweitzer

Male 1882 - 1953  (70 years)


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  • Name Edward August Schweitzer 
    Born 15 May 1882  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240627267 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-116018 
    Died 22 Jan 1953  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I116018  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Martin Schweitzer,   b. 13 Aug 1832, Effingen, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1904  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F241790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Martin Schweitzer,   b. 13 Aug 1832, Effingen, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1904  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Philipine "Phebe" Flehr,   b. 1 Jul 1843, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1917, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 1859  [1
    Family ID F14018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Morna Gladys Matthews,   b. 17 Jun 1887, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1964  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 15 Jun 1920  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Georgianne Schweitzer,   b. Apr 1926,   d. 15 Mar 2010, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F63636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth "Lizzie Tennis,   b. 1881, Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1918, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Children 
     1. Phyllis Schweitzer,   b. 21 Apr 1904, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 2004, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years)
     2. Walter Ernst Schweitzer,   b. Jul 1906, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1983  (Age ~ 76 years)
     3. Ruth Lillian Schweitzer,   b. 23 Feb 1909, Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 2007, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years)
     4. William Schweitzer
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F241791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Edward Schweitzer

      CONESTOGA - Edward Schweitzer, 70, died at Toronto yesterday following a long illness. He was a native of Conestoga. Surviving are his wife, two sons, William, Toronto; Walter, Preston; three daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Phyllis) Hahn, Waterloo, Mrs. Frank (Ruth) Ruggle, Belleville; and Georgianne, Toronto; one brother, Charles, Conestogo, and one sister Miss Marion Schweitzer, Conestogo. A private funeral service will be held at Toronto at 1 p.m. Saturday. The casket will remain open at the Conestogo Lutheran Church for some time to allow friends to pay their respects. Interment will be made in the Conestogo Cemetery. Rev. Harold Brose will officiate


      Kitchener-Waterloo Record 23 Jan 1953

  • Sources 
    1. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Martin Schweitzer - 29 Jan 1904.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 May 1882 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Jun 1920 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Jan 1953 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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