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

Herbert Rau

Male 1900 - 1953  (52 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Herbert Rau 
    Born 11 Aug 1900  St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1911  Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Roman Catholic 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-119461 
    Died 17 Jan 1953  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Saint Teresa's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I119461  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Albert Frank Rau,   b. 26 May 1874, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1941, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Catherine Fortney,   b. 11 Nov 1871, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1949  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F12161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel Rowe,   b. 1905,   d. 1984  (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Vincent Pius Rau,   b. 10 May 1932, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1991, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F57650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • HERBERT RAU

      Former Elmira resident, Herbert Rau, 52, of 84 Queen's Drive, died Saturday at the K-W Hospital.

      Born in St. Clements August 15, 1900, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rau of Elmira. He lived in Elmira until last. September when he moved to Kitchener. Mr. Rau was a member of St. Theresa's R.C. Church, Elmira.

      Surviving are his wife; five sons, William, Ronald and Vincent of Elmira and Herbert and Larry of Kitchener; one daughter, Mrs. N. (Dorothy) Weicker of Waterloo; three brothers, Pius of Georgetown, Clayton of Stratford and Jerome of Kitchen-er; five sisters, Mrs. Albert Duguay, Mrs. Stanley Potter and Mrs. George Tapping of Elmira, and Mrs. John Zinger and Mrs. Martin Kraehling of Kitchener, and five grandchildren.

      One son, Wallace, predeceased him in 1945.

      Prayers were said at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, Monday at 9:30 a.m. followed by requiem high mass at St. Theresa's Church at 10 a.m. Burial was in the Elmira R.C. Cemetery with Rev. D. A. Ford officiating.

  • Sources 
    1. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Div. 12 Page 9.

    2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), 2 Nov 1979 - Obituary of Rose Zinger.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Aug 1900 - St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Jan 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Teresa's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth