Elizabeth Mary "Lizzie" Spreeman

1876 - 1956  (79 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Mary "Lizzie" Spreeman
  Born	7 Jun 1876	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45355602
  Name	Elizabeth Mary "Lizzie" Wilhelm
  Name	Lizzie S. Spreeman
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Baptist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-122690P
  Died	1956	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 6]
  Buried	8 Aug 1956	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I122690	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Carl Friedrich Erdmann "Charles" Speeman,   b. 31 Aug 1838, Sellin (Rutznow) Kries Griefenberg Pommern Germany ,   d. 25 Nov 1924, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Nancy Bock,   b. CALC 7 Dec 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jul 1891, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Married	27 Mar 1862	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F6336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Valentine G. Wilhelm,   b. 2 Aug 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 May 1966  (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Gladys Wilhelm,   b. Oct 1907, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 83 years)   2. Clayton Stanley Wilhelm,   b. 28 Dec 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1999, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   3. Alice Wilhelm,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Clarence A. Wilhelm,   b. Jan 1904, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Viola Wilhelm,   b. 3 Nov 1905, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1990  (Age 85 years)   6. Alice Pearl Wilhelm,   b. 21 Jun 1910, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Dec 2001, Penticton, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F188160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Mary Wilhelm - Mrs. Valentine Wilhelm, 80, of 70 Woolwich St., Bridgeport, died at her residence Saturday after a lengthy illness. Born in New Dundee, her maiden name was Elizabeth Spreeman, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spreeman, she had been a resident of Bridgeport for the past seven years. Her marriage to Valentine G. Wilhelm, who survives, took place at New Hamburg in 1903. She was an adherent of the Baptist Church. Surviving besides her husband are two sons, Clarence Wilhelm of Baden and Rev. Clayton Wilhelm of Courtland; three daughters, Miss Violet and Miss Alice, both of Bridgeport, and Mrs. Carl (Gladys) Walz of Kitchener; three brothers, Isaac Spreeman of Didsbury, Alta.; Allan Spreeman of Olds, Alta., and Levi Spreeman of Mount Lehman, B.C.; one sister, Mrs. Margaret Hawes of Brantford, and nine grandchildren. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 pm from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home with Rev. Leander Roblin, pastor of the Benton St. Baptist Church in charge. Interment will be in Memory Gardens. The body is at the funeral home. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 21. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 1. [S292] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Memory Gardens CC#5464 Cemetery Internet Link. WILHLEM/ Valentine G./ 1878 \endash 1966/ Elizabeth/ 1876 \endash 1956. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 32. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Elizabeth Mary Spreeman - Wilhelm. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45355602. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Charles Spremann, aged 24 of Dundee born Germany son of Fr. Spremann and Dorothy Krohn married 27 May 1862 to Nancy Bock aged 18 of Wilmot Twp. born Wilmot Twp. daughter of Levi Bock and Rachel Rosenberger. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 3 Jun 1862. Married 27 May 1862 Karl Spremann was married to Nancy Bock, both of Wilmot. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Charles Spreeman, 24, res. Dundee, b. Germany, son of Fr. and Doroth (Krohn), married 27 May 1862 Nancy Bock, 18, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, daughter of Levi and Rachel (Rosenberger)

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Jun 1876 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1956 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 8 Aug 1956 - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth