Menno C. Bricker^[1]

1874 - 1948  (73 years)

• Name	Menno C. Bricker
  Born	30 Dec 1874	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1903	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	well driller
  Residence	1939	Blackie, , Alberta, Canada   [7]
  Eby ID Number	00016-1250
  Died	29 Apr 1948	High River, , Alberta, Canada   [4, 6]
  	Cause: heart trouble
  Buried	Mt. View Cemetery, High View, , Alberta   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I12399	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John C. Bricker,   b. 9 Oct 1825, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1904  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Cress,   b. 18 Oct 1829, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1901  (Age 72 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1863	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F2924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharine Kress,   b. 15 Oct 1874, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1949, Blackie, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	24 Mar 1903	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 11]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F37778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Menno Bricker,"the youngest member in Mr. Bricker's family, was born December 30th, 1874. He is unmarried and has his home with Mr. Henry Snyder, of Woolwich Township, with whom he is engaged as a wage-earner." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. _________________ Bricker.- Menno C., son of the late John and Elizabeth (Cress) Bricker, was born near Elmira, Ont., in 1875; died in the hospital at High River, Alta., April 29, 1948; aged 73 y. Death resulted from heart trouble. In 1900 he moved to Alberta, and in 1903 returned to Ontario and married Catherine Cress. They lived near Aldersyde, Alta., for three years, and then moved to his homestead near Blackie. He was a member of the Mt. View Mennonite Church, High River, Alta,. Surviving are his companion, one son (Urban, on the home farm), 3 daughters (Vera, at home, Verda-Mrs. Herbert Willoughby, and Irene-Mrs. Ronnie McKeage, all of the Blackie district), one sister (Mrs. Mary Weber, of Ontario), and a large number of friends and acquaintances. One son (Ralph) was accidentally killed in 1917, and one son (Oliver) in 1937. Funeral services were held in the United Church at High River by Isaac Miller and Harold Boettger. Text: Ps. 90: 12. Burial was made in the Mt. View Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume XLI, Number 26 - June 29, 1948, pages 622, 623.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 469. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 312. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 2 Page 28. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 29, 1948 - Obituary of Menno C. Bricker. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 18753 (1903), Bricker-Kress. Menno C. Bricker, 28, Well Driller, b. Hawksville, res. Wellesley, son of John Bricker and Elisabeth Kress married Catharine Kress, 28, b. St. Jacobs, res. St. Jacobs, daughter of August Kress and Gertrude Meyer, Witness(s) Frederick and Sophia Schlote both of Waterloo, 24 March 1903 in Waterloo [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47803657. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 9, 1939 - Obituary of Elias W. Bricker. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 310. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Bricker John C, 38, Wellesley, Waterloo, s/o Per & Elizabeth (Cress), married 15 Sept 1863 Elizabeth Cress, 33, Woolwich, Woolwich, d/o Ephraim & Susan (McMachon) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 24 Sep 1863. Married 15 Sep 1863 John Bricker of Wellesley was married to Elisabeth Cress of Woolwich. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 6, 1949 - Obituary of Catherine Cress.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Dec 1874 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - well driller - 1903 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Mar 1903 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1939 - Blackie, , Alberta, Canada Died - Cause: heart trouble - 29 Apr 1948 - High River, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Mt. View Cemetery, High View, , Alberta  = Link to Google Earth