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

Rachel Strome[1, 2]

Female 1857 - 1945  (~ 88 years)


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  • Name Rachel Strome 
    Born Jul 1857  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Rachel Cober 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number 00145-5523.8 
    Died 8 Sep 1945  Blackie, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I1253  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father David Strome,   b. 28 Apr 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1875, Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Catharine Sararas,   b. CALC 23 Jan 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1895  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 1842  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F2952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jeremiah Cober,   b. 9 Apr 1859, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1939, Mill Creek (North Dumfries Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1880  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Minnie Cober,   b. Aug 1881, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 93 years)
     2. Edith Cober,   b. 14 Nov 1883, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1976, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     3. Edna Cober,   b. Aug 1888, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years)
     4. Ella Cober,   b. May 1894, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Jerome Cober,   b. 20 Nov 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1983, Capac, St. Clair, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F221799  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • At the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Eby of Blackie, AB, on Saturday, September 8, 1945, in her 87th year. Wife of the late Jeremiah Cober. Formerly a well known Hespeler resident. Funeral service from the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hortop of Weaver St. in Hespeler, on Fri. , Sept. 14th at 3: 30. Rev. E. Kersey of Hespeler United Church conducted the service. Interment at Wanner's Cemetery. Pallbearers: Ray Sider and Irvin Cober of Kitchener; Gordon Hortop, Harvey Gingrich and Edward Smith of Hespeler; Mervin Renwick of Elora.

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 219.

    2. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 534.

    3. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 15.

    4. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link.
      COBER/ In loving memory of/ Rachel STROME/ Beloved wife of/ Jeremiah COBER/ 1857-1945/ At rest/

    5. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Frederick W. Bindemann. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush 31 Aug 1842 to 31 Aug 1843 report #25.
      David Strome, Farmer, to Catharine Fereris, both of Waterloo. Wit. Daniel Fereris, Farmer and Elias Strome, Shoemaker, both of Waterloo.

    6. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 011994 (1880).
      Name:Rachel Strome Age:22 Birth Year:abt 1858 Birth Place:Canada Marriage Date:12 Oct 1880 Marriage Place:Wellington, Ontario, Canada Father:David Strome Mother:Catharine Strome Spouse:Jeremiah Cober

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Jul 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Oct 1880 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Sep 1945 - Blackie, , Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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