Rachel Strome^{[1, 2]}

1857 - 1945  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Rachel Strome
  Born	Jul 1857	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Rachel Cober
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	00145-5523.8
  Died	8 Sep 1945	Blackie, , Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I1253	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Jeremiah Cober,   b. 9 Apr 1859, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1939, Mill Creek (North Dumfries Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1880	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. Minnie Cober,   b. Aug 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Feb 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 93 years)   2. Edith Cober,   b. 14 Nov 1883, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jun 1976, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   3. Edna Cober,   b. Aug 1888, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Sep 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 92 years)   4. Ella Cober,   b. May 1894, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Jerome Cober,   b. 20 Nov 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jun 1983, Capac, St. Clair, Michigan, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  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

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

  Born - Jul 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Oct 1880 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Sep 1945 - Blackie, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth