Jedidah "Yetta" Merner^[1]

1853 - 1927  (73 years)

• Name	Jedidah "Yetta" Merner
  Born	24 Nov 1853	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Jedidah "Yetta" Ernst
  Name	Yetta Merner
  Residence	1861	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Evangelical Association
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-125820
  Died	29 Jun 1927	Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA   [5, 6]
  	Cause: Paralytic Stroke
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I125820	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Mayor Fredrick Merner,   b. 9 Mar 1829, , Switzerland ,   d. 6 Jul 1895  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Philipena Young,   b. 25 Nov 1835, , Germany ,   d. 16 Dec 1914  (Age 79 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1852	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F8678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Ernst,   b. 14 Sep 1846, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1895, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 49 years)
  Married	22 May 1873	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Louisa Henrietta "Ettie" Ernst,   b. 1874, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Dec 1954, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 80 years)   2. Herbert Walter Ernst,   b. 26 Mar 1877, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Feb 1930, Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died at Evanston, Ill. The death occurred at Evanston, Ill., on Wednesday of Yetta Merner, widow of the late Henry Ernst, in her 74th year. She had been ill only a day, suffering a paralytic stroke. The late Mrs. Ernst was born in New Hamburg, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Merner and resided here for many years. A host of New Hamburg friends are sorry to hear of her passing. Her husband died about 35 years ago. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. E. Olp, of Evanston, and one son, Herbert Ernst, of Prescott, also four brothers, Alex and Oscar Merner, of Kitchener, Frank and Milton Merner, of Horton, Kansas, and one sister, Mrs. Zoeger, of Toledo, Ohio. The remains will be brought here and the funeral will be held from the home of her niece, Mrs. Lafayette Hostetler on Saturday at 2 p.m. to the Evangelical Church and Riverside Cemetery. New Hamburg Independent, July 1, 1927

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 013016-73. Henry Ernst, 26, occ. Merchant, b. Petersburg, res. Tavistock, son of John and Julia married Jedida Merner, 19, b. New Hamburg, res. New Hamburg, daughter of Frederick and Phillipina, witnessed by: Simson Merner of New Hamburg and Elisabeth Ebert of Preston, 22 May 1873 in New Hamburg. [S250] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1871, Page 26. [S251] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1881, New Hamburg 1881 Page 29. [S1868] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1861, Div. 2 Pg. 18. [S153] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Riverside New Hamburg CC#4564 Internet Link. Merner/ Ernst [A] Henry Ernst/ Sept. 14, 1846/ Dec. 6, 1895 [B] Yetta Merner/ Wife Of H. Ernst/ Nov. 24, 1853/ June 29, 1927 [C] Frederick Merner/ Mar. 9, 1829/ July 6, 1895 [D] Philipena Young/ Wife Of F. Merner/ Nov. 25, 1835/ Dec. 16, 1914 [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Died at Evanston, Ill. - Jul 1 1927 pg 5. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Wilhelm Schmdit of Wilmot. return #222. Friedrick Murner. 23, To Phillipina Jung, 17. 9 Nov. 1852. Rev. Schmidt. Wit. Joseph Lashinger And Daniel Schmidt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Nov 1853 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 22 May 1873 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical Association - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Paralytic Stroke - 29 Jun 1927 - Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth