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

Melvin Herbert Baer

Male 1917 - 1946  (29 years)


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  • Name Melvin Herbert Baer 
    Born 2 Jun 1917  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61059201 
    Misfortune 1946 
    killed by bus 
    Residence 1946  29 Maynard Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-126426P 
    Died 3 Jul 1946  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I126426  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Norman Baer,   b. 21 Sep 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1970  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Salome Rellinger,   b. 16 Mar 1888, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1922, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F5707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Kitchener Man Killed By City Bus

      Melvin H. Baer, 29, of Kitchener, died on Wednesday morning a few minutes after he was run ever by a Kitchener city bus on Wellington St. He had been riding a bicycle along Wellington St., and after parking it at the curb, stepped in front of the bus. A front wheel of the vehicle passed over his head. Baer was a salesman for the Pearl Steam Laundry.

      The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. (Norman Baer of R. R. 2, Petersburg, and was born in Wilmot Township on June 2nd, 1917. Surviving are his parents, two brothers, Lorne Baer, Toronto, and Willis Baer, Petersburg, and three sisters, Misses Reta and Ethel Baer and Mrs. Wilfred Tebbutt, all of Kitchener. The funeral will be held this Friday afternoon with service at the Latcharr Mennonite Church, Mannheim, at 2.30 o'clock, followed hy interment in the church cemetery. The services will be conducted by Bishop Manassoh Hallman, assisted; by the Rev. Ozias Horst.

      New Hamburg Independent 26 Jul 1946

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61059201/melvin-herbert-baer.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Jun 1917 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1946 - 29 Maynard Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jul 1946 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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