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

Jean May Schneider

Female 1923 - 2011  (88 years)


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  • Name Jean May Schneider 
    Born 18 Mar 1923  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Christened 3 Jun 1923  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Military WW2 
    Name Jean May Hawkings 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-127689P 
    Died 30 Jul 2011  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I127689  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Frederick Henry Schneider,   b. 1 Aug 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Ella Eugenia Daniels,   b. Mar 1890, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 12 May 1914  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F18738  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Clarence Hawkings,   b. 3 Oct 1919, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 2005, Deep River, , Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 16 Jun 1945  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F42882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Passed away peacefully at Columbia Forest Long Term Care, Waterloo on July 30, 2011, at the age of 88.

      Born in Kitchener on March 18, 1923, daughter of Frederick and Ella Schneider. Devoted wife of the late Robert Hawkings (2005) of Deep River. Loving mother of Rob Hawkings and his wife Angela Kondrak of Deep River; Bruce Hawkings and his wife Rhonda of Waterloo Ontario, and Jim Hawkings and his wife Beth of Whitehorse Yukon. Cherished grandmother of Johanna and Ben Haas, Mitchell, and Keegan Hawkings and Lee and Adrian Hawkings. Dear sister of Fred Schneider and his wife Jane of Waterloo.

      Jean was a life-long member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Kitchener, and during her many years in Deep River, was also an active member of the Deep River Community Church. She graduated from McMaster University, Hamilton in 1943 and then served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer for the remainder of WWII.

      Post-war, Jean moved to Deep River with her husband Bob in the early days of AECL's Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories. In her 60's & 70's, she was active with the Canadian Federation of University Women in Waterloo.

      There will be a memorial service at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Kitchener, Ontario (details to be announced at a later date).

      Memorial donations may be made to Church of the Good Shepherd, Salvation Army or the Alzheimer Society of KW.


      The Waterloo Region Record 31 Jul 2011

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
      Jean May, daughter of Frederick and Ella (Daniels) Schneider, meat packer, born March 18, 1923 and was baptized June 3, 1923 by Rev. Albert Diephuis

    2. [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Jean May Hawkings - 31 Jul 2011.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Ella Eugenia Daniels Born: Indianapolis Indiana USA Age: 24 Est. Birth: abt 1890 Father: Eugene Davidson Daniels Mother: Ella Graves Daniels married Frederick Henry Schneider Age:: 24 Est. Birth: abt 1890 Born: Berlin Father: John M Schneider Mother: Helena Ahrens Schneider married 12 May 1914 Marriage Place: Waterloo

    4. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Mar 1923 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 3 Jun 1923 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Jun 1945 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Jul 2011 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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