Gottlieb Stunns^[1]

1851 - 1914  (62 years)

• Name	Gottlieb Stunns
  Born	25 Oct 1851	Black Rock, Cayuga, New York, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Walker St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00025-1983.1
  Died	28 Jul 1914	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  	Cause: diabetes (2 years)
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I12832	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John Stunn,   b. CA 1818, Of, Black Rock, Cayuga, New York, USA ,   d. Bef 1871  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Bauer,   b. CALC 5 May 1820, , Germany ,   d. 13 Sep 1897, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F36246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Cober,   b. 15 Jan 1846, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1929, Beaverton, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. John Stunns   2. Son Stunns   3. Mary Magdalena Stunns,   b. 31 Oct 1873, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Dec 1900, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   4. Hannah Martha Stunns,   b. 17 Jun 1878, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F3549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  After an illness extending over the past nine months, one of Hespeler's old and highly respected residents, peacefully, at his home on Walker St. in Hespeler, on Tuesday, July 28, 1914 at 9: 30 p. m. , aged 68 years, 9 months and 3 days, death resulting from diabetes, from which he had been a sufferer for some time. He was born on October 25, 1845 in Black Rock, NY and while quite young, he came to Canada with his parents. In October 1870, he married Mary Cober, after which they settled on a farm in Grey Township, Huron County, remaining there for ten years. He then moved to the Nicholas Cober farm in Puslinch Township, where he remained until retiring in March 1904. Then he moved to Hespeler, residing on Walker St. until the time of his death. In politics, he was a staunch Liberal. In religion, he was a firm believer in the Wesleyan doctrine, having taken an active interest in and being a regular attendant of the Methodist Church. Remaining are his wife, his daughter, Mrs. A. Evans of Beaverton, ON; his sisters, Mrs. John Grieve and Mrs. James Swain of Galt; Mrs. Henry Grobe and Mrs. Alex House of Preston. The funeral was held from his residence on Friday at 2: 30 to Hespeler Cemetery for interment.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 462. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link . In Loving Memory Of/ Gottleib/ Stunns/ Who Died/ July 28, 1914/ Aged 6(8) Years/ His Wife/ Mary Cober/ Died Oct. 8, 1929/ Aged 83 Years/ Stunns [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Gottlieb Stunns d. 28 Jul 1914 Hespeler aged 62y, 9m 3d, b. Black Rock, New York, s/o John Stunns & Magdalena Bowers, cause: diabetes (2 years) [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210473761/gottlieb-stunns.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Oct 1851 - Black Rock, Cayuga, New York, USA Residence - - Walker St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: diabetes (2 years) - 28 Jul 1914 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth