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

William Kraft[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1862 - 1952  (89 years)


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  • Name William Kraft 
    Born 18 Apr 1862  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Laborer 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    Residence 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number 00069-4153 
    Died 1952  [4, 5
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I12941  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Moses Kraft,   b. 23 May 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1907  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Margaret "Margaret" Hagey,   b. 1 Jun 1839, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1915, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Shirk,   b. 4 Feb 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age 76 years) 
    Married Jan 1887  [11
    Children 
     1. Irvine Kraft,   b. 1887, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ivan Kraft,   b. 21 Apr 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1907  (Age 18 years)
     3. Almon Kraft,   b. 28 Jul 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age 54 years)
     4. Clayton Kraft,   b. 20 Aug 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     5. Wilson Kraft,   b. 4 Jan 1895, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Ephraim Kraft,   b. 4 Mar 1897, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Vernon Kraft,   b. 16 Sep 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Elva Kraft,   b. 10 Feb 1902, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1903  (Age 1 years)
     9. Erma Kraft,   b. 10 Feb 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     10. Lorne Kraft,   b. 1 May 1904, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1977  (Age 73 years)
     11. Earl Kraft,   b. Mar 1907, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Ralph Edgar Kraft,   b. 5 Apr 1913, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • William Kraft, "was born April 18th, 1862. He is married to Annie Shirk. They reside on a farm about two miles east of Breslau and have a family of three children".



      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 863.

    2. [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..., 243.

    3. [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..., 743.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216055434.

    5. [S3232] aaaaCemetery - ON, Waterloo - Woodland.
      Kraft/ William Kraft/ 1862-1952/ His Wife/ Anna Shirk/ 1868-1945 [A] Father [B] Mother

    6. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div 2, Page 50.

    7. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 6.

    8. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 1 Family 1.

    9. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 3 Page 12.

    10. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 13.

    11. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 22.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Apr 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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