William Theodore Sass

1866 - 1938  (71 years)

• Name	William Theodore Sass
  Born	25 Dec 1866	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Berlin Interior Hardwood Company
  		Berlin Interior Hardwood Company
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  Business	Kitchener Interior Hardwood Company
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Factory Hand
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1914	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	manufacturer
  Residence	1938	85 Walter St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-136045
  Died	19 Jul 1938	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I136045	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Frederick Sass,   b. 1833, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Maria Voege,   b. 1843, , Germany ,   d. 21 Sep 1896, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1862	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F33907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emma Kress,   b. 7 May 1867, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1948  (Age 80 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1914	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F52493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth Ella Hagey,   b. 11 Jan 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Children	1. Ruth Sass,   b. 19 Jul 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1984, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   2. Oscar Sass,   b. Feb 1900, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1983  (Age ~ 82 years)   3. Arthur Hagey Sass,   b. Nov 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F185074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  While Fishing Wm.T.Sass Dies Lumberman Was Prominent Civic Leader in Kitchener. - Built up Board of Trade. WAS IN HIS 72nd YEAR Victim of a stroke while on a fishing trip at Bamberg, William T. Sass, president of the Interior Hardwood Company, Ltd., passed away at his late residence, 85 Walter street, Kitchener, early Tuesday morning. Very widely known in the Twin City, the late Mr. Sass was a former alderman and one time president of the Kitchener Board of Trade, In memory of the deceased, the flag on the city hall was flown at half mast. A son of the late Frederick and Mary (Voge) Sass, natives of Mecklenburg, Germany, deceased was born in Waterloo on Christmas Day, 1866 and was in his 72nd year at the time of his death. Mr. Sass served on Kitchener City Council in 1917, 1918 and 1919, and for four years was a member of the K.-W. Collegiate Board. From 1922 to 1924, he was chairman of the Kitchener Board of Trade. On the wane at the time, rejuvenation of the board was said due solely to Mr. Sass' initiative. Under his term of office, membership of the all important group grew to over 300. For two years the deceased served as president of the Kitchener-Waterloo Manufacturers' Association. While independent in politics, his party leanings were known to be Conservative. A director of Queen-Lebel Mines Ltd., other affiliations of the beloved figure were First English Lutheran Church of which he was a charter member and Grand Union Lodge, I.O.O.F., of which he was a past grand. The late Mr. Sass was married twice, being first wedded on June 22, 1897, to Ruth Ella Hagey, daughter of Levi Hagey, who predeceased him in 1912. The three children which blessed this union are Oscar and Arthur Sass, and Mrs. Ruth Peterson, all of Kitchener. On Oct. 14, 1914, Mr. Sass married Emma Kress, daughter of Christian Kress, of Preston, who also survives. Also surviving are two brothers, Edward Sass, Waterloo, and Charles Sass of Kitchener; two sisters, Mrs. Louis Timm, Kitchener, and Mrs. Minnie Sievenpiper, Alden, N.Y., and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday from the residence to Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev. A. G. Jacobl officiating. Waterloo Chronicle, 22 Jul 1938, p. 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 56. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 79. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 37 Page 5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: William Theodore Sass Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 06 Oct 1914 Event Place: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 47 Birth Year (Estimated): 1867 Waterloo Occ: manufacturer of Berlin Father's Name: Frederick Sass Mother's Name: Mary Voege Spouse's Name: Emma Kress Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 46 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1868 Preston Res: Preston Spouse's Father's Name: Christopher Kress Spouse's Mother's Name: Barbara Reichert [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Nov. 27, 1862. Nov. 23, 1862 Maria Voege and Friedrich Sass, both of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Hoelsche

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Dec 1866 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Berlin Interior Hardwood Company - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Factory Hand - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - manufacturer - 1914 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Oct 1914 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Jul 1938 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth