Basilius Wurm

Cal 1807 - 1896  (~ 89 years)

• Name	Basilius Wurm
  Born	CALC 23 Jul 1807	Herbstein, , Hessen, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-137893
  Died	4 Sep 1896	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I137893	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth Loeb,   b. Abt 1810, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1880  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Children	1. Daniel Wurm,   d. 1861, , USA
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F38527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Basilius Wurm died here on Friday after a short bladder ailment at the great age of 89 years, which he had attained on July 23rd. He was born in 1807 in Herbstein in the Vogel mountains in Hesse-Darmstadt; emigrated to Canada in 1852 and had resided ever since in Berlin. He was a building carpenter and was still practising his trade 5 years ago. In Germany, he had spent 12 years in the military, and that could still be seen in him in his old age, as he always walked "straight as a candle" and was always very tidily dressed. His wife Elisabeth, nee Loeb, who pre-deceased him in 1880, bore him 6 children, of whom 3 sons are deceased, and one son and 2 daughters are still living. His oldest son, Daniel, fought in the civil war in the United States and was killed there. Basilius was awarded a pension for this. His burial took place on Sunday afternoon and despite the rainy weather, large numbers of citizens followed his cortege to the cemetery. Berliner Journal September 10, 1896 Page 4 Column 2 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Obituary of Basilius Wurm - September 10, 1896.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 23 Jul 1807 - Herbstein, , Hessen, Germany Died - 4 Sep 1896 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth