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

Ida May Wismer[1]

Female 1882 - 1937  (55 years)


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  • Name Ida May Wismer 
    Born 16 May 1882  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Misfortune killed in auto accident 
    Name Ida May Fischer 
    Name Ida May Fisher 
    Residence 1891  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Domestic 
    Residence 1923  Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Eby ID Number 00133-8182 
    Died 7 Aug 1937 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14510  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Isaac Erb Wismer,   b. 15 Sep 1847, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1923, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Susannah Snider,   b. 7 Oct 1849, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 7 Mar 1869  [7
    Family ID F708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Burnham "Burnham" Fisher,   b. 20 Oct 1882, Kincardine Township, Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ada Fisher
     2. Middleton Frederick Fisher,   b. 1904, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Kenneth Daniel Fisher,   b. 1906,   d. 1907  (Age 1 years)
     4. Cecil Snider Fisher,   b. 1909,   d. 1998  (Age 89 years)
     5. Edith Elizabeth Fisher,   b. 1910,   d. 2005  (Age 95 years)
     6. Catherine May Fisher,   b. 1912, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1914, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     7. John Grant "Grant" Fisher,   b. 8 Jan 1916, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1977, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     8. Earl R. Fisher,   b. 14 Apr 1919, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1994, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     9. Isobel Fisher,   b. 1922, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979  (Age 57 years)
     10. Grace Fisher,   b. 1923,   d. 1937  (Age 14 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F26026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John B. Fischer,   b. 1882, Kincardine, Kincardine Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 9 Jun 1904  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F279665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ida May Wismer, "born May 16th, 1882."

      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.].

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      Doon Woman Killed Th.. In Hospital, Auto Struck G. R. R. Car Near Kitchener


      Mrs. Ida Fisher Meets Instant Death\emdash Two Children Not Expected to Recover\emdash Didn't Hear Radial.

      AUTO TOSSED AGAINST TELEPHONE POLE

      (By Staff Reporter)

      The Victims

      Mrs. Ida Fisher, 55, Doon, instantly killed.

      Grace Fisher, 14, Doon, fractured skull.

      Harold Gill, 5, Blair, fractured skull.

      Cecil Fisher, 29, Doon, driver, severe facial wounds.

      Burnham Fisher, Doon, and bruises.

      Mrs. Ida Fisher of Doon was instantly killed and three others were injured, two seriously, in an auto-radial collision just east of Kitchener between 10.30 and 11 o'clock Saturday night. The party was returning from Kitchener, where they had been shopping and turned into the Doon road off the Kitchener-Preston highway just at the Kitchener city limits, when their car was struck near the left rear wheel

      (Continued on Page 6.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018716-04.
      John B. Fisher, 21, Occ. Finisher, b. Kincardine, Res. Berlin, son of Mira Fisher and Elizabeth England married Ida Wismer, 22, b. Elmira, Res. Berlin, daughter of Isaac Wismer and Susanna Snyder, Witn: Laura Lavell and Dinah Wegenast Both of Waterloo, 9 June 1904 in Waterloo.

    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..., 659.

    3. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 8.

    4. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira B. pg 7.

    5. [S2057] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1891, Pg. 12.

    6. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Isaac Wismer - 26 Apr 1923.

    7. [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..., 658.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 May 1882 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Domestic - 1901 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Jun 1904 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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