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

Henry B. "Harry" Faber

Male 1878 - 1952  (74 years)


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  • Name Henry B. "Harry" Faber 
    Born 28 Feb 1878  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61958086 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-148077 
    Died 5 Jul 1952  Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Tavistock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I148077  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Christian Faber,   b. 2 Jul 1848, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1908  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Cunigunda "Kinnie" Heipel,   b. 26 Feb 1854, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1936, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 12 Feb 1877  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F24276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie Lichty,   b. 20 Sep 1884, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1974  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 5 Dec 1905  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F300470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Henry Faber

      By Record Correspondent

      TAVISTOCK A resident of Tavistock since 1924, coming here from Wellesley, Henry (Harry) B. Faber, 74, died. Saturday, He was former president of the Tavistock Milling Co. Ltd. He had been seriously ill several weeks.

      Born at Breslau, Feb. 28, 1878, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian Faber, he operated a flour mill at Wellesley. Coming to Tavistock, he reorganized the local mill. He retired from the presidency of the company in 1948.

      He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Sebastopol. He married Annie Lichty at Wellesley on Dec. 5, 1905, and she survives him with two sons, Walter. G. and Lloyd B., both of Tavistock; two brothers, Joseph, Vancouver, B.C.; Bernard, Kitchener; one sister, Mrs. Tavistock, and six grandchildren." A son, Harold, predeceased him in 1937.

      The body is at the family home, Maria St.. where a private service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m., followed by a public service Trinity Lutheran Church, Sebastopol. Burial will take place in the adjoining cemetery, The services will be conducted by Rev. O. T. C. Stockmann.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Mon, Jul 7, 1952 Page 5

  • Sources 
    1. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 17.

    2. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 17.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Feb 1877.
      12 Feb 1877 By Pastor Wurster in Preston, Christian Faber of Bentink was married to Kunigunda Heupel of Waterloo

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Feb 1878 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Dec 1905 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Jul 1952 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Tavistock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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