Jacob Irvin Kropf^[1]

1887 - 1953  (66 years)

• Name	Jacob Irvin Kropf
  Born	14 Oct 1887	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1910	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	carpenter
  Occupation	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Buffer - brass factory
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Evangelical Association
  Eby ID Number	00059-3945.6
  Died	20 Dec 1953	Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Cause: stroke
  Buried	Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I1495	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Jonathan C. Kropf,   b. 5 Dec 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Nov 1908, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Matilda Hostetler,   b. 23 Sep 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1876	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Etta May Beilstein,   b. 9 Jul 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1958, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1910	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7]
  Children	1. Myron Grant Kropf,   b. 3 Feb 1912, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 2006, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   2. James William "William" Kropf,   b. 4 Jan 1921,   d. 12 Dec 2007, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F5387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob I. Kropf Passes in Stratford The death of Jacob Irvin Kropf occurred at Stratford General Hospital on Sunday following a stroke suffered the previous Wednesday. He was 66 years of age. The late Mr. Kropf was born in Wilmot Township near Haysville, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kropf, and came to New Hamburg in 1908. Since 1920 he had resided in Stratford where he was employed as cashier with the C.N.R. express department up to the time of his retirement a year ago. He was a member of Centennial Evangelical United Brethern Church in Stratford and belonged to Court Silver Leaf, Canadian Order of Foresters, New Hamburg. He leaves in bereavement his wife, the former Etta Beilstein, to whom he was married at New Hamburg in 1910; two sons, Grant and William, Stratford; a brother, Herbert, New Hamburg, one sister, Mrs. H. R. Gerrard, Toronto, and four grandchildren. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon with service at the Heinbuch Funeral Home, Stratford, and internment in Avondale Cemetery. Obituary - New Hamburg Independent, December 25, 1953

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 825. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, December 25, 1953. Obituary of Jacob Kropf [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 1. [S231] Cemetery - ON, Perth, Stratford - Avondale Internet Link . Jacob Irvin Kropf/ 1887-1953/ his wife/ Etta May Beilstein/ 1891-1063 [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 26;. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 20. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21629 (1910), Kropf-Beilstein. Jacob Irvine Kropf, 23, Carpenter, New Hamburg, Son of Jonathan Kropf & Matilda Hostetler Married Etta May Beilstein, 19, New Hamburg, daughter of Jacob Beilstein & Laura Umbach, Witn: Barnum R. Beilstein & Barbara E. Erdman of New Hamburg, 21 December 1910 In New Hamburg [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011016-76. Jonathan Kropf, 31, occ. Carpenter, b. Wilmot, res. Wilmot, son of Christian & Maria Married Mathilda Hostetter, 21, b. Wilmot, res. Wilmot, daughter of Moses & Margareth, Witn Henry & Mary Ann Hostetter of Wilmot, 1 February 1876 in New Hamburg.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Oct 1887 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1910 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1910 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Buffer - brass factory - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical Association - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: stroke - 20 Dec 1953 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth