Elsie Jane Master

1872 - 1948  (75 years)

• Name	Elsie Jane Master
  Born	17 Oct 1872	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Nurse
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1921	13 Chapel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00077-4654
  Died	1948  [2]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I15087	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Master, MPP,   b. 19 Mar 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Lydia Ann Fried,   b. 22 Oct 1836, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Oct 1921  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elsie Master, "was born October 17th, 1872. She is unmarried and has her home with her parents." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ___________________ "No other incident connected with the war occasioned so much bitterness locally as the change of the city's name. When suggestions for a new name were solicited "Kitchener" was offered by Elsie Master, a member of the church, and chosen by popular vote". THE CENTENARY OF TRINITY UNITED CHURCH, KITCHENER, FORMERLY BERLIN Condensed from "So Great a Heritage," by B. Mabel Dunham, B.A., Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1941 _________________________ My Dear Editor: I am enclosing postal order for subscription to Canadian Nurse. Through pressure of work. I have delayed doing so; consequently, am asking for the October number, as my renewal was not in time to receive it. Our Canadian Nurse is doing excellent work. I am hoping they will start a vigorous campaign for the opening up of post-graduate courses in our Canadian city hospitals, and thus save thousands of nurses to Canada. I think if the C.N.A. made that an objective it could be accomplished, and would be of incalculable benefit to the Canadian nursing profession. Very truly yours, Elsie Master. Canadian Nurse and Hospital Review December 1919 ___________________ The annual meeting of the Kitchener and Waterloo Nurses' Association was held November 1st, with a very good attendance. The principal business was the election of officers, as follows : President, Mrs. N. Heller; first vice-president, Miss Elenora Kiefer; second vice- president. Miss Idessa Huber ; treasurer. Miss Ada Wesoloh ; secretary. Miss Elsie Master ; Canadian Nurse magazine representative. Miss Florence Wood. After the business, refreshments were served. A very interesting series of lectures are planned for the winter sessions of the association. Canadian Nurse and Hospital Review Jan 91231 Vol XVII No. ___________________________ Nurse Elsie Master wrote a letter published June 7 1916 in the Berlin News Record. "In taking the name of Kitchener, great honour would be done to our city in memory of the splendid man whom all the world delights to honour," she wrote. "The name of Kitchener would be a heritage to the citizens of Berlin in the generations to come, and will always be typical of splendid patriotism, tremendous energy, great attainments, and a sense of unswerving honour and rectitude. "The name would be one no citizen need blush for, and one our country and Empire would recognize as standing out in bold contrast to all that is implied in our present name of Berlin."

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 75. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. Elsie Jane Master/ 1872-1948/ Miranda: Master/ 1875-1960/ daughters of/ Issac & Lydia Master/ [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 14. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 34 Page 9. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 34. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 30 Page 13.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Oct 1872 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Nurse - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth