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

Edna Martha Chester[1]

Female 1905 - 1979  (73 years)


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  • Name Edna Martha Chester 
    Born 17 Jan 1905  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Edna Martha Burmaster 
    Name Edna Martha McIntosh 
    Residence 1979  41 Cooper St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-152079 
    Died 10 Jan 1979  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I152079  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Edmund Chester,   b. 2 Mar 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1950, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Martha Jane Hodgson,   b. 4 Feb 1886, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1971, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1904  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F23289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Angus McIntosh,   b. 15 Dec 1893, Killean, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1967, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1925  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Edna Marie McIntosh,   b. 10 Mar 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1998, Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Neil Angus "Mort" McIntosh,   b. 5 Dec 1929, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 2015, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F36815  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sylvester Burmaster,   b. Between 1905 and 1906, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1992  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jane Burmaster
     2. Donal Burmaster
     3. Neil "Mort" Burmaster
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F59998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BURMASTER, EDNA MARTHA (Nee Chester, formerly McIntosh)

      At South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, on Tuesday afternoon, July 10, 1979, in her 7?th year, of 41 Cooper St. in Cambridge (H). Wife of Sylvester Burmaster. Predeceased by her first husband, William A. McIntosh (1967). Mother of Edna (Mrs. Grant Shaw) of Niagara Falls; Jane (Mrs. Robert Prior); Donal and Neil "Mort", all of Cambridge. Step-mother of Louis and Marlene (Mrs. Frank Bernadine) of Guelph; and Miss Carol of Kitchener. Also survived by brothers, Robert, Ernest and Elmer of Cambridge; sisters, Margaret (Mrs. Clifford Tremain); Ethel (Mrs. Alex Hyslop) of Cambridge; Helen (Mrs. Robert Quinnell) of R. R. #2, Cambridge; seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A former employee of the Hespeler Post Office, she was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Burmaster was born in Puslinch. Service at the Nelson Funeral Home on Fri. , Jul 13 at 2. Interment New Hope Cemetery.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020682-25.
      William Angus McIntosh, 28, occ. Farmer, b. Puslinch Twp, res. Puslinch Twp, son of Donald McIntosh (B. Canada) and Mary Wilkinson married Edna Chester, 21, b. Puslinch Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of John Chester (B. Canada) and Martha Hodgson, Witn: Maria C. McMillan and Rilla MacDonald both of Galt, 31 March 1925 in Galt

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name:Martha Jay Hodgson Age:18 Birth Date:abt 1886 Birth Place:Guelph Marriage Date:24 Feb 1904 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Robert Hodgson Mother:Hannah Tovell Spouse:John Edmond Chester Spouse's Age:25 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1879 Spouse Birth Place:Waterloo Township Spouse Father:John Chester Spouse Mother:Catharine Steep

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Jan 1905 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 Mar 1925 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Jan 1979 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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