Ezra Burkhart^[1]

1879 - 1954  (74 years)

• Name	Ezra Burkhart
  Born	6 Oct 1879	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23527400
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1911	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1954	23 Riverside Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00019-1497.8
  Died	27 Jan 1954	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Cause: stroke
  Buried	Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I16453	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Burkhart,   b. 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1901  (Age < 69 years)
  Mother	Sarah Sitler,   b. 2 Jan 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1913, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F3118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Martin,   b. 25 Jul 1879, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1956  (Age 76 years)
  Married	8 May 1898  [6]
  Children	1. Alvin Burkhardt,   b. 29 Nov 1898, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1966  (Age 67 years)   2. Edith M. Burkhardt,   b. 9 Mar 1905, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Sep 1927, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 22 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F18672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Burkhart, Ezra, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burkhart was born near Floradale, Ont., Oct. 6, 1879; passed away at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, Jan. 27, 1954, after a few months' illness; aged 74 y. 3 m. 1 d. On May 8, 1898, he was married to Susanna Martin, who survives. Also surviving are one son (Alvin, of Kitchener), 3 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. One daughter (Edith-Mrs. Arthur Hebebrandt) predeceased him. On Sunday before New Year he suffered a stroke from which he gradually grew weaker until the Lord called him home. He was a member of the Elmira Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held Jan. 29 at the Elmira Church, in charge of Oliver D. Snider and Howard Bauman, with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume XLVII , Number 9 - March 2, 1954--- page 213, 214, 215 ___________________ EZRA BURKHART Ezra Burkhart, 74, 23 Riverside Drive, died early Wednesday, January 27, at K-W Hospital, after a short illness. Born in Woolwich Township, Oct. 6, 1879, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burkhart. Last surviving member of his family, Mr. Burkhart lived his entire life in this district. Surviving are his wife, the former Susannah Martin; one son, Alvin, Kitchener; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One daughter predeceased him 27 years ago. The body was at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, where service took place Friday at 2 p.m. A memorial service was conducted later at the Elmira Mennonite Church, by Bishop O. D. Snider. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery. Elmira Signet 30 Jan 1954

  
  

• 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..., 371. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 63 Household Number 291. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-4 Page 6. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 63. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Hawkesville Div 8 Page 6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Ezra Burkhart - March 2, 1954--- page 213, 214, 215. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 5 Page 14. [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..., 370. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Joseph Burkhard farmer of Woolwich married 8 Apr 1856 Berlin by banns to Sarah Sittler of Woolwich, witnesses: Jonathan Sittler of Waterloo Twp & Jacob Gingerich of Waterloo Twp

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Oct 1879 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: stroke - 27 Jan 1954 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth