Melissa Block^[1]

1881 - 1965  (83 years)

• Name	Melissa Block
  Born	24 Jan 1881	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Malissa Block
  Name	Melissa Kraft
  Name	Melissa Lorentz
  Residence	1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Residence	1921	Weyburn, , Saskatchewan, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00011-1125.3
  Died	1965	, Saskatchewan, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Pleasant View Cemetery, Wynyard, , Saskatchewan, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I1662	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter Block,   b. 4 Jan 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 1927, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Schmidt,   b. 10 Apr 1860, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 1932  (Age 71 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1876	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F24606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joseph P. Lorentz,   b. 1874, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1906  (Age < 31 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1902	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F14127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	William John Kraft,   b. 1880, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Feb 1906	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F38966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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..., 282. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 40. [S2091] Census - Canada - 1921, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 162; Census Place: 162, Weyburn, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 9. William Kraft 10 b. Ontario - farmer Melissa 40 Dorothy 14 Saskatchewan Clarence 10 Clayton 8 Sanford 6 Warren 6/12 [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125902814/melissa-kraft. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 14 Dec 1876. 21 Nov 1876 By Pastor Brockrodt in New Dundee, Peter Block of Wilmot was married to Elisabeth Schmidt of East Zorra.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Jan 1881 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Dec 1902 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Feb 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - Weyburn, , Saskatchewan, Canada Died - 1965 - , Saskatchewan, Canada Buried - - Pleasant View Cemetery, Wynyard, , Saskatchewan, Canada  = Link to Google Earth