John Boyanosky^[1]

1871 - 1949  (78 years)

• Name	John Boyanosky
  Born	13 Mar 1871	, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263089052
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1944	244 Mill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  House of Industry and Refuge	1949
  Name	John Bojanowski
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-175204
  Died	18 May 1949	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I175204	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John Bojanowski,   b. 15 Apr 1831, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Wilhelmina Jabonski,   b. 22 Oct 1832, , Germany ,   d. 12 Apr 1901  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F32492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Barbara Lackenbauer,   b. 31 Oct 1872, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Feb 1939, Pain Court, Kent, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1902	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Vernia P. "Dorothy" Boyanosky,   b. 25 Sep 1910, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Dec 1980, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 70 years)   2. Violet Boyanosky,   b. 6 Jun 1903,   d. 9 Jun 1903  (Age 0 years)   3. Johann H. Boyanosky,   b. 19 Apr 1904,   d. 4 Jun 1904  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F50533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Augusta A. J. "Emma" Scheel,   b. 30 Mar 1870, , Germany ,   d. 7 Jan 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F300927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Boyanosky . The funeral of John Boyanosky 78, of the House of Refuge, who was killed yesterday, will be held at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home tomorrow at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. Rev. A. W. Lotz will officiate. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Boyanosky, he was born in Germany, March 13, 1871, and came to Canada 76 years ago. He was employed as a woodworker at the Krug Furniture Co, for 31 years. He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. His wife, the former Emma Scheel, predeceased him Jan. 7, 1944. Surviving are five nieces and two nephews. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, May 19, 1949 Page 5 ________________ Believe Aged Man Victim of Train Badly Battered Body Is Found Beside Tracks Near Breslau The body of John Boyanosky, 78, a resident of the House of Refuge here, was found shortly after 11 o'clock this morning beside the C.N.R. tracks near Breslau. From the position of the body and other evidence, it is believed that he was struck by a west-bound train during the night or early this morning. Body Badly Crushed A section gang working out of Kitchener found the body as they travelled toward Breslau station, 15 feet from the westerly end of the trestle over the Grand River. Crushed beyond recognition, identification was not immediately possible. Mystery surrounds a rubber-tipped yellow cane found standing upright in the gravel a few inches from the edge of the trestle. Gravel had been carefully piled about the base to support it. Cap Badly Torn A faded blue cloth cap, badly torn, lay beside the track 140 feet west of the body, Police found $132 in the dead man's pockets. When a check was made this morning at the House of Refuge, Boyanosky was missing from his room. He was last seen watching a carnival across the road from the home. Chief Hilbert Schedewitz of the Waterloo Township Police is in charge of the investigation. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wed, May 18, 1949 Page 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 046048-26. Henry Mahe (C/B Mahl?), 21, occ. Electric Welder, b. St. Pierre Island Can., res. Detroit, son of Ferdinand Mahe (B. St. Pierre Island Can) and Emilia Cote married Vernia P. Boyanosky, 16, b. Ayr, res. Detroit, daughter of John Boyanosky (B. Germany) and Barbara Lackenbauer, Witnessed by: Norman Zick of Waterloo and J. D. Klerk Walters of Windsor, 13 January 1926 in Waterloo. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 15. [S192] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Mount Hope CC#4500 Internet Link. South: John Boyanosky/ born Mar. 13, 1871/ died May 18, 1949/ aged 78 yrs. 2 mo./ Barbara Lackenbauer/ wife of/ John Boyanosky/ born Oct. 31, 1872 died Feb. 1, 1939/ aged 66 yrs. 3 mo./ at rest/ Boyanosky/ (A) Mother (B) Father/ Mother/ North: Violet C. Boyanosky/ geb. 6 Juni 1903 - gest. 9 Juni 1903/ [verse]/ Johann H. Boyanosky/ geb. 19 Apr. 1904 - gest. 4 Juni 1904/ [verse] (A) Johann (B) Violet

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Mar 1871 - , Germany Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Oct 1902 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1944 - 244 Mill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 May 1949 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth