Matilda Eaton^[1]

1843 - 1919  (75 years)

• Name	Matilda Eaton
  Born	25 Sep 1843	Carlisle, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1862	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Misfortune	1919
  	burnt to death
  Name	Matilda Cober
  Eby ID Number	00025-1980.1
  Died	17 Jul 1919	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I17531	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Anson Eaton,   b. 14 Dec 1803, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1888  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Loruhamah Sutton,   b. 7 Mar 1810, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1903  (Age 93 years)
  Married	1828  [5]
  Family ID	F6059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Cober,   b. 3 Jun 1838, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1908  (Age 69 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1862	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Enoch Cober   2. Edmund Cober   3. Ephraim Cober,   b. 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Norman Cober,   b. 21 Jul 1869, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Aaron Cober,   b. 4 Mar 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. William H. Cober,   b. 1880, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elsa Eloreda Cober,   b. Between 1897 and 1898, , France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  COBER, MATILDA (Nee Eaton) Woman Succumbs to Burns Mrs. John Cober of Hespeler, who was badly burned and injured when her clothing was set on fire by the bursting of a coal oil stove at the home of her sister, Mrs. George Washburn, on Thursday, July 17, 1919, after about 15 hours of intense suffering, despite every effort of the medical skill of Dr. Black, Dr. Hutchinson and nurse, Miss Buckner to save her life. Mrs. Cober, who was in her 76th year, was born at Carlisle, ON but had lived in the Hespeler district most of her life. She resided at Ethel for thirty-five years, at Brussels nearly five years and for eleven years in Puslinch Township, also in Preston and Hespeler. She had lived with her sister, Mrs. G. Washburn on Cooper St., Hespeler. She was predeceased by her husband eleven years ago and is survived by three sons: Ephraim of Toronto; Norman of Detroit; Aaron of Weybourne, SK; one daughter, Mrs. E. H. McGinnis of Hespeler; two brothers, Enoch Eaton and Nelson Eaton; two sisters, Mrs. G. Washburn and Mrs. Amos Sauder, all of Hespeler. The funeral took place on Fri., July 18 at Brussels, her body being taken via G. T. R. from Hespeler. -Information from the death certificate: Daughter of Anson Eaton and Laura Sutton. 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

  [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..., 461. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. John Cober, aged 24 res Puslinch born Puslinch son of Michael and Nancy married 27 Nov 1862 to Matilda Eaton aged 19 res. Waterloo born Wentworth daughter of Anson and Lorcha? [S314] Census - ON, Huron, Grey - 1901, Grey C-5 Page 8. [S315] Census - ON, Huron, Grey - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 78 Household Number 327. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 73.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Sep 1843 - Carlisle, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Residence - Methodist - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Nov 1862 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Jul 1919 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth