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

Matilda Eaton[1]

Female 1843 - 1919  (75 years)


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  • Name Matilda Eaton 
    Born 25 Sep 1843  Carlisle, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Methodist 
    Residence 1862  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17531  Generations
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2024 

    Father Anson Eaton,   b. 14 Dec 1803, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1888  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Loruhamah Sutton,   b. 7 Mar 1810, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1908  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1862  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Enoch Cober
     2. Edmund Cober
     3. Ephraim Cober,   b. 1866, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Norman Cober,   b. 21 Jul 1869, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Aaron Cober,   b. 4 Mar 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. William H. Cober,   b. 1880, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Elsa Eloreda Cober,   b. Between 1897 and 1898, , France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 3 Dec 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 
    1. [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.

    2. [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?

    3. [S314] Census - ON, Huron, Grey - 1901, Grey C-5 Page 8.

    4. [S315] Census - ON, Huron, Grey - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 78 Household Number 327.

    5. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 73.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Sep 1843 - Carlisle, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Nov 1862 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Jul 1919 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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