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

Gertrude Mary Weber[1]

Female 1878 - 1960  (82 years)


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  • Name Gertrude Mary Weber 
    Born 27 Apr 1878  Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92480657 
    Eby ID Number 00127-7657.3 
    Died 30 Nov 1960  Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Riverside Cemetery, Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17642  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Gideon Weaver,   b. 7 Jul 1838, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1924, Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Craig "Lizzie" Smith,   b. 25 Mar 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1922, Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 11 Aug 1870  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F4599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • FORMER TEACHER, LIBRARIAN DIES AT RICEVILLE

      Riceville \endash Gertrude Mary Weaver, 82, died Wednesday at the Riceville City Hospital. She had been in failing health two years.

      Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Riceville Methodist Church. The Reverends Louella Koether and T. Janet Surdam will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

      Born here April 27, 1878, she was the daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth (Smith) Weaver. She was graduated from Riceville High School, a dramatic school in Chicago and the State University of Iowa. She taught school here 17 years, taught for a time in New York and Texas, and was librarian here 18 years.

      The only survivor is a nephew, David W. Patterson, Long Beach, California.


      Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday December 1, 1960

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 567.

    2. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 24 Aug 1870.
      Weaver, Gideon married 11 Aug 1870 to Elizabeth Smith In St. James Church, Wilmot by Rev. H.F. Mellis. Groom, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa; bride, fourth daughter of James Smith, Wilmot.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Apr 1878 - Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Nov 1960 - Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
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