Milton Sitler^[1]

1870 - 1940  (70 years)

• Name	Milton Sitler
  Born	1870	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00045-3433.2
  Died	Dec 1940	Camrose, , Alberta, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery, Tofield, Alberta
  Person ID	I1783	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Sitler,   b. 10 Aug 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jun 1902, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Hannah Groh,   b. 16 Dec 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1916  (Age 67 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1870	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Wideman,   b. 9 Oct 1882, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Apr 1969, Camrose, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	11 Nov 1906  [3]
  Children	1. Elmer W. Sitler,   b. 7 Aug 1907, Mayton, Alberta ,   d. 28 Sep 1982, Tofield, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 75 years)   2. Melvin Sitler,   b. 27 Oct 1909, Mayton, Alberta ,   d. 1 Aug 1977, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 67 years)   3. Edwin W. Sitler,   b. 1 Jul 1912, Mayton, Alberta ,   d. 6 Sep 1998, Camrose, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 86 years)   4. Ruth Sitler,   b. 17 Oct 1913, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States ,   d. 11 Jan 2005, Victoria, British Columbia  (Age 91 years)   5. Nelson W. Sitler,   b. CA 1917, Clackamas, Clackamas, Oregon, United States ,   d. 6 Oct 1996, Calgary, Alberta, Canada  (Age ~ 79 years)   6. Clarence W. Sitler,   b. 22 Aug 1918, Round Hill, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 23 Sep 2007, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 89 years)   7. Clara Mary Sitler,   b. 22 Aug 1918, Round Hill, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 2003, Camrose, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 85 years)   8. Mabel Sitler,   b. 31 Aug 1920, , Alberta, Canada ,   d. 20 Sep 2007  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F6904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sitler - Milton, son os Isaac and Hannah (Groh) Sitler, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Nov. 11, 1870; died Dec. 31, 1940 in the Camrose Hospital; aged 70 y. 1 m. 20 d. For the past few years he had been suffering from diabetes, but the immediate cause of his death was heart failure. At the age of 25 he went to Osceola Co., Iowa, where he stayed for five years. From here he moved to Mayton, Alberta, where he took up a homestead. In 1906 he was united in marriage to Martha Wideman. To this union were born 6 sons and 3 daughters (Elmer, Melvin, Edwin, Ruth Foss, Nelson, Clarence, Clara Foss, and Mabel, all of Camrose, Alta.). One son (Ira) died in infancy. In the spring of 1913 he with his family moved to Hubbard, Oreg., where they resided for three years. In 1916 they again came back to Mayton. In the spring of 1918, they moved to a farm near Roundhill, from here moving to his final home near Camrose, Alta. In 1905 he became a member of the Mennonite Church, to which he remained faithful until death. He leaves his loving wife, 8 children, 2 brothers (Wesley of Elmira; and Jeremiah, of Preston, Ont.), 4 sisters (Mrs. Henry Steckley, of Zurich, Ont; Mrs. Martin Bauman, of Waterloo, Ont.; Mrs. Isaac Martin of Drayton, Ont.; Mrs. Eli Hurst, of Alma, Ont.) 8 grandchildren, and a large group of relatives and friends. His parents, 2 brothers, 1 sister, and 1 child preceded him in death. Funeral services were held at the home and at the Salem Mennonite Church near Tofield, Jan. 3, in charge of Bro. J. B. Stauffer. Texts: Job 19: 1-27; Phil. 1: 20. Burial in near-by cemetery. Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXIII, No 43 - January 23, 1941 - pages 926, 927

  
  

• 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..., 737. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 3 Page 15. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, May 20, 1969 - Obituary of Martha Wideman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1870 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Dec 1940 - Camrose, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery, Tofield, Alberta  = Link to Google Earth