Bernice Marguerite Milhausen

1906 - 1964  (58 years)

• Name	Bernice Marguerite Milhausen
  Born	16 Nov 1906	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Bernice Marguerite Miehlhausen
  Name	Bernice Marguerite Siebert
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1927	11 Maynard Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1942	724 Avondale Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1947	230 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-183925
  Died	24 Nov 1964	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I183925	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Milhausen,   b. 29 Sep 1873, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Priscilla Lydia Daily,   b. 23 Apr 1880, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 5 Feb 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1902	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F185385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Albert Charles "Babe" Siebert,   b. 14 Jan 1904, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1939, Lake Huron, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1927	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Joan Bernice Siebert,   b. 1927, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Judith "Judy" Siebert,   b. 6 Jun 1928, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec ,   d. 19 Dec 2014, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F19146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bernice, who was paralyzed in the spine and legs while giving birth to their second daughter Joan. Much of Siebert's income went to pay for his wife's expensive medical bills. With a crippled wife, Siebert did the household chores and raised their girls. Before every game fans silently watched Siebert carry his invalid wife to her box and then retrieve her afterwards. It was a moving scene that endeared him to hockey fans everywhere. Montreal Gazette sports editor Elmer Ferguson wrote that "the Babe would become embroiled in fistic battles. Perhaps he would suffer penalties and earn the disfavour of the crowd by his bruising style of play. Perhaps the game would make him seem like a crude and uncouth person, rough and brutal. From the dressing room, the Babe would stride along the promenade until he reached the chair where his fragile bit of an invalid wife sat. Bending down, he would kiss her, then he would gather her up into his great muscular arms, stride out of the rink, and deposit her carefully in a waiting car that would take her home to the kiddies that he adored so much." One biographer noted "those things were never in the headlines" but were known throughout the hockey world. "'Babe' Siebert: A Hockey Romance Story | Goderich Signal Star". 2022. Goderichsignalstar.Com. https://www.goderichsignalstar.com/opinion/columnists/babe-siebert-a-hockey-romance-story. ___________________ Siebert, Bernice M. Milhausen On November 24, 1964, at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, beloved wife of the late Albert Charles (Babe) Siebert, who was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame last June, in her 59th year, dear mother of Mrs. J. H. (Judy) Swartz of Waterloo and Mrs. J. R. (Joan) Morrow of Los Angeles, California, sister of John Milhausen of Brantford and Clare E. Milhausen of Kitchener, Mrs. F. C. (Adele) Tilley of Oakville, and Mrs. Gordon (Gertrude) Loney, of RR 2., Waterloo survived by 6 grandchildren. ___________________ "An October 29, 1939, benefit game pitting NHL all-stars against the Canadiens raised $15,000 for 32-year-old Bernice and the girls. She hired a caregiver/nanny and for a few years owned a home at 724 Avondale Ave. in Kitchener. Then, with Joan and Judy off to Antioch College in Ohio (thanks to Babe's brothers raising the tuition), Bernice lived in Kitchener with her widowed mother, Priscilla Milhausen, or her brother Clair. After Priscilla's 1959 death, Bernice moved into chronic care at K-W Hospital's Scott Pavilion. She died there Nov. 24, 1964, six months after Babe's name was added to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Bernice and Babe are buried in Kitchener's Woodland cemetery." "Flash From The Past: The Canadiens Coach Who Never Coached". 2022. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/life/local-history/2022/06/10/flash-from-the-past-the-canadiens-coach-who-never-coached.html.

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 38 Page 2. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Bernice Marguerite Miehlhausen Event Type: Birth Event Date: 16 Nov 1906 Event Place: Walkerton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada Registration Date: 1906 Sex: Female Father's Name: John Miehlhausen Mother's Name: Priscilla Daily [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206736290. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of John Milhausen - 18 Sep 1947.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Nov 1906 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1927 - 11 Maynard Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 Dec 1927 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1947 - 230 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Nov 1964 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth