John Levi Beese

1881 - 1947  (65 years)

• Name	John Levi Beese
  Born	24 Nov 1881	Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	J. L. Beese Dairy
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  Name	J. L. Beese
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Milk Dealer
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  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Evangelical
  Residence	1947	205 King St. S., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-185089
  Died	14 Oct 1947	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I185089	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Clara Henrietta Priebe,   b. 1881, , Germany ,   d. 1957  (Age 76 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1904	, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Elizabeth Mary Beese,   b. 6 May 1907, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1997, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   2. Blulah Beese,   b. Jan 1910, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ruth H. Beese,   b. 1915,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. W. Patrick J. Beese,   b. 1918,   d. 1997  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F53169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  THE BEESE FAMILY Karl and William Beese Karl (Charles) Beese was a stonemason. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1850. His son, William (1842 - August 2, 1915), born in Krackow, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany, was a stonemason and bricklayer. The fine work of these men is still on display in our village. Karl and William Beese built the stone house on the Morlock homestead in 1853. This house has been cited as the finest example of stone architecture in Puslinch Township by Professor Gordon Couling of the University of Guelph, an authority on stone buildings. In 1856 they built the stone schoolhouse on the Morlock homestead. In 1861 they built R. B. Morrison's yellow brick store. Sometime after this, William Beese must have resettled in Carrick Township, Bruce County because his son, Rev. William Beese, was born there. William Beese's children were: Charles of St. Marys, later Kitchener; Catherine (Kate, Mrs. Jake Wilker); Jacob of Melfort, Saskatchewan, later Alberta; Rev. William Ernst; Elizabeth (Mr. S. H. Holtzmann) of Chesley, later Hamilton; John L. of Kitchener; Edgar A. of Waterloo, E. E. of Winnipeg.... Our Village of Morriston by Marjorie Clark _____________ John L. Beese Waterloo, Oct. 15 - The funeral of John L.: Beese, 65, Waterloo dairyman and dairy bar proprietor, was held yesterday afternoon. A former resident of Chesley, he was a member of Emmanuel Evangelical Church. Surviving are his wife; a son, William, of Waterloo;. four daughters, Mrs. Harold Roos, Mrs. Fred Roos, and Miss Ruth Beese, all of. Waterloo, and Mrs. Gilbert Muller, of Hamilton; three brothers, Rev. W. E. Beese, of Hamilton, E. E. Beese, of Winnipeg, and E. A. Beese of Waterloo; and a sister, Mrs. Samuel Holtzman, of Hamilton. The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Wed, Oct 15, 1947 Page 24

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 37 Page 5.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Nov 1881 - Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Business - J. L. Beese Dairy - - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Oct 1904 - , Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Milk Dealer - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1947 - 205 King St. S., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Oct 1947 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth