Lieut George Henry Ziegler

1889 - 1981  (92 years)

• Name	George Henry Ziegler
  Prefix	Lieut
  Born	1 Aug 1889	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Musician
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Died	11 Oct 1981	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-187599
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I187599	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann George "George" Ziegler,   b. 12 Jan 1862, Eschelbronn, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 18 Mar 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Wilhelmina "Minnie" Sippel,   b. 3 May 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)
  Married	24 May 1883	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F41238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Melinda Merner,   b. 4 Jul 1893, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1959  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F41684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		George Henry Ziegler from Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
  		Ziegler,GeorgeHenry-001.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  George Henry Ziegler devoted his life to the musical development of his community. He graduated from the University of Toronto and the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He was a flautist with the 29th Regiment Band, the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He was organist and choirmaster at St. Peter's Church, St. Andrew's Church and at Trinity United from 1917-1950. Founder of the Berlin Conservatory of Music in 1913, he retired as principal in 1974. He organized the Kitchener-Waterloo branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teacher's Association and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, which he directed. He was leader of the 29th Regiment Band of the Scots Fusiliers of Canada, and of the Kitchener Musical Society Band for forty-one years. He organized the Kitchener Ladies' Band and the first Kitchener Boys' Band. Ziegler served on the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, and on the board of the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 8. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 10. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46668382. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 31 May 1883. May 24, 1883 Minnie Sippel & George Ziegler, both of Berlin, were married in Berlin by Pastor R. von Pirch.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Aug 1889 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Musician - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Oct 1981 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth