John William Merklinger^[1]

1907 - 1955  (47 years)

• Name	John William Merklinger
  Born	21 Apr 1907	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evangelical
  Occupation	1925	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Clerk
  Residence	1955	Mount Royal, , Quebec, Canada   [3]
  Misfortune	8 Apr 1955	Cornwall, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	killed in car accident
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-191600
  Died	8 Apr 1955	Cornwall, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I191600	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	John August Merklinger,   b. 24 May 1872, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1960, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Henrietta "Hattie" Henkel,   b. 21 Sep 1877, Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Oct 1965, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F185898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wanda Anna Marie Fellbaum,   b. Oct 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Oct 1998, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1925	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F32740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The funeral of John W. Merklinger, 48, of Mount Royal, Que., who died Friday in Cornwall from injuries received in a car accident, will be conducted here Tuesday. A private service will be held at 3 p.m. at the Walsh Funeral Home, Waterloo, followed by a service at Emmanuel Evangelical UB Church, Waterloo, at 2: 30 p.m. Rev. E. E. Hallman will officiate and burial will be made in Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Merklinger, who was born in Waterloo, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Merklinger. He was merchandising manager of Zeller's Ltd. of Montreal. Surviving are his wife; one son, John of Toronto; a daughter, Mrs. Leonard (Constance) Mills, Noranda, Que; six brothers, Samuel, George and Frank, all of Tavistock; Fred of Reid City, Mich.; David of Woodstock and Peter of Waterloo; and four sisters, Miss Betty Merklinger, Mrs. Clarence Neeb and Mrs. Walter Meisner, all of Tavistock and Mrs. Clarence Thaler, Plainsville, Ohio. Mr. Merklinger was raised and educated in the Twin Cities, and began his career with Zeller's in the Kitchener store. He left about 29 years ago and served in Zeller's stores in various cities in eastern and western Canada before joining the head office staff in Montreal. At the time of the accident, he and his wife, the former Wanda Fellbaum of Kitchener, were driving to Toronto to visit their son, John. Mrs. Merklinger was injured but was reported to be improving yesterday. Two passengers in the other car involved lost their lives and a third passenger was injured. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 11, 1955

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020651-25. John William Merklinger, 19, occ. Clerk, b. Waterloo, res. Waterloo, son of John Merklinger (B. Canada) and Henrietta Henkel married Wanda A. M. Fellbaum, 19, b. Berlin, res. Waterloo, daughter of Richard Fellbaum (B. Germany) and Elsie Warnholtz, Witn: Florence Abbott and Daniel Knechtel both of Kitchener, 25 October 1925 in Galt. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 46 Pg. 4. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of John W. Merklinger - April 11, 1955. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206457966/john-william-merklinger.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Apr 1907 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1925 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Oct 1925 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1955 - Mount Royal, , Quebec, Canada Misfortune - killed in car accident - 8 Apr 1955 - Cornwall, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Apr 1955 - Cornwall, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth