Elam Axt^[1]

1888 - 1974  (85 years)

• Name	Elam Axt
  Born	21 Dec 1888	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Laborer, Farm
  Residence	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6662.7
  Died	9 Jan 1974	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I19179	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Andrew Axt,   b. 28 Jan 1850, Queck, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 7 Jul 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Catharine Shantz,   b. 6 Nov 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1942  (Age 97 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1873	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F4900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olivia Snyder,   b. 27 Mar 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1959  (Age 71 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1911  [5, 10]
  Children	1. Olive Axt,   b. 17 Aug 1922, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jul 2011, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F7270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Axt, Elam, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Axt, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Dec. 21, 1888; died at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Ont., Jan. 9, 1974; aged 86 y. 19 d. On Sept. 3, 1911, he was married to Olivia Snyder, who preceded him in death on Apr. 6, 1959. Surviving are one daughter (Olive-Mrs. Edward Good) and 3 grandchildren. He was a member of the Shantz Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Jan. 12, in charge of J. Lester Kehl and Leslie Witmer; interment in the Shantz Mennonite Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume 67, Number 6 - February 5, 1974, page 126

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 391. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 8. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 8. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 36770-1888 Elam Axt. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 5, 1974 Elam Axt. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 1. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 37. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 2, 1923 Obituary of Andrw Axt. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 009895-74 Andrew Axt and Catherine Shantz. Andrew AXT, 24, farmer, Hessia Darmstadt Germany, Wilmot Twp, s/o John AXT & Catharine DIEBEL married Catharine SHANTZ, 29, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, d/o Jonas SHANTZ & Hannah SNYDER, witn: Michael & Eliza MENGER both of New Hamburg, 25 December 1873 in Wilmot Twp [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Olivia Axt - April 28, 1959-page 406, 407, 408.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Dec 1888 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Farm - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Jan 1974 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth