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Henry Edward "Edward" Bolender

Male 1879 - 1955  (76 years)


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  • Name Henry Edward "Edward" Bolender 
    Born 10 May 1879  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25778481 
    Name Edward Bolender  [2] 
    Occupation 1910  Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-194798P 
    Died 28 Dec 1955  [1] 
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I194798  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Henry Bolender,   b. 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Mary Maurer,   b. CALC 25 Dec 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1920, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married Apr 1878  [4] 
    Family ID F40446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Adelina Caroline "Ada" Wagner,   b. 2 May 1879, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1909, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Children 
     1. Fern Bolender
     2. George Bolender,   d. Bef 1997
     3. Myrtle Bolender,   b. CALC 22 May 1904,   d. 15 Sep 1904  (Age ~ 0 years)
     4. Morley L. Bolender,   b. 8 Jul 1905,   d. 7 Dec 1997, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     5. Roy R. Bolander,   b. Dec 1909, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F186673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Angeline Snider,   b. 18 Jan 1882, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1910  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Reeve Gordon Henry Bolender,   b. 13 May 1911, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Lorne Edward Bolender,   b. 11 Sep 1912, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     3. Gladys Marie Bolender,   b. 18 Sep 1914,   d. 10 Jan 2000, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     4. Russell Carl Bolender,   b. 13 Mar 1917, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     5. Cecil "Cec" Bolender,   b. 1926, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1997, RR5 Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     6. Helen Fern Bolender,   b. 1926,   d. 9 Sep 2006, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F41773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • EDWARD H. BOLENDER

      A lifelong resident of this county and well-known and respected in the community, Edward H. Bolender died at the Elmira Private Hospital on Wednesday, December 28 in his 76th year, after a short illness.

      Born in Peel Township in 1897 [sic], a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bolender, he was a farmer and drover in Peel Township for 40 years. He retired eleven years ago and came to live in Elmira.

      A member of the North Woolwich Evangelical United Brethren Church, Mr. Bolender married the former Adeline Wagner in 1900 who predeceased him in 1908. In 1910, he married Angeline Snider who survives.

      Also surviving are seven sons, Cecil and George of Elmira; Morley and Ray of Kitchener; Lorne and Russell of Floradale and Gordon of Preston; two daughters, Mrs. Peter Spurgeon (Gladys) of Galt and Mrs. Earl Skidmore (Fern) of Toronto; 24 grand-children and 3 great-grand-children.

      One brother, George of Elmira and one sister, Mrs. Fred Mussellman, Kitchener, also survive. The remains are resting at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlour for service in the chapel on Saturday at 3 p.m. Burial will be in the Elmira Cemetery and Rev. J. Wesley Siebert will officiate.

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link.
      Bolender/ Henry Edward Bolender/ May 10, 1879 - Dec. 28, 1955/ His Beloved Wife/ Angeline Snider/ Jan. 18, 1882 - Apr. 8, 1965/ Son Cecil 1926 - 1997/ In Silence We Remember

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Ida Snider - Gospel Herald - Volume LVII, Number 8 - March 3, 1964, Page 190, 191.

    3. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21504 (1910), Boldener-Snider.
      Edward H. Bolender, 30, Farmer, of Peel Twp, Widower, Son of Henry Bolender & Mary Maurer Married Angeline Musselman, 28, Housekeeper, of Berlin, Widow, daughter of Reuben Snider & Sussannah Eby, Witn: (None Given), 5 April 1910 In Elmira

    4. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), July 1, 1920 - Obituary of Mary Maurer.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 May 1879 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1910 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Apr 1910 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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