Leslie Roy Wambold

1899 - 1949  (50 years)

• Name	Leslie Roy Wambold
  Born	19 Aug 1899	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-204730
  Died	6 Dec 1949	Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Wideman Mennonite Cemetery, Markham, York Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I204730	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Isaac Albert Wambold,   b. 6 Nov 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1954, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Fretz,   b. 3 May 1869, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario ,   d. 27 Oct 1945  (Age 76 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1896  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F189075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leslie Roy Wambold was born Aug. 19, 1899; departed from this life Dec. 6, 1949; aged 50 y. 3 m. 17 d. In 1912 he moved with his family from his boyhood home, Breslau, Ont., to Markham, Ont., where he spent the remainder of his life. At the age of fourteen he accepted Christ as his Saviour during a Bible conference at which A. B. Snider was an instructor. Later he united with the Mennonite Church. In 1935 he was married to Henrietta Lehman, who survives. Also surviving are 3 daughters (Catherine, Edith, and Isabel), one sister (Mrs. Sam Brownsberger), his aged father, and 2 nephews. As a young man he graduated from Toronto Bible College. He loved music, serving for many years as chorister in his home congregation, and holding frequent music instruction classes. He was also interested and active in Sunday-school work, having served for along time as a teacher of a men's Bible class. During the years he also served on numerous church-wide boards. Funeral services were held at the home by Emerson McDowell and at the Wideman Church by Aaron Grove and Floyd Schmucker. Gospel Herald - Volume XLIII, Number 5 - January 31, 1950-page 118, 119.

  
  

• Sources

  [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 11. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Mary Elizabeth Fretz Wambold - November 30, 1945 page 670, 671. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Isaac Wambold - 15 Feb 1954 pg 5.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Aug 1899 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Dec 1949 - Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth