Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Helena Elizabeth Battenberg[1]

Female 1863 - 1943  (79 years)


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  • Name Helena Elizabeth Battenberg 
    Born 1 Jun 1863  New York City, New York, USA. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Battenberg 
    Name Helena Elizabeth Strome 
    Name Magdalena Battenberg 
    Residence 1911  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1917  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Eby ID Number 00120-7478.1 
    Died 30 May 1943  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I20672  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jakob "Jacob" Battenberg,   b. CALC 29 May 1831, Lingelbach, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1878, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Anna Kunigunda Schmidt,   b. 18 Dec 1830, Lingelbach, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1917, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F6844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Franklin M. Strome,   b. 24 Apr 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1932, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. Eliza Strome
     2. Henry B. Strome,   b. 17 Jan 1885, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     3. Oscar Strome,   b. 12 Apr 1887, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1940, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     4. Anna Florence "Florence" Strome,   b. 21 Mar 1889, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     5. Harvey Strome,   b. 29 Apr 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1958  (Age 67 years)
     6. Franklin N. "Frank" Strome,   b. 6 Aug 1894, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1958, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     7. Hilda Edna Strome,   b. 22 Jan 1897, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MRS. FRANK STROME
      By Record Correspondent

      ELMIRA, May 31,-Mrs. Frank Strome died early yesterday at the home of her son, Frank Strome, 47 Diel? Avenue Toronto, where she had been living for the past week.

      She was 79 years, 11 months and 29 days old and had been in ailing health for the past several months. Previous to going to Toronto, she had resided with her daughter, Mrs. Edmund Klinck, Elmira.

      The former Helena Battenberg, she was a lifelong resident of Elmira. Her husband the late Frank Strome, predeceased her in 1932.

      She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and a member of the Ladies' Aid Society of that congregation.

      Surviving are two sons, Frank of Toronto and Harvey of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Conrad, Florence and Mrs. Edmund Klinck Hilda both of Elmira; two brothers, Henry Battenberg of London and Charles Battenberg of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and three sisters, Mrs. Adam Sippel of Kitchener, Mrs. Henry Behrend of Chicago and Mrs. George Jung of Elmira.

      Twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive.

      The funeral will take place on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock with a service at the Dreisinger Funeral Chapel where the body is resting, thence to St. Paul's Church for memorial service. Burial will be made in Elmira, Cemetery.

      Rev. F. Malinsky, pastor of St. Paul's will have charge of the services.

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 530.

    2. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link.
      Strome / Franklin M. Strome / 1859 - 1932 / Helena Battenberg / His Beloved Wife / 1863 - 1943 / at Rest.

    3. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 1.

    4. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) b Page 1.
      In the census she is referred to as Helena on her tombstone and in Eby's book it states Elizabeth.

    5. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div 2 Page 6 Family 28.

    6. [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 48 Pg. 9.

    7. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Mrs. Battenberg - 22 Feb 1917.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Jun 1863 - New York City, New York, USA. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1917 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 May 1943 - Toronto, York Co., 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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