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

Katherine Agnes "Kate" Bruce

Female 1895 - 1948  (53 years)


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  • Name Katherine Agnes "Kate" Bruce 
    Born 16 Jan 1895  Ramsgate, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209355501 
    Name Katherine Agnes "Kate" Oliver 
    Occupation 1919  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    mill hand 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-217465 
    Died 4 Nov 1948  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I217465  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Father James William Bruce,   b. 1861,   d. 1963  (Age 102 years) 
    Mother Annie Elizabeth Stupples,   b. 1866, Ramsgate, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1939, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 11 Feb 1886 
    Family ID F290818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Oliver,   b. 30 Mar 1898, Galashiels, , Roxburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1973, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1919  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Alice Oliver
     2. Richard Angus "Dick" Oliver,   b. 19 Dec 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1988, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. George Oliver
     4. Bruce Oliver
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F59316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. George Oliver
      By Record Correspondent

      HESPELER, Nov. 4.-Death occurred here today of Katherine Agnes, wife of George Oliver. She was 53 years of age and a native of England. She had been ill for about three months.

      Mrs. Oliver was a member of the Presbyterian Church during her 25 years of residence here. Her husband survives; also her father, James William Bruce, in England; three sons, George, in England, Richard and Bruce at two daughters, Mrs. Elwood Cosgrave of London, Ont., and Mrs. Earl Dolson of Hespeler; two brothers, Jasper Bruce of Saskatchewan, and James' Bruce of England; four sisters, Mrs.

      Earl Haggis in England, Mrs. Harvey Eagle of Preston, Mrs. Annie Bell and Miss Alice Bruce of Hespeler. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday at the StagerRuss Funeral Home, Galt St., Hespeler. Interment will be made in Hespeler Cemetery.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, Nov 4, 1948 Page 5

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: George Oliver
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 25 Oct 1919
      Event Place: Hespeler, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 22
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1897 Galashiels
      Occ: upholsteer - Hespeler
      Father's Name: William Robert Oliver
      Mother's Name: Isabella Grace Pride
      Spouse's Name: Katherine Agnes Bruce
      Spouse's Gender: Female
      Spouse's Age: 24
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1895 Ramsgate, England
      Res: Hespeler
      Spouse's Father's Name: James William Bruce
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Annie Elizabeth Hupple

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Jan 1895 - Ramsgate, , Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - mill hand - 1919 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Oct 1919 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Nov 1948 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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