Eileen Rumig

1934 - 1943  (8 years)

• Name	Eileen Rumig
  Born	31 Dec 1934	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Misfortune	1943
  	killed by taxi
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-218460
  Died	27 Nov 1943	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I218460	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Cornelius Charles Rumig,   b. 8 May 1903, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1984, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Matilda Joanna Gutscher,   b. 14 Dec 1905, Formosa, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Apr 1984, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F52710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Where Two Children Met Death On Road The taxi which struck and instantly killed two children on the Waterloo-Bridgeport highway Saturday afternoon is shown above upturned following the accident. Sister, Brother Killed By Taxi on Bridgeport Road Twelve-year-old Harold Rumig end his sister, Eileen, age eight, were struck down and instantly killed by a taxicab as they walked within a few yards of their home, near here. Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred on the Bridgeport Road, about half way between Waterloo and Bridgeport. The children's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rumig. who survive, along with four sisters and three brothers. Provincial Constable Edward Mitchener, who investigated, said today Harry "Chummy" Hartleib, driver of the car is charged with motor manslaughter. The taxi is owned by Miller's Taxi Co., of Waterloo. According to police, the two children were walking on the proper side of the highway. The taxi coming up behind them on the opposite side of the highway, apparently skidded right across the road, struck the children and careened into the ditch, coming to rest upside down, against a tree. Hartleib told police the car skidded on ice and he was unable to control it. Deaths of the two children. brought the total of children killed in traffic accidents in or near the Twin City to six within the past four months. Funeral services were held on Tuesday morning. Waterloo Chronicle 3 Dec 1943 pg 1

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Dec 1934 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Nov 1943 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth