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

Josiah Frey[1]

Male 1890 - 1959  (69 years)


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  • Name Josiah Frey 
    Born 28 Mar 1890  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6201.11 
    Died 24 Dec 1959  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I22420  Generations
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2024 

    Father John S. Frey,   b. 16 Jan 1847, , Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Snyder,   b. 4 May 1854, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1915, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 21 Jan 1875  [1
    Family ID F5360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Frey, Josiah, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John S. Frey, was born, near Breslau, Ont.; died at the K-W Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., Dec. 24, 1959; aged 69 y. In 1908 he moved to Acadia Valley, Alta., where he farmed until 1948, when he went to British Columbia, and in 1952 he went to Elmira where he lived until his death. Surviving are 5 brothers (John H., Calgary; Jake, Acadia Valley; Amsey, Galahad, Alta.; Benjamin, White Rock, B. C.; and Clayton, Sarnia) and 2 sisters (Mrs. Norman Krempien, Waterloo; and Mrs. Margaret Moyer, Elmira). Three brothers and 2 sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services at the Elmira church on Dec. 28 were in charge of Howard Bauman and J. Wesley Siebert.

      Gospel Herald - January 19, 1960 - Vol. LIII, No.3 - page 70,71

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 321.

    2. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 2.

    3. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Josiah Frey - January 19, 1960.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Mar 1890 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Dec 1959 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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