James David Panabaker

1903 - 1960  (57 years)

• Name	James David Panabaker
  Born	7 May 1903	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Elected Office	1939	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve of Hespeler
  Elected Office	1943	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve of Hespeler
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-224603
  Died	20 Oct 1960  [2]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I224603	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Mayor David Norman Panabaker,   b. 5 Feb 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 1939, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Sarah E. Anderson,   b. 2 Feb 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1958, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1900	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F6237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Catherine Panabaker,   b. 29 Jul 1903, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1994, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F42932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  October 20. James D. Panabaker, 58, was the great-great grandson of Cornelius Panabaker who emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1810, became Hespeler's first blacksmith and with Joseph Oberholtzer operated the first saw-mill. The second son of David N. Panabaker who served W.H.S. for many years, James D. served as Hespeler alderman and reeve in 1938 - 42; as treasurer of the United Church for seventeen years; and with many organizations including V.O.N., Freeport Sanitarium, Children's Aid Society, Kinsmen Club, Chamber of Commerce and W.H.S. He followed his father in the fuel and insurance business.C. A. P. Forty-Eighth Annual Volume of the Waterloo Historical Society Mar 1961

  
  

• Sources

  [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 22. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86885262/james-david-panabaker. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016270-00. David Norman PANABAKER, 26, book keeper, Waterloo Twp, Hespeler, s/o David PANABAKER & Leah WARNER married Sara E. ANDERSON, 26, Hespeler, Hespeler, d/o James ANDERSON & Hannah HOFFMAN, witn: Neil A. PANABAKER & Jennie ANDERSON both of Hespeler, 17 October 1900 in Hespeler

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 May 1903 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1939 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1943 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth