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Christina Maria "Mary" Samuel

Female 1877 - 1956  (79 years)


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  • Name Christina Maria "Mary" Samuel 
    Born 2 Jan 1877  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206759449 
    Name Christina Maria "Mary" Diehl 
    Name Maria Samuel 
    Name Mary Samuel 
    Name Mary Samuel 
    Residence 1891  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1901  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Servant 
    Residence 1911  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-228833 
    Died 4 May 1956  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I228833  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Father Frederick Samuel,   b. 19 Dec 1849, , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1926, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Wilhelmina "Minnie" Bernhardt,   b. 27 Aug 1857, , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1946  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1876  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F6899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nelson Cornelius Diehl,   b. 26 May 1881, Pawnee Rock, Barton, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 5 Sep 1901  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Vera Louisa Diehl,   b. 14 Apr 1906, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1986, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Cornelius N. Diehl,   b. Apr 1908, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1971  (Age ~ 62 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F222828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Marie Diehl
      By Record Staff Writer

      PRESTON- Confined to the Sprucehill Nursing Home, Hespeler, for the past two years, Mrs. Marie Christine Diehl, 79, died there last night. Prior to her illness she resided at 3rd Ave., Preston.

      Born in Elmira, she came to Preston from there in 1910. She attended St. Peter's Lutheran Church here.

      Her husband, Nelson Cornelius Diehl, died in 1951. Survivors include one son, Cornelius and one daughter, Mrs. Harold (Vera) Brill, both of Preston; four sisters, Mrs. Henry Grosz, Elmira; Mrs. Charles Bullock and Miss Edith Samuel, both of Haysville Mrs. Adam Easton, New and Hamburg. There are six grandchildren.

      Rev. James Dauphinee will, officiate at the funeral service at the Stager-Pass Funeral Home, Preston, Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The body is resting at the funeral home. Interment will be in Memory Gardens.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tue, May 1, 1956 Page 5

  • Sources 
    1. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B Page 11.

    2. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 11.

    3. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div 2 Page 18 Family 80.

    4. [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 23 Page 16.

    5. [S2057] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1891, Pg. 10.

    6. [S292] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Memory Gardens CC#5464 Cemetery Internet Link.
      At Peace/ C. Mary Diehl/ Loving Wife Of/ Nelson Diehl/ Born Jan. 2, 1877/ Laid To Rest May 3, 1956.

    7. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11157-76.
      Frederick Samuel, 27, occ. Laborer, b. Prussia, res. of Woolwich, son of Frederick & Wilhelmine Samuel, Married Wilhelmine Bernand, 19, b. Prussia, res. of Woolwich, daughter of Gustav & Louise Bernand, Witn: Henry Herr & Fredericke Samuel of Woolwich, On 19 September 1876, at Woolwich

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Jan 1877 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Servant - 1901 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Sep 1901 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 May 1956 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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