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

Gordon Gies[1]

Male 1902 - 1962  (59 years)


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  • Name Gordon Gies 
    Born 27 Mar 1902  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1911  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1921  Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Laborer, farm 
    Residence 1921  Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-230222 
    Died 1962  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Buried 1962  St. Agatha Lutheran Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I230222  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Louis Gies,   b. 26 Dec 1874, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Catherine "Katie" Erb,   b. 1 Aug 1875, Blake, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1946  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F22830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peggy Nadon,   b. 1924,   d. 1964  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 1957  Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F256821  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Gordon Gies - Gordon Gies, 60, of 190 Melrose Ave., died Thursday at St. Mary's Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born in Preston, March 27, 1902, he was a son of Louis Gies and the former Catherine Erb. Mr. Gies was bookkeeper for Arnold Bros. Ltd. and had formerly been a bookkeeper at Kitchener Auditorium. He was also manager and bookkeeper of Waterloo Arena in 1949-50. He had been a resident of Kitchener for the past 16 years and was a member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church. Surviving are his father and step-mother, his wife, the former Peggy Nadon, whom he married in 1957 in Guelph, two brothers, Herbert of Hamilton and Kenneth of Kitchener and two sisters, Mrs. Ezra (Madeline) Brown of Waterloo and Mrs. Howard (Clara) Huehn of St. Catharines. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 11 am with Rev. L.E. Wentzlaff officiating. Burial will be in St. Agatha Lutheran Cemetery. Donations to the Ontario Heart Foundation would be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Louis Gies.

    2. [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 24 Pg. 39.

    3. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Erbsville Sub Dist 4 1921 Page 2.

    4. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Gordon Gies.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Mar 1902 - 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 MapsOccupation - Laborer, farm - 1921 - Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1921 - Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1957 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1962 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1962 - St. Agatha Lutheran Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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