Waterloo Region Generations
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Rev. Jacob Braun

Male 1888 - 1972  (83 years)


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  • Name Jacob Braun 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 11 Nov 1888  Wernersdorf, Molotschna, Taurida, Südrussland, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206337279 
    Residence 1972  82 Wilson Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 Oct 1972  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I233510  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Johann Jacob Braun,   b. 4 Sep 1862, Fürstenwerder, Molotschna, Taurida, Südrussland, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1938, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Sara Jacob Görtz,   b. 10 Oct 1861, Wernersdorf, Molotschna, Taurida, Südrussland, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1917, Wernersdorf, Molotschna, Taurida, Südrussland, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F63938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Voth,   b. 22 Jan 1898, , Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1976, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 30 Jan 1921  Wernersdorf, Molotschna, Taurida, Südrussland, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Peter Braun
     2. Jacob "Jake" Braun,   b. 6 Feb 1922, Wernersdorf, Molotschna, Taurida, Südrussland, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     3. Helen Braun,   b. 1928, Vita, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 2010, Orangeville, Mono Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F63937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BRAUN, Rev. Jacob At the K-W Hospital, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1972, after a brief illness, Jacob Braun, of 82 Wilson Ave., Kitchener, age 24 years; husband of Anna Voth; father of Jacob and Peter, Kitchener; Alfred, Brantford; John and Henry, St. Catharines; George, Dorchester; Anne (Mrs. Jacob Tjart), Singhampton; Helen (Mrs. Angus Meldrum), Gowanstown; one brother, Peter, New Hamburg, and 38 grand- children; two brothers and two sisters predeceased him.

      He was ordained to the ministry in 1929 and served congregations in New Hamburg, Port Rowan and Waterloo, retiring in 1958.

      Resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. Wednesday, until noon Friday when removal will be made to the Waterloo-Kitchener Mennonite Church for service at 3 p.m., with Rev. David Neufeld officiating. Interment Memory Gardens.
      The family will receive friends Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

      Donations to the Mennonite Central Committee, the Commission on Overseas Mission or the Mennonite Pioneer Mission may be made as expressions of sympathy.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record - Wed, Oct 25, 1972 Page 30

  • Sources 
    1. [S3275] Our Yesterdays Follow Us - A Voth Family History.

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    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Oct 1972 - Kitchener, 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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