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

Louis Soehner

Male 1871 - 1962  (~ 91 years)


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  • Name Louis Soehner 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Lutheran 
    Born Jan 1871  Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193062799 
    Name Lewis Soehner 
    Occupation 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Laborer 
    Residence 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-246700 
    Died 21 Aug 1962  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I246700  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Heinrich "Henry" Soehner,   b. 1830, , Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1900, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Wohlfarth,   b. CALC 2 Jul 1829, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1915, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1855  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F18426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret "Maggie" Gilliland,   b. 19 Apr 1872, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1957  (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Howard Clayton Soehner,   b. 15 Nov 1898, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1974, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F300088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lewis Soehner

      By Record Correspondent

      STRATFORD - Lewis Sochner, 91, son of pioneers of Waterloo County, died Tuesday in K-W Hospital, where he had been a patient for four days. Mr. Soehner was born in 1871 in Floradale, son of the late Henry Soehner, and his wife, Elizabeth Wolfhardt, who came from Germany. He moved to Stratford about 1900 and worked in the old McLagan Furniture Company for 37 years. He then served as church officer at Knox Presbyterian Church for 14 years, retiring in 1951.

      He was predeceased by his wife, the former Margaret Gilliland, in A son, Waldon, died in 1947.

      Surviving are a son, Howard of Laurel, Miss., a daughter-in-law Mrs. Alice Soehner of Toronto, two grandsons and two great grandchildren. For the past several months Mr. Sochner had been living with a niece, Mrs. Fred Howlett, RR 2, Drayton.

      The body is at the McMane*Gilbart Funeral Home here where Rev. William Weir will conduct the funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Entombment will follow in Avondale Mausoleum.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wed, Aug 22, 1962 Page 23

  • Sources 
    1. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 43.

    2. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 31.

    3. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 5 Page 35.

    4. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Henry Soehner, wagon maker of Berlin married 25 Oct 1855 Berlin by banns to Elisabeth Wohlfarth of Berlin, wit: Louise Huber of Waterloo & C. Bindemann

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Jan 1871 - Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Aug 1962 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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