Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.
Laura Adele Master

Laura Adele Master[1]

Female 1892 - 1961  (68 years)

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  • Photos
    Ida Alice Rudel with daughter Laura Master in 1892
    Ida Alice Rudel with daughter Laura Master in 1892
    from Haysville Women's Institute book

  • Name Laura Adele Master 
    Born 12 Jul 1892  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Military WW1 
    Name Laura Adele Hansuld 
    Occupation 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Teacher, Public School 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1926  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    nurse 
    Eby ID Number 00096-5431.2 
    Died 27 Mar 1961  Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: sudden illness while travelling. 
    Buried McTavish Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2478  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Levi F. Master,   b. 13 Mar 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Ida Alice Rudell,   b. 17 Oct 1868, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 4 Jun 1890  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edmund Ironside Hansuld,   b. 15 Oct 1893, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1967, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1926  Milton, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Kathryn Mae Hansuld,   b. 1928,   d. 6 Mar 2020, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F57589  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Hansuld, Laura (Master)

      War
      World War I, 1914-1918
      Unit
      Red Cross
      HANSULD, Laura (Master)
      Red Cross Army Nurse, US Army
      Nursing Sister
      Born: July 12th 1892, Wilmot Township
      Died: March 27th 1961, Sault Ste. Marie
      Attended: Green's School, 5.5. 4, Wilmot (1898-1906); Kitchener Collegiate Institute
      After School: Taught school at Wilmot Centre and St. Agatha. Became a nurse, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago
      Served: United States - Camp Dix, New Jersey
      After the War: Superintendent of Nurses at Postgraduate Hospital, Chicago
      Family: Parents - Levi and Ida (Ruddell) Master
      Married Edmund Hansuld, September 22nd 1926
      Daughter - Mrs. Richard (Kathryn) Lamb
      Comments: President of the London Conference of the Women's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada; Member of the Board of Alma College, St. Thomas; member of Knox United Church, Tavistock; Founder and First President of the Anna P. Lewis Women's Institute; active in the Oxford Historical Society; former director of the Tavistock Agricultural Society; flower judge at district fairs.

      Hansuld, Laura (Master) | Tavistock & District Historical Society. (2019). Tavistockhistory.ca. Retrieved 11 September 2019, from https://www.tavistockhistory.ca/node/32

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 205.

    2. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 10.

    3. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 7.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: Edmund Ironside Hansuld
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 22 Sep 1926
      Event Place: Milton, Halton, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 33
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1893 East Zorra
      Father's Name: Conrad Hansuld
      Mother's Name: Magdalena Roth
      Spouse's Name: Laura Adele Master
      Spouse's Gender: Female
      Spouse's Age: 34
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1892 b. Wilmot Township
      Spouse's Father's Name: Levi Master
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Ida Rudell

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Ida A Rudell Born: Canada Age: 21 Father: John Rudell Mother: Hannah Clement Born: abt 1869 Spouse: Levi Master Age: 24 born: Canada Father: Isaac Masters Mother: Lydia Freed married 4 Jun 1890

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Jul 1892 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Teacher, Public School - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - nurse - 1926 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Sep 1926 - Milton, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: sudden illness while travelling. - 27 Mar 1961 - Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - McTavish Cemetery, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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