Sophia Carolina Stumpf^{[1, 2]}

1876 - 1969  (93 years)

• Name	Sophia Carolina Stumpf
  Born	16 Mar 1876	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Sophia Carolina Schedewitz
  Residence	1895	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-25837
  Died	10 Oct 1969	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Buried	12 Oct 1969	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Person ID	I25837	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Heinrich (Henry) Stumpf,   b. 3 Jul 1850, Arnshain (Kirtorf), Vogelsbergkreis, Giessen, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 22 Aug 1910, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Maria Magdalena Gimber,   b. 8 Jun 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Aug 1940  (Age 90 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1873	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F6733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Simon L. Schedewitz,   b. 17 Nov 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jan 1935, Yatton, Peel Twp., Mapleton Township Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 62 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1895	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. Gertrude Schedewitz,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Rita Schedewitz,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Clayton Schedewitz,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Clayton Henry Schedewitz,   b. 13 Feb 1898, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   5. Gertrude E. Schedewitz,   b. 1900, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1995  (Age 95 years)   6. Howard W. G. Schedewitz,   b. 1904,   d. 14 Nov 1991, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   7. Reta Pearl Schedewitz,   b. 10 Jan 1917, Yatton, Peel Twp., Mapleton Township Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 10 Jul 2009  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F6739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Simon Schedewitz - Mrs. Simon Schedewitz, RR 3, Kitchener, died today at St. Mary's Hospital after a brief illness. She was 93. Mrs. Schedewitz, the former Sophia Stumpf was born in Elmira, March 16, 1876, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stumpf. She lived in the Twin City area for 34 years. She was a member of Hope Lutheran Church. Surviving are two sons, Clayton of Preston and Howard of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. H.L. (Gertrude) Weichel of Elmira and Mrs. Carl (Rita) Dunke of Kitchener; one brother, Conrad Stumpf, and two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Aljoe and Mrs. Gertrude Beilstein, all of Kitchener; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Simon, in 1935; four sisters and three brothers. The body will be at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home after 8 pm today where the service will be conducted by Rev. K.L. Zorn, pastor of Hope Church, Sunday at 2: 30 pm. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Elmira. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Howard W.G. Schedewitz - 1991. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Simon L. Schedewitz. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div 1 Page 58 Family 274. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link. In Memory Of/ Simon L. Schedewitz/ Nov. 17, 1872 - Jan. 5, 1935/ His Wife/ Sophia C. Stumpf. Mar. 16, 1876 - Oct. 10, 1969 [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 58. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12513 (1895), Schedewitz-Stumpf. Simon Schedewitz, 23, Blacksmith, b. Wellesley Township, res. Linwood, son of John Schedewitz and Maria Lackenbauer married Sophia Stumpf, 19, b. Woolwich Township, res. Woolwich Township, daughter of Henry Stumpf and Maria Gimber, Witness(es): Casper Stumpf of Woolwich Township and Margaretha Schedewitz, 14 July 1895 in Woolwich Township [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Sophia Stumpf - Schedewitz. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9634-74. Heinrich Stumpf, 23, occ. Mason, b. Germany, res. Woolwich, son of John and Anna Catherine, married Maria Gimber, 23, b. Woolwich, res. same, daughter of Henry and Eve Elizabeth, witnessed by: John Brox and Elizabeth Gimber, both of Woolwich, 17 Nov 1873 at Woolwich

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Mar 1876 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1895 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Jul 1895 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Oct 1969 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 12 Oct 1969 - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth