Edward Marks

1860 - 1933  (72 years)

• Name	Edward Marks
  Born	16 Oct 1860	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205125786
  Residence	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-258835
  Died	6 Sep 1933	Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA
  Buried	Acacia Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Oakland, Michigan, United States
  Person ID	I258835	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Frederick Marks,   b. 1824, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States ,   d. 13 Sep 1881, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Catherine Lang,   b. May 1830, , Germany ,   d. 14 May 1910, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	14 Aug 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F37300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Edward Marks, age seventy-two years, passed away on September 6, 1933 after a twelve year illness. He was the son of Frederick and Catherine Lang Marks. He was a native of Preston, Ontario having moved to Detroit forty-two years ago. He was in the wholesale business for two years and then entered the retail grocery business. For many years he owned a store at Selden and Hamilton Avenue and while in this business he served as President of the Retail Grocers' Association. He is survived by his widow, Carrie E Marks; a son, Charles Emerson Marks; a brother, Harry Marks at Grand Rapides; and three sisters, Mrs. Lawn Birt of Kalamazoo, Miss Belle Marks of Kalamazoo, and Mrs. George DeLoge of Chatham, Ontario.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 3 Page 33. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Frederik Marks, wagonmaker of Preston married 14 Aug 1855 in Berlin by license to Catherin Lang of Preston, wit: Jacob Erb of Preston and Julie Bowmann of Preston

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Oct 1860 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Sep 1933 - Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA Buried - - Acacia Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Oakland, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth