Ezra Thamer^[1]

1866 - 1957  (90 years)

• Name	Ezra Thamer
  Born	14 Aug 1866	, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Business	96 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	E. H. Thamer & Son men's furnishings shop
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Clerk
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1901	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Merchant
  		Shantz and Thamer's General Store - New Dundee
  Occupation	1911	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Income
  Residence	1911	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Brethren
  Retired	1911	190 Main St., New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1912	20 Alma St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00060-3954.4
  Died	May 1957	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I263	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Heinrich "Henry" Thamer,   b. 14 Sep 1838, Lingelbach, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 20 Aug 1883, Pulaski, Jackson, Michigan, United States  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Huber,   b. 27 Mar 1844, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jun 1871, Downie Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1862	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F4448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Fried,   b. 5 Apr 1865, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1940  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1889	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Children	1. Mable Thamer,   b. 15 Mar 1891, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   2. Roland F. Thamer,   b. 11 Jan 1893, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1959  (Age 65 years)   3. Franklin Freid Thamer,   b. 27 Aug 1894, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Nov 1976, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   4. Owen Thamer,   b. 27 Jan 1896, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jun 1953, , San Diego Co., California  (Age 57 years)   5. Essie Thamer,   b. 6 Sep 1897, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1973  (Age 75 years)   6. Violet Thamer,   b. 8 Mar 1899, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   7. Rev. Delton Orville "Orville" Thamer,   b. Nov 1908, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Jun 1996  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F6452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rev. Ezra H. and Lucinda (Fried) Thamer put down roots, raising three daughters and four sons above the family's general store. Originally owned by James Wing, the shop at 190 Main St. was purchased by Ezra outright in 1904 and he then installed New Dundee's first Bell Telephone exchange. As a sideline, Ezra operated a small creamery in the cellar. Proving an unsuccessful butter maker, he sold the idle equipment and donated the basement space for a year to a group of shareholders calling itself the New Dundee Co-Operative Creamery Limited. That was the 1908 foundation of what became New Dundee's largest industry. Soon, a large factory was erected, and by the 1930s, it was Ontario's largest butter producer. In 1998, the creamery closed, ending nine decades of employment for generations of New Dundee-ites.... Selling the store in 1911, Ezra, Lucinda and several of the children moved to 20 Alma St. in Berlin (Charles Street East in 2018, site of the Crowne Plaza parking garage). Less than a block away, Ezra and second son Franklin opened E.H. Thamer & Son men's furnishings shop at 96 King East at Scott (2018's Waterloo Region Record office site). Third son Owen had been born in 1896.... mills, r. (2018). Flash from the Past: RFC flyer in training visits hometown 'by mistake'. KitchenerPost.ca. Retrieved 7 September 2018, from https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/8881658-flash-from-the-past-rfc-flyer-in-training-visits-hometown-by-mistake-/

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 828. [S62] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries, Roseville - Roseville Mennonite [formerly Detweiler Mennonite] CC#4493 Internet Link. Ezra Thamer / 1866-1957 / Lucinda Fried / his beloved wife / 1865-1940 / at rest / Thamer [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 5. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 12 Page 6. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 48. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Huber Family Bible. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Thamer Henry, 24, Blenheim, Lingelbach Germany, son of Henry and Elizabeth, married .3 June 1862 Mariana Huber, 18, Blenheim, Blenheim, daughter of John and Catherine [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), marriage notice of Ezra Thamer & Lucinda Fried - Jan 11 1889 pg 8.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Aug 1866 - , Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jan 1889 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Income - 1911 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1911 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - May 1957 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth