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Martha Ella Bierwagen

Female 1888 - 1961  (73 years)


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  • Name Martha Ella Bierwagen 
    Born 26 Apr 1888  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Martha Ella Weis 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Shirt Maker, Factory 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1913  137 Shanley St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1921  137 Shanley St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-29083 
    Died 23 Nov 1961  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I29083  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Robert John Carl Bierwagen,   b. 10 Dec 1852, Zirge, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Emily Emma Roehr,   b. 5 Mar 1855, Zerke, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 1878  [9] 
    Family ID F7601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harvey Melvin "Harry" Weis,   b. 26 Feb 1889, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1913  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rita Florence Elaine Weis,   b. 16 Dec 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1989  (Age 73 years)
     2. Guelyen Weis,   b. 1917, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Evelyn Martha Weis,   b. 11 Apr 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1996  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F48691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Martha Weis

      A native of Kitchener, Mrs. Martha Weis, 316 St. Leger St., died Thursday at K-W Hospital. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Mrs. Weis organized and was a past president of Golden Cross Club of the church. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bierwagen. Her husband died in 1953. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Rita Tobin, Rosemere, Que.; Mrs. George (Evelyn) Ruhlman, Kitchener; three brothers, Emil, Theodore and Robert Bergen, three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Hofstetter, Mrs. George (Hulda) Israel, Mrs. Walter (Emma) Bacher, all of Kitchener, and six grandchildren. The body is at the Gruhn Funeral Home where funeral service will be conducted by Rev. Arthur Eissfeldt at 2 p.m. Monday. Internment will be in Memory Gardens.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, November 24, 1961

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, A-1 pg 10.

    2. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 29, Pg 14.

    3. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 20 Page 3.

    4. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 40.

    5. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. Martha Weis - November 24, 1961.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210274478.

    7. [S292] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Memory Gardens CC#5464 Cemetery Internet Link.
      Weis/ Harvey M./ 64 Yrs. 1953/ Martha E./ 73 Yrs. 1961/ My Jesus I Love Thee. [1911 Ontario Census, Waterloo North, Berlin, page 4, Harvey born Feb. 1891; Martha born Jun. 1889]

    8. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name:Elaine (Rita Florence in later writing] Weis
      Gender:Female
      Birth Date:16 Dec 1915
      Birth Place: 137 Shanley St., Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Legitimacy:Y
      Father:Harry Weis - Rubber worker
      Mother:Martha Bierwagen
      Married 1913 Berlin

    9. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Mrs. Robert Bierwagen - March 7, 1930.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Apr 1888 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Shirt Maker, Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Apr 1913 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Nov 1961 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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