William Henry Beaver^[1]

1867 - 1921  (54 years)

• Name	William Henry Beaver
  Born	16 May 1867	Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1892	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	tailor
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	?
  Occupation	1911	Embro, West Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	retail merchant
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-29477
  Died	9 Dec 1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  	Cause: chronic alcoholism, heart failure
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I29477	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter Beaver,   b. 1843, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Holtzman,   b. 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Nov 1867	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F8974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Beaver,   b. 21 Jul 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1912, Embro, West Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)
  Married	1891
  Children	1. Milton Erb Beaver,   b. 3 Sep 1892, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F7755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BEAVER, WILLIAM HENRY A former resident of Hespeler, in Kitchener Hospital on Friday morning, December 9, 1921, in his 59th year. He was a tailor by trade and about twenty years ago ran a tailor shop in Hespeler. He married Mary Ann Beaver, sister of Daniel Beaver in 1891.They moved from here to Embro, where he remained until the death of his wife about nine years ago, when he moved to Kitchener and opened a tailor shop there. The funeral was in Kitchener on Sunday afternoon. - Information from the death certificate: Born in Morriston on May 16, 1867, son of Peter Beaver and Mary Holtzman. Occupation - tailor. Died in Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital at age 54 years. Informant - Edmund Beaver of Guelph, his brother. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). Mary Ann / wife of / Wm. H. Beaver / 1868-1912 / at rest [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . William H. Beaver / 1868-1921 [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. [S521] Census - ON, Oxford, Embro - 1911, Embro / page 2. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 7. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Milton Erb Beaver Born: 3 Sep 1892 County: Wellington Father: William H Beaver Mother: Mary Ann Beaver occupation of father tailor [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Bieber Peter, 23, Puslinch, Puslinch, s/o Philipp & Christina, married 12 Nov 1867 Maria Holzman, 18, Morriston, Wilmot, d/o Heinrich & Christina

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 May 1867 - Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - tailor - 1892 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - ? - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: chronic alcoholism, heart failure - 9 Dec 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth