Ruth Lovina Barley

1908 - 1995  (86 years)

• Name	Ruth Lovina Barley
  Born	26 Dec 1908	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ruth Lovina Bretz
  Name	Ruth Lovina Hamacher
  Residence	1921	249 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1992	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-298395
  Died	25 Dec 1995	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Chesterfield United Cemetery, Chesterfield, Oxford Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I298395	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Barley,   b. Dec 1883, , England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Lydia Anne Bier,   b. 10 Sep 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1965  (Age 85 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1907	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F175994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Burley Gabel Bretz,   b. 19 Apr 1905, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Oct 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	5 Mar 1934	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Harold Bretz   2. Ron Bretz   3. Elmer Bretz   4. Willard Bretz   5. A. Calvin "Calvin" Bretz,   b. 27 Feb 1935, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 2002, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   6. Murray Paul Bretz,   b. 5 Nov 1941, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Nov 1995, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F258946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Roy Emerson Hamacher,   b. 1 Aug 1895, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1984  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F258947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HAMACHER, Ruth Levine (Bretz) On December 25, 1995, at her residence, Nithview Home, New Hamburg, Ruth Hamacher, formerly of RR 1, Plattsville and Wilmot Centre. She was born in Kitchener 86 years ago, a daughter of the late Robert and Lydia Ann Barley. She was a member of Wilmot Centre Missionary Church, where she had been a treasurer of the WM1 for a number of years. She was also a member of the Wilmot Centre Senior Citizens, a member of the former Plattsville Women's Institute and had been an active volunteer at Nithview Home and a former member of the Nithview Residence Council. Ruth enjoyed sewing, travelling, quilting and gardening as her hobbies. Ruth was predeceased by her first husband. Burley Bretz (1963) and her second husband, Roy Hamacher (1984). Lovingly remembered by five sons, Calvin Bretz and his wife Carol of Ayr, Harold Bretz and his wife Ruby of Kitchener, Ronald Bretz and his wife Dorothy, Elmer Bretz and his wile Bonnie, Willard Bretz and his wife Sheila, all of RR 1, Plattsviile. Ever remembered by her daughter-in-law, Elaine Bretz of Kitchener; her sister-in-law, Grace Barley of London, Ont.; 19 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was also predeceased by one son, Murray (1995); one brother, Percy and one sister, Grace and her husband Emerson Spies. Friends and relatives may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1995 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and until Thursday, Dec. 28, 1995 at noon when transfer will be made to the Wilmot Centre Missionary Church for the service at 1 p.m.. with Pastor D. Mills officiating. Spring interment in Chesterfield Cemetery. The Record Newspaper 26 Dec 1995 pg A15

  
  

• Sources

  [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 8. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 25 Page 12. [S2858] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 048200 (1908). Name:Ruth Lavina Barley Date of Birth:26 Dec 1908 Gender:Female Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name:Robert Barley Mother's name:Lydia Ann Bier [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Wilfrid Ellis Hamacher - 18 Jun 1992. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate. Name:Ruth Lovina Barley Gender:Female Age:25 Birth Year:abt 1909 Birth Place:Kitchener, Ontario Residence:25 Pearl Place, Kitchener Marriage Date:5 Mar 1934 Marriage Place:Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Robert Barley Mother:Lyda Ann Bier Spouse:Burley Gable Bretz

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Dec 1908 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Mar 1934 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1992 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Dec 1995 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Chesterfield United Cemetery, Chesterfield, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth