Sophia Schaefer

1878 - 1960  (81 years)

• Name	Sophia Schaefer
  Born	14 May 1878	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57270115
  Name	Sophia Doering
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1911	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1921	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-306947
  Died	3 Feb 1960  [5]
  Buried	Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I306947	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Georg R. "George" Schaefer,   b. 17 Feb 1841, , Germany ,   d. 31 Aug 1925, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Anna Eva Pfeifer,   b. 4 Apr 1844, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jun 1927, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1863	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F14863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbert Doering,   b. Jul 1876, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1940, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Children	1. Harold Doering   2. Burton Doering
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F239975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  February 3. Mrs. Sophia Doering, 81, had been organist for 66 years at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Erbsville. A lifelong resident of Erbsville and a member of a pioneer family, Mrs. Doering had played at 4000 services. Her family donated the land for St. Paul's the year before her birth. On her 81st birthday she recalled the replacement of the hand-pumped organ (1939) and of the oil lamp by electricity. Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1960

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-7 Page 2. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div.. 18 Page 5. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 6 Page 10. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, SubDist. 17 Page 6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57270115/sophia-doering. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Oct 1863. Oct. 20, 1863 Georg Schaefer of Woolwich and Catharina Pfeffer of Wellesley, by Rev. Stahlschmidt [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. George Schaefer, 22, res. Woolwich, b. Germany, son of Conrad and Catherine (Reibling), married 20 Oct 1863 Anna Peffer, 19, res. Wellesley, b. Germany, daughter of Ernst and Anna (Bertz)

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 May 1878 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth