Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Sophia Schaefer

Female 1878 - 1960  (81 years)


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  • Name Sophia Schaefer 
    Born 14 May 1878  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1911  Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1921  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-306947 
    Died 3 Feb 1960  [5
    Buried Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I306947  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

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

    Family Herbert Doering,   b. Jul 1876, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1940, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Children 
     1. Harold Doering
     2. Burton Doering
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    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 
    1. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-7 Page 2.

    2. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div.. 18 Page 5.

    3. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 6 Page 10.

    4. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, SubDist. 17 Page 6.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57270115/sophia-doering.

    6. [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

    7. [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)

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