Wilhelmina "Mena" "Minnie" Pfeifer^[1]

1870 - 1972  (102 years)

• Name	Wilhelmina "Mena" "Minnie" Pfeifer
  Born	28 Jul 1870	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20003294
  Name	Mena Pfeifer
  Name	Wilhelmina "Mena" "Minnie" Kinzie
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00065-4064.1
  Died	9 Sep 1972	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario   [5]
  Person ID	I3202	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Leonhardt "John" Pfeiffer,   b. CALC 27 Dec 1821, , Germany ,   d. 30 Mar 1895, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Catharine Barbara Bitner,   b. CALC 14 Sep 1827, , Germany ,   d. 14 Mar 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F252554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daniel H. Kinzie,   b. 17 Apr 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Sep 1921  (Age 55 years)
  Married	11 May 1892	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Barbara Kinsey,   b. 18 Nov 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Laura Kinzie,   b. 10 Nov 1894, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1981  (Age 86 years)   3. Bella Kinzie,   b. 28 Nov 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jul 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   4. Gordon Kinzie,   b. 28 Nov 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1971  (Age 74 years)   5. Gertrude "Gertie" Kinzie,   b. 20 Jul 1899, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1938, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)   6. Minerva Kinsey,   b. 7 May 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2002  (Age 100 years)   7. Sarah Kinzie,   b. Apr 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1994  (Age ~ 90 years)   8. Nelson Kinzie,   b. May 1905, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1998, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 92 years)   9. Ernest Kinzie,   b. Jun 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jan 1976, RR2, Kitchener, Waterloo Region , Ontario  (Age ~ 68 years)   10. Alfred Kinzie,   b. 19 Jun 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1992  (Age 85 years)   11. Mable Kinsey,   b. Jun 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1994  (Age ~ 84 years)   12. Mary Wilhelmina Kinzie,   b. 23 Dec 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F1044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PAYS FIRST TAX AT 99 By Record Staff Writer PRESTON - Mrs. Daniel (Minnie) Kinzie, who was 99 Monday, experienced something new this year - the paying of income tax. Developers have paid more than $100,000 to Mrs. Kinzie for her home and 28 acre property on Limerick Road. Thus she filed her first income tax return this year based on the interest she has received from the money, Mrs. Kinzie and her husband, who died in 1920, purchased the property in 1912. Terms of the sale allow her to live the rest of her life in the home. The Kitchener Waterloo Record 1969 ________________ KINZIE, Mrs. Daniel-Of Limerick Rd., Route 1, Preston, passed away at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Saturday, Sept. 9, Mena Pfeiffer, beloved wife of the late Daniel Kinzie; dear mother of Nelson, Alfred, Ernest, Laura (Mrs. Hugh Ariss), Minerva (Mrs. Louis Wilkens), and Mary (Mrs. Monte Kay), all of Preston; Sarah (Mrs. Otto Weigel), Waterloo and Mabel (Mrs. John Sapsworth) of Kitchener, in her 103rd year; also survived by 33 grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren; predeceased by her husband in 1920; one son, Gordon of Preston; two daughters, Gertrude (Mrs. George Lonsbury), Preston; Della (Mrs. Norman Ruppel) Elmira. Resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Preston. Funeral and committal service Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Kinzie Bean cemetery, Doon. ____________ Mrs. Daniel Kinzie Dies Preston's Oldest Resident Preston's grand old lady, Mrs. Daniel Kinzie, Limerick Road, died Saturday at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital in her 103rd year. Mrs. Kinzie was born in 1870 in a log cabin on the same road where she lived up until the time of her death. The youngest member of her family, the former Mena Pfeiffer suffered a stroke two years ago, but was hospitalized only for two days. Until recently, Mrs. Kinzie, although confined to a wheelchair was up at 7 a.m. and ate her meals regularly at the table without assistance. Earlier this year, Mrs. Kinzie motored to Toronto with her nurse-housekeeper Mrs. Claire Andrews, and on July 2, celebrated her 102nd birthday at which time The Preston Reporter published an interview with Mrs. Kinzie. Surviving are three sons, Nelson, Alfred and Ernest of Preston; daughters Mrs. Hugh (Laura) Ariss of Preston, Mrs. Louis? (Minerva) Wilkens also of Preston, Mrs. Otto (Sarah) Weigel of Waterloo, Mrs. Monte (Mary) Kay of Preston, and Mrs. John (Mabel) Sapsworth of Kitchener. Mrs. Kinzie was predeceased by her husband Daniel in 1920 and by a son Gordon of Preston and by two daughters, Mrs. George (Gertrude) Lonsbury of Preston and Mrs. Norman (Bella) Ruppel of Elmira. Thirty-three grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren and three great, great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Kinzie was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Preston. She is resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Preston, where funeral and committal services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. Interment will take place in Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Doon. Cambridge Reporter, Mon. Sept 11/72

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 846. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Daniel Kinsey Born: Doon Age: 26 Father: Jacob Kinsey Mother: Anna High Born: abt 1866 Spouse: Minnie Pfeiffer Age: 21 born: Preston Father: John Pfeiffer Mother: Catherine Pfeiffer married 11 May 1892 married: Waterloo Township [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-3 Page 5. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 6. [S186] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kinzie-Bean CC#5424 Internet Link . Kinzie/ Daniel Kinzie/ 1866-1920/ Mena Pfeiffer/ 1870-1972 [A] D. K. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 54. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 9.

  
  

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  Born - 28 Jul 1870 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 11 May 1892 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Sep 1972 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario  = Link to Google Earth