Joseph Peter Lang^[1]

1915 - 1930  (15 years)

• Name	Joseph Peter Lang
  Born	17 Jan 1915	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Misfortune	killed by gun accident
  Residence	1921	204 Lancaster St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Baptist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-323618
  Died	19 Oct 1930	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  	Cause: Gunshot Wound - Accidental
  Buried	21 Oct 1930	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I323618	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Albert Boehmer Lang,   b. 16 Jan 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Feb 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Wilhelmina "Minnie" Schleen,   b. 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Jan 1972, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F41359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gun Discharged As Boy Examined It Causing His Death - Fifteen Year Old Joseph Lang Victim In Kitchener Home; Lived But Three Minutes Boys Discussing Hunting - Joseph Lang, aged 15, of Esra Ave., Waterloo, was fatally shot last night about 8 o'clock at the home of W.C. Wiegandt, 60 Bingeman Street, when a rifle which he was examining suddenly discharged, the bullet taking a course from the left side just above his collar bone coming out on the opposite side. The lad lived only two or three minutes. Dr. McGregor was summoned but the boy was dead when he arrived. Coroner Kalbfleisch was also called. According to the story told the police young Lange was visiting at the Wiegandt home last evening. He was in the cellar with young Wiegandt aged 14 and apparently the two were discussing a hunting trip with which young Wiegandt had with his father Saturday afternoon. It is believed Lang asked to see the gun and the Wiegandt boy pointed to where the rifle was standing in a corner of the furnace cellar covered over by paper. The Lang boy went to the rifle and taking hold of it started to examine the gun when it exploded, the 22 caliber bullet with which it was loaded passing thru his neck and severing important blood vessels along the route it traveled. Young Lang dropped the gun and walked about eight feet to the cellar steps where he sat down and a moment later collapsed in death. Coroner Kalbfleisch stated he was satisfied the fatality was purely accidental after a thorough investigation. There will be no inquest. Brother Died Recently: (image ends here) Kitchener Waterloo Record - 20 Oct 1930

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Irvin Lang. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 27 Page 16. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, Death of Joseph Peter Lang. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Joseph Lang.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Jan 1915 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Gunshot Wound - Accidental - 19 Oct 1930 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 21 Oct 1930 - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth