Agabus W. Kinzie^[1]

1874 - 1943  (69 years)

• Name	Agabus W. Kinzie
  Born	26 Jul 1874	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83419816
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farm Laborer
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Pentecostal
  Eby ID Number	00065-4088.5
  Died	18 Oct 1943	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I3275	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob D. Kinzie,   b. 1 May 1844, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1916, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Veronica Weber,   b. 21 Apr 1848, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1922  (Age 73 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1867	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 8]
  Family ID	F1068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Pfohl,   b. May 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Children	1. Nelda Kinzie,   b. 13 Oct 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Feb 1903, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   2. Gertrude Pearl "Pearl" Kinzie,   b. 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Earl Kinzie,   b. 10 Jan 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Apr 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   4. Olive Kinzie,   b. 1905, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Dora Kinzie,   b. 7 Apr 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Dec 1910, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)   6. Roy Kinzie,   b. 1910, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Gordon P. Kinzie,   b. 13 Sep 1912, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Dec 1912, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   8. Reta Mae Kinzie,   b. 13 Aug 1915, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Clifford Paul "Cliff" Kinzie,   b. 1918, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1987, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Kinzie, Agabus -formal head.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  It is believed to by Agabus and Clara is the Kinzies mentioned in the article YOUNG CHILD FOUND IN BARN Six Weeks Old Babe Was Almost Frozen to Death When Discovered. IS BEING CARED FOR With its little hands and feet frozen and its tiny body and clothes wet from the spilling of a bottle of milk highly drugged with paragoric, an unknown infant, left in a package on the cement floor of the barn owned by A. Kinzie, German Mills, was barely saved after every effort possible to medical science had been used by Dr. J. F. Honsberger, who was immediately summoned by Mr. and Mrs. Kinzie as soon as the baby was found. At six o'clock Tuesday morning Mr. Kinzie went into his barn for the purpose of looking after the morning chores and on opening the door found a package about a yard in length lying on, the cement floor. He immediately Investigated and found that the parcel contained a six weeks-old infant scantily clothed, cold and wet as a result of the spilling of a bottle of drugged milk left in the package and with its feet and hands frozen stiff. Just how long the helpless babe was lying on the cold floor of the barn is unknown, but it is believed the child had been there for more than three hours. Mr. Kinzie picked up the dying foundling and rushed into the house. Mrs. Kinzie at once prepared hot blankets and hot water bottles while her husband summoned Dr. Honsberger. When the physician arrived the babe was beginning to show signs of life. Great credit is due to Mr. and Mrs. Kinzie for the capable manner in which they cared for the child, left by a brutal mother to perish. At the present time a certain young couple, who are suspected of being responsible for the abandoning of the infant, are being carefully watched by the police and it is expected that with the securing of further evidence they will be immediately placed under arrest. As soon as the child was sufficiently revived, it was taken to the Kitchener Orphanage and later a suitable home provided for it in this city. At present the little castaway is receiving every medical attention and while scarcely recovered from the unnatural ordeal to which it was subjected by the inhuman cruelty of a heartless and criminal mother, it is expected that it will live The Chronicle Telegraph (190101), 8 Mar 1917, p. 3 ___________________ AGABUS W. KINZIE Following an illness of six weeks. Agabus W Kinzte, 69, died yesterday at his home, 19 Scott Street. He was born at Doon, son of the late Mr. and Mrs Jacob Kinzie. Mr. Kinzie was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle. Surviving are his wife, formerly Clara Pfohl; two sons, Roy of Straffordville, and Clifford, Kitchener; three daughters. Mrs. I. (Pearl) Price, Kitchener, Mrs. A. D. (Olive) Lumpkin. Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. B. H. (Reta) Lavender, Kitchener, three brothers. Eliant. Walkerton, William, Elmira, and Edgar, of Pennant, Sask., and two sisters, Mrs, Levo Good, Teeswater, and Mrs. George Morden, Galt. Six grand- children also survive. Two sons and two daughters died in infancy. Private funeral service will be held at his late residence at two o'clock Friday, followed by public service at the Pentecostal Tabernacle at 2:30. Rev. Willard Peirce, pastor of the Tabernacle, will offciate. Interment will be in First Mennonite Cemetery. The remains are resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until three o'clock Wednesday when removal will be made to the home. Waterloo Region Record Tue, Oct 19, 1943 Page 15

  
  

• 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..., 849. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 7. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Agabus Kinzie Born: 23 Jul 1874 County: Waterloo Father: Jacob D Kinzie Mother: Veronica Weber [S235] Census - ON, Bruce, Carrick - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 58 Household Number 247. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 7. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 17 Jul 1867. Weaver, Veronica married 14 Jul 1867 to J.D. Kinsey At the bride's residence, by Rev. S.L. Downey, Sheffield. Groom, of Dumfries; bride of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Jul 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farm Laborer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Farmer - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Pentecostal - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Oct 1943 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth