Ida Augusta Bierwagen^[1]

1876 - 1942  (66 years)

• Name	Ida Augusta Bierwagen
  Born	7 Jul 1876	, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	1883	, Canada   [2]
  Name	Ida Augusta Rockel
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1907	Drake, Saskatchewan   [4]
  Residence	1939	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-331058
  Died	11 Jul 1942	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Lanigan, , Saskatchewan, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I331058	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Ferdinand Julius "Ferdinand" "Fred" Bierwagen,   b. 13 Sep 1848, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 15 Jun 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Henrietta Bertha "Bertha" Paschke,   b. 25 Aug 1853, , Germany ,   d. 6 Oct 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F25390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Carl Bierwagen,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Bertha,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F289132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Conrad Rockel,   b. 2 Jul 1869, , Germany ,   d. 19 Feb 1958, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	3 May 1898	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  Children	1. Bertha Margrata Rockel,   b. 7 Apr 1900, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1991, Lanigan, , Alberta  (Age 91 years)   2. Henry Leonard Rockel,   b. 10 Mar 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Otto Johan Rockel,   b. 18 Jan 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Marie Rockel,   b. 7 Apr 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 May 1961, North Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 54 years)   5. Dr. Albert Conrad Rockel,   b. 1912, , Saskatchewan, Canada ,   d. 4 Dec 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F53190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  New Dundee, July 13 - Ida Augusta Bierwagen, wife of Conrad Rockel of New Dundee, died Saturday at the K-W Hospital. Mrs. Rockel was born in Germany on July 7, 1876, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Bierwagen, and came to this country with her parents in 1883. In 1898 she was married to Conrad Rockel and lived in Kitchener until 1907 when the family moved to the Canadian West, taking up a homestead at Drake, Sask. Later they settled in Lannigan, Sask. In 1939 Mr. and Mrs. Rockel retired from the farm and took up residence with their son, Dr. A.C. Rockel, at New Dundee. Deceased was of the Lutheran faith. She attended St. James Lutheran Church here and was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society. Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Dorothea and Mrs. Robert Stephen, both of Lannigan, Sask., and Marie of Penticton, B.C., three sons, Henry and Otto of Lannigan, Sask.,and Dr. Albert C. Rockel of New Dundee, and 11 grandchildren, four sisters, Mrs. Charles Stevens, Mrs. Henry Hilker, Mrs. Otto Heimpel and Mrs. Harvey Piellusch, all of Kitchener, and one brother, Carl Bierwagen, of Bridgeport. A short service was held at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home in Kitchener this afternoon at 4 o'clock in charge of Rev. A.L. Conrad of New Dundee. Remains will leave C.N.R. Station at 5: 32 p.m., en route to Lannigan, Sask., where funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon. Internment will be made in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Lannigan. Kitchener Daily Record, July 13, 1942 ________________________ Ida is reported to have been born in Newbrick Kreis Biernbaum, Germany, documention is needed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 14568-98. Conrad Rockel, 29, occ. Mechanic, b. Germany, res. Berlin, son of Henry and Marg, Married Ida Augusta Bierwagen, 22, b. Germany, res. Berlin, daughter of Carl and Bertha, Witn: Albert Voege and Em Bierwagen, Both of Berlin, 3 May 1898 at Berlin [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-3 Page 5. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 40. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Mrs. Conrad Rockel - July 13, 1942.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Jul 1876 - , Germany Immigration - 1883 - , Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 May 1898 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1907 - Drake, Saskatchewan Residence - 1939 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Jul 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Lanigan, , Saskatchewan, Canada  = Link to Google Earth