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

Ida Augusta Bierwagen[1]

Female 1876 - 1942  (66 years)


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  • Name Ida Augusta Bierwagen 
    Born 7 Jul 1876  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 1883  , Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Name Ida Augusta Rockel 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1907  Drake, Saskatchewan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1939  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-331058 
    Died 11 Jul 1942  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Lanigan, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I331058  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Ferdinand Julius "Ferdinand" "Fred" Bierwagen,   b. 13 Sep 1848, , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Henrietta Bertha "Bertha" Paschke,   b. 25 Aug 1853, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1958, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 3 May 1898  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Children 
     1. Bertha Margrata Rockel,   b. 7 Apr 1900, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1991, Lanigan, , Alberta Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. Henry Leonard Rockel,   b. 10 Mar 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Otto Johan Rockel,   b. 18 Jan 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Marie Rockel,   b. 7 Apr 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1961, North Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     5. Dr. Albert Conrad Rockel,   b. 1912, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F53190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Ida Augusta Bierwagen
    Ida Augusta Bierwagen
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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

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      Ida is reported to have been born in Newbrick Kreis Biernbaum, Germany, documention is needed.

  • Sources 
    1. [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

    2. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-3 Page 5.

    3. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 40.

    4. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Mrs. Conrad Rockel - July 13, 1942.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Jul 1876 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1883 - , Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 May 1898 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1907 - Drake, Saskatchewan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1939 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Jul 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Lanigan, , Saskatchewan, Canada Link to Google Earth
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