Waterloo Region Generations
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Ellonora "Laura" Hespeler

Female 1847 - 1935  (87 years)


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  • Name Ellonora "Laura" Hespeler 
    Born 23 Nov 1847  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108414374 
    Residence 1852  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Christian 
    Honoured 1864 
    A music composition in her honour 
    Hespeler,Laura-0001a-Music-TheMidnightGalopForGeo.C.Pettitt.jpg
    Hespeler,Laura-0001a-Music-TheMidnightGalopForGeo.C.Pettitt.jpg
    Name Ellonora "Laura" Walker 
    Name Laura Hespeler 
    Residence 1868  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1917  Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-34988 
    Died 1 Feb 1935  London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Woodland Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I34988  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob George Hespeler, Esq.,   b. 28 Jan 1811, Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth "Lissie" "Lizzie" "Elise" Knoth,   b. 28 Oct 1817, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F9290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Walker,   b. 24 Jan 1832, Inveraray, , Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1889, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 16 Jan 1868  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F27660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Laura Walker, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. H. Bowlby, for several weeks past, last Monday for her home in Montreal, P. Q.

      The Chronicle Telegraph 8 Mar 1917, p. 3

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      Miss [sic] Laura Walker of Toronto is paying a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hespeler.

      The Chronicle Telegraph, 17 Sep 1908

  • Sources 
    1. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 3.

    2. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 9.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Laura Walker (1847 - 1935) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=walker&GSfn=laura&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1935&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=10&GSob=n&GRid=108414374&df.

    4. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 22 jan 1868.
      Hespeler, Laura married 16 Jan 1868 to John Walker In Hespeler at the home of the bride's father, by Rev. M. Boomer D.D., Rural Dean. Groom, of London, Ont.; bride, third daughter of Jacob Hespeler.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Nov 1847 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christian - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1868 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Jan 1868 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1917 - Montreal, Ile de Montreal, Quebec Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Feb 1935 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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