Albert Ernst "Bert" Franz

1897 - 1984  (87 years)

• Name	Albert Ernst "Bert" Franz
  Born	13 Jan 1897	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1 WW2
  	He served with the 71st Battalion, and 118th and the Army Medical Corps in the First World War, and was a disciplinarian, holding the rank of sergeant in the RCAF, in the Second World War.
  Name	Bert Franz
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Factory Hand, Shirt Factory
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1947	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1947	35 Cedar St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-37701
  Died	11 Feb 1984
  Buried	Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I37701	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Karl Lawrence Franz,   b. 29 Jun 1860, , East Prussia, Germany ,   d. 2 Sep 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Ernestina Wilhelmina Bauer,   b. 3 Jun 1860, , Germany ,   d. 27 May 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F9884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rosa Maggie Lorentz,   b. 29 Jun 1894, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1956  (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Sergeant Albert Raymond Franz,   b. 13 Jan 1918, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jan 1947, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 29 years)   2. Robert Roy "Bobby" Franz,   b. 22 Apr 1920, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1977, , Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F48672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Irene Patton,   b. CA 1900,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F59675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Albert Ernst Franz from Ancestry.com 2010

  
  

• Notes

  NO, HE ISN'T TRYING FOR THE BIG ONE -- RENT FRANZ MARES AN EXEMPLARY JON OF EXTINGUISHING HIS BIRTHDAY CANDLES. BERT FRANZ RETIRES Waterloo operator Bert Franz , a spry veteran of two world wars, retired from the Commission January 29. Since January 13 happened to be his birthday, his family, co-workers and local municipal officials threw what could be called a party-reception-dinner-dance , and general whing-ding. The general atmosphere might he judged by the following exchange: whing-dinger 1-- Are you (Bert) prepared to say a couple of words? "Whing dinger 2--"Heck, he's been writing them for weeks." This wasn't quite fair, since Bert hadn't known the do was on. His wife, Irene, told him they were going out for Chinese food, and they might as well drop into the Legion for a minute. He has since announced that "from now on I won't believe a damn word she says." Bert, who claims to be 70, was born in Doon, just south of Kitchener. He served with the 71st Battalion, and 118th and the Army Medical Corps in the First World War, and was a disciplinarian, holding the rank of sergeant in the RCAF, in the Second World War. (Before you pick up the phone, no, he wasn't a flight sergeant. He worked for more than 30 years as a cooper with Canada Barrels and Kegs. From 1952 he was an employee of the City of Waterloo sewage plant, which the Commission took over on April 1, 1960. Bert contends lie's going to take it easy for a while, but after watching him dance everybody else under the table, that's hard to believe. (We don't believe his story about the black paint either.) Footnote: The philosophical highlight of the evening was Bert's announcement, between sips, that "if you work at the Water Resources, you have to drink a certain amount of water. 29 Jan 1967

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-10 Page 7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 5. [S1886] Military - Canada - Second World War Service Files Canadian Armed Forces War Dead. Franz, Albert Raymond 29 years Birthdate: 1918 Jan 13 Died: 1947 Jan 21 Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Force: Air Service Number: R145914 Additional Details son of Albert & Rose Franz of Waterloo - wife Rosalie Franz of Kitchener, Ontario [S2443] Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948. Name:Albert R Franz Death Date:21 Jan 1947 Rank:Sergeant Unit:Royal Canadian Air Force Service Number:R.145914 Cemetery:Woodland Cemetery Burial Place:Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wife: Mrs. Rosalie Franz, 43 St. George St., Kitchener, Father: Mr. Albert Franz 35 Cedar St. N. and mother Rose b. Toronto, Cause: recurrent astrocytoma brain

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jan 1897 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Factory Hand, Shirt Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1947 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth