Elton Laverne Witmer

1896 - 1976  (80 years)

• Name	Elton Laverne Witmer
  Born	11 Oct 1896	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Church of God
  Directory	1912	50 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13980961
  Military	WW1 - 55th Battery - 20th Battery  [5]
  Military	1914	WW1   [6]
  	WW1, Gunner, 55th Battery / 20th Battery
  Military	1914	WW1   [3]
  	WW1, Service #323959
  Residence	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6]
  Residence	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	46 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	CA 1916	46 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-38874P
  Died	23 Dec 1976	Winona, Wentworth Co. , Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Winona "The Fifty" Cemetery, Winona, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I38874	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Aaron S. Witmer,   b. 15 Mar 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1954  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Lydia Ann Thomas,   b. 15 Oct 1865, Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1947  (Age 81 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1887	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F1184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Marian Eby,   b. 27 Feb 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1981, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F301090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WITMER, ELTON L. Gunner. Enlisted March 21, 1916 with 55 th Battery. Transferred to 20th Battery. Protestant. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, October, II, 1895 Educated at Suddaby School and Kitchener Collegiate and Technical Institute. He was discharged January 21, 1919 and is now living with his parents at 46 Brubacher St., Kitchener. Trained at Guelph and Petawawa and went overseas Sept. 1916. Went to France March 20, 1917 Took part in battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70. Lens, Passchendaele, Arras and was wounded on the first day of the big push at Amiens. August 8, 1918. Alfreda Reiber, 42 Brubacher St. Kitchener. Soldier Information Cards - World War One, Kitchener Public Library ____________ WITMER, Laverne Elton - Beloved husband of Ruth Eby and only son of Aaron Witmer and Lydia Thomas. Passed away suddenly of his home in Winona on Thursday, December 23, 1976 in his 82nd year. Served in the 1914-1918 War enlisting with the 55th Battery in Guelph then transferring to the 20th Battery in France. He was severely wounded at Vimy. He was employed at the Kaufman Rubber Company in Kitchener for some years, then became a fruit grower in Winona for over 50 years, also superintendant of the Growers Cold Storage in Grimsby from 1931 to 1943. Left to mourn his loss are sisters Altie V. Witmer and Florence M. Witmer, both of Grimsby. Resting af the Stonehouse-Whitcomb Funeral Home, 11 Mountain Street. Grimsby for Funeral service on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Interment Fifty Cemetery, Winona. Flowers gratefully declined.

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 26 Pg 12. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S1760] Directory - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Vernon's City of Berlin and Town of Waterloo and Bridgeport Directory 1912-13. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Aaron Witmer Born: Canada Age: 26 Father: Joseph Witmer Mother: Catharine Witmer Born: abt 1861 Spouse: Lydia Thomas Age: 22 born: Canada Father: William Thomas Mother: Hannah Thomas married 13 Nov 1887

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Oct 1896 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of God - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Directory - 1912 - 50 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 46 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - CA 1916 - 46 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Dec 1976 - Winona, Wentworth Co. , Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth