Albert Winkler Voelker^{[1, 2]}

1886 - 1967  (81 years)

• Name	Albert Winkler Voelker
  Born	8 Mar 1886	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1908	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Accountant
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Bookkeeper, Insurance
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Zion Evangelical Ass.
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Accountant, Life Insurance
  Residence	745 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		Kitchener-KingSt.W-0754-0001-fromCathyVoelkerFacebook2018.jpg This is the former home of Albert & Louise Voelker in 1919. Their daughter Margaret is between them. The little boy on the left grew up to be Dr. Philip Voelker, the medical officer of health for many years. The baby is my father Charlie Voelker who was a custom home designer & was on Waterloo City council in the 1970s. The house was at 754 King St. W. where the Central [Meat] Market is now. Cathy Voelker Facebook 2018
  Residence	1921	754 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Evangelical
  Residence	1944	82 Albert St., Waterloo, Ontario
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-402799
  Died	24 Nov 1967	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I402799	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Andrew Albert Voelker,   b. 31 Oct 1858, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Winkler,   b. 9 Mar 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 May 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1882	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F38405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mathilda Louise "Louise" Vogelsang,   b. 16 May 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Sep 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1908	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Margaret Louise Voelker,   b. 10 Jan 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jun 1991, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 83 years)   2. Dr. Philip Andrew Voelker,   b. 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   3. Charles Edward Voelker,   b. 2 Nov 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F25223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ex-Head Accountant of Mutual Life Dies Albert W. Voelker, retired head accountant of Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada, died today at his home, 82 Albert St., Waterloo after a brief illness. He was 81. He joined Mutual Life when he was 16, and the company employed five people. He rose to head accountant during his 49 years of service, retiring in 1951. He was a member of Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church and served as treasurer for 40 years. He later joined Emmanuel EUB Church, Waterloo. He was a life member of the Grand River Masonic Lodge and served as treasurer of the Waterloo branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses. He was born March 6, 1886, in Waterloo, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Voelker. Surviving are his wife, the former Louise Vogelsang; two sons, Dr. Philip A. Voelker, Waterloo medical officer of health, and Charles E. Voelker, a long-time member of the Waterloo public school board and the Waterloo court of revision; one daughter, Mrs. J. N. (Margaret) McEachern of Fairport, N. Y.; one brother, Charles of Montreal; one sister, Mrs. Norman (Amy) Jacobi of Preston, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by one brother, Edward, and one sister, Ella. The body will be at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, Waterloo, after noon Saturday. A service will be held Monday at 2 pm at the funeral home chapel. Rev. Howard L. Brox of Emmanuel EUB Church will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Donations in Parkwood Manor, Waterloo, will be accepted as expressions of sympathy. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edith Vogelsant. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019009-08. Albert Voelker, 22, occ. Accountant, b. St. Jacobs, res. Berlin, son of Andrew A. Voelker and Mary Ann Winkler married Louise Vogelsang, 22, b. Berlin, res. Berlin, daughter of Emil Vogelsang and Margaret Cress, Witn: Edward Voelker of London and Viola McClaren of Berlin, 8 April 1908 in Berlin. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 3. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 28 Pg. 3. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 19 Page 23. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Albert W. Voelker. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Mar 1882. 23 Mar 1882 Andreas A. Völker and Maria Anna Winkler, both of St. Jacobs were married in St. Jacobs by Preacher J. Stabler.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Mar 1886 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Accountant - 1908 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Apr 1908 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Bookkeeper, Insurance - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Zion Evangelical Ass. - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Accountant, Life Insurance - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 745 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1944 - 82 Albert St., Waterloo, Ontario Died - 24 Nov 1967 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth