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

Clara Theresa Messmer

Female 1893 - 1988  (95 years)


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  • Name Clara Theresa Messmer 
    Born 21 Jun 1893  Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Clara Theresa Baetz 
    Residence 1941  50 Cameron St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-404001 
    Died 18 Aug 1988  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried 20 Aug 1988  Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I404001  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Vincent Messmer,   b. 13 Mar 1846, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Opperman,   b. 12 Jun 1857, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 11 Feb 1890  Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F61527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Baetz,   b. 14 Sep 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 13 Oct 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Marion Rita Baetz,   b. 1923,   d. 5 Feb 2015, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     2. Shirley Rose Baetz,   b. 2 Sep 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2001, Lamont, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F266591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BAETZ, Clara Theresa - At St. Mary's Hospital, Thursday, Aug. 18, 1988, after a brief illness, in her 96th year. Dear mother of Shirley Dunbrook and Marion Fires, both of Kitchener; grandmother to Rhonda Bell and Carolyn Spetko; great-grandmother of seven great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her husband, George Baetz (1953), who served in the cavalry in the First World War, and was also a police officer in the City of Kitchener. Also predeceased by sons-in-law, Herbert Dunbrook and Oliver Fires. Visitation in the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel, 51 Benton at Church St., from 2-4 and 7-9 pm today (Friday). Complete funeral service in the funeral home chapel on Saturday, Aug. 20, 1988 at 1 pm, Rev. John Richardson officiating. Interment Memory Gardens Cemetery.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Clara Theresa Baetz.

    2. [S292] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Memory Gardens CC#5464 Cemetery Internet Link.
      Daughter Shirley Rose/ 1926 - 2001/ In Loving Memory Of Mother/ Clara T. Baetz/ June 21, 1893/ Aug. 18, 1988

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206738410.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: George Baetz
      Sex: Male
      Age: 26
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1895 Kitchener
      Father's Name: Frederick Baetz
      Mother's Name: Elizabeth Wise
      Spouse's Name: Clara Messmer
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 25
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1896 Walkerton
      Spouse's Father's Name: Vincent Messmer
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Opperman
      Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1921
      Marriage Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    5. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Name:Elizabeth Mesmer
      [Elizabeth Opperman]
      Gender:Female
      Age:84
      Birth Date:12 Jun 1857
      Birth Place:Ontario
      Death Date:6 Dec 1941
      Death Place:50 Cameron St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Father:Henry Opperman
      Mother:Rosetta Zuber
      Spouse:Vincent Messmer
      Certificate Number:037020

    6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Elizabeth Opperman Born: Canada Age: 32 Father: Henry Opperman Mother: Saranna Opperman Born: abt 1858 Spouse: Vicent Mesmer Age: 43 born: USA Father: Vincent Mesmer Mother: Mary Mesmer married 11 Apr 1890 married: Bruce, Walkerton

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Jun 1893 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Oct 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Aug 1988 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 20 Aug 1988 - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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