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

Irvine Groff[1]

Male 1886 - 1946  (59 years)


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  • Name Irvine Groff 
    Born 10 May 1886  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00044-3364.3 
    Died 19 Apr 1946  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Buried Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Person ID I4129  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Andrew B. Groff,   b. 9 Sep 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Barbara Ann "Annie" Block,   b. 30 Sep 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1896, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Family ID F1321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Irvine Groff - Following a lengthy illness, Irvine Groff, 58, formerly of New Dundee, died at the Toronto General Hospital yesterday. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Groff, he was born in Wilmot Township, May 10, 1887. Surviving are three brothers, Simeon, New Hamburg; Eli, Vulcan, Alta.; and Moses, Kitchener; and seven sisters, Mrs. Harry (Lydia) Vick, St. Wallburg, Sask.; Miss Mabel Groff, Toronto; Mrs. Albert (Ida) Kaiser, Waterloo; Mrs. David (Louise) Jantzi, Kitchener; Mrs. Omar (Elsie) Snider, New Dundee; Mrs. carl (Eva) Gross, Park Ridge, N.J.; Mrs. Fred (Luella) Parsons, Oshawa. The remains will rest at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until one o'clock Monday when removal will be made to the Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden, for funeral services at 2: 30. Interment will be made in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Leslie Witmer and Rev. Moses Roth will officiate.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 726.

    2. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      Irvine Groff / Born May 10, 1886 / Died Apr. 19, 1946 / At rest /

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 6.

    4. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Irvine Groff.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33995509/irvine-groff.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 May 1886 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Apr 1946 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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