Mary Ann Matilda "Tillie" Groff^[1]

1887 - 1953  (65 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Matilda "Tillie" Groff
  Born	5 Feb 1887	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42230074
  Name	Mary Ann Matilda "Tillie" Merner
  Name	Matilda Groff
  Name	Tillie Groff
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00044-3363.3
  Died	28 Jan 1953	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I4135	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin B. Groff,   b. 21 Nov 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Caroline Schmidt,   b. 20 Sep 1865, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Aug 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	31 Mar 1885	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F1320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick Henry Merner,   b. 11 Jun 1892, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States ,   d. 14 Dec 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1910	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Wallace Paul Merner,   b. 5 Mar 1913, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jul 1982, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 69 years)   2. Kingsley Merner   3. Dorothy Merner   4. Vernon Merner,   b. Oct 1910, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F176577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Fred Merner Following an illness of three weeks, Mrs. Fred Merner, 63, of 60 Church St., died yesterday at the K-W Hospital. Born Feb. 5, 1889, in New Hamburg, she was the former Matilda Groff, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Groff. Her marriage to Fred Merner, who survives, took place Feb. 2, 1910, in New Hamburg. Also surviving are three sons, Vernon of Kitchener, Wallace of Vancouver and Kingsley (Sonny) of Chicago; one daughter, Mrs. Gilbert (Dorothy) Patterson of Sarnia; one sister, Mrs. Oscar Lobsinger of Hamilton and 11 grandchildren. One brother predeceased her.. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 29 Jan 1953

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 21;. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . In Loving Memory/ M. Matilda Groff/ 1887-1953/ Beloved Wife Of/ Fred Merner/ Gone But Not Forgotten [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. Fred Merner - 29 Jan 1953. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, W. (1887). Mary Ann Matilda “Tillie” Groff Merner... Retrieved 13 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42230074/mary_ann-matilda-merner. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11800-85. 11800-85 Benjamin GROFF, 28, farmer, Waterloo, Wilmot, s/o John & Susannah, married Carolina SCHMIDT, 18, Hay, Wilmot, d/o Gilgian & Mary, witn: Elizabeth SCHMIDT of Wilmot & M.M. SCHWARTZ of New Hamburg, 31 March 1885 at New Hamburg

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Feb 1887 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 Feb 1910 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Jan 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth