Wesley George Munch

1878 - 1953  (74 years)

• Name	Wesley George Munch
  Born	24 May 1878	Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240679725
  Name	George Wesley Munch
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-439110
  Died	19 Jan 1953	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I439110	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Munch,   b. 13 Aug 1838, , New York State, USA ,   d. 4 Sep 1912, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Catharine Bauman,   b. 24 May 1857, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1914, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1874	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F227370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jenaia Olive "Olive" "Ina" Gardham,   b. 29 Sep 1897, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 May 1976  (Age 78 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1915	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Warrant Officer Class I George Wesley Munch,   b. 17 Oct 1916, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Aug 1943, Barnstaple, , Devonshire, England  (Age 26 years)   2. P. Isabelle Munch,   b. 1918,   d. 22 Jul 1996, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F277799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Wesley George Munch margaretferguson17 originally shared this on 25 Apr 2012 to Ancestry Pubic Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  George Munch HESPELER - George Wesley Munch, 64, RR 2, Hespeler, in failing health for the past five years, died yesterday at Hamilton. He was born at Morriston, Puslinch Township, and had lived in that district all his life. For many years he was employed at the Stamped Enamel Co., Hespeler. He was a member of Hespeler Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Olive Gardham, one daughter, Mrs. P. Isabelle McKay, Toronto, three brothers, Fred, Hespeler; Anthony, Preston; William of Hamilton; one grandchild, Dennis Munch of Port Perry. Mr. Munch is resting at the W.R. Coutts Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrews St., Galt, for service on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will take place in Mount View Cemetery, Galt Kitchener-Waterloo Record 21 Jan 1953 _____________ MUNCH, GEORGE WESLEY "WES" In failing health for almost two years, at Hamilton, on Tuesday, January 20, 1953, in his 65th year, of R. R. #2, Hespeler (Puslinch). He was born at Morriston in Puslinch Township and had lived in that district all his life. For many years, he was an employee of the Stamped Enamel-ware Co. in Hespeler. He was a member of the Baptist Church in Hespeler. Besides his widow, Olive Gardham, he is survived by one daughter, Isabelle (Mrs. P. McKay) of Toronto; three brothers, Fred Munch of Hespeler; Anthony Munch of Preston; William Munch of Hamilton; and one grandchild, Dennis Munch of Port Perry. Service at the W. R. Coutts Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrew's St. in Galt on Thursday at 2. Rev. H. Hindry of Hespeler Baptist Church officiated. Pallbearers: Bruce and Sid Barber; Leonard Wood, Henry St. Louis, Roy and Lloyd Munch. Interment Mount View Cemetery. -George Munch, son of Wes Munch and Olive Gardham was killed in World War II. Dennis Munch is the son of George Munch. Isabelle Munch married Patrick Gordon MacKay in 1945. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . MUNCH/ in loving memory of/ Wesley G. MUNCH/ May 24, 1878 - Jan. 19, 1953/ his wife/ Olive GARDHAM/ Sept. 29, 1897 - May 11, 1976/ at rest/ [Cemetery burial card - Jenai Olive Clark]/ [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 24 Sep 1874. 22 Sep 1874 By Pastor Wurster in Preston, John Munch was married to Catharine Baumann, both of Puslinch. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9716-74. John Munch, 27, Widower, occ. Carpenter, b. NY State, res. Puslinch Twp., son of Peter and Mary, Married Catherine Bauman, 19, b. Puslinch Twp., res. Same, daughter of Joseph and Veronica, Witn: Christian Wurster of Preston and Catherine Ochs of Hespeler, 22 Sept 1874 at Preston

  
  

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  Born - 24 May 1878 - Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Oct 1915 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Jan 1953 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth