Ira Diefenbacher

1891 - 1918  (26 years)

• Name	Ira Diefenbacher
  Born	26 Nov 1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  Occupation	1911	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer Son
  Residence	1911	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Misfortune	30 Aug 1918	, France
  	killed in war
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-48917
  Died	30 Aug 1918	, France
  Buried	Upton Wood Cemetery, Pas De Calais, Frances
  Person ID	I48917	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian Conrad Diefenbacher,   b. 5 Aug 1859, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jun 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Kaster,   b. 26 Jul 1862, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jul 1929  (Age 66 years)
  Married	8 Feb 1881	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F12762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Ira Diefenbacher Peace Souvenir

  
  

• Notes

  Pte. I. Defenbecker Has Died of Wounds - Kitchener News Record Word has reached the city that another of the lads that went overseas with the 118th Battalion to fight that we might live in Freedom's light, has laid his life on the altar of liberty. The young man to make the supreme sacrifice is Pte. Ira Deifenbecker, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Deifenbecker, reside at Wallenstein near Elmira. In the death of Pte. Deifenbecker his parents have lost a dutiful son; his friends, a friend indeed; and the manhood. At the time a enlisting the late soldier was a valued employee of the local Light Commission where he was a very highly thought of and appreciated both by his employers and the public. He enlisted with the 71st Battalion, but was transferred to the 118th. In June 1917 he reached France, and since that time has taken part in all of the big engagements in which the Canadian boys have figured so heroically. He came through without a wound until recently when he received the injuries that have proved fatal. A few days ago he was reported missing, and it was hoped he was still alive, even though he be a prisoner of war. However, an official message received yesterday by his parents, bore the sad tidings that their soldier boy had died of wounds. He was born in Dundee twenty-six years and ten months ago, and was every inch of a soldier and a man. Elmira Signet Sep 26 1918

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-3 Page 1. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Hawkesville Div 8 Page 5. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 8598 (1881), Christian Defeinbacher-Elizabeth Kaster. Christian Defeinbacher, labourer of Blenheim, Birth Place: Wellesley Township Age: 22 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859 Father Name: George Defeinbacher Mother Name: Magdalena Defeinbacher Spouse Name: Elizabeth Kaster, Residence Blenheim Twp., Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863 Spouse Birth Place: Blenheim Spouse Father Name: John Kaster Spouse Mother Name: Anna Kaster Marriage Date: 8 Feb 1881 Marriage Place: Oxford, Blenheim Township

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Nov 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - killed in war - 30 Aug 1918 - , France Died - 30 Aug 1918 - , France  = Link to Google Earth