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

Mary Knarr

Female 1868 - 1949  (81 years)


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  • Name Mary Knarr 
    Born 1 May 1868  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Hoelscher 
    Residence 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1911  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1921  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-49024 
    Died 10 Jul 1949  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I49024  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Johannes "John" Knarr,   b. 20 Feb 1812, Altenkirchen , Rhein Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabetha "Elizabeth" Pfaff,   b. 19 Dec 1823, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1 May 1853  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F22695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johannes "John" Hoelscher,   b. 22 Jan 1857, Grebenau, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1929, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 15 Mar 1891  Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Charles Walter Hoelscher,   b. 30 Apr 1892, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Edith Hoelscher,   b. 16 Dec 1894, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1987, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     3. Clayton Hoelscher,   b. 23 May 1898, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1983  (Age 84 years)
     4. Edwin Hoelscher,   b. Jan 1908, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F12783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Mary Hoelscher By Record Correspondent

      ELMIRA, July 11. - Mrs. Mary Hoelscher, 81, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Ritter, R.R. 2, Elmira, after an illness of four months. Mrs. Hoelscher was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Knarr of Woolwich Township. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Elmira, and of the Ladies Aid Society of the church.

      Her husband, John Hoelscher, predeceased her March 9, 1929, and she is survived by two sons, Charles of Toronto and Clayton of R.R. 3, Elmira; one daughter, Mrs. Ritter; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One son, Edward, predeceased her in 1947.

      The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Elmira. Interment will be made in the Elmira Cemetery. The body will rest at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor until Wednesday at 1:30 when removal will be made to the church. Friends are requested to pay their respects prior to the service.

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-3 Page 4.

    2. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 42.

    3. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Hawkesville Div 8 Page 4.

    4. [S2107] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1921, Sub Dist 8 Page 10.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: John Hoelsche
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 15 Mar 1891
      Event Place: Floradale, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Sex: Male
      Age: 29
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1862 Remerod, Hessen, Germany
      Occ: farmer - Woolwich
      Father's Name: Balthaser Hoelsche
      Mother's Name: Elizabeth Seibel
      Spouse's Name: Maria Knarr
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 22
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1869 - Woolwich
      Res: Woolwich
      Spouse's Father's Name: John Knarr
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Pfaff

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100067983.

    7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      John Knorr, wagon maker of Waterloo Twp., married 1 May 1853 in Greenbush by banns to Elisabeth Paff of Waterloo Twp. wit: Theobald Knorr of Waterloo Twp. and Peter Paff of Waterloo Twp.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 May 1868 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Mar 1891 - Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1921 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Jul 1949 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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