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

Christian Gatcke

Male 1880 - 1949  (68 years)


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  • Name Christian Gatcke 
    Born 7 Aug 1880  Newton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214578512 
    Residence 1949  158 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-491167 
    Died 9 May 1949  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I491167  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Family Sarah Ann Jacobs,   b. 18 May 1882, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 1903 
    Children 
     1. Howard Gatcke
     2. Hazel Sophia Magdalene Gatcke,   b. 10 Nov 1919, Carthage, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1999  (Age 79 years)
     3. Jack Gatcke
     4. William Reginald Gatcke,   b. 6 Mar 1920, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1995  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F300993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Christian Gatcke, 68, of 158 Church St., died yesterday at the K-W Hospital following a brief illness.

      He was known to the furniture industry as sales, representative of five firms in Ontario and Quebec. He worked with the De Luxe Upholstering Co., Waterloo; Honderich Mfg. Co., Milverton; Peppler Bros., Hanover; Monaco Co., St. Jerome's, Que, and Henri Vallieres, Nicolet, Que, He was a member of the Ontario Commercial Travellers Association and the Commercial Travellers Association of Canada. He attended St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.

      An ardent bowler, he was a member of the Beaver Lawn Bowling Club.

      Born Aug. 7, 1880, in Mornington Township, he was a son of the late Fred Gatcke and Magdalena Bellar. His wife the former Sarah Jacobs survives.

      Also surviving are three sons Howard, Bridgeport; Jack and William, both of Kitchener; one daughter, Mrs. Max (Hazel) Newman, Kitchener; three brothers, Dave, Palmerston; Joe and William, both of Milverton. One sister, Mrs. John Candler, predeceased him. Fifteen grandchildren survive.

      A public funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Schreiter- Sandrock Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. H. A: Kellerman officiating. Interment will be at Woodland Cemetery. The body is resting at the funeral home.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, May 10, 1949

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