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

Alderman Yan Paul Borsje

Male 1896 - 1962  (66 years)


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  • Name Yan Paul Borsje 
    Prefix Alderman 
    Born 1896  , Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237031066 
    Residence 1962  81 Avondale Ave S., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Feb 1962 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I493400  Generations
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 

    Family Olivea Marie "Olive" Greulich,   b. 1 Dec 1900, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1982, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Children 
     1. John Borsje
     2. Lorraine Pauline Borsje,   b. 1927,   d. 19 Jul 1990, North York, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2025 
    Family ID F301913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • EX-ALDERMAN DIES

      John Borsje, 65, of 81 Avondale Ave. South a former alderman, died suddenly last week after suffering a heart attack at his home.
      He served as an alderman from 1951 to 1954 and again in 1956.

      He came to Canada in 1924 and lived in Waterloo for 25 years. He was employed in maintenance for the Bank of Nova Scotia for the past six years. Prior to that he had been a salesman with the W.T. Rawleigh Company Ltd.

      Surviving are his wife, the former Olive Greulich, one son, John at home; one daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Lorraine) Rothaerme of Bridgeport; one brother and one sister, both in Holland. There are two grandchildren. One brother and one sister predeceased him.

      The Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, Ontario), Thursday March 1, 1962, page 1

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1896 - , Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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