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

Gustave Leo "Leo" Eisenmenger

Male 1897 - 1955  (57 years)


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  • Name Gustave Leo "Leo" Eisenmenger 
    Born 16 Aug 1897  Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205373261 
    Military WW1  [3
    Name Gustave Leo Eisenmenger 
    Name Leo Eisenmenger 
    Occupation 1911  Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Farmer Son 
    Residence 1911  Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Roman Catholic 
    Residence 1940  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-49802 
    Died 10 May 1955  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I49802  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Gustave Leo Eisenmenger,   b. 12 Aug 1863, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1940, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Magdalena Brenner,   b. Apr 1873, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1951, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1896  St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F162231  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philomena Catherine "Minnie" Lenhard,   b. 13 Jan 1889, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1974  (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Marie Eisenmenger,   b. 17 Feb 1922,   d. 18 Jun 2003  (Age 81 years)
     2. Lance Corporal Edward Leo "Eddy" Eisenmenger,   b. 25 Nov 1922, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1944, , France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F59157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • G. Leo Eisenmenger

      Gustave Leo Eisenmenger, 57, of 299 Maple Ave., died Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital after brief illness. Born in Linwood Aug. 16, 1897, he was a son of the late Gustave Eisenmenger and Mary Brenner, He was maintenance man at the Dominion Rubber Company, Ltd., for eight years. He had farmed near Crosshill for a number of years.

      Mr. Eisenmenger served in the First World War with the 118th Battalion. He attended St. Mary's RC Church.

      Surviving are his wife, the former Minnie Lenhard, whom he married in Macton in 1920; one daughter, Mrs. (Marie) Tschirhart of New Dundee; four brothers, Edwin and Louis: Erbsville, Pius of Kitchener and Anthony of Linwood; one sister, Mrs. Henry Karley of Linwood and one grandchild. A son, Edward, was killed in the Second World War.

      Prayers will be said at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home Friday at 8:30 a.m., followed by requiem high mass at St. Mary's Church at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery, The body is resting at the funeral home where the rosary will be recited Thursday at 8 p.m.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wed, May 11, 1955 Page 7

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-4 Page 2.

    2. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Div 9 page 2.

    3. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers.
      Name:Gustave Leo Eisenmenger
      Birth Date:16 Aug 1897
      Birth Location:Linwood, Waterloo Co, Ontario
      Residence:Linwood, Ontario
      Relative:Mr Gustave Eisenmenger
      Relationship:Father
      Regiment Number:3135793

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205373261/gustave-l-eisenmenger.

    5. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link .
      >Gustav L. Eisenmenger/ 1897-1955/ L/cpl Edward Leo Son/ Killed In Action/ + 1922-1944 +/ R I P
      >Minnie Lenhard/ Wife Of/ G. Eisenmenger/ + 1889-1974 + / R I P

    6. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12854-96.
      Gustave Eisenmenger, 33, occ. Farmer, b. Wellesley Twp., res. same, son of Jacob Eisenmenger and Philomena Tschirhart, married Mary Ann Magdalena Brenner, 23, b. Wellesley Twp., res. same, daughter of Peter Brenner and Philomena Kuhry, Witness(es): Bridget Brenner of Wellesley Twp., 20 Oct 1896 At St. Clements

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Aug 1897 - Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1940 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 May 1955 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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