Abraham Wilkie

1878 - 1901  (22 years)

• Name	Abraham Wilkie
  Born	3 Nov 1878	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00112-7109.4
  Died	30 Oct 1901	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States   [2]
  	Cause: vehicle accident
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I5048	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	August Wilkie,   b. 28 Jul 1848, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 10 Nov 1907, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Shoemaker,   b. 15 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1914  (Age 76 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1873	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F1582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILKIE - On the 30th of October, 1901, in Grand Rapids, Mich., Abram Wilkie, son of August Wilkie, of Bloomingdale, Waterloo Co., Ont. He had been working in Grand Rapids for about two years. In leaving the street car on his way to dinner, the day being very rainy and cold, he pulled his cap down to protect his face and started around the rear of the car to cross the street. A car coming along from the opposite direction on the other track just then, caught him just as he stepped on the other track and killed him instantly. The remains were brought to the home of his parents and buried at the Cressman M.H., Breslau, on the 3d of November, where services were conducted in the German language by Solomon Gehman, assisted by the U.B. minister. A large concourse of people assemble to sympathize with the bereaved young wife and the parents and friends of the deceased. He had accepted Christ nearly a year before his death and was an earnest worker for the Lord. His sudden death is a loud call to young and old to prepare for the coming of the Son of Man who may come at an hour that we think not. Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 22, November 15, 1901 - Page 350, 351

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 466. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Abram Wilkie - November 15, 1901. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Waterloo Township, Sect. 1 Page 13. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Bridegroom Name: August Wilke Age: 24 Res: Waterloo Tp. Place of Birth: Prussia Names of Parents: Christian & Christine Wilke Bride: Name: Elisabeth Schuhmacher Age: 35 Res: Waterloo Tp. Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: John & Cathar. Schuhmacher Witness(S): Name: William Wilke Res: Waterloo Tp. Name: Friederica Wilke Res: Waterloo Tp. Date of Marriage: Jan. 19, 1873 [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Jan 1873. 19 Jan 1873 By Pastor F.W. Tuerk in Berlin, August Wilke was married to Elisabeth Schumacher, both of Waterloo Township.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Nov 1878 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: vehicle accident - 30 Oct 1901 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth