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

Amos Schwartz[1]

Male 1867 - 1959  (91 years)


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  • Name Amos Schwartz 
    Born 19 Jul 1867  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1911  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Spinner, Knitting Mill 
    Residence 1911  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Anglican 
    Eby ID Number 00108-6480 
    Died 15 Apr 1959  [6
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I5297  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob Saltzberger Schwartz,   b. 23 Nov 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1918, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Catharine Israel,   b. 9 Jun 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1888  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1864  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F1669  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rosanna Thornton,   b. 1869, Blackheaton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 26 Aug 1889  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rosanna,   b. Jun 1870, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Amos Scholfield Schwartz,   b. Aug 1890, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lester B. Schwartz,   b. Oct 1892, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Clifford Schwartz,   b. Aug 1894, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F190008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Amos Schwartz, "was born July 19th, 1867. He is married to Rose Thornton, They reside in Hamilton, Ontario, where he is engaged as a spinner in one of the woollen mills."


      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 364.

    2. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Sub-district F Page Number 13 Household Number 55.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Amos Schwartz Born: Waterloo Township Age: 22 Father: James Schwartz Mother: Catherine Schwartz Born: abt 1867 Spouse: Rosa Thornton Age: 19 born: Blackheaton Yorksheir Father: Hardwick Thornton Mother: Rosanna Thornton married 26 Aug 1889 married: York, Toronto

    4. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 13.

    5. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 17 Page 4.

    6. [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link.
      In memory of/ Amos SCHWARTZ/ July 10, 1867 - Apr. 15, 1959/ Rosanna THORTON/ wife of/ Amos Schwartz/ June 1, 1871 - Jan. 31, 1926/ SCHWARTZ/
      [A] Father

    7. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Jacob Schwarz, 22, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Salyburger), married 5 Mar 1864 Catherine Israel, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Jacob and Susanne (Wildfang)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Jul 1867 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Aug 1889 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Spinner, Knitting Mill - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Anglican - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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