Emerson Earl Esch

1885 - 1911  (25 years)

• Name	Emerson Earl Esch
  Born	11 Dec 1885	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Line Maker, Light Company
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-55331
  Died	8 Aug 1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I55331	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian Heinrich Esch,   b. 1 Aug 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Mar 1922, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Thelka Simon,   b. 20 Apr 1861, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F14345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Louisa "Carrie" Lorch,   b. 28 Jan 1887, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. Eileen Viola Esch,   b. 13 Sep 1910, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Dec 2005, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F184909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  INSTANTLY KILLED While making electrical connections at the top of a pole, Emerson Esch, an employee of the Berlin Light Commission, received 2,200 voltage and was killed instantly. The fatality occurred shortly after 10 o'clock this morning at the corner of Church and Queen Streets, in front of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Esch was on the top of the pole working on the wires, when suddenly his body stiffened, while the belt which helped support him to the pole, saved him from falling to the ground. When removed from the pole by fellow workman life was extinct. The exact manner in which he came in contact with the wires is not known. His left had was severely burned. Doctors Lackner and Towers reached the scene and after examination of the body pronounced death instaneous [sic]. The body was left in charge of the police with instructions to have it removed to the undertaking parlors. After a wait of three quarter of an hour, the ambulance arrived, when Undertaker Seibert took charge of the body. The victim of the accident is a married man 24 years old with a family of one child, residing on Cedar Street North. He is a son of Mr. Christian Esch, of Elmira and had been in the employee of the Commission for three years.- Berlin News Record. The funeral will be held from his fathers residence about half a mile west of Elmira on Friday, August 11th at 2 p.m.

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-4 Page 3. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89152529/emerson-earl-esch.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Dec 1885 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Line Maker, Light Company - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Aug 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth