Deputy Reeve William Henry Lorch^{[1, 2]}

1883 - 1966  (83 years)

• Name	William Henry Lorch
  Prefix	Deputy Reeve
  Born	1 Aug 1883	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Henry Lorch
  Occupation	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer Son
  Residence	1920	Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-55497
  Died	30 Nov 1966	Listowel Cemetery, Listowel, , Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I55497	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Albert W. Lorch,   b. 1 Feb 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Nov 1940, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Oswald,   b. 8 Jan 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Sep 1936, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1882	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F14374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Henry Lorch, former Listowel and Wallace councillor and deputy reeve of Listowel, died Nov. 30 at Listowel Hospital. He was 83. Mr. Lorch, a painter by trade, was born in Woolwich Township Aug. 1, 1883, the son of the late Albert Lorch and Mary Oswald. He was married to the former Ada Matilda Koch on Nov. 25, 1908 in Wallace Township. Mr. Lorch was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Listowel. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Alfred (Edna) Seller RR 3, Listowel and Mrs. Noah (Alma) Ament, Listowel; a brother, Charles Lorch of Elmira; two sisters, Mrs. Alvin (Mary) Dreisinger, Elmira; Mrs. William (Emma) Adamson, Waterloo; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A public funeral service was held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Listowel, at 2 p.m. Dec. 2, with interment in Fairview cemetery. Rev. R.B. Geelhaar, minister of the church, officiated. Elmira Signet 7 Dec 1966 pg 7

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Walter Lorch. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Albert W. Lorch. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-4 Page 6. [S3231] Find A Grave. Cemetery, F., America, N., County, P., & Cemetery, F. (1885). William Henry Lorch (1885-1966) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 8 March 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168636568/william-henry-lorch [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Matilda Lorch Westfall - 23 Feb 1921. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Albert Lorch Born: Woolwich Tp Waterloo Co. Ont Age: 21 Father: Charles Lorch Mother: Anna Cath Wild Born: abt 1861 Spouse: Ann Mary Oswald Age: 20 born: Woolwich Tp Waterloo Co. Ont Father: Michael B Oswald Mother: Phillipina Brown Oswald married 14 Nov 1882 Elmira [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 Nov 1882. 14 Nov 1882 Albert Lorch and Mary Oswald, both of Woolwich, were married by Pastor A.R. Schultz in Elmira.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Aug 1883 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Nov 1966 - Listowel Cemetery, Listowel, , Ontario, Canada Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth