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

Luella Edna Holzworth[1]

Female 1888 - 1953  (65 years)


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  • Name Luella Edna Holzworth 
    Born 6 Jan 1888  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Interesting died in fire 
    Misfortune killed in fire 
    Name Luella Edna Beisel 
    Residence 32 Water St., Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1911  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-55635 
    Died 5 Aug 1953  Delhi, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I55635  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father George Holzworth,   b. 23 Jul 1857, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1915  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Koch,   b. 16 Sep 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1948, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F14401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Norman P. Beisel,   b. 4 Jul 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1979, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Children 
     1. Private Vernon Beisel,   b. 3 Jul 1912, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1956  (Age 44 years)
     2. Lloyd George Beisel,   b. 23 Nov 1917, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1960, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     3. Kenneth Beisel,   b. 1920,   d. 1998  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F167751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Dies in Delhi Fire

      Mrs. Norman Beisel on Visit
      Trapped in Basement of Home

      DELHI - The charred body of Mrs. Norman Beisel, 65, of 32 Water St., Elmira, was recovered late last night from embers of a $30,000 frame farm house which burned to the ground two miles south of here.

      The 11 persons in the house were candling eggs in the basement when flames of unknown origin broke out in the upper storey and were soon roaring through the main floor.

      All but Mrs. Beisel escaped in time. Handbags were forgotten in the scramble to get out.

      In the building with Mrs. Beisel were Mrs. David Tisdale, two sisters, a friend, Mrs. Wilfred Pollard of Lynedoch, and six children.

      Mr. Tisdale was not on his farm at the time and Mrs. Pollard attempted to use the telephone, fast being engulfed in flames, but she was driven back with burns.

      She ran to the near-by farm home of Berton Axford and placed an alarm to the Delhi fire department, but too late to save anything in the house

      CHOKED BY SMOKE

      Mr. Axford ran to the Tisdale home and plunged into the smoke-filled basement through an outside door hoping to save the trapped Mrs. Beisel, but he was forced back outside by the choking smoke.
      Not familiar with the hose, Mrs. Beisel did not know of the outside door.
      Firemen from Delhi fought the blaze until 8 p.m.
      Mrs. Beisel had spent two weeks holidays at Turkey Point with a friend, Mrs. Arthur Arnum of St. Thomas, her daughter-in-law's grandmother. She had planned to return home Sunday but was persuaded to remain for a few more days.
      Her son Kenneth, of Fort Erie was bringing her home when they stopped for a visit at the Tisdale home.

      FUNERAL SUNDAY

      Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Holzworth, Mrs. Beisel was born Jan. 6, 1888. She was a member of St. James's Lutheran Church and of the Ladies Aid Society.
      Surviving are three sons, Vernon, Elmira; Lloyd, Preston, and Kenneth, Fort Erie; four grandchildren, on sister Mrs. Rose Beisel, Elmira, and two brothers, Percy Holzworth, Calgary, ad Emerson, Fort Erie.
      The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 o'clock at St. James's Church. Interment will be I the Elmira cemetery. Rev. H.W. Baetz will conduct the services. The body will rest at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor until 1 p.m. Sunday when removal will be made to the church.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Mary Ann Koch - Holzworth.

    2. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-4 Page 9.

    3. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 15 page 5.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Jan 1888 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Aug 1953 - Delhi, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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