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Dorothea Elizabeth "Dora" Libutzke

Female 1896 - 1969  (72 years)


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  • Name Dorothea Elizabeth "Dora" Libutzke 
    Born 18 Dec 1896  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242003225 
    Name Dora Libutzke 
    Name Dorothea Elizabeth "Dora" Gies 
    Residence 1911  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1921  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-56793 
    Died 6 Feb 1969  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I56793  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Herman Libutzke,   b. 19 Dec 1868, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1946  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Catherine Hartwig,   b. 14 Aug 1869, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1929  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 7 Jan 1896  Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F167866  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Herbert "Herbert" Gies,   b. 19 Apr 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1957  (Age 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Gies,   b. 1920, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2004  (Age 84 years)
     2. Marie Dorothy Gies,   b. 12 Sep 1921, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1928, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
     3. Kenneth Gies,   b. 31 Jan 1923, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1923, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Maynard Walter Gies,   b. 27 Jul 1924,   d. 2005  (Age 80 years)
     5. Stewart Gies
     6. Leroy Gies
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F233095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Herbert Gies

      Mrs. Herbert Gies of Conestogo, mother of Mrs. Stuart (Doris) Biehn, Petersburg, died last Thursday at the Heritage House, St. Jacobs. She was 72.

      Born in Woolwich Township, Mrs. Gies was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Herman Libutske. She was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Conestogo, and an honorary member of the Lutheran Church Women.

      Her husband predeceased her in March, 1957. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Biehn, are three sons, Maynard and Stewart, both of Conestogo; Leroy of Erin and one other daughter, Margaret of Kitchener; two brothers, Norman of Elmira and Oscar of St. Jacobs; one sister, Mrs. Walter (Hilda) Stroh of Conestogo and 10 grandchildren.

      She was predeceased by one son, one daughter and one brother.

      Services took place in St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Conestogo, with interment held in the church cemetery. Rev. Harold Brill officiated.

      New Hamburg Independent, February 12, 1969

  • Sources 
    1. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-6 Page 1.

    2. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 15 page 14.

    3. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Sub Dist.. 13 Page 16.

    4. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012745-96.
      Hermann Liwutzke (?), 27, occ. Farmer, b. Gross Gilior (?) Germany, res. Woolwich Twp, son of John Liwutzke and Eva Dobrick married Maria Catharine Hartwig, 26, b. Woolwich Twp, res. Floradale, daughter of Christian Hartwig and Elisabeth Hihur (?), Witn Christian Hartwig and Alvina Kramp Both of Woolwich Twp, 7 January 1896 In Floradale.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Dec 1896 - 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 MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1921 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Feb 1969 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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