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

Leah B. Brubacher[1, 2]

Female 1896 - 1976  (80 years)


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  • Name Leah B. Brubacher 
    Born 6 Aug 1896  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181732167 
    Residence 1911  Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1921  94 Lancaster St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-57365 
    Died 5 Dec 1976  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I57365  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Rev. Menno B. Brubacher,   b. 16 Jul 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1952  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Brubacher,   b. 20 Sep 1876, , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1957, RR1, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1895  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F7637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Bender,   b. 17 Feb 1888, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 21 Aug 1917  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Marie Bender,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Earl Cecil Bender,   b. 27 Jun 1907, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 2002  (Age 95 years)
     3. Lorne Edward Bender,   b. 8 Apr 1919, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Ruth Kathleen Bender,   b. 2 Nov 1925,   d. 9 Jan 2009  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F244113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BENDER, Mrs. Leah - At South Waterloo Memorial Hospital on Sunday, December 5, 1976, Leah Brubacher age 80 years, of Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge (Preston).

      She was a member of Hespeler Missionary Church. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Meno B. Brubacher.

      Mother of Lorne of Kitchener, Mrs. Ruth Bennett of Guelph; step-mother of Earl of Waterloo; also survived by 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was the last surviving member of her family, having been predeceased by her husband Edward in 1953, four sisters, one daughter, one step-son and one step-daughter.

      Resting at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, for funeral service in the chapel Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Wayne Shirton officiating. Interment Memory Gardens,

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lorne Edward Bender.

    2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Edward Bender - 29 Jan 1953, pg 3.

    3. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-7 Page 4.

    4. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div.. 18 Page 1.

    5. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 27 Page 14.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, Gardens, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Gardens, M. (1896). Leah Brubacher Bender (1896-1976) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 12 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181732167/leah-bender.

    7. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: Edward Bender
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 21 Aug 1917
      Event Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 30
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1887 Wallace Twp
      Occ: felt worker - Kitchener
      Father's Name: Jacob Bender
      Mother's Name: Elizabeth Bender
      Spouse's Name: Leah Brubaker
      Spouse's Gender: Female
      Spouse's Age: 21
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1896 Woolwich
      Spouse's Father's Name: Menno Brubaker
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Brubaker

    8. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012517-95 Menno Brubacher.
      Menno BRUBACHER, 23, farmer, Woolwich Twp, Woolwich Twp, s/o Daniel & Elizabeth married Elizabeth BRUBACHER, 19, Ohio, Woolwich Twp, d/o Abraham & Leah, witn Daniel & David BRUBACHER both of Woolwich, 24 September 1895 in Woolwich Twp

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Aug 1896 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Aug 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Dec 1976 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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