Bertha May Bennett^[1]

1899 - 1993  (94 years)

• Name	Bertha May Bennett
  Born	14 Apr 1899	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Bertha May Bruce
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Baptist
  Occupation	1924	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Bookkeeper
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-61223P
  Died	27 Dec 1993	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I61223	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin F. Bennett,   b. 2 Aug 1869, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Florence Esther Green,   b. 24 Nov 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F46466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Lincoln Bruce,   b. 10 Dec 1893, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	10 Sep 1924	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Donald Lincoln Bruce,   b. 19 Jun 1926,   d. 21 Dec 2015, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F26688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BRUCE, Bertha M. Peacefully, at the Golden Years Nursing Home, on Monday, December 27, 1993, in her 95th year. Bertha Bruce (nee Bennett), beloved wife of the late George Lincoln Bruce (1947), dear mother of Donald and his wife Marjorie Bruce of Kitchener, loved grandmother of Deborah and her husband Stephen Young of New Hamburg and David and his wife Deborah Bruce of Kitchener. Sadly missed by great-grandchildren; Amy, Andrew, Becky and James. Predeceased by a sister, Mrs. Jessie Robinson. Mrs. Bertha Bruce was a long time employee of Wallace Nicholl Imports. Funeral and Committal Services will be conducted in the chapel of Little's Funeral Home, 223 Main Street East, Cambridge, on Wednesday, at 2 p.m. Friends will be received Wednesday, from 1 p.m. until the time of service, at 2 p.m. Reverend Bud Hooper of Avenue Road Baptist Church officiating. Entombment Mount View Mausoleum. Cambridge Reporter 1993

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020085-24. George Lincoln Bruce, 30, occ. Decorator, b. Galt, res. 13 Bond St. Galt, son of Alex G. Bruce (B. Galt) and Elizabeth Englehart married Bertha May Bennett, 25, occ. Bookkeeper, b. Galt, res. Galt, daughter of Ben. F. Bennett (B. Ontario) and Florence Green, Witn: W.L. Bruce of 7 Oxford St. Galt and Jessie P. Bennett of 7 Bond St. Galt, 10 September 1924 at 7 Bond St. in Galt. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-5 Page 2. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Galt 1911 Div. 14 Page 23. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Bertha M. Bruce - Kitchener-Waterloo Record Dec 30 1993 pg A11.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Apr 1899 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Bookkeeper - 1924 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 10 Sep 1924 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Dec 1993 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth