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

Bertha Viola Chester

Female 1886 - 1971  (~ 86 years)


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  • Name Bertha Viola Chester 
    Born Between 1885 and 1886 
    Gender Female 
    Name Bertha Viola Brown 
    Residence 1971  78 Queen St. W., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-63585 
    Died 13 Sep 1971  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I63585  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Benjamin Chester,   b. 6 Dec 1841, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1912, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Catherine Hammett,   b. 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1914, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1869  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F7285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles James Brown,   b. 29 Jan 1888, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1972, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 24 Jan 1912  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ruth Brown
     2. James Brown
     3. Chester Brown
     4. Ethel Brown
     5. Eleanor Brown
     6. Alice A. Brown,   b. 26 Sep 1920, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F59977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BROWN, BERTHA VIOLA (Nee Chester)

      At the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital in Galt, on Saturday morning, September 13, 1971, of 78 Queen St. West in Hespeler, formerly of Puslinch Township, in her 86th year. Wife of Charles J. Brown. Mother of James and Chester, both of Hespeler; Ethel (Mrs. Ralph Parsons; Alice (Mrs. Leonard Bowman), both of R. R. #2, Hespeler; Ruth (Mrs. Edward Seaton) of River Road in Hespeler; and Eleanor (Mrs. Neil Keegan) of San Francisco. Funeral service on Tues. , Sept. 21 at 2 at the Nelson Funeral Home, 23 Galt St. in Hespeler. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9/315.
      Benjamin Chester, 26, Farmer, b. Puslinch, res. Hamilton, son of Richard and Maria, Married Catherine Hammett, 20, res. Waterloo Twp., b. Waterloo Twp., daughter of Thomas and Catherine, Witn: John D. Newstead of Waterloo Twp and John Chester of Puslinch Twp., 19 Feb 1869 At Waterloo Twp

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Jan 1912 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Sep 1971 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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