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Johanna K. Zimmer[1]

Female 1871 - 1960  (88 years)


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  • Name Johanna K. Zimmer 
    Born 16 Mar 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Hannah Zimmer 
    Name Johanna K. Wilhelm 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1911  Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Residence 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-68922P 
    Died 1960  Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9] 
    Buried Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9, 10, 11] 
    Person ID I68922  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Johann Adam "Adam" Zimmer,   b. 19 Aug 1825, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Catherine Knechtel,   b. 13 Jul 1837, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 5 Sep 1858  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14] 
    Family ID F8204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Adam Zimmer,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Catherine Knechtel,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F288664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles M. Wilhelm,   b. 27 Jun 1871, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1951  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 14 Apr 1896  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Harvey Wilhelm,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Edgar Zimmer Wilhelm,   b. 23 Nov 1896, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Henry Z. "Harry" Wilhelm,   b. 11 Sep 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1980, RR1, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Anthony M. Wilhelm,   b. May 1902, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1964  (Age ~ 61 years)
     5. Grace E. Wilhelm,   b. 14 Apr 1908, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1991  (Age 83 years)
     6. Albert Wilhelm,   b. 7 Nov 1911, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951  (Age 39 years)
     7. Ida Wilhelm,   b. 23 Nov 1915, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 2011, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F18101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Johanna Wilhelm - Maryhill - Mrs. Johanna Wilhelm, 89, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold (Ida) Fromm, Maryhill, after a week's illness. The former Johanna Zimmer, she was born March 16, 1871, in Kitchener, daughter of the late Adam Zimmer and Catherine Knechtel. She was a member of St. Boniface RC Church. Her husband, Charles Wilhelm, died 10 years ago. Surviving are three sons, Edgar of Kitchener, Harry of Maryhill and Anthony of Kitchener; two daughters, Mrs. William (Grace) Kloepfer of Galt and Mrs. Fromm; a sister Mrs. Allen (Margaret) Knechtel of Kitchener; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Gruhn Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8: 30 pm. Prayers will be said at the funeral home Wednesday at 9 am, followed by requiem high mass at St. Boniface Church at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012627-96.
      Charles Wilhelm, 24, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Anthony Wilhelm and Regina Moser married Johanna Zimmer, 25, b. Canada, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Adam Zimmer and Catharine Knechtel, Witn Albert Zimmer of Berlin, Johanna Wilhelm of Waterloo Twp, George Fischer of Waterloo Twp and Annie Zimmer of Berlin, 14 April 1896 In Berlin.

    2. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-1 Page 3.

    3. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 15.

    4. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 16.

    5. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, District 1 (New Germany) Page 5.

    6. [S93] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich, Maryhill - Saint Boniface Roman Catholic - www.findagrave. com.

    7. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 1 - Waterloo Township - New Germany Page 6.

    8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 30.

    9. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Johanna Zimmer - Wilhelm.

    10. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, S. (1871). Johanna K Zimmer Wilhelm (1871-1960) - Find A... Retrieved 27 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81578013/johanna-k-wilhelm.

    11. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, S. (1871). Johanna K Zimmer Wilhelm (1871-1960) - Find A... Retrieved 29 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81578013/johanna-k-wilhelm.

    12. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 14 Sep 1858.
      By the Revd. F. W. Bindeman at Berlin on the 5th September, John Adam Zimmer, to Catharine Knechtel, of Waterloo.

    13. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      John Adam Zimmer Birth Place: Germany RESIDENCE: Waterloo Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Father Name: Michael Mother Name: Margareth Stuber Spouse Name: Catherine Knechtel Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837 Spouse Birth Place: Waterloo Spouse Residence: Waterloo Spouse Father Name: Philip Spouse Mother Name: Eva Young Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1858 Marriage County: Waterloo

    14. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Mar 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Apr 1896 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1960 - Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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