Wilfred Laurier Bitzer

1896 - 1996  (99 years)

• Name	Wilfred Laurier Bitzer
  Born	10 Feb 1896	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Student
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Sports Team Membership	1914	Berlin Cubs Baseball Team, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada
  		Berlin Cubs Baseball Team 1914 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  Occupation	1926	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	mercantile reporter
  Residence	1926	83 Benton St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Elected Office	1954	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor - Kitchener
  	1954, 1957
  Honoured	WILFRED L. BITZER AWARD PROCLAMATION
  	WILFRED L. BITZER AWARD PROCLAMATION Sponsored by the German-Canadian Business & Professional Association This award has been established to recognize University of Waterloo Engineering students wishing to attend an established undergraduate exchange program in Germany or Austria, most notably, the Technical University of Braunschweig, the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, the Technical University of Munich, or the Technical University of Vienna. Two such awards, in the amount of $2,500 each, are available for the academic year 2013/14 to qualified Canadian UW students. The successful students will be selected based on academic achievement and German language competence. Preference will be given to students whose exchange is for more than one term. Recipients will be expected to make a brief oral presentation to the German-Canadian Business & Professional Association upon their return to Waterloo.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-70407P
  Died	1996
  Person ID	I70407	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Mayor Conrad Bitzer, B. A.,   b. 11 Jan 1853, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Sep 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Adeline Lindner,   b. 7 Feb 1858, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	9 Mar 1882	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F9538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myrtle Winnifred Davey,   b. 1899, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	20 Oct 1926	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F32235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-8 Page 7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 22 Pg. 6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 13 Feb 1896. 10 Feb 1896 The wife of Conrad Bitzer, in Berlin, a son. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 39589 (1926), Bitzer-Davey. Wilfred Laurier BITZER, 30, mercantile reporter, b. Kitchener Ont. res. 83 Benton St in Kitchener s/o Conrad BITZER (b. Listowel Ont. & Adeline LINDNER married Myrtle Winnifred DAVEY, 26, stenographer, b. Listowel, res. 29 Elgin St in Kitchener d/o Frederick James DAVEY (b. Preston Ont. & Elizabeth Jane GANNETT wtn: A.M. BITZER & Irmgard C. BITZER both of 83 Benton St in Kitchener, 20 October 1926 at London [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 11576 (1882), Bitzer-Lindner. Conrad Bitzer, 29, attorney at law of Berlin, b. Canada, s/o Gottlieb & Dorothea Bitzer married Adeline Lindner, 24, residence Berlin b. Canada d/o Mortiz & Adeline Lindner. witnesses A. Lindner of Belrin & Mary D. Lake of Berlin, married 9 Mar 1882 at Berlin [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Mar 1882. 09 Mar 1882 Conrad Bitzer, lawyer, and Adeline Lindner, both of Berlin, were married in Berlin by Pastor Wurster. (followed by a long poem-"Words of Departure" [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 19.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Feb 1896 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Student - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Sports Team Membership - 1914 - Berlin Cubs Baseball Team, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Occupation - mercantile reporter - 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1926 - 83 Benton St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Oct 1926 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor - Kitchener - 1954 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth