Maria Magdalena "Mary" Thaler

1895 - 1998  (102 years)

• Name	Maria Magdalena "Mary" Thaler
  Born	9 Oct 1895	Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Maria Magdalena "Mary" Frey
  Name	Marie Mary
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presser
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	New Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-71871
  Died	25 Feb 1998	Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I71871	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	David M. Thaler,   b. 16 Nov 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Susannah B. Snyder,   b. 23 Aug 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	Feb 1889  [6]
  Family ID	F1057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Amasa "Amsey" Frey,   b. 28 Apr 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1973  (Age 79 years)
  Married	15 Mar 1922
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F15374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FREY, Mary 'Marie' - Of Medicine Hat, passed away, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1998, at the age of 102 years. Beloved wife of the late Rev. Amsey Frey. She leaves to cherish her memory two daughters, Grayce (Dr. Lee) Nash of Dundee, Oregon and Jean (Rev. Bill) Cox of Medicine Hat; five grand children, Murray Nash of Talkeetna, Alaska, LeAnn (Ken) Beebe of Rockaway Beach, Oregon, Dr. Torrey (Kimberly) Nash of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Brenton (Sylvia) Cox of Calgary and Meredith (Lorne) Knodel of Medicine Hat; ten great-grandchildren, Dawson, Christopher and Denver Knodel, Trevor, Tanner and Tucker Nash, Mark and Grayce Beebe, Jillian and Natalie Cox; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, David and Susannah Thaler; her husband, Rev. Amsey Frey on December 31, 1973; six brothers, Simon, Elmer, Albert, Lincoln, Harry, Hubert and James; three sisters, Ella, Verna and Alice. Mary "Marie" was born on October 8, 1895 in Centreville, Ontario. She was raised in Kitchener area and began working in a button factory, later at Kresge's and then in a rubber factory where she made footwear during the First World War. On March 15, 1922 she married Amsey Frey in Kitchener and that same year they moved west to a homestead at Acadia Valley. Her husband Amsey became a minister and they served various churches in Alberta, retiring to Didsbury in 1962. In 1986 she moved to Medicine Hat to the Haven of Rest and in November of 1996 to Sunnyside Nursing Home. A funeral service will be held at the Didsbury Zion Evangelical Missionary Church on Monday, March 2, 1998 at 2 p.m., with Rev. Bill Cox and Rev. Willard Swain.) co-officiating. Interment will follow in the Didsbury Cemetery. The Record Newspaper 27 Feb 1998 pg B4

  
  

• Sources

  [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 5. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 21. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, D., America, N., Division, C., & Cemetery, D. (1893). Amsey Frey (1893-1973) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117788410/amsey-frey. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 11. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 347.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Oct 1895 - Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Presser - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - New Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Feb 1998 - Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth