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

Amy Ellen "Ellen" Brighton[1]

Female 1874 - 1953  (79 years)


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  • Name Amy Ellen "Ellen" Brighton 
    Born 6 Sep 1874  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48265168 
    Name Amy Ellen "Ellen" Stager 
    Name Ellen Brighton 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Methodist 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Evangelical 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-75820 
    Buried 1953  Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Died 19 Sep 1953  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I75820  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Aaron Brighton,   b. 6 Sep 1846, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Catherine "Kate" Hymmen,   b. 2 Feb 1855, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1943, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F19935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Allen Stager,   b. 16 May 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1933, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 6 Oct 1896  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Clarice Pearl Stager,   b. 25 Mar 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Verlie M. Stager,   b. 22 Sep 1898, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Vinton Olie Stager,   b. 9 Apr 1900, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     4. Arden Wheatly Stager,   b. 15 Nov 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Inez Stager,   b. Nov 1903, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F19858  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Ellen Stager - Mrs. Ellen Stager, 79, of 8 Onward Ave., who had lived in Kitchener for the past eight years, died today at the K-W Hospital. In 1896 she married the late Allen Stager, who died in 1933. She spent most of her life in Wilmot Township.

      Surviving are two sons, Vinton and Arden, both of Kitchener; three daughters, Mrs. Clarice Cressman, Mrs. Norman Duench and Miss Inez Stager, all of Kitchener; one brother, Hymen Brighton, Toronto; one sister Mrs. Adelia Bechtel, New Dundee; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

      The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral will be held Tuesday at 1: 30 pm followed by a service at the Blenheim Mennonite Church at 2: 30. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record 19 Sep 1953 pg 5

  • Sources 
    1. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012649-96.
      Allen Stager, 23, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. New Dundee, son of Fred'k and Veronica married Ellen Brighton, 22, b. Canada, res. Wilmot Twp, daughter of Aaron and Kate, Witn Mrs. M. Detweiler and Mrs. Susie Bowman Both of Berlin, 6 October 1896 In Berlin.

    2. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 8.

    3. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 70.

    4. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 1.

    5. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 19.

    6. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Ellen Brighton - Stager.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Sep 1874 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Oct 1896 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1953 - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Sep 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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