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

Rev. Stanton S. Lautenschlager

Male 1888 - 1950  (62 years)


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  • Name Stanton S. Lautenschlager 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 21 Apr 1888  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220111003 
    Interesting religion 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Student 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    United Brethren 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-75986 
    Died 7 Jun 1950  Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I75986  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Isaac Samuel Lautenschlager,   b. 10 Jun 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Schweitzer,   b. 2 Apr 1865, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 13 Oct 1886  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F19893  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Herner,   b. 27 Feb 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1964, Duarte, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F300222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Noted Kitchener Clergyman Dies At Wooster Home

      Well-known in church and political circles, Rev. Stanton Lautenschlager, 62, formerly of Kitchener, died suddenly at Wooster died suddenly at Wooster, Ohio, Hospital, yesterday. He had time. at Alma St. United Brethren, Church Mr. Lautenschlager from 1914-1919, also served as a missionary in China. He taught five years in a Chinese Christian High School and 15 years in Cheeloo University and Lingnan University.

      Did Much Writing

      When the war came, he and his family went to Free China, where he taught in the Christian University Centre, in Chengtu, West China. He also conducted a student tour to Manchuria, Korea and Japan before the war and wrote some magazine articles on student work in China and on China's war efforts, as well as a small book con "Communists, Cooperatives and Colleges in China." before Pearl Harbor he returned with his family to Canada. Since his return he has continued his mission work in Canada and the United States. Keenly interested in labor problems and modern political thought, which he studied at the University of Toronto, he was a C.C.F. candidate for North Waterloo in federal and provincial elections.

      Good Local Student

      A student at K-W Collegiate he received the Mayor Hett Medal for elocution and the William Lyon Mackenzie King Medal for public speaking. He graduated in 1915 from Huntington College, Indiana, in 1919 from the University Michigan in modern history and political science. his term as pastor in Kitchener, he was professor at Huntington and pastor of the college church in 1919 and 1920. 1944 Huntington College awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Law and Humanities for world service. He also has an M. A. degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Law from a Chicago college.

      Daughter Married Sunday

      The Wilmot Township native, although in poor health for some time, participated in the wedding of his daughter, Mrs. James (Kathleen) Haun, in Wooster Sunday. are his wife, the former Sarah Herner; his mother, Mrs. Isaac Lautenschlager of Toronto; one son, Robert at home; one daughter, Mrs. Haun of Wooster; two brothers, Rev. Roy Lautenschlager, missionary in China, and Rev. Earl Lautenschlager of Toronto. His father, Isaac Lautenschlager, predeceased him six years ago.

      Funeral arrangements are not complete.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, Jun 8, 1950 Page 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 11.

    2. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 4 Page 1.

    3. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 11.

    4. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11823-86.
      Isaac Samuel Lautenschleger, 22, occ. Yeoman, b. Canada, res. Mannheim, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Rosenburger, married Mary Ann Schweitzer, 21, b. Canada, res. Mannheim, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Weber, Witness: Samuel Schweitzer and Barbara Cressman, both of Wilmot, 13 Oct 1886 at Berlin

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Apr 1888 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Student - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Jun 1950 - Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio Link to Google Earth
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