Gordon Rohr

1898 - 1936  (37 years)

• Name	Gordon Rohr
  Born	17 Oct 1898	Baden, Baden, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75792971
  Misfortune	killed in auto accident
  Occupation	1911	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer, Farm
  Residence	1911	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-77397
  Died	30 Aug 1936	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I77397	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Christopher Rohr,   b. 30 Aug 1865, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Marion Sittler,   b. 29 Sep 1868, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1961  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F20202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gordon Rohr, 38, Killed When Automobile Leaps to Sidewalk Wilfred Schmitt, 21, Conestogo, Faces Criminal Negligence Charge. HAPPENED ON SCHOOL HILL Gordon Rohr, 38, died early Sunday morning at the K.-W. Hospital, following an automobile accident Saturday night, and Wilfred Schmitt, 21, Conestogo, is in the county jail at Kitchener charged with criminal negligence. Provincial police say Rohr was walking along the sidewalk at Bridgeport, when Schmitt's car skidded off the road, ran between a pole and a tree and struck Rohr. According to Schmitt he was blinded by the headlights of an approaching car, put on his brakes, and swerved out of the pathway of the car. Rohr was rushed to the hospital and attended by Dr. N. A. Morrison, who said death was caused by a fracture of the base of the skull and laceration of the brain. An inquest will be held. Rohr was single, and employed on the Jacob Jacobi farm near Bridgeport. He was born in Baden, and is survived by four brothers, Maurice of Kitchener, Ira of Linwood, Sam of Roseville, and Harvey of Drum- bo, and one sister, Mrs. J. Tschirhart, Kitchener. The funeral was held yesterday from the Ratz- Bechtel Funeral Home to Mannheim Lutheran Church for service, followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery. Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Sep 1936, p. 1 _____________________________ Schmidt Faces Manslaughter Count Wilfred Schmidt of near Conestogo, named by a coroner's jury as the driver of a car which killed Gordon Rohr at Bridgeport recently, faced a charge of manslaughter when he appeared in: Kitchener court yesterday. Waterloo Chronicle, 17 Sep 1936, p. 1 _____________ Acquit Youth Of Manslaughter Wilfred Schmitt, 21, Baden, Not to Blame in Bridgeport Death. Wilfred Schmitt, 21, Baden, appearing in Kitchener police court on Tuesday morning, was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter which has been facing him for almost a month. Schmitt was charged after his car struck Gordon Rohr as the latter was walking up the hill near the school at Bridgeport. Rohr received a fractured skull, succumbing later in the hospital. On motion of Crown Attorney W. P. Clement, the charge was dismissed by Magistrate Col. Winter of Simcoe. Mr. Clement pointed out that evidence produced at the inquest showed that Schmitt was in no way negligent. His car skidded while making a turn, striking Rohr who was walking on the sidewalk. Waterloo Chronicle, 1 Oct 1936, p. 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-4 Page 5. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 12 Page 13. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75792971.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Oct 1898 - Baden, Baden, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Occupation - Laborer, Farm - 1911 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Aug 1936 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth