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

Robert John Bean

Male 1892 - 1990  (98 years)


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  • Name Robert John Bean 
    Born 10 Oct 1892  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Interesting education 
    Occupation 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Farmer Son 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-78711 
    Died 19 Nov 1990  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bethel United Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I78711  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Isaac S. Bean,   b. 3 Dec 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1937, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Margaret Gilmar,   b. 17 Mar 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1937, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 22 Feb 1881  Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F4212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laura Beatrice Wood,   b. 18 Dec 1894,   d. 7 Feb 1993, New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church, New Hamburg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married 21 Apr 1920 
    Children 
     1. Wallis Bean
     2. Marjorie Bean
     3. Grace Bean
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F60756  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Robert John Bean, formerly of R.R.#1 New Hamburg, died in the Nithview Home, New Hamburg, Monday, Nov. 19, 1990 at the age of 98 years. He was born in Wilmot Tp., the son of Isaac Bean and Margaret Gilmar. He was the Secretary-Treasurer of the former S.S.No.5 Wilmot School for many years, and the Chairman of the Waterloo Oxford Secondary School Board. At the time it was built, he turned the first sod. He was the husband of Laura Beatrice Wood of Nithview Home, whom he married Apr. 21, 1920. He was the father of Wallis and his wife Ruth of New Hamburg; Marjorie and her husband Peter Hallman of Cambridge, and Grace and her husband Russell Scott of Kitchener. He was also survived by one sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha Bean of Islington, 10 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by three brothers, Alfred, Frederick and Howard, and by one sister, Mrs. Laura Facey.

      KWRecord obit, Nov. 1990

  • Sources 
    1. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 10.

    2. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 7.

    3. [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..., 261.

    4. [S18] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration index (needs checking to original registration).

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Oct 1892 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer Son - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Nov 1990 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bethel United Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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