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

Eli Boshart[1]

Male 1888 - 1974  (85 years)


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  • Name Eli Boshart 
    Born 19 Dec 1888  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1909  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-81125 
    Died 16 Sep 1974  Lowville, Lewis, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Croghan Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, Croghan, Lewis, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I81125  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father David R. Boshart,   b. 1 Oct 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. FB 1940  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Mary Schumm,   b. 22 Sep 1864, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1953, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F21046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine G. Kennel,   b. 6 Mar 1887, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1947, near, Carthage, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1909  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Children 
     1. Clayton Boshart,   b. Nov 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 2007, Lowville, Lewis, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 96 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F41520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Eli Boshart Rites Set

      LOWVILLE - The funeral for Eli Boshart, 85, Castorland, who died Monday at home, will be Thursday at 1 p.m., at the Virkler Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. in the Naumburg Conservative Mennonite Church, Richard Zehr and Elmer Moser officiating. Burial will be in the Croghan Conservative Mennonite Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edwina Boshart; three sons by his first marriage, Clayton and William, Watertown, Lloyd, Lowville; six children by his second marriage, Edgar in Iowa, Gloria in Florida, Sanford. in Louisana, Brenda, David and Glen, at home; a brother Henry, St. Jacobs, Ont., 16 grandchildren and 30 greatgrandchildren. Born at Baden Ont., Dec. 19, 1888. a son of David and Mary Schumm Boshart, he had resided at Castorland 47 years. He was foreman at the Climax Manufacturing Company from 1943 to 1966 and prior to that, operated a farm and milk route at Great Bend from 1927 to 1941. On Dec. 29. 1909, he married Katie Kennel. She died May 1, 1947. 0n Sept. 16 1948, he married Edwina Noftsier in the Lowville Mennonite Church with Chris Noftsier officiating.

      Watertown Daily Times, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1974

  • Sources 
    1. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020581-09.
      Eli Boshart, 21, occ. Farmer, res. of Wilmot, son of David Boshart and Mary Schumm, Married Catherina Kennel, 22, res. of Wilmot, daughter of Nicholas Kennel and Veronica Gingerich, Witn: Noah Boshart of Baden and Daniel Brenneman of New Hamburg, 30 December 1909 in Wilmot

    2. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 2.

    3. [S1175] News - NY, Lewis, Watertown - Watertown Daily Times, Eli Boshart Rites Set - Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1974.

    4. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 6.

    5. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 19.

    6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Katie Boshart - June 10, 1947.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Dec 1888 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1909 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Dec 1909 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Sep 1974 - Lowville, Lewis, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Croghan Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, Croghan, Lewis, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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