Waterloo Region Generations
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William Albert Goebel

Male 1885 - 1933  (48 years)


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  • Name William Albert Goebel 
    Born 23 Apr 1885  Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253706046 
    Residence 1891  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1911  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Jeweler, Store 
    Residence 1911  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-85943 
    Died 27 Dec 1933  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I85943  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Frederick Goebel,   b. 3 May 1857, Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Louisa Rosina Kraus,   b. 14 Feb 1861, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 25 Jun 1884  [3
    Family ID F22305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor Magdalena "Laura" Hummel,   b. 14 Apr 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1975, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 7 Sep 1917  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ward Philip Goebel,   b. 11 Mar 1922,   d. 7 Apr 2011, Newmarket, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F300635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Hamburg Obituary

      (By Record Correspondent.)

      WILLIAM A. GOEBEL

      NEW HAMBURG, Dec. 27-The death of William A. Goebel, 48, occurred at 1.40 a.m. today at his home on Peel street, after an illness of five weeks.

      The deceased was born in Mitchell on July 23, 1885, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goebel of this place. He was married on September 27, 1917, at Kitchener to Laura Hummel, who with one son survives him. The deceased is also survived by three brothers and three sisters, Harry Goebel, Buffalo; Walter, Chicago; Norman, Windsor: Mrs. O. J. Kerr, Stratford, wife of Mayor-elect Kerr: Mrs. Norman Elmslie, Kitchener: Mrs. Charles Ritz, New Hamburg. One brother, Glennie, died overseas a few days before the close of the Great War.

      He was in the jewellery business here for some years until three years ago. Prior to locating in New Hamburg he was in the same line of business at Baden.

      The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. There will be a public service at his father's residence on Seyler street, and interment will be made in Riverside cemetery. H. H. Erdman, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran church, will officiate.

      Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wed, Dec 27, 1933 Page 2

  • Sources 
    1. [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 4.

    2. [S1507] Census - ON, Waterloo, Baden - 1911, Baden Div. 13 Page 11.

    3. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 1.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Apr 1885 - Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Jeweler, Store - 1911 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Sep 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Dec 1933 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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