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

Melvina Susannah Bertha Ruehl[1]

Female 1899 - 1981  (82 years)


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  • Name Melvina Susannah Bertha Ruehl 
    Born 23 May 1899  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Melvina Susannah Bertha Williams 
    Occupation 1926  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Glove Operator 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-86190 
    Died 26 Jun 1981  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried 29 Jun 1981  Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I86190  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry Ruehl,   b. 6 Dec 1857, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth Seim,   b. 20 Sep 1862, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Feb 1887  [4
    Family ID F22358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Williams,   b. 21 Apr 1896, , Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1958  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 12 Feb 1926  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Robert Williams
     2. Harold Williams
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F51379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Williams, Mrs. Melvina S.B. - At the K-W Hospital, on Friday, June 26, 1981, after a brief illness, the former Melvina Susanah Bertha Ruehl, of 84 Wilson Ave., Apt. 510, Kitchener, aged 82 years. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Bridgeport. Mother of Robert of Toronto, Harold of Kitchener; sister of Edmund Ruehl of Kitchener, Harry and Edna Ruehl of New Hamburg. Predeceased by her parents; her husband, Samuel in 1958; one brother, Victor and one sister, Louise. Friends were received at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, Kitchener where the funeral service was held on Monday at 11 am with Pastor Ralph Huras officiating. Interment was in the Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery.

      New Hamburg Independent Jul 8 1981 pg 11

  • Sources 
    1. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 046324-26.
      Samuel Williams, 28, occ. Shoe Worker, b. Leicester England, res. 12 Louisa St. Kitchener, son of Richard Williams (B. England) & Florence Rigley married Melvina Susannah Bertha Ruehl, 26, occ. Glove Operator, b. New Hamburg, res. 12 Louisa St. Kitchener, daughter of Henry Ruehl (B. Germany) & Eliza Seim, Witn: Lena Godglick of 31 Hebel Place Kitchener & John Schmieder of 43 Alma St. Kitchener, 12 February 1926 in Kitchener.

    2. [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 8.

    3. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituary of Melvina Susannah Bertha Ruehl - Williams - Jul 8 1981 pg 11.

    4. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 34.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 May 1899 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Glove Operator - 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Feb 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Jun 1981 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 29 Jun 1981 - Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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