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

Rev. Stanley William Gartung[1]

Male 1894 - 1937  (42 years)


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  • Name Stanley William Gartung 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 6 Nov 1894  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1911  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cabinet maker - Furniture factory 
    Residence 1911  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Misfortune 1937 
    killed in auto accident 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-86748 
    Died 12 Oct 1937  Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I86748  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Ernst Gartung, Jr.,   b. 12 Sep 1855, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 55 years) 
    Mother Margaret Poppert,   b. 23 Mar 1868, Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F22483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Clara Wilhelmina Thiel,   b. 6 Apr 1893, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1937, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Children 
     1. Joan Carolyn Gartung,   b. 27 Jun 1936, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1938, , York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F23777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Clara Wilhelmina Thiel,   b. 6 Apr 1893, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1937, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Children 
     1. Joan Carolyn Gartung,   b. 27 Jun 1936, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1938, , York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F296587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Former Waterloo Student Dies in Crash at Kingston

      Rev. Stanley Gartung. wife Three Others Is Car When It is Ditched

      NEW HAMBURG, Oct. 14.
      Word received here announcing the death of Rev. Stanley W W. Gartung aged 43, of Morrisburg, a native of this village, who was killed in a motor car crash on the Kingston highway, No. 2, on Tuesday afternoon, while en route to attend a Lutheran Church convention at Hamilton. Losing control of the car as it cleared a turn in the road three miles from Kingston, the machine went into the ditch, rolling over three times. Four women passengers, including his wife, were injured and taken to the hospital.

      Born at New Hamburg, November, 1893, Rev. Mr. Gartung received his education at the Baden, New Hamburg and Bremner schools. He later attended the Waterloo College and Seminary. In June, 1922, he married Clara Thiel at Kitchener. Ordained into the ministry at Bridgewater, N.S., in 1921, he was appointed pastor of a church at Midville, NS. Four years later he accepted a call to the Welland church Last December he assumed the pastorate at Morrisburg He was business manager of the church paper, The Canada Lutheran." His many Twin-City friends regret to learn of his untimely death

      Surviving are his widow, his mother, one son, Edgar Albert, and one daughter, Jean Caroline, one brother, John Ernst, Kitchener, and five sisters, Mrs. Henry Thering. New York City, Mrs. Robert Kilpatrick, Brampton, Mrs Wilbert Coverlay, Ivanhoe, Miss Mildred and Miss Gertrude Gartung both of Kitchener.

      A funeral service was held Thursday afternoon from the Lutheran Church at Morrisburg, of which he was pastor. The remains left Morrisburg Thursday evening and arrived in Kitchener to-day Friday at the residence of his brother, John E., 12 Rose Street. Private services will be held on Saturday at 2.30 o'clock followed by public. service at the First English Luth- eran Church at 3 pm. Rev. Dr. J. Reble president of the Canada Synod, and other officials of the Synod will be in charge. Entombment will take place in Woodland Mausoleum.

      Waterloo Chronicle 15 Oct 1937, p. 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link .
      Rev. Stanley W. Gartung/ 1894-1937/ Clara W. Thiel/ His Wife/ 1893-1937/ Joan Carolyn Dau./ 1936-1938/ Gartung

    2. [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 18.

    3. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 17;.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, W. (1894). Rev Stanley William Gartung (1894-1937) - Find A... Retrieved 16 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133051693/stanley-william-gartung.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Nov 1894 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Cabinet maker - Furniture factory - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Oct 1937 - Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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