Rev. William Helmuth Knauff^[1]

1886 - 1953  (66 years)

• Name	William Helmuth Knauff
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	12 Sep 1886	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	religion
  Name	Helmuth Knauff
  Occupation	1907	Port Colbourne, , Ontario
  	clergy man
  Occupation	1909	Port Colborne, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Clergyman
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-97934
  Died	21 Apr 1953	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I97934	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Julius Knauff,   b. 18 Jul 1855, , Germany ,   d. 22 May 1921, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Louisa Grimme,   b. 12 May 1863, , Germany ,   d. 8 Oct 1936  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F245399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alberta Elizabeth Josephine Ritzer,   b. 9 Jun 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1957  (Age 68 years)
  Married	16 Jun 1909	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Rev. Karl John Julius Knauff,   b. 29 Jun 1910, Port Colborne, Humberstone Twp., Welland Co., Ontario ,   d. 30 Jun 1996, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F25804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Knauff,WilliamHelmuthRev-obitpicture.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Rev. Knauff was born in Berlin, Ontario, now Kitchener, and received his education in the Berlin public school and the Berlin Collegiate. He attended the Martin Luther Seminary in Buffalo and upon graduation was ordained into the ministry in 1906. His first parish was in Lyndonville, New York where he remained for two and one half years before accepting a call to the pastorship of the First English Evangelical Lutheran church in Port Colborne, Ontario. He served that church for eleven years before accepting a call to St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Preston where he was installed as pastor on November 2, 1919. He remained at the church for thirty-three years until his death on April 21, 1953. He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Waterloo. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge ________________ Rev. W. H. Knauff Dies Was At St. Peter's 33 Years The Reverend W. H. Knauff, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran church, Preston, for more than 33 continuous years, died at 6 o'clock this morning in the Kitchener-Waterloo hospital. His death followed an illness of several months and word of his passing was received with sincere measure of regret in the community which he had faithfully served and had been actively interested over the long period of years. The late Mr. Knauff was in his 67th year. Born in Kitchener the deceased received his education in the Kitchener public school and collegiate. He then attended the Martin Lutheran Seminar in Buffalo, N. Y., graduating and being ordained into the ministry in 1906 in Buffalo. FIRST PARISH His first parish was in Lyndonville. New York and he remained in charge there for two and a half years, accepting a call to the pastorship of the First English Evangelical Lutheran church in Port Colborne, where he served for 11 years. Called from Port Colborne to Preston, he was installed by Rev. J. Schmieder, of Kitchener, as pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran church on November 2, 1919 being the 13th pastor of Preston's oldest congregation, organized in 1834. His passing this morning, concluded 47 years of service to the ministry. Under his leadership St. Peter's Lutheran church flourished, with congregational membership increase, active organizations, while over the passing years progressive improvements were made to the church proper and to its accoutrements. ACTIVE IN SYNOD A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada the late Rev. Knuaff was president of the Lutheran conference on many occasions, while he actively served on various boards of the Lutheran conference. He was president of the Preston Ministerial Association at the time of his death and held the office on many occasions over the past years. Keenly interested in affairs of the municipality he served in many respects. He was also a valued member of the Preston-Hespeler Rotary club. Surviving are his wife, Alberta Ritzer; a son, the Rev. Karl J. Knauff, pastor of Zion Lutheran church, Stratford: a sister, Mrs. Julius Nilsson, Kitchener; three brothers, August of Toronto, Adolph and Bruno of Buffalo. The late Mr. Knauff is resting at the Stager-Pass Ltd., funeral home until Thursday at noon, then at St. Peter's Lutheran church, Preston, for service at 2.30. The casket will be open in the church until the time of the service. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo. Galt Reporter 1953

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020484-09. William Helmuth Knauff, 23, occ. Clergyman, res. of Port Colborne, son of Julius Knauff and Louisa Grummer Married Alberta Elizabeth Josephine Ritzer, 21, res. of Waterloo, daughter of John Ritzer and Sophia Latz, Witn: C. Adolph Knauff of Woodstock and Nelda Roos of Waterloo, 16 June 1909 in Waterloo [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 3.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Sep 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - clergy man - 1907 - Port Colbourne, , Ontario Married - 16 Jun 1909 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Apr 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth