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

Magdalena Mattusch[1]

Female 1869 - 1944  (74 years)


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  • Name Magdalena Mattusch 
    Born 18 Oct 1869  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Magdalena Reitzel 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-97958 
    Died 25 May 1944  Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I97958  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father George Michael "Michael" Mattusch,   b. 13 Mar 1819, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Kathrina "Catherine" "Katie" Ruppel,   b. 15 Mar 1827, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1872  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 22 May 1849  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward G. Reitzel,   b. 15 Sep 1865, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1935, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1888  St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Walter Edwin Reitzel,   b. 7 Oct 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Dellia May Reitzel,   b. 6 Dec 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Etta Reitzel,   b. 18 Dec 1892, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Erma Lillian Reitzel,   b. 23 Sep 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F25229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Magdalena Reitzel

      Mrs. Magdalena Reitzel, who died at Edmonton May 25, in her 75th year, where she had gone some eight months ago to live with her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Harris, was buried in the family plot of Didsbury cemetery on Saturday, May 27, after a funeral service conducted by the Rev. A. M. Amacher in the Evangelical church, of which Mrs. Reitzel was an active member for some 22 years. Mrs. Amacher sang the solo, "In the Upper Garden."

      She is survived by one son, Walter, of Edmonton; three daughters, Mrs. E. H. Harris, Edmonton, Mrs. A. Weber, Calgary, and Mrs. A. G. Batt, at Derbyshire, England; also eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

      Excerpt from Didsbury Pioneer, June 1, 1944

  • Sources 
    1. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012032-88.
      Edward Reitzel, 22, occ. Farmer, b. Woolwich, res. Elmira, son of Anthony E. and Caroline Married Magdalena Mattusch, 18, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, daughter of Michael and Barbara, Witn Andrew Voelker and Maria Anna Haist Of Saint Jacobs, 4 April 1888 In Saint Jacobs.

    2. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 4.

    3. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 62.

    4. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2 Page 1.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117849835/magdalena-reitzel.

    6. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      George Michael Mattusch, 28, res. miller of Waterloo married 22 May 1849 in Greenbush by banns to Catharine Ruppel, 21, res. Waterloo, wit: Andreas Wolf, locksmith of Waterloo and Wilh. Klaholz labourer of Waterloo

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Oct 1869 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Apr 1888 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 May 1944 - Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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