Walter Wesley "Wesley" Baer^[1]

1865 - 1939  (73 years)

• Name	Walter Wesley "Wesley" Baer
  Born	22 Jul 1865	Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Wesley Baer
  Eby ID Number	00003-599.5
  Died	23 Apr 1939	Victoria, British Columbia   [2]
  Buried	Hatley Memorial Gardens, Colwood, British Columbia   [2]
  Person ID	I9876	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	David P. Baer,   b. 5 Dec 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1907, Croswell, Sanilac, Michigan, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Susannah Witmer,   b. 28 Jan 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1880, Colborne Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  (Age 47 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F1157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BAER\emdash At Royal Jubilee Hospital on Sunday, April 23, Walter Baer, aged 74 ears. The late Mr. Baer was born in Goderich, Ont., and had been a resident of this province for the last 50 years. He is survived by his widow, in Honolulu, and a son. in Australia. The funeral will take place on Thursday morning from McCall Bros.' Funeral Home at 10.30 o'clock. Rev. J. P. Hicks will conduct the service, after which Interment will be in Colwood Burial Park.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 185. [S3231] Find A Grave, Gardens, H., America, N., Columbia, B., District, C., & Gardens, H. (1865). Walter Wesley Baer (1865-1939) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169869394/walter-wesley-baer. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. David Bear, blacksmith of Waterloo T., married 7 Nov 1852 Greenbush by license to Susanna Witmer of Waterloo T. witnesses: F. W. Hering of Waterloo & William Dekay of Waterloo [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 11 Nov 1852 pg 46. BEAR, David married 7 Nov 1852 To Susanna WITNER. Both from Waterloo. minister F. W. Bindemann

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Jul 1865 - Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Apr 1939 - Victoria, British Columbia Buried - - Hatley Memorial Gardens, Colwood, British Columbia  = Link to Google Earth