Edwin Gerbig

1880 - 1880  (0 years)

• Name	Edwin Gerbig
  Born	29 Oct 1880	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Misfortune	25 Dec 1880	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	accidently smothered in clothing Christmas Day
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-98859
  Died	25 Dec 1880	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: Smothered
  Person ID	I98859	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry D. Gerbig,   b. 9 Jan 1857, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1914  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Zoegner,   b. 2 Nov 1856, , Germany ,   d. 22 Mar 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	25 Jan 1880	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F23868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Henry Gerbig,   b. CA 1850,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F256104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A Child Smothered - A very sad occurrence was made manifest at New Dundee on the afternoon of Christmas Day. A Christmas festival was being held in the church in that village, and among those who arrived to attend it were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gerbig, of Mannheim, with their infant child. When they arrived at the church, Mrs. Gerbig proceeded to take the baby from the wrappings which had been used to keep out the extreme cold, when she was horrified to find that the poor little thing was lifeless - that it had been smothered on the way over. Her distress on realizing that her child was dead was most painful to witness, and the utmost sympathy was manifested for herself and her husband by those present in the church. Galt Reporter Jan 7 1881 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of Edwin Gerig - Jan 7 1881 pg 1.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Oct 1880 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - accidently smothered in clothing Christmas Day - 25 Dec 1880 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Smothered - 25 Dec 1880 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth