1874 - 1939 (65 years)
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Name |
David Norman Panabaker |
Prefix |
Mayor |
Born |
5 Feb 1874 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1881 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [4] |
Methodist Canada |
Occupation |
1891 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [6] |
Woolen Mill Employee |
Residence |
1891 |
Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [6] |
Methodist |
Occupation |
1900 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] |
bookkeeper |
Occupation |
1901 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Bookkeeper |
Occupation |
1911 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [5] |
Bookkeeper, Woolen Mill |
Residence |
1911 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [5] |
Methodist |
Elected Office |
1912 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
councillor of Hespeler |
Elected Office |
1916 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Reeve of Hespeler |
Elected Office |
1919 |
, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Warden for the County of Waterloo |
Elected Office |
1921 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Mayor of Hespeler |
Interesting |
public service, story, misfortune |
Misfortune |
1939 |
Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [8] |
killed by fall from Pioneer Tower |
Died |
3 Aug 1939 |
Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [7, 8] |
Website |
2009 |
Photograph |
- Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection
Description: Black and white, head and shoulders, studio portrait of David Norman Panabaker.
Notes: Photograph, along with biography of David Norman Panabaker, appears in 1939 Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume. Mr. Panabaker was the President of the Waterloo Historical Society between 1927-1937. He died on 2 August 1939.
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Name |
D. N. Panabaker |
Eby ID Number |
00087-5103 |
Buried |
New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [7, 8] |
Person ID |
I9912 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
11 Jun 2024 |
Father |
David Panabaker, b. 7 Oct 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 3 Jun 1909 (Age 83 years) |
Mother |
Janet Leah S. "Leah" Wanner, b. 18 Dec 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 15 Oct 1909 (Age 73 years) |
Married |
12 Jan 1862 |
Germantown, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [6, 9, 10, 11] |
Family ID |
F2856 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Sarah E. Anderson, b. 2 Feb 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 24 Jun 1958, , Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) |
Married |
17 Oct 1900 |
Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] |
Children |
| 1. Wilbur Charlton Panabaker, b. 8 Jan 1902, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 17 Mar 1958, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 56 years) |
| 2. James David Panabaker, b. 7 May 1903, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Oct 1960 (Age 57 years) |
| 3. Frank Shirley Panabaker, b. 16 Aug 1904, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 17 Feb 1992, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years) |
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Last Modified |
11 Jun 2024 |
Family ID |
F6237 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- David Pannebecker, "is engaged as assistant book-keeper in same office as his brother, Arnold. He is unmarried."
Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].
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Falls 40 Feet And Dies At Hospital - Former Hespeler Mayor, D.N. Panabaker, Prominent in Public Life
Hespeler - D.N. Panabaker, 70, died in hospital at Galt on Thursday of injuries received when he fell forty feet to the ground from a lookout platform of the Pioneers Memorial Tower near Doon. Chief Coroner W.A. Woolner said there will be no inquest. Panabaker, who served as Mayor of Hespeler for many years, was conscious when found but said later he could not explain how the accident occurred. Panabaker was the president of the Waterloo Historical Society, responsible for erection of the Memorial Tower.
For many years identified with the Canadian woolen industry as manager of the Hespeler division, Dominion Woolens and Worsteds Ltd., he was known as an authority in Canadian Woolen circles. Born n Waterloo Township 70 years ago, serving on the town council Hespeler, of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, he became one of the most reliable authorities on the early history of the Pennsylvania Dutch settlers in this country. It was through his efforts that the Memorial Tower from which he fell was erected to the memory of the county's early pioneers.
He was prominent in civic affairs of Hespeler and the county for many years serving on the town council and later on the county council as reeve. He was later elected warden of the county. He was an active member of the United Church. He was a past president of the waterloo County Children's aid Society and also of the Ontario Children's Aid Society. He was also a past president of the Waterloo County Canadian Club.
His entire life was spent in Hespeler where he entered the employ of the R. Forbes Woolen Company as a youth, rising to manager of the concern which later became a division of the Dominion Woolens and Worsteds Ltd. He retired from active connection with the firm about ten years ago. In later years he had been identified with the Hespeler Felt Company.
Besides his wife he is survived by three sons, Wilbur of Saskatchewan, Frank of Hamilton, distinguished Canadian landscape painter, and Reeve James Panabaker of Hespeler. Four brothers, Levi and C.A. of Hespeler, Arnold of Blair and Ephraim in the West, with three sisters, the Misses Susan and Elizabeth of Hespeler and Mrs. Chambers of Atwood, also survive.
Waterloo Chronicle Aug 11 1939 pg 1
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Sources |
- [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 152.
- [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016270-00.
David Norman PANABAKER, 26, book keeper, Waterloo Twp, Hespeler, s/o David PANABAKER & Leah WARNER married Sara E. ANDERSON, 26, Hespeler, Hespeler, d/o James ANDERSON & Hannah HOFFMAN, witn: Neil A. PANABAKER & Jennie ANDERSON both of Hespeler, 17 October 1900 in Hespeler
- [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 24.
- [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 8.
- [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 22.
- [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 44.
- [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61963771/david-norman-panabaker.
- [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, Obituary of David Norman Panabaker - Aug 11 1939 pg 1.
- [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 17 Jan 1862.
"Pennabecker - Allen: Mr. Edward Johnston, of Carrick to Miss Janet Lea Wanner of Waterloo Township." by rev. Mr. Bindeman at Germantown or Berlin
- [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
David Pannebecker, 36, b. Waterloo Twp, r. Waterloo Twp., s/o Abraham Pennebecker & Sally Clemens married 12 Jan 1862 to Leah Wanner 27, b. Waterloo Twp., r. Waterloo Twp. d/o Tobias Wanner and Catherine Stringer. wit: Caroline Bindemann and Henry Meyer both of Berlin.
- [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 41.
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=1) | Born - 5 Feb 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=1) | Residence - Methodist Canada - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=1) | Occupation - Woolen Mill Employee - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=1) | Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Occupation - bookkeeper - 1900 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Married - 17 Oct 1900 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Occupation - Bookkeeper - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Occupation - Bookkeeper, Woolen Mill - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1912 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Elected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1916 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=3) | Elected Office - Warden for the County of Waterloo - 1919 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=2) | Elected Office - Mayor of Hespeler - 1921 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=4) | Misfortune - killed by fall from Pioneer Tower - 1939 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=4) | Died - 3 Aug 1939 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=5) | Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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