Mayor David Norman Panabaker^[1]

1874 - 1939  (65 years)

• 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.
  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	6 Apr 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)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		David Norman Panabaker Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection
  		David Norman Panabaker

  
  

• 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.]. _________________________ 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

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Feb 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist Canada - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Woolen Mill Employee - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - bookkeeper - 1900 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 17 Oct 1900 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Bookkeeper - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Bookkeeper, Woolen Mill - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1912 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1916 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Warden for the County of Waterloo - 1919 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor of Hespeler - 1921 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - killed by fall from Pioneer Tower - 1939 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Aug 1939 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth