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

Edith Mae Schmitt

Female 1905 - 1976  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Edith Mae Schmitt 
    Born Jan 1905  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45286945/edith-mae-bachert 
    Name Edith Mae Bachert 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1923  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1950  61 Kehl St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-157827 
    Died 20 Jan 1976  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I157827  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Samuel E. Schmitt,   b. 19 Aug 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Sarah Witmer,   b. 25 Sep 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1952  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 13 Mar 1901  Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F5704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lester Bachert,   b. 15 May 1905, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1978  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 29 Aug 1923  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Ross Arthur Bachert
     2. Jeanne Elizabeth Bachert
     3. Marjorie Mae Bachert,   b. 2 May 1925,   d. 5 Sep 2016, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     4. Robert Kenneth Bachert,   b. 29 Jul 1926,   d. 11 Jul 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F41399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BACHERT, Mrs. Lester (Edith) Suddenly at her residence, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1976.

      Edith Mae Schmitt, aged 70, of 42 Noel Cres., Kitchener. A member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, the WMA and the Sunnyside Auxiliary. Wife of Lester Bachert; mother of Ross of Sault Ste. Marie, Bob of Kitchener, Mrs. Reuben (Marjorie) Musselman of St. Agatha, Mrs. Clarence F, (Jean) Oyer of Heyworth, Ill; sister of Lorne of Minden, Harold of New Dundee, Edward of St. George, Dalton of Kitchener, Mrs. Herb (Vinetta) Feick of Kitchener, Mrs. Harold (Edna) Schiedel of New Hamburg, Mrs. Clifford (Rita) Knechtel of Petersburg, Mrs. Alson (Ethel) Bauman of Kitchener; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; predeceased by her parents and one brother Wilfred.

      Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 p.m. today, until noon Friday, when removal will be made to Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church for funeral and committal service at 3 p.m. Rev. James Reusser officiating.

      Spring interment Mannheim Mennonite cemetery. Donations to the WMA of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 21 Jan 1976

  • Sources 
    1. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 4.

    2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Edith Schmitt - 21 Jan 1976.

    3. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 4.

    4. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21884 (1923), Bachert-Schmitt.
      Lester Bachert, 18, Farmer, res. Wilmot Twp, b. Wilmot Twp, son of Gideon Bachert (born. Waterloo Co) and Magdalena Eby married Edith May Schmitt, 18, Housekeeper, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Samuel Schmitt (born. Waterloo Co) and Sarah Witmer, Witnessed by: Mrs. Muriel Conner of Frederick St. Limits Kitchener and Mrs. S.H. Swartz of 47 Eby St. S. Kitchener, 29 August 1923 in Kitchener.

    5. [S2657] Directory - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1950 - Vernon's Kitchener-Waterloo.

    6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, October 12, 1939 - Obituary of Samuel E. Schmitt.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Jan 1905 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1923 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Aug 1923 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Jan 1976 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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