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

Wilfrid Graham Hamacher[1]

Male 1900 - 1988  (88 years)


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  • Name Wilfrid Graham Hamacher 
    Born 8 May 1900  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Church Membership First Baptist Church, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Military WW1 
    Occupation postman  [4
    Residence 1911  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1988  70 King St., Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-193440 
    Died 31 Jul 1988  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I193440  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Francis Graham "Graham" Hamacher,   b. 9 Jan 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Catherine Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolduc,   b. 5 Dec 1873, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1937, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 6 May 1896  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mildred May Lang,   b. 19 Oct 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
     1. Audrey Kathryn Hamacher,   b. 1924, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 2014, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     2. Robert Douglas "Bob" Hamacher,   b. 1926,   d. 7 Apr 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F33436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Hamacher, Wildred Graham

      After a brief illness, at K-W Hospital on Sunday July 31, 1988, Wilfred Graham Hamacher, age 89 years of 70 King St., Heidelberg. He was born in Waterloo and was a retired postman in Waterloo with 42 years of service. He was one of the five original postmen in Waterloo. A charter member of First Baptist Church, Waterloo and a band master for five years of the K-W Air Cadets. Son of the late Francis and Elizabeth Hamacher. Husband of the former Mildred Lang; father of Bob of Waterloo and Audrey (Mrs. Howard Kappes) of Heidelberg; brother of Albert of London, Ontario; grandfather of five grandchildren and one granddaughter. Predeceased by one brother, John and two sisters, Florence and Katherine. Mr. Hamacher's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St., S. Waterloo, today (Tuesday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Waterloo. Rev. Clayton Willhelm officiating. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo. Memorial contributions to the church building fund would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.


      Kitchener-Waterloo Record 2 Aug 1988 pg B15

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Robert Hamacher.

    2. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-7 Page 7.

    3. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 43 Pg. 6.

    4. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Wilfred Graham Hamacher - 2 Aug 1988 pg B15.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118486185.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 May 1900 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChurch Membership - - First Baptist Church, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Jul 1988 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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