Herbert H. Kropf^[1]

1880 - 1955  (74 years)

• Name	Herbert H. Kropf
  Born	26 Dec 1880	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Salesman - Becker store
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1916	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Eby ID Number	00059-3945.4
  Died	13 Jul 1955	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 9]
  Buried	15 Jul 1955	Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7]
  Person ID	I21716	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jonathan C. Kropf,   b. 5 Dec 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Nov 1908, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Matilda Hostetler,   b. 23 Sep 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1876	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Family ID	F318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clarissa "Clara" Weber,   b. 26 Dec 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Married	29 May 1907	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11, 12]
  Children	1. Delton Laverne Kropf,   b. 8 Apr 1908, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jun 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   2. Alma Fern "Fern" Kropf,   b. 28 May 1914, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 2011  (Age 97 years)   3. E. Wayne Kropf,   b. 13 Sep 1915, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Mar 1992, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   4. Ruth E. Kropf,   b. 1918, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1990  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Herbert Kropf New Hamburg - Herbert Kropf of New Hamburg died early today at the K-W Hospital where he was taken after suffering a stroke Saturday. He was a former village councillor and for 12 years operated a grocery store here. Lately he had worked at the Hahn Brass Company Ltd. He was a member of New Hamburg Baptist Church, chairman of the church board and had served as deacon. In addition, he was a life member of the Upper Canada Bible Society. He was born in Wilmot township Dec. 26, 1880, son of the late Jonathan Kropf and his wife the former late Matilda Hostetler. His wife, the former Clara Weber, died in 1947. Surviving are two sons, Delton of Kitchener and Wayne of St. Laurent, Que., two daughters, Mrs. K. A. (Fern) Coutts of New Hamburg and Mrs. W. D. (Ruth) Tye of Dundalk; a sister, Mrs. H. R. Gerrard of Toronto and 11 grandchildren. The body will be at the Futher-Omand Funeral Home until Friday at 1 p.m., then at the Baptist Church where a memorial service will be conducted at 2: 30 p.m. Rev. M. E. Reuber of the New Hamburg Evangelical United Brethern Church will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, July 13, 1955

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 825. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), July 13, 1955. Obituary of Herbert Kropf [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 1. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 27. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 17;. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 20. [S153] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Riverside New Hamburg CC#4564 Internet Link. Kropf/ Mother/ Clara Weber/ 1883-1947/ Father/ Herbert Kropf/ 1880-1955 [S289] Military - Soldiers of the First World War, Attestation paper Lavina Kropf. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Herbert Kropf - July 13, 1955. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011016-76. Jonathan Kropf, 31, occ. Carpenter, b. Wilmot, res. Wilmot, son of Christian & Maria Married Mathilda Hostetter, 21, b. Wilmot, res. Wilmot, daughter of Moses & Margareth, Witn Henry & Mary Ann Hostetter of Wilmot, 1 February 1876 in New Hamburg. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, July 4, 1947. Obituary of Clarrissa Weber [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Herbert Kropf Born: Wilmot Age: 26 Father: Jonathan Kropf Mother: Matilda Hosteller Born: abt 1881 Spouse: Clara Weber Age: 24 born: Wilmot Father: John Weber Mother: Emma Appel married 29 May 1907

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Dec 1880 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 May 1907 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Salesman - Becker store - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1916 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Jul 1955 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 15 Jul 1955 - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth