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David Henry Boettger[1, 2]

Male 1878 - 1964  (85 years)


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  • Name David Henry Boettger 
    Born 30 Nov 1878  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35618798 
    Name David Boettinger  [8] 
    Name David Henry Boettger 
    Residence 1881  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    United Bretheren 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Button Factory 
    Occupation 1904  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Rubber Cutter 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Trunk Maker, Trunk Factory 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Congregational 
    Occupation 1921  Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Farmer, Farm 
    Residence 1921  Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-24584 
    Died 20 May 1964  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Buried Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I24584  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Charles Boettger,   b. 22 Jan 1850, , Mecklenburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1926, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Susannah Hammacher,   b. 14 Jan 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1917  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 27 Apr 1875  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10] 
    Family ID F620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leah Elizabeth Lachman,   b. 17 Jun 1880, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1950, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 18 Jan 1904  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Grace May Boettger,   b. 11 Oct 1905, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 2011, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 105 years)
     2. Harvey Alfred Boettger,   b. 13 Jun 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1970, , New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. Ruth Lucille Boettger,   b. 27 Jun 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1985  (Age 76 years)
     4. Horace Willard Boettger,   b. 1 Jan 1910, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1910, Kitchener Daily Record Newspaper, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Carl Clifton Boettger,   b. 16 Jul 1911, Port Dalhousie, Welland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1984  (Age 72 years)
     6. Pearl Elizabeth Boettger,   b. 28 Nov 1912, Port Dalhousie, Welland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1997, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     7. Harold Boettger,   b. 21 Jan 1914, Port Dalhousie, Welland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1914, Port Dalhousie, Welland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Howard Boettger,   b. 21 Jan 1914, Port Dalhousie, Welland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1914, Port Dalhousie, Welland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Earl Boettger,   b. 1915, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. David Warren "Warren" Boettger,   b. 1915, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1985  (Age 70 years)
     11. Winnifred "Winnie" Boettger,   b. 1917, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Kathryn Louise Boettger,   b. 1919, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     13. Donald H. "Don" Boettger,   b. 1919, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1998  (Age 79 years)
     14. Blanch Lenore "Lenore" Boettger,   b. 8 Oct 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 2006, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     15. Dorothy Elaine Boettger,   b. 7 Oct 1925
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F46809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • David H. Boettger

      David H. Boettger, 85, of RR 1 Waterloo, died Wednesday at K-W Hospital following a brief illness.

      He was born in Kitchener, a son of the late M. and Mrs. Charles Boettger. Except for eight years at Port Dalhousie, he had spent his entire life in the Twin city area.

      Before retirement in 1947, Mr. Boettger was employed at the footwear division of Dominion Rubber Company Limited for more than 30 years.

      A member of Emmanuel EUB church, Bridgeport, he formerly served as Sunday school superintendent for 25 years and as a trustee and chairman of the board for many years. He was chairman of the building committee when the present church was built. He sang in the choir and served as a lay member of the Canada Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

      Mr. Boettger was the first trustee of Bridgeport when it became a police village.

      His wife, the former Leah Lachman, predeceased him in 1960.

      Surviving are five sons, Harvey of Eugenia Fall, Ont., Carl of Rummelhart, Warren and Donald of Lexington, and Earl of Kitchener; seven daughters, Mrs. Stuart (Grace) Kuhn of Baden, Mrs. carl (Ruth) Featherstone of Bridgeport, Mrs. Frank (Pearl)( Beynon Jr. of Meaford, Mrs. Marvin (Winnifred) Hexamer of Brantford, and Mrs. Milton (Kathryn) Schwindt, Mrs. Arthur (Lenore) Plomske and Mrs. Ralph (Dorothy) Musselman, all of Lexington, and one sister, Mrs. George (Hattie) Egerton of Galt. Forty-one grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren also survive. Four brothers and two sisters predeceased him.

      The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel funeral Home until noon Saturday when removal will be made to Emmanuel EUB Church, Bridgeport, for service at 3 pm, Rev. E.F. Dorsch, minister of the church, will officiate, assisted by Rev. G.F. Barthel. Interment will be in Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Lenore Boettger - Plomske.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Allen Boettger.

    3. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-7 Page 8.

    4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 66.

    5. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 22 Pg. 2.

    6. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 16.

    7. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 31.

    8. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018747-04.
      David Boettinger, 25, Occ. Rubber Cutter, b. Berlin, Res. Berlin, son of Charles Boettinger and Susanna Hamacher married Leah E. Lachman, 23, b. Bridgeport, Res. Bridgeport, daughter of Henry Lachman and Phoebe Eby, Witn: Isaac Lachman and Hattie Boettinger Both of Bridgeport, 18 May 1904 in Bridgeport.

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35618798.

    10. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9276-75.
      9276-75 Charles BEDGER, 25, laborer, Micklenberg Germany, Waterloo twp., s/o Christian & Sophia, married Susanna HAYMAKER, 23, Waterloo twp., same, d/o Benjamin & Susanna, witn: John BEDGER and Hannah & John CLEMENS, all of Waterloo twp., 27 April 1875 at Waterloo twp

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Nov 1878 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Bretheren - 1881 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Button Factory - 1901 - Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Rubber Cutter - 1904 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Jan 1904 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Trunk Maker, Trunk Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Congregational - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer, Farm - 1921 - Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 May 1964 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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