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

Louise Violet Schwalm[1, 2]

Female 1889 - 1985  (~ 96 years)


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  • Name Louise Violet Schwalm 
    Born Apr 1889  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81648906 
    Name Louise Violet Knechtel 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Collar Maker, Shirt Factory 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-400304 
    Died 11 Dec 1985  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried 13 Dec 1985  Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I400304  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father John K. Schwalm,   b. 9 Aug 1851, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1936, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Veronica "Fannie" Eby,   b. 25 Nov 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1930, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F5312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jonas O. Knechtel,   b. 6 Aug 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 1912  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Paul Knechtel,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ruth Knechtel,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Grace Knechtel,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Madeline Knechtel,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Catherine J. Knechtel,   b. 28 Oct 1914, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 2002  (Age 87 years)
     6. Ruth Susanna Knechtel,   b. 7 Feb 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1989  (Age 69 years)
     7. Paul Otto Knechtel,   b. 1922,   d. 14 Nov 1988, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     8. Eleanor Marie "Ellie" Knechtel,   b. 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F265218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • KNECHTEL, Mrs. Louise (Jonas) - Peacefully, in her sleep, at Sunnyside Home, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1985, Louise Violet Schwalm, age 96 years, of 247 Franklin St. N., Kitchener, formerly of 29 Glasgow St., Kitchener. Mrs. Knechtel was a faithful member of the Kitchener Gospel Temple. Beloved wife of the late Jonas Knechtel; dear mother of Paul of Kitchener, Catherine (Mrs. Ed Strome) of Frankford, Ont., Mrs. Ruth Luening, Eleanor (Mrs. William Wolfhard) and Grace (Mrs. Harvey Kolb), all of Kitchener. Ten grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren also survive. Predeceased by her parents; one daughter, Madeline; one granddaughter, Mary Jane McKinnon; three brothers and seven sisters. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 2 p.m. today (Thursday), until noon Friday when removal will be made to the Kitchener Gospel Temple, 9 Conway Drive, Kitchener, for funeral and committal service at 2 p.m., with Rev. Earl Young officiating. Interment Woodland cemetery.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Jonas Knechtel.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Paul Otto Knechtel.

    3. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 29, Pg 3.

    4. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Louise Violet Schwalm - Knechtel.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Apr 1889 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Collar Maker, Shirt Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1912 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Dec 1985 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 13 Dec 1985 - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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