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

Edith Hoelscher

Female 1894 - 1987  (92 years)


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  • Name Edith Hoelscher 
    Born 16 Dec 1894  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99443781 
    Name Edith Ritter 
    Occupation 1911  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Farmer Daughter 
    Residence 1911  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-49026 
    Died 29 Jun 1987  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I49026  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Johannes "John" Hoelscher,   b. 22 Jan 1857, Grebenau, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1929, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Knarr,   b. 1 May 1868, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1949, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 15 Mar 1891  Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F12783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Oscar Rudolf Ritter,   b. 11 Aug 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1977, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Eileen Mary Elizabeth Ritter,   b. 16 Jan 1920, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 2019, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F233073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RITTER, Mrs. Oscar (Edith)-On Monday, June 29, 1987, at Elmira Nursing Home, Edith Hoelscher, beloved wife of the late Oscar Ritter (1977), in her 93rd year, of Elmira.

      Dear mother of Mrs. Herbert (Eileen) Berg of Waterloo; grandmother of Mark of Kitchener. She was deeply loved by her nieces and nephews. Predeceased by three brothers.

      Visitation at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, after 2 p.m. today, until Wednesday noon, when removal will be made to St. Pau's Lutheran Church for funeral services at 2: 30 p.m. Interment in Elmira Union cemetery. Rev. M. Huras will officiate.

      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 30 Jun 1987

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-3 Page 4.

    2. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Hawkesville Div 8 Page 4.

    3. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. Oscar (Edith) Ritter - 30 Jun 1987.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99443781.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: John Hoelsche
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 15 Mar 1891
      Event Place: Floradale, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Sex: Male
      Age: 29
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1862 Remerod, Hessen, Germany
      Occ: farmer - Woolwich
      Father's Name: Balthaser Hoelsche
      Mother's Name: Elizabeth Seibel
      Spouse's Name: Maria Knarr
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 22
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1869 - Woolwich
      Res: Woolwich
      Spouse's Father's Name: John Knarr
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Pfaff

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Dec 1894 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer Daughter - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Jun 1987 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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