Lieutenant Joseph Emmett Stauffer

Other Events:

• Military: WW1
• Eby ID Number: 00117-7360.8
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher

Notes:

Stauffer enlisted in the Canadian Forces and served overseas with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) 50th Battalion in World War I. He kept his seat in the provincial legislature while he was overseas fighting in the war. On April 10, 1917 he was killed in action during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Lieutenant governor Robert Brett honored Stauffer's memory and military service by making special note in the Throne Speech at the opening of the 4th Alberta Legislative Assembly on February 7, 1918.

The small town of Stauffer, Alberta is named in his honor.

Joseph Stauffer. (2016). Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 May 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stauffer

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Lieutenant Joseph E. Stauffcr, of the 187th battalion of Alberta, who fell as a private in the battle of Vimy Ridge on that historic Easter Monday, and whose mother, a daughter of Jacob B. Betzner, late of Breslau, was an honored guest on this occasion.

Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1920

Military:
Stauffer, Joseph Erb Lieutenant. A native of Waterloo Country and educated in the Kitchener Collegiate Institute. He married Miss Ernst of Kitchener and went west. He became a Member of Provincial Parliament for Alberta. Enlisted as a Private.<sup>1a

1a</sup>Stauffer, Joseph Erb: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 14 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2883481/data?n=2

Joseph — Emma Ernst. Emma (daughter of Samuel Ernst and Rebecca Bricker) was born 4 Jan 1874, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]