Joachim "John" Fink

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• Name: John Fink
• Residence: Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133869
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: Abt 1912, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

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Word was received here on Monday of the death of the late Joachim Fink which occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Minnie Prestien, in Rochester, N.Y. on Monday. Deceased was born in Meckleburg Schwerin, Germany, seventy-eight years ago and came to Canada nearly fifty years ago, settling in Pine Bush. Later he moved to the first concession of Puslinch where he resided until he took up his life residence with his daughter Mrs. Prestien, with whom he moved to Rochester a couple of years ago. He is survived by one son, Frederick, Preston road, and daughters, Mrs. Chas. Baumgartner, Hespeler; Mrs. Geo. Dearling and Mrs. Minnie Prestien, in Rochester. The remains were brought to Hespeler for interment, the funeral taking place this (Thursday) afternoon, to the Hespeler cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. Max Voss.

HESPELER HERALD, Thursday, October 22, 1914

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FINK, JOACHIM

Word was received here (Hespeler) on Monday of the death of Mr. Fink, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Minnie Prestien in Rochester, NY, on Monday, October 20, 1914. He was born in Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany, 78 years ago and come to Canada nearly fifty years ago, settling in Pine Bush. Later, he removed to the first concession of Puslinch, where he resided until he took up his residence with his daughter a couple of years ago. Survived by one son, Frederick of the Preston Road; daughters, Mrs. Charles Baumgartner of Hespeler; Mrs. George Dearling and Mrs. Minnie Prestien in Rochester. His body was brought to Hespeler for interment, the funeral taking place on Thursday afternoon to the Hespeler Cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. Max Voss.

- Information from Our Germans Were Linked Through Puslinch Township by Chris Bowman and B. & B. Woolsey: Son of J. Fink. Husband of Wilhelmine Blohm (c. 1847-1897), born in Katerhagen, Mecklenburg- Schwerin, daughter of Dietrich and Sophia Burmeister. Children were Frederick Martin "Fritz" (b. 1871); Maria Wilhelmina (Mrs. August Prestien) and Mary (Mrs. George Dearing (or possibly Doering).

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Joachim married Wilhelmina "Mena" Blohm 30 Dec 1866, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Wilhelmina was born 1831, , Germany; died 18 Sep 1897, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133871
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Minnie Fink
• Name: Wilhelmina "Minnie" Prestien
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133872
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: Abt 1912, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

Wilhelmina — August C. Prestien. August (son of Christopher Prestien and Dorothea Wegner) was born CALC 8 Mar 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1896, Idylwild Park, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133874
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Christina Baumgartner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224674
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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BAUMGARTNER, CHRISTINA (Nee Fink)

On Thursday, [March 24, 1938], after suffering a heart attack on Queen Street East in Hespeler, while walking to her home, she died several minutes later in an automobile, which had picked her up to take her home. Relict of Charles Baumgartner, who predeceased her almost twenty years ago. In her 68th year, she was born in Puslinch Township and had lived in this district all her life. She was a member of St. James' Lutheran Church. Surviving are one son, Sylvester of Preston; one daughter, Rosie at home; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Prestein of Rochester; and one brother, Fred Fink of Galt. Funeral on Sun., Mar. 27 at 2: 30 at St. James' Lutheran Church, following a private service at her home. Rev. N. A. Keffer of St. James Church was in charge. Pallbearers: C. B. Schott, Levi Eaton, L. Grill, James Armstrong, 0. A. Krueger and V. Goebel. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

Christina married Johann Carl "Charles" Baumgartner 3 Oct 1888, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Johann (son of Johann Wolfgang "John" Baumgartner and Christina Barbara Hausch) was born 14 Aug 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1918, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Frederick Fink
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26954
• Occupation: 1898, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1898, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mill Hand
• Residence: Abt 1912, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Fritz married Elizabeth Susannah "Lizzie" Mangold 30 Mar 1898, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Conrad Mangold and Elizabeth Von Kennel) was born 18 Jul 1872, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary W. Dearling
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83080
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver

Mary — George Robert Dearling. George (son of John Dearling and Elizabeth Thatcher) was born 1882, , Ontario, Canada; died 1966; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dora Markle
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223313
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Dora — Gilbert Markle. Gilbert (son of John Sylvester Markle and Mary Christina "Christina" Baumgartner) was born 10 Nov 1890, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223314
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Winder, Woolen Mill
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223315
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Knitter, Woolen Mill
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223316
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Spinner, Woolen Mill

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46343

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• Name: Kate Baumgartner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-311233
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver, Woolen Mill
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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BAUMGARTNER, KATE

In Galt Hospital on Friday morning, [August 18, 1922], following an operation. She was the eldest daughter of the late Charles and Mrs. Baumgartner and was born in Puslinch Township 31 years ago. She, with the family, has resided in Hespeler for the past twenty years. She was employed in the R. Forbes Co. She was an active member of the Lutheran Church. She leaves her mother, sister, Rose and brother, Sylvester. Funeral on Sunday afternoon with following interment in St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery.

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• Name: Rosa Baumgartner
• Name: Wilhelmine Dorothy "Rosa" Huemiller
• Residence: 180 Queen St. E., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-348536
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Spinner, Woolen Mill

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Mrs. Ernest Huemiller

HESPELER\emdash Mrs. Ernest Huemiller, 180 Queen St. E., Hespeler, died Thursday at the Stirling Nursing Home, Ayr. She was 76. The former Rosa Baumgartner, she was born in Waterloo Township, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baumgartner. She had lived in Hespeler most of her life and was a member of St. James's Lutheran Church. She was predeceased by her husband in 1962 and was the last surviving member of her family. The body is at the Nelson Funeral Home, Hespeler, where the funeral service will be held Saturday at 2: 30 p.m. Rev. Jules Neff will officiate. Burial will be in Hespeler cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 6 Mar 1970 pg 30

Wilhelmine — Ernest Frederick Huemiller. Ernest was born 30 Dec 1890, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Dominion Woollen and Worsted Mills, Hespeler, Ontario; worked - Dominion Woollens - night watchman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-353858
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Sylvester Baumgartner

PRESTON, Aug. 26. Former resident of Preston for 19 years, until he moved to Kossuth, two years ago, Sylvester Charles Baumgartner died of a heart attack in his sleep, at his residence in Kossuth, Wednesday night, at the age of 49 years. Mr. Baumgartner, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baumgartner of Hespeler, had been ill for a month. Born in Hespeler he resided there until 21 years ago, when he moved to Preston. He was employed as a night watchman at the Dominion Woollens and Worsted, Hespeler, until five weeks ago when he became ill. He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Preston. Surviving are his wife, the former Irene Jones; a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Mildred) Hamilton, of Kossuth and a sister, Mrs. Ernest Huemiller of Hespeler. A sister, Miss Katherine Baumgartner, predeceased him in 1922. The body is resting at the Stager-Pass Funeral Home, where the funeral will be held tomorrow, at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in the Preston Cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 26 Aug 1949 pg 7

Sylvester married Sarah Irene "Irene" Jones 22 Jun 1925, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of George Fletcher Jones and Hannah May McKay) was born 25 Jan 1903, Parkhill, McGillivary Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1982; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90019

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• Name: Minnie Sykes
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-348435
• Residence: 1974, 742 Duke St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Minnie married Benjamin Sykes 4 May 1925, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Benjamin (son of John Sykes and Jane Clough) was born Dec 1900, , Yorkshire, England; died 6 Jan 1974, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ada Groh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58872

Ada — Howard Leslie Groh. Howard (son of Christian Tobias Groh and Marthalena Gingerich) was born 15 Oct 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1979; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Mildred — Lloyd Hamilton. [Group Sheet]