Senator Samuel Merner

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.2
• Residence: 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; foundry man
• Occupation: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Business: 1862, Peel St., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Hamburg Foundry
• Business: 1867, Peel St., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Hamburg Foundry
• Historic Building: 1868, 145 Peel St., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Puddicombe House
• Occupation: 1871, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Iron Foundry
• Elected Office: 1872, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve/Mayor
• Elected Office: 1873, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden for the County of Waterloo
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reformed Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Furniture Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Elected Office: 1894, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve/Mayor
• Residence: 1894, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Elected Office: 1896, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden for the County of Waterloo
• Website: 2007
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; politican, blacksmith, newspaper editor,

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A grist-mill built by Josiah Cushman about 1834 formed the nucleus around which a small community of Amish Mennonites and recent German immigrants developed. A village plot was surveyed in 1845 and six years later a post-office, New Hamburg, was established with William Scott, an early mill-owner, as postmaster. By then the village, with a population of 500, contained several prosperous industries, including a pottery, and the carriage-works and foundry of Samuel Merner, a prominent Swiss-born entrepreneur. The construction of the Grand Trunk Railway, completed in 1856, and agricultural prosperity stimulated the community's development as an important centre for milling and farm machinery production. New Hamburg was incorporated as a Village, with about 1100 inhabitants, in 1857 and as a Town in 1966.


Text from the Founding of New Hamburg Plaque

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MERNER (Muerner, Mürner), SAMUEL, blacksmith, businessman, politician, and jp; b. 9 Jan. 1823 in Kien, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, son of Jakob Emanuel Muerner, a farmer, and Susanna Schluchter; m. first November 1845 Maria Ann Grasser (d. 1890), and they had seven sons and seven daughters; m. secondly 1898 Ellen Sararus, née Fletcher; d. 11 Aug. 1908 in Berlin (Kitchener), Ont.

Samuel Merner attended school in Reichenbach in the central Swiss Alps. He immigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1837, settling in what would become Waterloo County, where Germans and the German language were common. Jakob Muerner located on a bush farm on Bleam's Road, about two miles east of the village of Hamburg. Samuel stayed on the farm for one year and then was apprenticed to a blacksmith in Preston (Cambridge). He became a journeyman blacksmith in 1840 and four years later established his own shop in Hamburg. He expanded it to make wagons and carriages. The business was sold to his brother Frederick in 1856, by which time Samuel had accumulated sufficient capital to establish a foundry in New Hamburg, as the village had become known, and another in Waterloo. He had anglicized his name, as many German families in the area then did.

Merner's ancestry, however, was no barrier to either success in business or entry into public life in the Waterloo County area. In 1857 he became a member of the council of the newly incorporated village of New Hamburg. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1862, in which year he purchased the Canadisches Volksblatt, the local German newspaper. As he accumulated public offices - he also served as reeve of New Hamburg (1873-78) and warden of Waterloo County (1878) - his business interests prospered. Though the foundries were turned over to sons in 1873, he still owned two large farms, a major flour-mill and another structure in New Hamburg, and two large buildings in Berlin, where he was associated with William Simpson's furniture company. He was a founding director of the Economical Fire Insurance Company and a director of several other businesses, including the Preston Furniture Company, the John Hoodless Furniture Warehouse in Hamilton, the Dominion Life Assurance Company, and the Canadian Manufacturing Company, which had taken over the Simpson firm. It was said by the Canadian parliamentary companion that "all Swiss people emigrating to the Western Province [Ontario]" were directed to Merner.

In 1878 he stood for election to the Ontario legislature as a Conservative in the Waterloo South by-election. He lost, but later that year he was elected to the House of Commons for Waterloo South, defeating well-known Liberal James Young*. Merner helped his cause by assisting in the establishment of New Hamburg's first English newspaper, the New Hamburg Independent. At the next general election, in 1882, he was defeated by James Livingston, a business competitor from nearby Baden. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* appointed Merner to the Senate on 12 Jan. 1887.

Merner was very much the dominant personality in the life of New Hamburg in the 1870s and 1880s. He and his family lived in a stately residence situated on the Nith River in the centre of the village. After remarrying, in 1898, he moved to Berlin and took up residence in the Brunswick Hotel, which he owned. His health declined quickly after the move, as did his personal fortune, the result of "reverses" and the failure of his endorsements "for others"; he appears to have tried to commit suicide by taking carbolic acid in 1905. The attempt failed and he actually attended some sittings of the Senate before his death in 1908. Merner was survived by his wife and by four sons and four daughters from his first marriage.

The Berlin News-Record noted his death with the headline "Vital spark passes." "Honest Sam" Merner had little impact on national politics but, like so many public figures of the time, he significantly affected the community in which he lived. A biographer described him as "a typical Swiss burgomeister who achieved wealth and distinction in the New World." That success was the result not of Merner's abilities but of the fact that his small part of the New World had a Germanic tradition that allowed a German-speaking immigrant to flourish. In that sense, he was not so typical of his times in Canada.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, article by John English AO, RG 22, ser.211, reg.M, no.5196. Univ. of Waterloo Arch. (Waterloo, Ont.), L. J. Breithaupt, diaries, 1905. Waterloo Hist. Soc. (Kitchener, Ont.), Merner file; "Mürner, Muerner, Merner: genealogy and related branches," comp. Ruth Merner Connell (1976). Canadisches Volksblatt (New Hamburg, Ont.), 12 Aug. 1908. News-Record (Berlin [Kitchener]), 11 Aug. 1908. E. H. Bovay, Le Canada et les Suisses, 1604-1974 (Fribourg, Suisse, 1976). Can., Senate, Debates, 1887-1909. Canadian album (Cochrane and Hopkins), 2: 364. Canadian biog. dict. CPG, 1879, 1883, 1903-9. Cyclopædia of Canadian biog. (Rose and Charlesworth), vol.1. E. H. Devitt, "Hon. Samuel Merner," Waterloo Hist. Soc., Annual report, 1940: 139-41. Directory, Waterloo County, 1877/78: 149. Alexander Fraser, A history of Ontario: its resources and development (2v., Toronto, 1907). More than a century in Wilmot Township, [comp. Florence Diamond et al. ] ([New Hamburg, 1967]). Newspaper reference book.

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SAMUEL MERNER 1823-1908

Samuel Merner, born and educated in Berne, Switzerland, eventually became a Canadian senator.

He came to Wilmot Township with his parents and nine brothers and sisters in 1837. At Preston he learned the blacksmith trade and four years later at New Hamburg opened a blacksmith business which in time branched into a wagon and carriage trade. He sold his business to his brother Frederick and opened foundries in New Hamburg and Waterloo. In 1873 his sons purchased the foundries.

In 1862 Merner purchased the New Hamburg German newspaper, the Volksblatt, which he sold to Otto Pressprich in 1865.

He was reeve of New Hamburg from 1872 to 1878 and was the first New Hamburg reeve to be chosen warden of Waterloo County. In 1878 he was elected to the Dominion Parliament as an Independent. A supporter of Sir John A. MacDonald, he was appointed to the Senate in 1887.

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The Hon. Samuel Merner was born in Reichenboch, Canton of Berne, Switzerland, January 29, 1823. He is the son of Jacob Merner, a farmer of the same place. He was educated at Reichenboch, and removed to Canada with his parents in 1837. For several years he did business as an iron founder and manufacturer of furniture. He was married to Mary Anne, daughter of Joseph Crasser, of Wilmot, Ont. He has been Reeve of New Hamburg for several years, and was Warden of Waterloo County in 1873. He has been engaged for several years in the settling in the Province of all the Swiss people emigrating to Canada. At a by-election held in 1877, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Legislative Assembly for South Waterloo. He held a seat for the same constituency in the Commons from 1878, when he defeated the Hon. James Young, of Galt, to 1882, when he was defeated. He was appointed to the Senate, January 12, 1887. A Conservative. New Hamburg, O.

Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, Eighth Parliament of Canada Elected June 23, 1896, Portraits and Biographies of the Members, Montreal, John Lovell & son 1898, pg 206

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Jacob Merner with his wife and family emigrated from Germany and settled on a farm miles west of New Hamburg in 1837. Several of the ten children still survive, among them being Mr. Christian Merner of whom a sketch appears elsewhere. Wm. Smith had the first blacksmith shop. It was here that the late Samuel Merner learned his trade. Jacob Brill was the first cooper and did a thriving trade in barrels, churns, &c. The pioneer weaver was John Oehm who made cloth for his numerous patrons on his hand loom. Theobald Seyler owned a frame hotel on the site of the present Queen's and John Boeckner did the cobbling and shoemak-ing for the neighborhood. The latter's shop was on the site of the present residence of Mr. D. Becker. Wendel Schuyler was the first teacher in 1838 or 1839. A portion of the first log schoolhouse still stands near the Cemetery and is used for a dwelling: Soloman Weaver was a miller in the early days and later became an evangelical minister. Business men who came a little later were Wm. Burkhold, who established a brickyard; Fred Merner who started a carriage business and Wm. Hunter, who had a general stare. In the early 50's Sylvester Frank built a brewery. It was of brick and a portion of it is still in use in connection with the present brewery. Hse village has gradually increased in population and assessment with no particularly stirring events to mark its even progress. The great flood of 1883 due to a cloudburst is an event never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. On that occasion the water covered the streets up to the door of the Imperial hotel, and swept away the Rau, Hartman and Helmer bridges, thus cutting the village off from the outside world. In this its golden jubilee year, New Hamburg stands a community of contented, busy people, living in good homes and doing admirably their little share of the great world's work.

Special Industrial souvenir number of New Hamburg: containing a comprehensive review of the natural advantages and resources of the village of New Hamburg, 1908, Berlin Daily News, Berlin, Ontario

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SAMUEL MERNER, M. P. , of New Hamburg, was born in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, in 1823. He emigrated with his father's family to Canada in 1837, when they settled a bush farm two miles west of the village, where he now resides, and there his father lived to the age of 86 years. After learning the blacksmith's trade in Preston, our subject opened a shop in New Hamburg in 1844, from the operations of which he embarked in foundry and implement manfacturing busi-ness some years later, and this branch of industry he still carries on. By the exercise of a large degree of energy and a progressive spirit above the average, he has succeeded in amassing a large and valuable property in the village of his residence and environs ; though in order so to do he has not neglected to give that attention to matters of a public nature which is incumbent upon all good citizens. He has held successively the various offices of municipal honor, from Councillor to Warden, and after suffering defeat in a contest for parliamentary honors in 1877, was elected in 1878 to the House of Commons for South Waterloo, as a Conservative and advocate of a protective tariff.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsell & Co., Toronto, Ont. 1881

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Merner, Samuel, M.P., formerly Reeve of New Ham-burg. Owns 400 acres in the Townships of Wil-mot and Wellesley, valued at $25,000. Is a native of Switzerland. Born, 1823. Has resided here since 1837.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881 (Village of New Hamburg entries)

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HON. SAMUEL MERNER.

Hon. Samuel Merner, whose intense and well-directed activity has led him from small beginnings into large business enterprises, stands today as one of the foremost men of western Ontario. He has been and is distinctively a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide influence. There is in him a native sagacity, a strength of character and a firmness of purpose which have enabled him to leave the impress of his individuality upon any line of action which has claimed his attention and co-operation. Success has seemed to follow his every move, but this is due to no fortunate combination of circumstances. An analyzation of his life work shows that his advancement in business and political lines has come as the result of careful investigation of the questions under consideration, of well formulated plans and unflagging industry in the prosecution of a course which he has marked out.

A resident of Berlin and for many years numbered among the citizens of Waterloo county, for during a long period he made his home at New Hamburg, Mr. Merner comes from a land noted for men of unflinching bravery and resolute purpose. He is a native of Berne, Switzerland, born on the 19th of January, 1823. His parents were Jacob and Susanna (Schluter) Merner, and while spending his boyhood days in their home he pursued his education in the public schools to the age of fourteen years, when in 1837 he accompanied his parents to the new world. The family home was established in Wilmot township, Waterloo county, and after a year devoted to farm labor Samuel Merner was apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade in Preston, Ontario. He served for two years, gaining an accurate knowledge of the business and becoming an expert workman. He then established a shop of his own at New Hamburg and gradually built up an extensive trade in general blacksmithing and in wagon and carriage building. Some years later he sold this business to a brother, Frederick Merner, and opened a foundry at New Hamburg and also one in the village of Waterloo. In 1873 he sold the New Hamburg foundry to his eldest son, Simson, and the Waterloo foundry to his second son, Absalom. In the meantime he had made investments in commercial and industrial interests whereby the development and growth of the county has been largely promoted. For years he was one of the large stockholders in the Simpson & Company furniture factory of Berlin, and when that industry became absorbed in the vast corporation known as the Canadian Manufacturing Company, Limited, he became a director in the new enterprise. He is also a director and president of the Preston Furniture Company, Limited, and director of the John Hoodless furniture warehouse in Hamilton. He also holds stock in the Economical Fire Insurance Company of Berlin, the Dominion Life Assurance Company of Waterloo and the New Hamburg wagon works, and is connected with the directorate of all these. Notably prompt, energetic and reliable, he has made a record in the business world which any man might be proud to possess and has enjoyed to the fullest extent the confidence and admiration of his contemporaries and associates in the business world.

Mr. Merner has been twice married, his first union being with Miss Mary Ann Grassar of Wilmot township, who died in 1890. Their family numbered fourteen children. Following the death of his first wife he wedded Miss Ellen Fletcher, a native of England. He has four sons and four daughters still living and in addition to the two sons named above a third son, Ammon, is foreman of the Waterloo Manufacturing Company, of which Absalom is vice-president, while the fourth son is a hotelman at Clifford, Ontario.

While Mr. Merner 's accomplishments in industrial and commercial circles would entitle him to distinction and representation as one of the prominent men of western Ontario, he is perhaps even better known because of his native and honorable political service. Following his retirement from business he became a leading figure in political circles as an advocate of the Conservative party, which had always received his endorsement at the ballot box. For eighteen years he was reeve of New Hamburg, for ten years was a member of the New Hamburg school board and for two terms was warden of the county of Waterloo. In 1877, at the by-election in South Waterloo, he was nominated as the candidate of his party for the Ontario Legislature. Though defeated at that time, in 1878, at the general election for the House of Commons, he was successful in defeating so distinguished a public man as the Hon. James Young of Galt. Residents of the village of New Ham- burg will long remember the night of September 17, 1878, when their fellow citizen was declared elected as their representative in the Dominion House. The rejoicing which followed bespoke the immense popularity of the candidate. At the general elections of 1882 he was defeated by James Livington, ex-member of Parliament of Baden, Ontario, and in 1887 he was called to the Senate at the instance of the late Sir John A. Macdonald. He has always stood firm in support of his honest convictions and his political service has been marked by the utmost fidelity to the duties that have devolved upon him. His position is never an equivocal one. On the contrary he gives careful consideration to the questions at issue and when once his course is determined nothing con swerve him from the path which he believes to be right. The same honesty of intention and unfaltering course in action have been manifest by him in all the relations of life and have made him therefore a man honored and respected by his political adversaries as well as his political adherents.

A History of Ontario: its resources and development

Historic Building:
Two story yellow brick house built by Samuel Merner, now (2010) a bed and breakfast, restaruant and spa called "Puddicome House". Sold in 1888 to the Puddicombe family.

Website:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Merner

Samuel married Mary Ann Grasser 11 Nov 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Francois Joseph "Joseph" Grasser and Maria Eva "Eva" Pingenat) was born CALC 25 Dec 1827, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 1 Jul 1892, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married Ellen Fletcher 10 Nov 1894, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of John Fletcher and Mary Honden) was born 20 Mar 1829, , Northumberland Co., England; died 31 Jul 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Hamburg Manufacturing
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90482
• Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Iron Foundry
• Occupation: 1877, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; iron founder
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foundry
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultual Implement Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agent
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agent - implement
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

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Merner, Simpson, manufacturer of agricultural implements. Is also a Councillor of the municipality. Born in Hamburg, 1848. Has village property, valued at $2,000.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881 (Village of New Hamburg entries)

Simpson married Caroline Goetz Feb 1877. Caroline (daughter of Andrew Goetz and Eva) was born 13 Aug 1854, Ellice Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Abe Merner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46036
• Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Iron Founder
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Elected Office: 1876, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Elected Office: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Founder
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Business: 1886, 19 Church St. E., Elmira, Ontario
• Elected Office: 1888, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manager

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Death of Absolom Merner

Word was received here on Thursday that Mr. Absolom Merrier died at his home in Trout Creek on Wednesday in his 70th year. The deceased was a son of the late Senator Merner, of this town, and was born here. He spent his early days in New Hamburg and later was connected with the Waterloo Mfg. Co. for many years. He sold his interest in this concern about twelve years ago and for a time conducted a manufacturing business in Alliston. For the past ten years he lived retired at Trout Creek, He is survived by his wife four sons and one daughter, Herbert, of Alliston, Roland and Theodore, of Trout Creek, Henry, of Detroit, and Mrs. E. M. Devitt, of Waterloo, besides three brothers, Simpson, of New Hamburg, Amon, of Waterloo, Sulum, of Clifford, and four sisters, Mrs. Solomon Weber, Waterloo, Mrs. W. I. Becker and Mrs. E. Hildebrand, of Stratford, and Mrs. Odbert, of Detroit. The funeral takes place at Waterloo on Saturday afternoon.

New Hamburg Independent, January 9, 1920

Business:
Founded in 1886 by Messrs. P. Jansen of Elmira and Abs. Merner of Waterloo to manufacture and repair agricultural machinery. About 1900 Waterloo Manufacturing Company acquired the business then in 1902 the foundry was purchased by a joint stock company and became known as the Elmira Agricultural Works Company, Limited.

Absalom married Susanna Schaefer Aug 1870. Susanna (daughter of Henry Schaefer and Elizabeth Ebel) was born 27 Oct 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Absalom — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Absalom married Sarah Aug 1870. Sarah was born 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Judith Ann Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.1
• Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Judith married Solomon Weber Nov 1869. Solomon (son of Rev. Solomon Weber and Catherine Roos) was born 27 May 1849, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00006-0958.9
• Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Head Moulder
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foreman, Moulding Shop
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Ammon Merner

The death occurred at his home in Waterloo on Monday of Ammon Merner in his 80th year. He had been in poor health for several years due to a stroke and the infirmities of old age. The deceased was a son of the late Senator Samuel Merner and Mrs. Merner. He was born in New Hamburg and resided here until he moved to Waterloo forty-four years ago. He followed the trade of moulder being connected with the local foundry and later with the Merner Manufacturing Co. at Waterloo. He was married to Sophia Ernst, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ernst, well known residents of New Hamburg. Besides his widow he leaves three daughters, Mrs. Minerva McQuirk, of New York, Mrs. Wm. Knell, Kitchener, and Miss Minnie Merner at home. He is also survived by one brother, Sulum, of Clifford, Ont., four sisters, Mrs. S. Weber, Waterloo, Mrs. Wm. Becker, Mrs. E. Hildebrand, of Stratford, and Mrs. M. Odbert, Detroit, and four grandchildren. The funeral was held Thursday from the late residence, 82 Caroline street, to Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev. C. S. Roberts officiating.

New Hamburg Independent, December 9, 1932

Ammon married Sophia Barbara Ernst 29 Jan 1879, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sophia (daughter of John Ernst, Jr. and Sophia Reichart) was born 25 Oct 1854, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Oct 1937, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Miriam Odbert
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98789P
• Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1932, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Miriam married Robert Arthur Odbert 24 Aug 1881. Robert was born 27 Sep 1856, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150110
• Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-258121
• Residence: 1861, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.2003

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.2002

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43774

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• Name: Mittie Merner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-125797
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Name: Mesulam Merner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-125796P
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1928, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario

Methuselah married Adeline "Addie" Yaggie 14 Nov 1928, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. Adeline (daughter of Henry Yaggie and Barbara Spahr) was born 17 Jun 1870, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; died 1947; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-359154
• Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Iron Finisher
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-125799
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Samantha married William Isadore Becker 3 Feb 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of Johann "John" Becker and Elizabeth Krug) was born 7 Jan 1859, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Dec 1945, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150109
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

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• Name: Sunamitie Merner
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.2001
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86070P
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1920, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

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• Name: Herby Merner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151072
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shipping Clerk
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foreman
• Residence: 1920, Alliston, Tecumseth Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada

Herbert married Barbara C. Schwartz 8 Jun 1905, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of Joseph Schwartz and Barbara Klemm) was born 2 Oct 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151074
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1920, Trout Creek, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Roland married Annie Edna Carr 11 Jan 1921, North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. Annie was born 8 Feb 1885, Magnetewan, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada; died May 1958. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151075
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-196028
• Residence: 1920, Trout Creek, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Hilda Edna Devitt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45133
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1920, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Hilda — Edward Morton Devitt. Edward (son of Mayor Benjamin Devitt and Nancy Lewis Bowman) was born 17 Sep 1867, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1938, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Harrie A. Merner
• Name: Harry Merner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45134
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Prentis
• Residence: 1920, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-342839
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Name: Willis Merner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45135

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-367008

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.3
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1932, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Norman — Matilda Hohmeier. Matilda (daughter of Philip Hohmeier and Ernestine Froelich) was born 1871, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-344205
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.4
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Upholsterer
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Upholsterer - Furniture factory
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1919, 186 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Roland married Annie Louise "Louise" Albert 22 Aug 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Johannes A. "John" Albert and Anna Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Kormann) was born 22 Apr 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1944; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Milton Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.5
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Milton Weber

Word has been received here of the death of Mr. Milton Weber at his home in Regina, Sask., last Thursday at the age of 55 years. The deceased was a son of the late Solomon Weber and Mrs. Weber and was born in New Hamburg. He was a grandson of the late Senator Samuel Merner. He spent his younger days here and was employed in the New Hamburg Foundry. For the past 23 years he resided in Regina where he conducted the Weber foundry until his fatal illness about two months ago.

The remains were brought east and the funeral took place from the home of his mother in Waterloo on Tuesday afternoon to Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. Finlay Matheson had charge of the service.

He is survived by his mother and two brothers, Norman Weber, of Chicago, and Eldon Weber, of Waterloo.

New Hamburg Independent May 13 1932 pg 1

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7659.6
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Name: Minerva Sophia McGuirk
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43903
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cutting
• Residence: 1907, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
• Residence: 1937, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Minerva — Frank William McGuirk. Frank died 1918. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Nora Wilhelmine Knell
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43904
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Casher
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cutter, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 126 Breithaupt St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Nora — George William "Bill" Knell. George (son of Johann Friedrich "Frederick" Knell and Anna Catharine Wilhelmina "Mina" Seip) was born 27 Sep 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Apr 1969, RR2, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Irene Doerr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43905
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Epidemic: 7 Oct 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; influenza - spanish grippe - 6 days

Irene — Webourne Oswell Doerr. Webourne (son of Charles Henry Doerr and Susannah Christina Wagner) was born 24 Sep 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Oct 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43906
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Merner, Minnie - At her residence, Winston Hall, Kitchener (Bridgeport), on Thursday, Nov. 1, 1979, Minnie Merner, age 87 years, a lifelong resident of Waterloo. Miss Merner was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Kitchener (Bridgeport) and a retired employee of Mutual Life Assurance Company, where she had been employed for 35 years. She was a daughter of the late Ammon Merner and Sophia Ernst. Survived by one sister, Mrs. William (Norah) Knell of Kitchener, three nephews and one niece. Two sisters predeceased her, Mrs. Minerva McGuirk and Mrs. Irene Doerr. Resting at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, where the family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. this evening. The funeral and committal service will be held in the chapel of the funeral home, Saturday at 4 p.m., Rev. R. W. Huras officiating. Internment in Mount Hope cemetery, Waterloo. Donations to Winston Hall would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Nov. 2, 1979

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98790

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98791
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Milliner

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98792

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98793

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• Military: WW2
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-85922

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BAST, Jackie - Jackelyn Audrey "Jackie" Bast, 62, of Tavistock passed away at Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, on Thursday, January 6, 2011. She was born in Ottawa on January 21, 1948, a daughter of Doris (Graviston) Merner Brown and the late Roland Merner. She had been a Deli Clerk/Manager at the Tavistock Food Market for over 30 years and was a member of Grace United Church in Tavistock. Jackie is survived by her husband, Orval James Bast, whom she married at Tavistock on February 15, 1969; two children, Dr. Darrin Bast and partner Reg Hughson, Shannon Bast and partner Livia Moreira; her mother, Doris Merner Brown; brothers and sisters Thom Brown and partner Barry Wayman, Jessie and husband Pat Pillon, Robert Brown, Mardie Sperko, Mary and husband Gilles Begin; godsister Doreen and husband Bernie Illskins; godbrother Ron and wife Pat Pearson; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Keith and Saundra Bast, Ken and Laura Bast and aunt Cavelle Graviston and by many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her father, Roland Merner; her step father, Robert Brown Sr.; her special grandparents, Ralph and Alberta Graviston; her godparents, Ernie and Audrey Pearson; her brother-in-law, Edward Sperko; her uncle, Wellington Graviston. Relatives and friends will be received in the Francis Funeral Home, 77 Woodstock St. N., Tavistock, on Friday from 7-9 p. m. and Saturday from 2-4 p. m. and 7-9 p. m. The funeral service will be held in Grace United Church, Tavistock, on Sunday, January 9, 2011, at 2 p. m. The Rev. Marion Jackson Tyler will officiate. Interment in Grace United Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to "The Teal Heart Scholarship Fund for Ovarian Cancer Research" would be appreciated and may be made through the Francis Funeral Home by calling 519-655-2431 or online at www.heartandmusic.com.
Francis Funeral Home 77 Woodstock St. N. Tavistock 519-655-2431

"Remembering The Life Of Jackie BAST 1948 - 2011". 2021. Stratfordbeaconherald.Remembering.Ca. https://stratfordbeaconherald.remembering.ca/obituary/jackie-bast-1073398089.

Roland married Angela Boehmer 24 Oct 1944. Angela (daughter of Charles Henry "Harry" "Carlo" "Carl" Boehmer and Minnie Wahn Roos) was born 1921; died 26 Nov 1999; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230033822
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-191624
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Edward — Dorothy Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Staebler. Dorothy (daughter of Herbert Leslie "Leslie" Staebler and Letitia "Lettie" Evans) was born 11 Sep 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1997, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Nancy Hilda Irvine
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-191635
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Nancy — Frank Whitman Irvine. Frank was born 2 Aug 1913, Grantham Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada; died 25 Dec 1998, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230016544
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64374

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230002943
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64375

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• Name: Ethel Anna Zinkhann
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41620
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Ethel married Harvey Jacob Zinkhann 24 Mar 1920, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Harvey was born 5 Nov 1895, Evans City, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States; died 31 Dec 1973, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181149

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• Name: Adeen Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41621
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Adeen married Jeriah Leroy "Leroy" Shantz 25 Nov 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jeriah (son of Josiah G. Shantz and Isabella Wambold) was born 26 Sep 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Dec 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181090
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker, Shoe Factory
• Residence: 1921, 186 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Willard married Doris Alexander Percival 25 Apr 1927, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Doris (daughter of James Percival and Eliza T. White) was born 1908, Leicester, , Leicestershire, England; died 1953; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181091
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker, Shoe Factory
• Residence: 1921, 186 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Edna Marvel Hildebrand
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181092
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 186 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Edna and Robert had one child Douglas Robert Hildebrand.

Edna married Robert Henry Hildebrand 11 Jun 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Robert was born 27 Jul 1904, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1955, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Farringdon Burying Grounds, Brantford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-172894

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181093
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-325118
• Residence: 1921, 186 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181150

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181151
• Residence: 1913, 105 Lancaster St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181157

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181158

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• Name: Mildred Louise Johnston
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-325120
• Residence: 1921, 186 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Mildred — William Henry "Harry" Johnston. William was born 20 May 1912, , Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jul 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121549

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• Name: Marjorie Schilling
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-22024
• Residence: 1921, 186 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

SCHILLING, Marjorie Passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, March 27, 2011, at the age of 91. Dear mother of Don (Dorothy) and Ken. She is lovingly remembered by her grandchildren, Theresa (Ken Barley), Kristi (Edy Radisic), Jimmy (Emily Zettel), Jessica, and Scotty, and great- grandchildren, Adriana, Aria and Maks. Also remembered by her special sister-in-law Bernie Schilling, brother-in-law Doug Howald and her close friend Joyce Reinhardt. Predeceased by her loving husband Stuart (1986), infant daughter Patricia, parents Roland and Annie Weber, and her siblings, Mildred, Ethel, Adeen, Edna, Eileen, Loreen, Russell, Walter, Clayton, Willard, Harry, and Sanford. Marjorie lived in Kitchener all her life, most recently at Trinity Village. She loved her family get-togethers, socializing with her friends and spending quality time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren who brought her so much love and enjoyment. She was a member of St. Anne's RC Church. Marjorie had a full and happy life, she spent many hours sewing quilts for overseas relief efforts, playing cards with her girl friends and cheering on the Blue Jays. Marjorie's family will receive relatives and friends at the Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467 on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 1: 30 p.m. until Marjorie's Memorial Service in our Funeral Home Chapel at 2: 30 p.m. As expressions of sympathy, donations to St. Anne's RC Church or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Our thanks to the staff of Trinity Village who enabled Marjorie to maintain her independence and quality of life that she so valued. Visit www.henrywalser.com for Marjorie's memorial

Marjorie — Stuart John Schilling. Stuart (son of Harry Gordon Schilling and Olive Maude "Maude" Meyer) was born 28 Sep 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-308800
• Residence: 1921, 126 Breithaupt St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Marie Knell
• Name: Minerva Marie Beam
• Name: Minerva Marie Miller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80853

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Miller-Beam, M. Marie - It is will great sadness the family announces Marie's passing, peacefully, at her residence, in Kitchener, on Wednesday, July 6, 1994. Marie was born in Kitchener on August 29, 1916, a daughter of the late Norah Merner Knell and William (Bill) Knell, founder of Wm. Knell and Co. Ltd. Beloved wife of Samuel E. Beam. Dear mother of Judith Scheifele of RR 1, Elmira, William (Bill) and his wife Miron Miller of RR 22, Cambridge and Frances and her husband Bruce Wiseman of RR 3, Mildmay. "Gramma Ree" to Chris and Keith Scheifle, John and Frank Anjo and Jessica and Andrew Wiseman. She is also fondly remembered by her sister-in-law, Kathleen Miller of Waterloo. Predeceased by her first husband, Ralph E. C. Miller in February 1980. Marie's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo today (Friday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held in the chapel of the funeral home Saturday at 11 a.m., with Rev. Alan Kehn and Rev. Eric Reble officiating. Internment to follow in Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo. Donations to Epilepsy Canada or a charity of your choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Friends and relatives are invited to the Reception Room of the funeral home following the committal service at the cemetery.

The Record, July 8, 1994

Minerva — Ralph Edward Charles Miller. Ralph (son of Edward John Miller and Adien Regina Reuter) was born 2 Aug 1918, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Feb 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Minerva — Samuel E. Beam. Samuel was born CA 1916; died Sep 1995. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: business, life story, public service
• Name: Carl Merner Doerr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-103685
• Residence: 1920, 135 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, 136 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1945, 72 Brock St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1950, 221 Pandora Crescent, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1964, 4 Westgate Walk, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Carl Dare built a lasting Canadian food company


KITCHENER A man of boundless optimism whose life began in tragedy but who rose to build a Canadian food industry success story, Carl Merner Dare died Wednesday at the age of 96.

Dare is credited with saving and modernizing Dare Foods Ltd., a cookie and snack foods business he inherited from his grandfather, Charles Henry Doerr, who founded the company in 1892.

The struggling business burned to the ground in 1943, when it was the C.H. Doerr Co. on Weber and Breithaupt Streets in Kitchener.

But Carl Dare (whose family name changed from Doerr to Dare to make it easier to pronounce) rebuilt and led Dare Foods for decades. It became one of the few sizeable Canadian food companies to survive the massive consolidation of the North American food industry.....


Waterloo Region Record 11 Apr 2014

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Carl Merner Dare 1917 - 2014 Carl Merner Dare passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 9 at the age of 96, having lived a very happy and full life. C.M. was a creative and successful businessman who was at the same time a very kind and decent person. The Doerr Biscuit Company was started by C.M.'s grandfather in 1892. Following the untimely deaths of his parents, Webourne and Irene Doerr, in the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, he was raised by his grandparents. C.M. joined the company in 1933, when he was 16, and became sole owner-operator in 1941 at the age of 24, shortly before a devastating fire burned the Doerr plant to the ground. Even without the fire, the Doerr Company had been struggling to survive for years, as a result of the Depression and the Second World War, and it is a tribute to C.M.'s leadership and vision that he managed to rebuild the moribund business into what is now known as Dare Foods (having anglicized the name in 1945). The company went on to become one of Canada's foremost snack food manufacturers. One of C.M.'s strongest characteristics was his insatiable intellectual curiosity. Circumstances having denied him a university education, C.M. attached great importance to higher education. Among other things, he actively encouraged his children and grandchildren to get as much education as possible. C.M. provided many scholarships to the Eastern Synod of the Lutheran Church, and he was an enthusiastic supporter of the CM Dare Scholarship Fund established by Dare Foods for the children and grandchildren of its employees. C.M. was also a community builder and philanthropist, although always humbly and quietly, and many of our regional institutions have benefited from his leadership and generosity, including, to name just a few, the University of Waterloo, the Grand River Hospital, Conestoga College, the Grand River Conservation Authority, the Ruth Dare Health Clinic in Rosseau, the Stratford Festival, the Kitchener YMCA, and the K-W Symphony, for which he had a special passion. C.M. was instrumental in the founding of the University of Waterloo, and he was the only surviving member of the original Board of Governors in 2007 when he was awarded an honorary doctorate on the occasion of the university's 50th anniversary. Coming as it did on the eve of his 90th birthday, this recognition meant the world to him. C.M. was predeceased in 2003 by his loving wife of 61 years, Ruth, and in 2013, by his good friend Jean Boland. He leaves three children - Bryan (Malkin); Graham (Sandy); and Carolyn (Harmon) - and eight grandchildren - Carla (Scott); Alexa (Patrick); Kaitlin (Jeremy); Tanya (Jason); Jacob (Courtney); Laurence (Natsuko); Sydney (Ryan); and Katherine (Jamieson). It was a great blessing to him that he was well enough to preside over a family get-together just over a week ago that included several of his grandchildren as well as his two new great-granddaughters, Olivia Bryan and Nora Thompson. The family requests no flowers or donations in C.M.'s name, but rather asks that those who knew him take a moment to reflect on the importance of living a good life. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Kitchener at 11: 00 a.m., Wednesday, April 30th.


Waterloo Region Record 12 Apr 2014

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Succumbs to Pneumonia on Day of Wife's Funeral; Infant Child Survives.

Double Bereavement

With the sad death of Mr. Webourne Oswell Doerr, on Wednesday evening, following the passing of his wife, whose remains were laid to rest on Wednesday, there has come a double bereavement to this home, the only member of the family remaining being their fourteen months old son. Both young people were victims of the Spanish influenza. A week ago Sunday Mr. Doerr took ill, but despite the most tender nursing and care he succumbed on Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock to pneumonia. The late Mr. Doerr was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Doerr and was born in this city 28 years ago. He received his schooling in Kitchener, including a business course at the business college, after which he was identified with his brother in the wholesale confectionary business. After traveling for a number of years he became assistant manager of the company, which position he had held for the past five years. About two years ago he was married to Miss Merner of Waterloo, who predeceased him only a few days. He leaves his parents and an infant son aged 14 months. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Doerr, 236 Weber St. West, to Mount Hope cemetery for internment. The late Mr. and Mrs. Doerr were highly esteemed by their hosts of friends, by whom their passing will be deeply mourned. The heartfelt sympathy of a wide acquaintanceship will be extended to the grief stricken parents in the double bereavement which has been experienced.

Berlin Daily Telegraph, October 10, 1918

Carl — Ruth Eleanor Rotters. Ruth was born 28 Sep 1918, Moose Jaw, , Saskatchewan, Canada; died 28 Nov 2003, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]