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Hon. Valentine Henry Ratz

Hon. Valentine Henry Ratz

Male 1848 - 1924  (75 years)

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  1. 1.  Hon. Valentine Henry RatzHon. Valentine Henry Ratz was born 12 Nov 1848, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 31 Dec 1848, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1924, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Interesting: politics
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181371P
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other M.
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saw
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
    • Elected Office: 1896; MP of Huron County
    • Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ? - Government
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

    Notes:

    VALENTINE RATZ. (North Middlesex.) Valentine Ratz was born at St. Jacobs, County of Waterloo, November 12, 1848, and educated at Pine Hill Public School. He is a grandson of Valentine Ratz, who emigrated from Germany and settled on the site of the present town of Waterloo, Ont. His father, Jacob Ratz, was formerly an extensive lumberman in the Township of Wilmot, County of Waterloo, The subject of our sketch unites the occupation of lumberman with that of farmer. He is President of the South River Lumber Co. of Parry Sound Dist. He was married on February 13, 1873, to Miss Mary Yager, of New Hamburg. In 1879 he entered the Municipal Council of the Township of Stephen, and has successively filled the offices of Deputy Reeve and Reeve. He was also elected Warden of the County of Huron in 1886. He was first returned to Parliament at the general elections of 1896. A Liberal. Mount Carmel, 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 191

    Valentine married Mary Yager 13 Feb 1873, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Conrad Yager and Marie Wilker) was born 19 Dec 1847, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Oct 1934, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Elizabeth M. Ratz  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Oct 1878, Crediton, Stephen Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1957; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Adeline Yager Ratz  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Mar 1880, Huron Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Edward Albert Ratz  Descendancy chart to this point was born Nov 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died 1914, Huron Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elizabeth M. Ratz Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentine1) was born 9 Oct 1878, Crediton, Stephen Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1957; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Elizabeth M. Hallman
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146434

    Elizabeth — Jairus Riley Hallman. Jairus (son of Abraham C. Hallman and Maria "Mary" Schmidt) was born 1879, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1964; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 5. Dorothy Marie Hallman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1915; died 1954; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  2. 3.  Adeline Yager Ratz Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentine1) was born 4 Mar 1880, Huron Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Adeline Yager MacDonald
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-85844
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

    Adeline married Rev. Isaac Hunter MacDonald, Phd 6 Jan 1914, Kintore, Oxford Co., Ontario. Isaac was born 1861, Isle of Lewis, , Scotland; died 14 Aug 1937, Wallacetown, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Edward Gordon MacDonald  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1914, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Dec 1914, East Nissouri Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Ian H. MacDonald  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1915; died 1916; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 4.  Edward Albert Ratz Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentine1) was born Nov 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died 1914, Huron Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181374P
    • Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ? Felt factory
    • Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association



Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Dorothy Marie Hallman Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.Valentine1) was born 1915; died 1954; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146435


  2. 6.  Edward Gordon MacDonald Descendancy chart to this point (3.Adeline2, 1.Valentine1) was born 1914, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Dec 1914, East Nissouri Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-141448


  3. 7.  Ian H. MacDonald Descendancy chart to this point (3.Adeline2, 1.Valentine1) was born 1915; died 1916; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-141449



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