William Scherer

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-244611
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• House of Industry and Refuge: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

William — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1807, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lena Scherer
• Name: Magdalena "Lena" Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-113128
• Immigration: 1849, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1868, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1868, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sweden-borgian
• Occupation: 1901, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gardener
• Occupation: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

Magdalena married Daniel D. Knechtel 22 Mar 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Daniel (son of Peter Knechtel and Barbara Drum) was born CALC 11 Jul 1841, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1900; was buried , Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89996
• Immigration: 1846, , Canada
• Immigration: 1847, , Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; joiner
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cooper, Cooper Shop
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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DANIEL SCHERER.

The death took place in Preston on Friday, Dec. 12th, of Mr. Daniel Scherer, who has been in ill-health for some time. His wife passed away a few days ago. The deceased was in his 68th year. He was born in Germany, coming to Canada when a young boy and settled with his parents at Roseville, and then moved to Waterloo. About 15 years ago he moved to Preston. He is survived by five children, Mrs. Alex. McDougall and Frederick of Dayton, Ohio, from the first wife; Mrs. Walter Ruppel, Elmira, Herbert and Clayton, Preston. One sister, Mrs. Daniel Knechtel, Roseville, also survives. There are eleven grand-children. He was a charter member of the A.O.U.W. Lodge, Waterloo, and transferred to Preston Lodge, No. 72. The funeral took place on Sunday after noon at 1 o'clock from the residence, Queen street, Preston, to Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo. Friends can see the remains at the cemetery Previous to interment.

The Chronicle Telegraph 18 Dec 1913 pg 11

Daniel married Ernstena Fleischauer 16 Apr 1884, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Ernstena (daughter of Peter Fleischauer and Anna Catharina "Catherine" Froelich) was born 26 Apr 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Dec 1913, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Catharina Muellen 25 Jul 1869, , Ontario, Canada. Catharina (daughter of Henry Miller and ?) was born 3 Jun 1850, Lehrbach, District Of Alsfeld, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died 28 Dec 1880, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-120476

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42529
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sweden-borgian
• Occupation: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter, House Work
• Residence: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-400552
• Residence: 1933, 36 Benton St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Oliver Knechtel, age 59 years, passed away at Kitchener on Friday morning at his home, 36 Benton St., following a stroke. Mr. Knechtel was born in Roseville, and was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle.

Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Emil Knechtel, and two sisters, Miss Catharine Knechtel, all of Kitchener, and Mrs. Fred Smith of Galt. The funeral took place on Sunday with services at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Thompson, Kitchener, and at the Pentecostal Tabernacle. Burial was made in Woodland cemetery. Rev. Mr. Smith officiated.

Waterloo Chronicle, 2 Mar 1933, p. 4

Oliver — Magdalene "Lena" Riehm. Magdalene (daughter of Ludwig Richard "Lewis" Riehm, daughter of Louis Riehm and Elizabeth, daughter of Ludwig Richard "Lewis" Riehm and Elizabeth Zoeller) was born 22 Dec 1876, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Mar 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73581

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• Name: Katie Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-198529
• Residence: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheran

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• Name: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith
• Name: Lizzie Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47747
• Occupation: 1907, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Elizabeth married Frederick E. Smith 19 Jun 1907, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Frederick (son of John Smith and Christina Johnson, son of John Bethny Smith and Christine Johnson) was born 2 Apr 1880, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1966, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73583

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AMIEL KNECHTEL

The death of Amiel Knechtel occurred suddenly late Saturday afternoon at his home, 8 Cedar street. He was 51 years, one month and nine days of age. Mr. Knechtel was born in Roseville, October 22, 1883. He was married June 30, 1921 to Anna Weber. He was employed at the Rumpel Felt.

Surviving are his wife and two sisters, Mrs. Smith, Galt and Katherine Knechtel of Kitchener, One brother Oliver Weber and one sister, Mrs. David Ernst predeceased him.

The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3.30 from the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral home. Interment will be made at St. Peter's Lutheran cemetery. Rev. H. A. Sperling, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran church, will conduct the services.

Amiel married Anna Catherine Weber 30 Jun 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Henry J. Weber and Pauline Nottorf) was born 18 Oct 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elma Anna Elizabeth Ruppel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-229075
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Mrs. H. W. Ruppel

PRESTON, Mrs. Henry Walter Ruppel, 73, of 426 Duke St., died today at Coutts Pavilion, Freeport. Born in Waterloo, Mrs. Ruppel, lived in Preston for the last 60 years. She was the former Elma Scherer. Active in church work, she was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Chureh, a former treasurer of the Ladies Aid and a member of the Rebekah Lodge and the Order of Easlern Star. She is survived by her husband, Henry and one son Howard, also of Preston. Two grandchildren also survive. Services will he at the H. K. Stager Funeral Home, Monday, at 2 p.m. Burial will be in l'arklawn Cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 27 Dec 1958 pg 5

Elma married Henry Walter Roland "Walter" Ruppel 10 Oct 1906, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of John H. Ruppel and Caroline Cress) was born 11 Jan 1882, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1959, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 6 Dec 1959, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89999
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brush Maker

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90000
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist, Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Clayton Scherer

PRESTON, Sept. 17 - Clayton Alexander Scherer, a resident of Preston for many years, died early today at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener at the age of 61. He had been ailing for the past year and confined to hospital for 10 weeks. Born in Waterloo, Mr. Scherer came to Preston as a youth and resided here since that time. A machinist by trade, he was employed by Preston Woodworking Machinery and Eastern Steel Products, during the past few years. For 22 years prior to that he was a bread delivery salesman in Preston and in that work formed a large circle of friends. He was keenly interested in sports. A member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, he was also a member of Preston Cambridge Lodge, 1.O.O.F. Surviving are his wife. the former Mary Mitchell; three sons, Carl and Roy of Preston and Frank of Galt, two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Doris) Bartholomew and Mrs. Edward (Marjorie) MacDonald of Preston: a sister. Mrs. Walter Ruppel, Preston and a brother, Fred Scherer of Dayton, Ohio. Seven grandchildren also survive. The body is resting at the Stager-Pass Funeral Home, where the funeral will be held Wednesday, at 2.30 p.m., with interment in the Preston cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 17 Sep 1951 pg 5

Clayton married Mary Emilia Mitchell 26 Nov 1912, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Charles Mitchell and Elizabeth Fleischman) was born 20 Apr 1890, , Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1976, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 6 Nov 1976, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-207465
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-382802
• Residence: 1974, 305 Laurel St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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RUPPEL, Howard R.

Of 305 Laurel St. Cambridge-Preston, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Saturday, Feb. 2, 1974; Howard R. Ruppel, beloved husband of Ruby Letson, dear father of Gerald of Kitchener and Carol (of Preston) in his 63rd year. Mr. Ruppel was born in Preston and lived here all his life, was the custodian at the former Preston Town Hall, for a number of years, he was associated with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Mr. Ruppel is resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, corner of Queen and Argyle Streets, Preston-Cambridge, where funeral and committal services, will be conducted, Monday, at 4 p.m. Interment in Park Lawn cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 2 Feb 1974 pg 23

Howard — Ruby E. Letson. Ruby (daughter of Roy Alexander Letson and Emma Gillow) was born 1917, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1998, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Doris Elizabeth Bartholomew
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-379994

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BARTHOLOMEW, Doris E.

Formerly of 180 Melrose St.. Cambridge, on Wednesday, Dec 18, 1991, at her residence, 824 King St. E., Cambridge, after a lengthy illness, Doris Scherer, in her 79th year. Beloved wife of Harold W. Bartholomew; dear mother of Harold William and his wife Shirley of Guelph. John Clayton and his wife Jean of Elmira, Shirley and her husband Robert Nanson of Scarborough and Delores and her husband Wayne Thaler of Kitchener. Lovingly remembered by 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two brothers, Roy Scherer and Franklin Scherer, both of Cambridge. Predeceased by her parents; one brother, Carl and one sister, Marjorie MacDonald. Mrs. Bartholomew was horn in Cambridge (Preston) and was a life-long resident. She was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Cambridge. She and Harold had just celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary in October. The family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge, today (Thursday), 7.9 p.m. and Friday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will he conducted at the funeral home Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991, at 1: 30 p.m. Interment Parklawn cemetery, Cambridge.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 19 Dec 1991 pg A9

Doris — Harold William "Bart" Bartholomew. Harold was born 24 Sep 1911, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Jul 2009, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-381360
• Residence: 1960, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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SCHERER, Roy Walter

Of 932 Caledonian View, Cambridge, on Friday, April 16, 1993, in his 77th year. Beloved husband of Alma Hulks; dear father of Robert and his wife Janet, Rick, Barb and her husband Andy Benninger and Bonnie and her husband Bill Higgins, all of Cambridge; lovingly remembered by six grandchildren and one brother, Franklin and his wife Marce of Cambridge. Predeceased by his parents, Clayton and Mary Scherer; one brother, Carl and two sisters, Doris Bartholomew and Marjorie MacDonald. Mr. Scherer was born in Cambridge (Galt) and was a lifelong resident. He was a. retired superintendent of Screen Print of Brantford; a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church and the Royal Canadian Legion Preston Branch 126. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War. The family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge, Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral and committal service will be conducted at the funeral home Monday, April 10, 1993, at 1: 30 p m., by Rev. Norris Heubner. Interment Parklawn Cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 17 Apr 1993 pg A9

Roy married D. Alma "Alma" Hulks 18 Jun 1938. D. (daughter of George Hulks and Louisa Sarah Ann Jennings) was born 2 Sep 1919, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Apr 2016, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]