Christina Schmidt

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• Name: Christina Wegenast
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-247901
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; EA

Christina — Johann Georg "George" Wegenast. Johann was born 29 Sep 1788, Holzhausen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died Bef 8 Jan 1862. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: George Wegenast
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58985
• Occupation: 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cabinet maker
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cabinet maker
• Occupation: 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant

Notes:

A-2-17 George Wegenast Letters of Administration of the estate of George Wegenast, late of the Township of Wilmot, Merchant, who died on or about the 23^rd day of January 1859 at the Township of Wilmot, intestate, and had at the time of his death a fixed place of abode at the Township of Wilmot, granted to Mary Wegenast of the Township of Wilmot, the widow of the said Intestate…

Letters granted 25^th February 1859
Died 23^rd January 1859
No inventory.

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

John married Mary Millar 10 Apr 1849, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Millar and Jane Jordon) was born 23 Nov 1824, , Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 1892, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hoffman Wegenast Co.
• Interesting: furniture, funeral, story, business
• Interesting: story, business, public service, politics
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43968
• Residence: CA 1832, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cabinet maker
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawyer
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; EA
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Elected Office: 1877, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Furniture Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Another early manufacturer was Matthias Wegenast who built a factory for the manufacture of furniture, and was successful, but several fires proved a severe handicap. The factory was later taken over by the Canada Furniture Manufacturers Limited.

Sixteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1928, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Waterloo, Ontario, Clayton W. Wells, L.D.S., D. D. S.

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A gloom was cast over the Town on Monday noon when the news spread that Mathias Wegenast for many years one of our most prominent manufacturers and most highly esteemed citizens had joined the silent majority. The subject of this sketch was born on June 27th, 1828 in Holtzhaussen, Wuertemburg, Germany, so that on the date of his death he attained the ripe old age of 70 years, 8 months and 6 days. At the age of four his parents emigrated to America, living for several years in Boston, Mass. Later they removed to the Niagara (Ont.) district, living for some years in a small village known as Black Creek near Niagara Falls, where his father engaged in farming. The tales of hardship endured by those early settlers were frequent subjects of narration of which the deceased had a vivid recollection. In 1841 his parents removed to the T'p of Wilmot Co. Waterloo, then a dense wilderness, where they hewed out for themselves a home, as did some others who took up land on or about the same time in the vicinity of Petersburg. In 1847 at the age of nineteen, the deceased was apprenticed to the late John Hoffman, of Berlin, then engaged in the manufacture of furniture, sash, doors, etc, where he learned his trade, as cabinet maker, joiner, etc. The writer recalls may incidents related by the deceased of the years spent in the employment of Mr. Hoffman, among his associates and fellow apprentices being a number who were destined in later years to distinguish themselves in manufacturing circles. After a few years subsequent to his being a "journeyman," he launched out on his own account as a manufacturer of sash, doors, etc, in Berlin, in a small way, but being ambitious, he looked forward to more extensive operations, and accordingly he entered into partnership with John S. Hoffman of Berlin, who together built for themselves a factory in Waterloo upon the site now occupied by Schaefer, Killer & Co, where, however, after a brief experience they were burnt out. Nothing daunted the enterprise of the deceased and he resumed business on his own account in a building situated on the vacant lot near the present skating rink, where after only a few years of successful operation he was burnt out for the second time. This fire is in the remembrance of the writer, who recalls the only method then known of fighting fire, namely, pails of water, passed from hand to hand from the creek nearby. Needless to say the fire could not be checked in this way and the loss was total, nothing being saved. By means of the insurance he carried he was enabled to commence business again in a small way, upon the old site on King street, where he erected a factory to which he added from time to time as he prospered. Here he succeeded in building up a large trade, chiefly in the lumber and sawmilling lines but he was destined once more to be a victim of the ravages of a fire, this time to an extent more serious than had fallen to his lot previously. During the winter months of 1875-76, he laid up an unusually large stock of his manufactures and when the fire occurred, (in May 1876) his factory was filled with the stock he had prepared for the business of the coming season, and the loss was correspondingly great. Although in this instance he carried a fairly large amount of insurance, the loss was heavy. Together with the former fires, it is safe to say that his total losses at the three different times mentioned were equal to a handsome competence. This time his courage was about exhausted, and only for the assistance afforded by the town in rebuilding the factory he would no doubt have been compelled to retire from business altogether. At this time he associated with himself the late Isaac Hoffmann and Adam Klippert, who together built the factory now operated by Schaefer, Killer & Co., where he remained in business until within a few years ago. There are few men with so varied and with unfortunate experience in business as the deceased passed through, and few indeed who lived to reap so small a reward for years of patient hard work against the misfortunes ever recurring. As an employer he was kind and considerate and enjoyed the esteem of his employees many of whom worked for him continuously for upwards of thirty years. During so active a life, the demands upon his time were such as to prevent his taking any part in municipal affairs. For a time he was a member of the School Board, and for one year we believe, he was a member of the Town Council, but he never aspired for any positions. In politics he was a life-long Liberal, but as in municipal matters he found no time to devote to anything but his own immediate affairs. For the past three years he has enjoyed a well earned rest living as he had for over thirty years, in the homestead on King street well known to the readers of the Chronicle. In July last, he had the misfortune of falling from a ladder while picking cherries, when he sustained severe injuries. When nearly recovered from this mishap, he met with a second and almost fatal accident, having been run into by a bicycle while crossing the road near the Post Office. From the effects of this he never recovered, having been injured internally. While able to move about during the past few months he complained of constant pain which increased as time went on until about 10 days ago, his physician advised that nothing short of an operation would afford relief or save his life. For this purpose he was removed to the Berlin and Waterloo Hospital on Saturday Feb 25th where he was successfully operated on by Dr. Howitt of Guelph, on March 1st. While relieved of the intense suffering by the operation his weakened condition could not withstand the strain under which he sank gradually, death relieving him on Monday morning, March 6th. In 1850 he married Salome Staebler who with five children survive him. George, Manager of the Ontario Mutual Life Ass'ce Co, Waterloo; Isaac, Traveller for the Vokes [?] Hardware Co., Toronto; William, in the J. B. Snider Co, Waterloo; Carrie, at home; Mary, wife of James A. Miller, Lancaster, Pa. Two children pre deceased him, Catharine, wife of Levi Graybill, who died on March 5th, 1889; and Samuel, who died on December 6th, 1886. Early in life he joined the Evangelical Association through the labors of the late Rev Wm Schmidt the pioneer missionary of the above religious body. His remains will be interred today (Thursday) in Mount Hope Cemetery.

"Death of Mr. Wegenast. A Former Prominent Manufacturer Joins the Majority," Waterloo County Chronicle, March 9, 1899

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King Street Kitchener

"In 1850 John Winger erected a building about half way between Gaukel and Foundry Streets and occupied the first floor as a pump factory. He used steam power, a novelty in those days, and had an old-fashioned upright engine built by Crombie & Co. of Galt. He made pumps, broom handles, etc. The second floor of the building was operated by Matthias Wegenast as a sash and door factory. Later there was a saw mill in the basement. Several accidents occurred in this saw mill; Helwig Scholl's leg was cut off as was also John Koch's arm, by the saw. Mr. Winger, apparently in difficulty with his creditors, suddenly left the village, after which the building was taken over by Martin Simpson, who had operated the Bowman & Correll factory at the east end of the town, and the building became known as the Simpson factory, the product being mostly furniture. At the rear of the Simpson factory stood a two storey frame building, used by W. H. Goetze, (cousin and brother-in-law of Louis Breithaupt) as a tobacco factory. Mr. Goetze came from New York early in the 60's. During the closing years of the American Civil War the factory found difficulty in getting tobacco, then mostly supplied from the Southern States."

REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

Business:
Hoffman,Wegenast & Co. were makers and suppliers of furniture, coffins, caskets, shrouds and also had a rental hearse.

Matthias married Salome Staebler 1850. Salome was born 11 Nov 1828, , Germany; died 4 Oct 1903, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Krupp
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95624
• Residence: 1881, Colborne Twp., Huron Co., Ontario

Magdalena married Rev. Samuel Krupp 24 Oct 1854. Samuel (son of Benjamin Krupp and Sarah H. "Sally" Oberholtzer) was born 15 Aug 1832, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1929, New Carlisle, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237291710
• Name: M. S. Wegenast
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149299
• Residence: 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; EA
• Business: CA 1865, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waterloo Steam Planing Mills
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1874, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hau Rake Mfr.
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter, at Home
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Wegenast, M. S., proprietor of planing mills, sash and door and rake factory. Born in Welland Co., Ont., 1836. Has resided here since 1851.

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

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King Street , North Side

Foundry Street (now Ontario Street).

Jacob and John Hoffman, brothers, who came from Pennsylvania, erected a furniture factory on the corner about 1840. It was a two story frame building extending along King St., had 25 to 30 employees and a 15 h.p. engine brought from Buffalo.

Eby's history gives John Hoffman as having come from Pennsylvania in 1825; Jacob, almost two years older, seems to have come before. They both worked at carpentry, etc., for a number of years before starting the factory in which enterprise they were assisted by Benjamin Eby. On the ridge of the factory roof there was a belfry with the only larger bell in Berlin. This bell served not only the factory but the village as well, pinging at 7 in the morning, at 12, at 1 and at 6 o'clock in the evening. It was used also as a fire bell and was tolled for funerals.

By some prank or spite the bell was stolen in 1850 before there was a night watchman at the factory, and disappeared for two or three years. Eventually it was found in a well at the comer of Duke and College Streets, put back in place on the Hoffman factory and later was taken to a belfry on the Simpson factory spoken of, where it was used until this factory was discontinued. It was then taken to the pavilion in Victoria Park and was melted down when the pavilion was destroyed by fire.

Behind the Hoffman factory there was a pond, about three feet deep, fed by a spring, the water being used for the factory boiler, etc. About 1860 a frame building, used by the firm for a warehouse, covered the site of the spring. Further back there was a saw mill, also a planing mill, the first of its kind in Berlin. A two story frame building extending along Foundry Street was later added to the factory and used as a turning shop. At the rear of this building was the factory boiler house.

Next to the factory on King Street there was a three story brick building. The ground floor was used as a store, called the Berlin Warehouse. Jacob Hoffman, who by this time was alone in the business, John having gone to Waterloo, announced himself as dealer in dry goods, groceries, hardware, china, glassware, crockery, and paint and oils and manufacturer of all kinds of furniture, also sash doors, etc., selling low for cash. An overhead passage way on a bridge connected the second stories of the factory and brick building. Over the store was the paint shop and in the rear a warehouse. Hoffman's store was later occupied by William Schmidt, son of Rev. Wm. Schmidt, an early minister of the Evangelical Church. Schmidt had a dry goods store only, known as the Golden Lion store because of a large gilt lion over the entrance. Isaac Hoffman, son of Jacob, carried on the factory and store for several years; later John S. Anthes was in possession while Hoffman went to Waterloo and continued the furniture business there with Adam Klippert and Martin Wegenast as partners. Jacob and John Hoffman erected a number of houses in Berlin.

Jacob Hoffman was very stout, weighing over 300 pounds. He was a member of the Evangelical Church. For a time he served on the village council. He resided on Foundry Street in the rear of the Canadian Block in a square, hip roof, two story, frame house, until it was destroyed by fire, when he moved to the west side of Foundry Street, south, where now is the Robe & Clothing Co. building. Here he had a one and one-half story frame house with a large two story addition at the rear where were lodged apprentices and other factory employees. There was a small portico over the front door and a porch extending along the northerly side of the house.

Next to the Hoffman warehouse there was a saloon and restaurant occupied by a Mr. Unger. He served, among other things, oysters which came in small wooden, 1-gal. kegs. Adjoining Hoffman's store there was the tailor shop of H. J. Nahrgang, later occupied by Henry Glebe, an early band master; next a store differently occupied at various times and next the shoe store of Wm. Niehaus. A three story brick building occupied by Wm. Young as a grocery. Mr. Young eventually went to the Canadian Block and the store was used for various purposes, among them auction sales in the evening. Here there was sold the first white crockery offered in Berlin. Later the building was occupied by the Berliner Journal.

A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King St. and a veranda, occupied by Mr. Fuchs, a tailor and shoemaker, whose wife assisted her husband as expert in repairing clocks. The family lived in the building. About 1865 the frame building was moved to the rear and Fuchs' block erected on the street. The ground floor had three stores, the west one occupied by Mr. Fuchs, the middle by John Kayser, dry goods merchant, and the third one by Tindall Simpson and Sons, shoemakers and tailors. The first building on part of the Fuchs' block site was a rough frame structure used by one Susand, colored, who was the first barber in Berlin.

A two story brick building with gable facing King Street, occupied by Christian Garman, harness maker, who later moved to New Hamburg and started a tannery. This building was later occupied by Levi Gaukel, son of Frederick Gaukel, after his father's death. He had a small hotel known as The Red Lion. In 1860 Urban Prinzer succeeded Gaukel and continued the hotel for a short time.

A two and one-half story brick building with gable facing King St. was occupied by Levi Gaukel, as a butcher shop after he gave up the hotel next door. Jacob Gaukel was associated with Levi. Later George Debus occupied this shop.

A building with gable and porch facing King Street, later occupied by George DeBus as a barber shop.

On the corner of King and Queen Streets there was first a driving shed for the Gaukel hotel opposite, until the Bowman block was erected in 1860. This was a three story brick building lengthwise with King Street. Joseph Bowman the noted violinist occupied the third floor of this building. Half of the ground floor of the building was occupied by Henry B. Bowman with a partner Heins as general dry goods store. This was on the corner. The other half was a brick store occupied by Cole and Graf, druggists, and later by Wm. Bowman in the same business. On the site of the Bowman block is the handsome Bank building built by the Merchants Bank and now occupied by the Bank of Montreal.


REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

Martin married Elizabeth Streicher 11 Oct 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Mathew Streicher and Elizabeth) was born 25 Apr 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Mar 1873, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Martin married Dinah Sauer 24 Mar 1874, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Dinah (daughter of Rev. William Henry Sauer and Mary Schaup) was born 26 May 1842, Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States; died 27 Dec 1913, Kitchener, 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-91186
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Speculator
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Speculator
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dutch Methodist Evangelical
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 6 Con 4
• Occupation: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: Bef 1918; merchant
• House of Industry and Refuge: 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Jacob married Mary Millar 24 Jul 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Millar and Helen) was born 1836, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Jacob — Mary. Mary was born 1830, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122106P
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1930, 71 Alma St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Ellen Chipman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215024
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1879, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brehren

Notes:

In 1871 was living with her uncle Jacob.

Ellen married John Chipman 14 Jul 1879, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John was born 22 Sep 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died 1934; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: George Wegenast
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58982
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Clerk
• Occupation: 1887, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; merchant

John married Cora Atkinson 24 Sep 1884, Drumbo, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Cora (daughter of James Atkinson and Mary Molloy) was born 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Graybill
• Name: Katie Wegenast
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43557P
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; EA
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; EA
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelicaal
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

Catherine married Mayor Levi Graybill 30 Mar 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Levi (son of Jacob Greybill and Hannah Morley) was born 28 Dec 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jun 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Carrie Wegenast
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43969
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Keeper, Boarding House
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-438.1
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; EA
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinetmaker
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

Samuel — Martha L. Bowman. Martha (daughter of Henry William Bowman and Amanda Melvina Lewis) was born 31 Aug 1859, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 217 King St. S., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151211
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Accountant
• Residence: 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Actuary
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manager of Life Insurance
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manager, Mutual Life Co.
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

George married Harriet "Hattie" Snider 8 Sep 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Harriet (daughter of John Bricker Snider and Susannah Ellen Moyer) was born 8 Mar 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Sep 1948; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41988
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cabinet maker
• Residence: 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter

William married Lydia Ann Brandle 6 Apr 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Wilhelm S. "William Brandle and Mary Magdalena, daughter of Wilhelm S. "William Brandle and Mary Magdalena "Magdalena" Geisel) was born 11 Oct 1866, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1913, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

William married Mary Ann Balzer 8 Apr 1915, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Wilhelm "William" Balzer and Katherine Mohr) was born 14 Mar 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40969
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1925, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Mary Magdalene Millar
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151214
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1899, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Mary — James A. Millar. James was born Abt 1865; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183254

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-243227

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237071904
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-198436

Notes:

Mrs. Mary L. Shreve The death took place in Detroit on Thursday, April 11th, of Mrs. Mary L. Shreve, daughter of the late Rev. Samuel Krupp, whose death occurred in Kitchener in January. The funeral was held on Saturday, the services being conducted by Rev. G. F. Barthel and Rev. J. P. Hauch. The late Mrs. Shreve is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edmund Kratsch of Milwaukee, and Mrs. E. Byron O'Neill of Chicago, one son, Eric, of Detroit, two brothers, Samuel Krupp of Detroit and B. F. Krupp of Illinois. Also a sister, Mrs. Fred Meyers, of Lansing, Mich.

Waterloo Chronicle 18 Apr 1929 pg 5

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• Name: Clara Wagner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149301
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1882, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1921, 28 Maynard Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical

Notes:

Mrs. Noah Wagner - Maynard Ave., Kitchener. Deceased, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .Mathias Wegenast, was born in Kitchener, then Berlin, on March 30, 1861. Surviving are her husband, two sons, Dr. LeRoy Wagner of Elmira, and Franklin of Toronto; one daughter, Dr. Mildred Wagner of Kitchener; two brothers, F. W. Wegenast, of Brampton and Edward of Winnipeg; four sisters, Mrs. William Grenzebach of Hickson, Miss Sarah of Waterloo, Miss Ida of Toronto and Mrs. Orville Groh of Preston, and four grandchildren. Many friends and relatives attended the funeral on Sunday. Interment in Woodland Cemetery. Rev. C. A. Hirschman officiated.

The Waterloo Chronicle Jun 2 1939 pg 3

Clara married Noah Wagner 22 Nov 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Noah (son of Casper Wagner and Sally Ann Oberholtzer) was born 21 Feb 1862, , Ontario, Canada; died 1955; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emma Grenzebach
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-447748
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

Emma married William Hipple Grenzebach 10 Jun 1885, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of Valentine Grenzebach and Mary Hipple) was born 8 Nov 1858, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2 Nov 1946; was buried , Evangelical United Brethern Cemetery, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Laura Forler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52091
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Laura — Henry K. Forler. Henry (son of Jacob K. Forler and Maria Juliana "Mary" Koch) was born 29 Jun 1870, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Mar 1931, Wellesley Twp., 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-412307
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-50390

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-344598
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75904

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• Interesting: story, law
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149304
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Apprentice Printer
• Occupation: 1901, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; teacher

Notes:

WEGENAST, FRANKLIN WELLINGTON, teacher, musician, lawyer, politician, and author; b. 17 June 1876 in Waterloo, Ont., son of Martin Smith Wegenast and his second wife, Dinah Sauer; m. 14 Aug. 1901 Margaret Mary Bell (1878\endash 1950) in Oxley, Ont., and they had three daughters and two sons, of whom only one daughter, Elsinor Louise, survived infancy; d. 2 June 1942 in Preston (Cambridge), Ont., and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Simcoe, Ont., beside the four children who had predeceased him.

Franklin Wellington Wegenast grew up in a German Canadian household with ties to the Evangelical Association, a Methodist group formed in the United States by members of the Pennsylvania Dutch community in 1800. (In later life he would become an Anglican.) At one point he boarded with an Amish family and this experience, in conjunction with his own evangelical background, encouraged a lifelong interest in the Mennonite faith. From his early years, he was involved with music. Said to have begun supporting himself at the age of 12, he nevertheless managed to graduate from high school in Berlin (Kitchener).

In 1898, having obtained a teacher's certificate, Wegenast began his pedagogical career in Colchester South, Essex County. He also studied music and organized concerts at Harrow and Kingsville. In 1900, now living in Simcoe, he taught music in the public schools, gave private singing lessons, continued to put on concerts, and acted as choirmaster at St Paul's Presbyterian Church. He also prepared for an associate diploma in singing at the Toronto Conservatory of Music [see Edward Fisher*], from which he graduated with honours in 1902. By that time he was residing in Woodstock and conducting the choir of Central Methodist Church there.

An interest in law had developed over the years, and Wegenast became articled to attorney John Soper McKay while in Woodstock. In 1905 he moved to Brampton and commuted to Toronto for courses in law at Osgoode Hall. In order to support himself and his wife, he became choirmaster of the Brampton Presbyterian Church, serving there until his resignation in 1915. For two years, in 1906\endash 7, he conducted the Brampton Choral Society, and he also wrote music. He graduated from law school in 1909 and won Osgoode's Christopher Robinson Memorial Prize. The following year he took the exams for an llb at the University of Toronto and passed with first-class honours.

In 1908, while still a law student, Wegenast had asked the Board of Railway Commissioners to compel the Grand Trunk Railway to include Brampton among the towns eligible for cheap commuters' tickets to Toronto; the matter would eventually be taken, unsuccessfully, to the Supreme Court of Canada, where he helped present the case on behalf of the City of Toronto. After his graduation Wegenast joined the Brampton law office of Benjamin Franklin Justin, where he spent four months, practised alone for a similar length of time, and then became counsel to the Canadian Manufacturers' Association (CMA), whose first legal department he organized. He remained with the association for seven years.

During his career he appeared in a series of actions involving constitutional law and the respective rights of the dominion and provincial governments. For example, he represented the CMA in the insurance reference case of 1912, which the Supreme Court of Canada decided the following year by ruling ultra vires the attempt by Sir Wilfrid Laurier*'s government to require federal licences for insurance companies operating in more than one province. He also argued before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, England, his first case being John Deere Plow Company v. Wharton in 1914, in which he was opposed by Edmund Leslie Newcombe*, who argued the federal side. War broke out while he was in England, and he stayed on for a time in the hope that his ability to speak German might help the British cause.

Wegenast had also represented the CMA during a three-year investigation into the liability of employers for workplace injuries, begun in 1910 by Commissioner Sir William Ralph Meredith*, and he subsequently prepared a draft of a workmen's compensation bill for Ontario. The draft was rejected by Meredith, but the CMA was able to win some concessions as the commissioner's own bill proceeded through the legislature. Wegenast drew up possible legislation in the same field for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as well, and the compensation acts of these and other provinces were largely based on the bills he had formulated. In 1911 he brought out a pamphlet, Workmen's compensation for injuries … (Toronto), and also a book, Extra-provincial corporations … (Toronto). Under the auspices of the CMA he later became involved in organizing safety groups in factories, and he would be for a time secretary to the Federation of Safety Associations \endash the precursor of Industrial Accident Prevention Associations, formed in 1917. His interest in workmen's compensation gave his career a nationwide dimension, as did his involvement in insurance matters. According to the Bench and Bar in 1936, "He has had a hand in framing insurance legislation in all of the provinces." In 1917 he was called to the Manitoba bar.

In the early 1920s Wegenast acted as secretary and legal adviser to the commission investigating the operations of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario [see Sir Adam Beck*]. He focused as well in this decade on the writing of a book on company law. Margaret Paton Hyndman*, who had joined his firm in 1920, worked closely with him on this project. Wegenast's support of a young woman practitioner was unusual at the time. The book, The law of Canadian companies, was published in Toronto in 1931. Two years later Wegenast was made a kc.

A long-time member of the Peel Liberal Association, Wegenast sat on the Brampton town council for many years from 1909, was reeve in 1923 and 1924, and served as mayor from 1925 until 1928 and again in 1930. He beautified the southern entrance to the commercial district by straightening the creek that ran through the area and building retaining walls for it. From 1914 to 1917 he was president of the local Board of Trade. A member of the Brampton Horticultural Society, he enjoyed landscape gardening, and he kept sheep, ducks, and horses on his property, which consisted of 25 acres on Highway 10 (Main Street). While he had less time for music, he still managed to sing at concerts; as late as 1940 he would be a soloist at the Brampton Presbyterian Church. A linguist who was fluent in French as well as English and German, Wegenast studied Italian and then Chinese. Since he was able to speak Gaelic, having picked it up in J. S. McKay's law office, many people in Brampton thought him a Highlander.

One of Wegenast's clients was Alvin Ratz Kaufman*, owner of the Kaufman Rubber Company in Kitchener [see Jacob Kaufman*]. Philanthropically inclined, Kaufman gave to local charities and in 1931 founded the Parents' Information Bureau. This organization sent out agents who offered advice on birth control as well as contraceptive devices at cost. The bureau's service spread outside Kitchener, and in September 1936 one agent, Dorothea Palmer*, was arrested in Eastview (Ottawa) and charged under the Criminal Code with "offences against morality." Kaufman was prepared to fight the case with all his resources. His interest in birth control stemmed from his concern with over-reproduction among the poor, his alarm at the power of the Roman Catholic Church, and his bias against French Canadians.

Some scholars have concluded that it was because Wegenast shared Kaufman's eugenic views that he took the case. Evidence does not support this theory. Wegenast did not want to be involved in the trial: he had no interest in contraceptive campaigns or in related sterilization movements. Kaufman later claimed that he had had to persuade Wegenast, said to be in poor health, to appear in the action. Having agreed, Wegenast focused on the legal questions surrounding birth control as well as on the rights of women. He organized his arguments to prove that birth control was pro bono publico. "No one," he stated bluntly, "is entitled to get up in this court and argue that the chief end of man is to bring into the world as many souls as possible to become baptized and to praise the Lord for ever and ever." In March 1937 he won the case, thereby setting a legal precedent in the area of birth control. The trial apparently prompted an involvement in eugenics, for at some point he joined the Eugenics Society of Canada.

In the spring of 1938, after Wegenast had suffered a heart attack, Kaufman funded a four-month rest trip for him in Europe, during which he kept a journal of his impressions. After World War II broke out the following year, he became head of the enrolment section of the Brampton win-the-war committee; according to his daughter, also a lawyer, his professional practice nevertheless suffered because of his German background. In May 1942 he went to stay at the Preston Springs Hotel, a favourite haunt. Several days after his arrival he died there of kidney failure. His wife survived him for eight years and was buried beside him in Oakwood Cemetery.

Margaret E. Derry

Selections from Franklin Wellington Wegenast's diary of his trip to Europe in 1938 have been published as Liberty is dead: a Canadian in Germany, 1938, ed. M. E. Derry (Waterloo, Ont., 2012). The essay for which he won the Christopher Robinson Memorial Prize, "The federal system," was published in shortened form in the Canadian Law Times (Toronto), 30 (1910): 11\endash 38, 121\endash 27. His book The law of Canadian companies was reprinted in 1979 (Toronto) with a foreword by M. P. Hyndman. He is also the author of A brief on workmen's compensation ([Toronto, 1912?]), which the Canadian Manufacturers' Assoc. reprinted from Sir W. R. Meredith, Interim report on laws relating to the liability of employers to make compensation to their employees for injuries received in the course of their employment which are in force in other countries (Toronto, 1912). Some of his musical compositions are indexed at Library and Arch. Can., "Aurora: LAC's library catalogue": bac-lac.on.worldcat.org/discovery (consulted 23 Jan. 2019).

Arch. of Ont. (Toronto), C 81-1-0-29 (interviews with Margaret Hyndman); RG 80-5-0-289, no.5597. Private arch., Margaret [E.] Derry (Caledon, Ont.), Wegenast family papers. Univ. of Toronto Arch. and Records Management Services, A1973-0026/502 (89) (Wegenast, F. W.). Univ. of Waterloo Library, Special Coll. & Arch. (Ont.), GA 58 (Parents' Information Bureau fonds), GA 138 (Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family fonds); GA 172 (Parents' Information Bureau Ltd fonds: accrual 2005); WA 17 (Palmer, Dorothea coll.). Bench and Bar: the National Legal Newspaper (Montreal), May 1936: 3, 7. Evening Telegram (Toronto), 3 June 1942: 24. Globe and Mail, 1908\endash 42, esp. 3 June 1942: 4. Peel Gazette (Brampton, Ont.), 4 June 1942: 1, 4. Toronto Daily Star, 1908\endash 42, esp. 3 June 1942: 8. Angus McLaren, Our own master race: eugenics in Canada, 1885\endash 1945 (Toronto, 1990). McKenzie Porter, "The legal lady," Maclean's, 15 July 1949: 15, 22\endash 24.

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Funeral For F.W. Wegenast K.C. At Brampton Today

A prominent Brampton and Toronto barrister, and well known in the Twin City, Franklin W. Wegenast, K.C.. died Tuesday night at Preston Springs, Preston. He was in his 66th year.

A resident of Brampton, Mr. Wegenast was a member of the law firm of Wegenast and Hyndman. Deceased suffered a stroke while working in Timmins. He succumbed after several weeks' illness.

Mr. Wegenast once taught school in Wellesley, and for a time about 50 years ago, was employed by The Waterloo Chronicle. He was the author of several well known law books.

Besides his wife, the former Margaret Bell, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. E. R. DeRoche. Toronto, and four sisters, Mrs. W. H. Grenzeboch, Woodstock; Miss Sarah, Waterloo; Miss Ida, Toronto and Mrs. O. I. Groh, Preston. One brother, Edward, of Winnipeg, also survives.

Funeral services are being held this (Friday) afternoon at 2 p.m., in Brampton.

Waterloo Chronicle 5 Jun 1942

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149305
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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WATERLOO WOMAN HURT

When she was struck down by a car driven by Edgar Schlosser at the corner of John and, King streets, Waterloo, last Wednesday, Miss Sarah M. Wegenast suffered scalp and neck injuries. She was removed to the K.-W. Hospital where she recovered consciousness. Dr. H., J. McNally attended her. Her many friends are pleased to learn her condition is not serious.

X-ray pictures taken by the attending physician, Dr. McNally, revealed the fact that Miss Wegenast had a fractured pelvis and was suffering from concussion of the brain.

Waterloo Chronicle 12 Apr 1934 pg 1

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149306
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80149

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-193057
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Insurance Office
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Name: Elizabeth Priscilla "Lizzie" Groh
• Name: Lizzie B. Wegenast
• Name: Lizzie Wegenast
• Name: Mary Elizabeth Wegenast
• Residence: RR2, Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-387137
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1970, 1B Langs Dr., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Mrs. Orville Groh

Mrs. Orville Groh, of 1B Lang's Drive, died today, at South Waterloo Hospital, Galt. She was 85.
Mrs. Groh was the former Elizabeth Wegenast and was born at New Hamburg. She had resided in Preston, for 12 years. Prior to that she lived at RR 1, Preston. She was a member of Hespeler Baptist Church and of the Women's Mission Society.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1957.
Surviving are one brother, Edward Wegenast, of Winnipeg and one sister, Ida Wegenast of Waterloo.
The body is at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Friday at 2: p.m. Burial will be in the Wanner Cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 28 Oct 1970 pg 33

Elizabeth married Orville Irvin Groh 22 Aug 1928, Sebringville, Ellice Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Orville (son of Rev. John Wanner Groh and Elizabeth Lehman) was born 12 Jul 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1957; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44331
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55595
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1883, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; harness maker
• Occupation: 1884, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; butcher

William married Margaret J. Motheral 18 Sep 1883, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born 1861, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Wegenast
• Name: Jennie Lind Johnson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122108P
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1930, 71 Alma St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Jennie — Franklin Milton "Frank" Johnson. Franklin (son of Thomas Johnson and Rebecca Mallard) was born 23 Feb 1863, Drumbo, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122109P
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1921, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada

Alexander married Mary Hooten 30 Jun 1921, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 1884, Nottingham, , Nottingham, England; died 1972; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-448992
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-448993
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-448994
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75655
• Adopted: Bef 1901

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75656
• Adopted: Bef 1901

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58981P

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58984P

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• Name: Florence May Foster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-173975
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Nurse
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Pupil, Nurse
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Florence married Arthur Foster 7 Jul 1904, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Arthur (son of Arthur Foster and Sarah Spencer) was born 25 Mar 1877, Leeds, , Kent, England; died 31 Jul 1933, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Carrie Olive "Olive" Foster
• Name: Olive Graybill
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151294
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer

Carrie — Arthur Foster. Arthur (son of Arthur Foster and Sarah Spencer) was born 25 Mar 1877, Leeds, , Kent, England; died 31 Jul 1933, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ada Ruthella Hilliard
• Name: Ruth E. Graybill
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151296
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Seamstress

Ada married Wilmot Menno Brock Hilliard 21 Oct 1905, Revelstoke, , British Columbia, Canada. Wilmot (son of Edward Hilliard and Mary Jane Drury) was born 23 Nov 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1953, Armstrong, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43561

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43562

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• Name: Lulu Wegenast
• Eby ID Number: 00002-438.3
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Bretheren

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-438.4

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• Eby ID Number: 00002-438.5

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41990

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41991

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-324510P

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• Military: WW1 - Canadian Army Medical Corps - Captain
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-188972
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, lieutenant,
• Occupation: 1919, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Doctor
• Residence: 1961, 9 King St. E., Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Albert — Elizabeth Adele Jackson. Elizabeth was born Abt 1895; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Franklin Wagner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-39259
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1961, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

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• Interesting: medical, charity
• Name: Mildred Wagner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-324510P
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 28 Maynard Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical
• Residence: 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74551865
• Name: Clara May McGregor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-231952
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

MCGREGOR, Mrs. Benjamin - In the R.E.C.U. of the Stratford General Hospital, on Saturday, July 24, 1976, Clara Mae Grenzebach, of 20 Adam St., Tavistock, in her 89th year.

Beloved wife of the late Benjamin McGregor, (1959); dear mother of Gordon, Embro: Howard, Tavistock; Wilfred, Route 6, Woodstock; Mrs. Ralph (Violet) Wiffen. Tavistock: Mrs. Wesley (Pearl) Nowack, Sebringville; Mrs. George (Lenore) Wilhelm, Route 2. Tavistock; Mrs. Ruby (Myrtle) Yecny, of Woodstock; dear sister of Lorne Grenzebach, Hickson; 17 grand- children, 40 great-grandchildren: predeceased by six brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren.

Friends will be received in the Francis Funeral Home, 77 Woodstock St. N., Tavistock, on Sunday from 2 to 4:30 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service in Grace United Church, Tavistock, Monday, July 26 at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. John L. Tweedie will officiate. Interment in Grace United cemetery, Tavistock.

Clara — Benjamin McGregor. Benjamin (son of Alexander McGregor and Annie Newstead) was born 23 Aug 1887, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 24 Sep 1959, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Grace United (Zion Evangelical) Cemetery , Tavistock, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239912338
• Handicap: Ida was a dwarf
• Name: Ida Melvina Forler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-164576
• Adopted: Bef 1911
• Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Ida married Henry K. Forler 6 Nov 1927, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of Jacob K. Forler and Maria Juliana "Mary" Koch) was born 29 Jun 1870, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Mar 1931, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: drowning, misfortune
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-231956
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Misfortune: Jun 1920, Lakeside, Oxford Co., Ontario; drowned

Notes:

Drowned While Bathing

Alva Grenzebach, a young farmer, of East Zorra, was drowned at Lakeside, near Woodstock, last Thursday evening while bathing. He was unable to swim, but had been holding on to a piece of wood, which floated out into deep water. Several companions were with him and they noticed his hands suddenly slip from the buoy he was holding and saw him sink. He was not seen to again rise to the surface. Grappling hooks, and rescuers at once set to work and the body was recovered, death having taken place within a short time after the submerging. The body had lodged in the mud at the bottom of the lake and was recovered with difficulty. The late young man was 21 years of age.

New Hamburg Independent, June 11, 1920

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We are indeed sorry to mention the untimely death of one of Zorra's bright young men in the person of Mr. Alvin Grenzebach, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Grenzebach, who lost his life at Lakeside while bathing. The funeral, which was held last Saturday at the 17th line cemetery, was well attended, which plainly showed the high esteem in which our young friend was held. The whole community of Zorra really feels sorry for Alvin's father and mother and brothers and sisters in their bereavement. Sweetly does he slumber. He's gone, but not forgotten.

New Hamburg Independent, June 11, 1920

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55593

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199550
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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• Name: May Thamer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199393P
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

May — Roland F. Thamer. Roland (son of Ezra Thamer and Lucinda Fried) was born 11 Jan 1893, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1959; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199551
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199552P
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199553
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren