Josiah Nahrgang

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• Name: Josias Nahrgang
• Eby ID Number: 00085-5033.2
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Nahrgang.-Josiah Nahrgang was born on June 6, 1859; died June 5, 1926; aged 66 y. 11 m. 30 d. On October 21, 1879 he was married to Esther Reist. To this union were born three girls and two boys, two daughter (Ida and Melinda) having predeceased him. There are left to mourn his sudden departure, his sorrowing companion, four children (Lanson, Vernon, Ralph, and Hilda), seven grandchildren, two brothers (Menno and Henry), two sisters (Mrs. M. C. Cressman and Mrs. Irvin Snider). The funeral was held June 9 from his late home to the Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau, for services and adjoining cemetery for burial. The services were conducted by Oscar Burkholder. Text, II Cor. 5: 10.

Gospel Herald - Vol. XIX, No. 14 - July 1, 1926

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Josias Nahrgang

The death of Josias Nahrgang occurred at his home near Shants's Station on Saturday, June 5, in his 67th year. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, two sons, Vernon at home and Lanson in Winnipeg, and one daughter, Mrs. Harold Smith of Port Elgin. Two daughters predeceased him. Five grandchildren, in addition to two brothers, Menno and Henry of New Hamburg, and two sisters, Mrs. M. C. Cressman of Kitchener and Mrs. Ervin Snider of Baden also survive. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon from the home to the Cressman Mennonite church for services, Interment was made In the adjoining cemetery.

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 17 Jun 1926, p. 5

Josiah married Esther Reist 21 Oct 1879, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Esther (daughter of Moses Reist and Mary Catharine "Catherine" Shantz) was born 20 Jan 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Mar 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-147436 
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Melinda Nahrgang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-147436
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic Servant

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• Name: Ida Priscilla Doerr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94037
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Funeral of Mrs. Doerr

The funeral of Mrs. Elmer B. Doerr took place Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from her late residence to Trinity Methodist Church, where services were conducted by the Rev. S. E. Marshall. The pastor delivered an impressive sermon from the text 1 Cor. 15: 56,57. "The sting of death, and the victory of death" after which a duet was sung by Mr. O. A. Keffer and Mr. Green entitled "Face to Face" this being the last hymn deceased had sung. A large concourse of sorrowing friends was present. Six postmen of the city delivery of which Mr. Doerr is a valued member, acted as pall-bearers. Internment took place in East End cemetery.

Berlin Daily Telegraph, May 25, 1909

Ida married Elmer Bechtel Doerr 8 Jan 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elmer (son of Adam Doerr and Lovina Bechtel) was born 8 Jun 1887, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1956, 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-94038 
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94038
• Occupation: 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dairyman
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Glove Cutter
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Lanson married Clara Bell Doerr 22 Sep 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Clara (daughter of Adam Doerr and Lovina Bechtel) was born 14 Nov 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Oct 1983, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hilda May Smith
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94039

Hilda married Matthew William Harold Smith 16 Jun 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Matthew was born 12 Aug 1890, Arkwright, Arran Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Vernon Nahrgang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94040
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Arthur — Ruth Shantz. Ruth (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Shantz and Mary Jane Moyer) was born May 1900, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204938
• Adopted: Bef 1911, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183446

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Doerr, Ralph - At St. Mary's Hospital, following a brief illness, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 1992. Ralph Doerr, dear husband and loving helpmate of Mae (Johnson) Doerr, whom he married September 27, 1933. Dear brother to Marville (Mrs. Lewis Hahn) of Kitchener and Woody Doerr and his wife Kaye of New Hamburg and will be sorrowfully missed by his many nieces and nephews and by his great-nieces and great-nephews. A love brother-in-law to Grace Murray of Ripley, Edna and her husband Bill Reid of Tara, Phyllis and her husband Russell Smith of Port Elgin and Ruth and her husband Gordon Ribey of Underwood. Besides his parents, Ralph was predeceased by his sister, Phyllis Current and her husband Lloyd. Mr. Doerr having resided in New Hamburg for more than 40 years was a very active member of Zion Untied Church and devoted most of his working career at Hahn Brass (now Stanley Works) prior to his moving to Kitchener, where he then joined and became active in Trinity United Church. Mae and her family will receive friends at the Westmount Funeral Home, 1001 Ottawa St. S. (at Westmount Road), Kitchener, on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. At noon Saturday transfer will be made to trinity United Church where a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., The Rev. Dr. Rod Sykes officiating. Internment will be made at Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin on arrival of motors on Monday, August 10 at 1 p.m.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, August 6, 1992

Ralph — Kathryn Mae "Mae" Johnson. Kathryn was born 1913; died 24 Oct 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-178757
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115968